International Payment Solutions for Travel Agencies and Tour Operators
Reduce your foreign exchange costs, simplify international payments, and protect your margins from currency fluctuations.
Travel agencies and tour operators work every day with hotels, airlines, destination management companies (DMCs), and other suppliers based all over the world. This means making international payments, managing multiple currencies, and dealing with exchange rate fluctuations that can directly affect the profitability of every trip.
Chez Devyzz, nous accompagnons les professionnels du tourisme avec une solution de paiements internationaux, de comptes multidevises et de couverture du risque de change. Réduisez le coût de vos paiements à l'étranger, sécurisez vos marges et bénéficiez de l'accompagnement de spécialistes des devises pour simplifier la gestion de vos flux financiers internationaux.
The key international challenges for travel agencies
Organising trips around the world involves far more than booking flights and hotels. From managing payments in different currencies to dealing with exchange rate fluctuations and tight deadlines, travel professionals face daily financial challenges that can directly impact their profitability and customer satisfaction.
From hotels and airlines to destination management companies (DMCs), transport providers, and local guides, travel agencies work with partners around the world who often require payment in their local currency. Managing payments across multiple currencies, including EUR, USD, GBP, JPY, and AUD, is therefore a daily challenge for international travel businesses.
Some destinations require payments in less common currencies, such as the Thai baht (THB), Moroccan dirham (MAD), Vietnamese dong (VND), or Mexican peso (MXN). However, many banks and payment providers do not offer competitive exchange rates or favourable terms for these currencies.
The true cost of international payments goes far beyond the visible fees. Banks often apply substantial margins to exchange rates, increasing the cost of every transaction and directly impacting your travel agency’s profitability.
Between the moment a quote is issued and the travellers’ departure, several weeks or months may pass. Over this period, exchange rates can move significantly. Without an appropriate hedging strategy, adverse currency movements can erode or even eliminate the margin on a trip.
When travellers are already abroad, every payment becomes critical. A hotel, transport provider, or local supplier that does not receive funds on time can disrupt the customer experience and damage your agency’s reputation. Reliable payment execution and real-time tracking are therefore essential.
International payments, foreign exchange risk, and less common currencies often involve complex challenges. Having direct access to a specialist, rather than relying on a call centre, helps you make informed decisions quickly and save valuable time.
More comprehensive and competitive international payments
Pay your suppliers around the world with competitive exchange rates, no transfer fees, and access to more than 140 currencies through your online platform or dedicated FX specialist.
Unlike traditional banks, Devyzz focuses exclusively on international payments and foreign exchange. Our specialist expertise enables us to provide competitive pricing, personalised support, and faster payment execution.
Protect your margins against currency fluctuations
When you sell a trip months before departure, the cost of your international services remains exposed to foreign exchange market movements. An adverse currency fluctuation can quickly erode the profitability of a booking.
With Devyzz, you can lock in exchange rates up to 24 months in advance with hedging solutions designed around your needs. You gain greater visibility over your costs and protect your margins, even in volatile markets.
Direct access to our FX specialists
Access the expertise of a dedicated dealing room to optimise your foreign exchange operations and make informed decisions at the right time.
At Devyzz, our FX specialists work alongside travel agencies and tour operators to address their everyday currency challenges: identifying the right time to convert currencies, managing less common currencies, securing competitive exchange rates, and implementing tailored hedging strategies.
Where traditional banks typically reserve this level of expertise for large corporations, Devyzz brings institutional-quality FX support within reach of businesses of all sizes.
Why travel professionals choose an international payments specialist
🏦 Traditional banks
❌ High exchange rate margins that directly reduce your profitability on each trip
❌ Multiple additional charges that quickly add up: international transfer fees, FX commissions, SWIFT charges, currency account fees, and more
❌ Limited visibility over your true costs, with little transparency on the exchange rates applied
❌ Restricted access to FX specialists, with this level of expertise usually reserved for larger businesses
❌ A one-size-fits-all banking approach that does not address the specific needs of travel professionals
📱 Neobanks
❌ Automated support with limited access to dedicated FX expertise
❌ Solutions primarily designed for individuals and small businesses, rather than the recurring international payment needs of travel agencies and tour operators
❌ Limited support for complex currency requirements, such as less common currencies, multiple supplier payments, and FX risk management
❌ Advanced features often locked behind additional subscription tiers
💚 Devyzz
✅ Competitive and transparent exchange rates to help protect your margins
✅ No subscription fees and predictable costs
✅ A dedicated FX specialist and responsive support team
✅ Named accounts in 30+ currencies across 20+ countries
✅ International payments in 140+ currencies
✅ Tailored FX risk management solutions to safeguard your margins
✅ A solution built for businesses managing regular international payment flows
FAQ – International payments for travel agencies and tour operators
Find answers to the most common questions about international payments and discover why travel agencies trust Devyzz to optimise their international currency flows.
Travel agencies often make a high volume of payments to overseas suppliers, including hotels, destination management companies (DMCs), airlines, and transport providers. Bank charges and exchange rate margins can add significantly to the overall cost of each transaction.
By partnering with a specialist provider like Devyzz, you gain access to competitive exchange rates, tailored pricing, and dedicated international payments expertise to help protect your margins.
Devyzz enables travel agencies and tour operators to make payments in more than 140 currencies across the globe.
You can settle payments with international partners in their local currencies, including less common currencies required for specific destinations.
Between selling a trip and settling payments with suppliers, several months may pass. During this time, exchange rates can move significantly and increase the cost of your international services.
With Devyzz’s FX risk management solutions, you can lock in an exchange rate in advance, gain full visibility over your currency costs, and protect your margins.
Foreign exchange risk is the impact that currency fluctuations can have on your business.
For example, a travel agency selling a trip in euros but needing to pay a hotel in US dollars several months later could see its margin reduced if the dollar strengthens in the meantime.
Effective FX risk management helps you anticipate currency movements and secure the profitability of your international trips.
Traditional banks typically provide a broad, general banking offering covering a wide range of financial services. Devyzz focuses exclusively on international payments and foreign exchange.
This specialist approach enables us to offer:
- Competitive FX rates and transparent pricing
- Access to a wide range of currencies
- Faster international payment execution
- Direct support from FX market specialists
Yes. In the travel industry, timely payments are critical: a supplier that does not receive funds on time can disrupt the smooth running of a trip.
Devyzz helps travel agencies manage their international payments with fast, reliable, and fully tracked payment solutions.
No. Devyzz supports independent travel agencies, agency networks, tour operators, and online booking platforms of all sizes.
Our mission is to make specialist international payment solutions and FX expertise, once reserved for large corporations, accessible to every business.