Which hotels and booking sites accept crypto?

What did we find about the booking sites?

One "reported", one "stopped" and five "no", as of October 13, 2026:

• Trip.com: reported. The press says USDT and USDC work for prepaid bookings in some markets since October 9, 2025. The option depends on your IP address and is not offered in mainland China. Trip.com's own payment page, updated June 25, 2026, does not list them. Does Trip.com accept crypto?
• Expedia: stopped. Bitcoin through Coinbase for hotel bookings from June 11, 2014. Dropped in 2018: on May 10 per a spokesperson, on June 10 per customers. Does Expedia accept crypto?
• Airbnb: no. Its payment help page names no coin. A gift card bought with crypto works for U.S. residents with a U.S. payment method. Does Airbnb accept crypto?
• Booking.com: no. Its partner FAQ lists cards, cash, wallets and pay-later methods. Its listings were added to Travala, a crypto travel site, in 2019. Does Booking.com accept crypto?
• Agoda: no. Its terms of use (version 6.3, in force since July 10, 2026) name cards and digital wallets, and no coin. Does Agoda accept crypto?
• Hotels.com: no method found. A USD gift card bought with crypto works on its US site for Pay Now bookings. Does Hotels.com accept crypto?
• Vrbo: no method found. Its policy forbids moving a payment off the platform, so a host asking for crypto breaks its rules. Does Vrbo accept crypto?

Do Marriott, Hilton and the other big hotel chains accept crypto?

Not at group level, as far as our searches found on October 13, 2026. 9 of the large groups below have no crypto payment method on their own website or app. Hyatt showed a bot check to our reader, so its row stays "Not verified"; a search extract of its FAQ names no coin. Each has its own page with the dated status, its deposit and debit card rules, and its sources:

• Marriott and Hilton
• IHG and Accor
• Wyndham and Choice Hotels
• Best Western and Radisson
• Minor Hotels and Hyatt (Hyatt not verified)

The two other group rows are The Kessler Collection, which takes crypto, and Meliá, which we have not checked yet. The hotels that take crypto are mostly independent or owner-run. They are in the second table and in the next section.

Which hotels accept Bitcoin or crypto directly?

Few, and mostly small groups or single hotels. As of October 13, 2026, two operators confirm it on their own pages, and two rest on the press:

• The Kessler Collection: yes. Its page "Pay with BitPay" asks guests to tell the front desk at check-out. It lists 12 coins, including BTC, ETH and USDC, but no USDT. The press reported the start at its 8 corporate-owned US hotels in March 2021. Does The Kessler Collection accept crypto?
• Hotel Princess, Plochingen, Germany: yes. Its FAQ says stays and bar drinks can be paid in bitcoin, with Lightning at the bar. It now trades as PRINCESS No.3. Does Hotel Princess accept crypto?
• Las Golondrinas: reported. A November 2025 press release announced USDT and USDC on Polkadot Asset Hub for direct bookings. Does Las Golondrinas accept crypto?
• Palazzo Versace Dubai: announced in 2022, not confirmed today. Bitcoin through Binance was reported from September 7, 2022; its policies page now names cards only. Does Palazzo Versace Dubai accept crypto?

What counts as "accepting crypto" in this index?

A company accepts crypto only if its own checkout takes it. The rules we apply to every row:

• Direct. The company's website, app or front desk takes the coins. It may use a payment processor it contracts, such as BitPay, Coinbase or Triple-A. This is the only case that can reach "Yes".
• Through an intermediary. Another company takes your crypto and pays in normal money. Examples: a gift card reseller, a crypto card, or a crypto travel site such as Travala or StaySats. This is not acceptance. It appears in the "Crypto workaround" column or in the text, never in the status.
• Coins and networks. We list the coins and the networks the source names. If a source names USDT without a network, the network cell stays empty: we never guess.
• Eligibility. Who can use it: markets, IP address, residence, type of booking (prepaid or not) and currency.
• Dates. Start and end dates as published. When sources disagree, we show both dates, as for Expedia in 2018.

How was the index built?

We chose rows by demand and by size. The 7 booking sites are the ones named most often in travellers' questions about paying in crypto, in our study of 80 common questions. The 12 hotel groups are large international groups plus one US group reported to take crypto. The 3 hotels are properties that announced crypto payments in the press.

For each booking site, on October 13, 2026, we read the payment help pages, the terms of use or the partner pages. We also searched for any announcement. Where a site blocked our browser, we say so on the row and lower the evidence level. Expedia and Hotels.com showed a bot check, and Vrbo's payment help page returned an error. Press articles give the history and the reported options; each is dated in the sources. Meliá's payment pages could not be read, so its row stays "Not checked yet".

This version reads published pages only. It contains no test payments and no checkout screenshots.

How often is the index updated?

Every month, plus an extra update when a company announces a change. A change can be a new payment method, an end of crypto payments, or a new processor. The "checked" date of a row moves only when we check that row again. The page date changes only when a status, a source or a condition changes. Changes are listed in our changelog.

If you see a status that is out of date, write to [email protected] with a link to the source. We check it and update the row with the date of our check.

What does this index not tell you?

Five limits apply:

• Rules change. A payment page can change at any time. Check the checkout before you pay.
• "No" means "not found". A company may accept crypto in a market we could not see, or through a sales team. We report what its public pages say.
• Some rows rest on the press. Trip.com and Expedia rest on news articles. Each company either did not publish the information or blocked our browser.
• One hotel is not its group. A hotel of a big brand may take crypto at its desk while its group does not. The reverse can also happen.
• No prices. This index says who accepts crypto, not who is cheaper. We make no price claim here.

Where does StaySats fit? (our offer, marked)

StaySats is not a row of this index: it is the publisher. We sell hotel bookings paid only in crypto: BTC, USDT, USDC, ETH, SOL, LTC, with USDT on Tron (TRC-20) or Ethereum (ERC-20). You top up a balance from $25, and at checkout the exact total of the stay is held. We book the room on request and confirm the final total with the hotel. Your balance is charged only when the hotel confirmation number is issued, and released at once if we can't confirm.

We pay the hotel in its local currency, so the hotel does not need to accept crypto. That is why a hotel we sell never appears here as "accepts crypto". Read how it works and our pricing rules. To compare the companies behind crypto travel sites, us included, see the crypto travel seller registry.

How do I cite this index?

License: CC BY 4.0. You may copy, share and adapt the data, also for commercial use, with credit to StaySats. Use this line:

Source: StaySats, Hotel & Booking-Site Crypto Acceptance Index (checked October 13, 2026), CC BY 4.0, https://staysats.com/hotel-crypto-acceptance-index/.

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Written by the StaySats research desk (TravelGoat LLC); named reviewers will be listed here when appointed.