Hi there,
I own a chalet in Valais which I rent out. I have a website where I want to be able to take payments securely, and I want to be able to take payment into my Swiss bank account.
Does anyone know the best and cheapest way of doing this (with low fees)?
Ideally I would want the transactions to be in English. I have read that PayPal in Switzerland defaults to German when making payments (even though half the country speaks French), and the fees are quite high.
Many thanks,
Phil

Hi
Moneybookers is rather cheap they charge about 1.5%.

I hate PayPal with all my heart! But it seems to be the best option as it's the most popular. You don't want someone to have to sign up for a new pay system to rent your place. I certainly wouldn't.

I dont' know what you mean that PayPal.ch defaults to German. When I go on PayPal.ch it is in English with the language menu on the side. Maybe you could just make a note to look for the change language option on the top right.

Personally, I would just email the booker your bank details (I saw one web shop that had a PDF of a bank credit form that could be downloaded direct from the site). I run a web shop and most Swiss customers are not comfortable making credit card payments over the net (expats are though) and we send out parcels with an invoice. In over 3 years we have had one late payment .

Welcome to the forum BTW

EDIT: We do take online payments with Paypal and I'm pretty sure the default language depends on who is making the payment, not where the shop is based

I echo grumpies method. I have holiday homes in France and give guests the option to pay in CHF, Euro or GBP, and haven't had a problem. IBAN, BIC/Swift is all you need. It makes our tax return a little complicated with 3 currencies though, but the payments go through no problem. I don't like Paypal as they are a pain and I stopped using them in favour of this method.