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# Booking Payment

During the booking creation, you can specify the preferred payment method. Depending on this, the booking and payment may be processed differently

{% hint style="info" %}
Contact us directly if you would like to collect the payment for the booking.
{% endhint %}

#### Balance

The balance indicates if parking operators have to collect payment during the arrival. 

{% openapi src="<https://sales.nextpark.dev/swagger.json>" path="/v1/bookings/{booking}/payments" method="post" %}
<https://sales.nextpark.dev/swagger.json>
{% endopenapi %}