# What's new in HBook version 2.1?

Version 2.1 of HBook introduces various features related to the payments.

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## Payment links

You can now share payment links to your customers. A payment link is a unique link to your payment page, with preset values. You can now generate and send payment links for:

- Deposit or Full payment
- Remaining balance
- Security bond
- Custom amounts
- Asking a customer to add a payment method (for later charge/refund)

These links are currently available **only with Stripe**, with more payment gateways to follow soon. We will be progressively updating our payment gateway add-ons for HBook.

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### Resources - payment links

**Documentation**

- [Payment link settings](https://maestrel.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HD/pages/34734083/Payment+settings#payment-link-page)
- [Include payment links in manual emails](https://maestrel.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HD/pages/61112321/Reservation+list#send-an-email)
- [New payment links variables for email and document templates](https://maestrel.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HD/pages/34668701/List+of+variables#variables-for-payment-links)

**Knowledgebase**

- [Can I send a payment link to my client?](../../browse-our-knowledgebase-by-topic/payments/can-i-send-a-payment-link-to-my-client.md)
- [For which payment gateways is the payment link feature currently available?](../features/for-which-payment-gateways-is-the-payment-link-feature-currently-available.md)

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## Payment page

When a customer clicks a payment link, they’re taken to a dedicated payment page on your website. You can customize this payment page and display a reservation summary, including reservation details and payments history. As it is a page on your website, you can as well display any information you wish to share on that page.

You can optionally redirect users to a custom “Thank You” page after payment.

You can as well have specific email templates sent upon payment made via payment link or upon payment method added via payment link.

As for any text displayed by HBook, you can modify the texts displayed on the payment page and for the “Thank you” messages in **HBook > Text**.

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### Resources - payment pages

**Documentation**

- [Payment link form](https://maestrel.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HD/pages/89980929/Payment+link+form)
- [Reservation summary and "Thank you" page](https://maestrel.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HD/pages/36765701/Reservation+summary)
- [New "Upon event" email trigeers for payment links](https://maestrel.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HD/pages/34668598/Email+settings#upon-an-event)

**Knowledgebase**

- [Can I redirect the client to a custom "Thank you" page?](../../browse-our-knowledgebase-by-topic/booking-process/can-i-redirect-the-client-to-a-custom-thank-you-page.md)

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## Add payments and check payment history

Version 2.1 also makes it easier to manage payments:

- View a full history of payments per reservation
- Make Stripe charges and refunds directly from the payments details
- Record manual payments directly within HBook
- Display payment history in documents and email templates
- Show payment summary within invoice tables

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### Resources - payment history

**Documentation**

- [New "Add/Edit payment" section](https://maestrel.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HD/pages/61112321/Reservation+list#edit-payments)
- [New way to do Stripe charge/refund](https://maestrel.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HD/pages/61112321/Reservation+list#make-a-stripe-charge-or-refund)
- [List offline payment methods](https://maestrel.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HD/pages/34734083/Payment+settings#offline-payment-methods)

**Knowledgebase**

- [Can I charge a customer of the remaining balance?](../../browse-our-knowledgebase-by-topic/payments/can-i-charge-a-customer-of-the-remaining-balance.md)

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## Where are the new location for previous information/actions?

Some information is now available at a different place, and some actions have to be done differently, from version 2.1.

All actions related to payments are now shown when clicking on “Edit payments”.

![edit_payments.png](./attachments/edit_payments.png)

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### View payment origin

It is possible now to have various online payments for a reservation, and to log as well any payment received offline. Therefore, we do not indicate any more the payment gateway used for the initial payment in “Information” column.

You will click on “Edit payments” to view the payment history.

![view_payments.png](./attachments/view_payments.png)

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### Mark as paid

This action has been replaced by “Add payment”. Simply click on the link corresponding to the payment, select the payment method and click on “Add”. The payment will be logged, and the reservation will be marked as paid.

![mark_as_paid.png](./attachments/mark_as_paid.png)

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### Stripe Charge or Refund

These actions are now done as well from the “Edit payments” pop-up. It is important to mention, that a [Stripe payment method](https://maestrel.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HD/pages/34734083/Payment+settings#stripe-settings) has to be stored in order to charge or refund a customer.

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#### Stripe charge

You can select a link, for example “Remaining balance”, which will autofill the form, or enter a custom amount to charge.

![stripe_charge.png](./attachments/stripe_charge.png)

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#### Stripe refunds

You can proceed to a full refund or to a partial refund from one of the Stripe charges by clicking on one of the arrows. When choosing a full refund, all Stripe charges will be refunded.

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