Hi,
I was wondering if you can help.
I am a UK citizen who has moved to Chile with my wife to open a new business.
Our product will be hiring vehicles within Chile to foreign tourists (usually europeans/USA/Australians).
Our prices are currently in the local currency CLP.
We currently do not have a bank account in Chile, and have been informed due to strict laws we will probably not be able to open a company/personal bank account in Chile for at least a year until we can prove our business is successful. However we have bank accounts in the UK, as well as in Spain (GBP & EURO).
Using paypal would we be able to receive payments online for our services and then transfer that money to our UK bank account?? I currently have a paypal personal account, all set up with my UK details.....
When a customer hires a vehicle we will also have to charge a deposit to the customers credit card which will either be fully/partially refunded, or not at all, dependent on the condition of the vehicle when the hiree returns the van. Other competitors currently either take a block on the card for a certain amount, or, physically take the payment, then refund within 1 week of the completed rental. Personally I think the second option is a more secure way of protecting our vehicles.
Thanks in advance!
Danny
