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VRBO channel

apiSource = "vrbo" (apiSourceId=30). VRBO is the one channel where payment processing stays in BA.

Detection

dispatchChannelFor("vrbo") returns "email" — VRBO doesn’t have a dedicated thread routing like Airbnb/Booking.com. We send to the guest email directly.

Payments — stay in BA

VRBO bookings use BA’s pending-payment infrastructure:

  • 287723 — VRBO first payment (50% at booking time)
  • 287724 — VRBO final payment (50% on schedule)
  • 287721 — VRBO security deposit ($1200, DISABLED in BA)

BA uses the Stripe card it collected at booking time + scheduled charge rules. We don’t have access to that card, and reimplementing the schedule duplicates working BA functionality.

Bill’s decision: leave VRBO payments in BA permanently. Don’t disable AAs 287721 / 287723 / 287724 when cutting other AAs over.

See BA cutover checklist for the do-NOT-disable list.

Other VRBO behavior

Everything else (pre-arrival messages, form bridges, cleaning, etc.) works identically to Direct bookings — VRBO is just another email-only channel in our worker.