First and most important - ensure that your PayPal account is setup properly.
* You have successfully your confirmed your account email address (the same email address you use to login to PayPal).
* Next, link and confirm both a bank account and credit card. (the credit card serves a backup funding source and additional form of ID). By doing so lifts the limits on your account when you first set it up - having a "verified" account makes everything go a bit smoother.
Benefits of having a "verified" account.
* Doing so allows you to withdraw more funds from your PayPal balance to your bank account.
* Creates a higher level of confidence that a person is who they say they are.
* Promotes a willingness to do business with you.
What to do:
You can verify your account by completing two out of three steps:
* Linking and confirming your bank account
* Verifying your credit or debit card information
* Providing your social security number.
Assuming you're good to go on the PayPal side, in your Airbnb account, you would add your PayPal email address to the payout methods. This is what links you to Airbnb and is the key for receiving your money. Airbnb sends you the money, the funds are deposited in your PayPal account balance. From there you can do what you want with the money.
This is what you can do with the funds:
* Leave the money in your Account Balance.
* Withdraw it to your Bank Account (free)
* Request a paper check (there's a fee to process the check and can only be delivered to a physical street address - not a PO Box)
* Withdraw at an ATM using a PayPal Mastercard Debit Card (fees may apply depending on the ATM's owner).
