Card Machines for Hospitality — Pubs, Cafés, Restaurants
Hospitality is time-critical: slow tills mean lost rounds. The right mix of portable readers, pre-authorisation for tabs, and tipping workflows aligned to payroll keeps guests happy and finance out of court.
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Pay-at-table and split bills
Handhelds should mirror EPOS tables — no manual re-keying after peak service. Test split-bill and merge flows before Friday night. Battery docks per zone beat sharing one handset across a beer garden.
Pre-auth and no-shows
Large tabs and tasting menus may need incremental authorisation. Train staff to release holds promptly when guests settle — stale holds annoy customers and inflate issuer disputes.
Tips, service charge and troncs
Decide whether tips flow through the acquirer to a tronc account or are cashed out; payroll must match. Align prompts on terminals with your policy — ambiguity drives chargebacks.
Connectivity for busy sites
Guest Wi-Fi must not starve POS Wi-Fi — see guest vs staff Wi-Fi. Pair with failover for tills when football streams saturate the link.
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