I don't get the fuss about PayPal. I agree it's not "allowed' to use PayPal for timeshare transactions but most people do it anyway. PayPal knows this and look the other way anyway. PayPal gets paid every time 3% in transaction fee.
The other thing, should a renter complain to PayPal or their cc. What can PayPal do except for freezing the account and take whatever money is in the account?
When I receive funds I transfer them straight away to my personal banking account. When the money is in my banking account PayPal can do absolutely nothing. They could ofc try and charge my cc but since I didn't authorize the charge I could always file for a chargeback with my bank.
The laws in my country does not give PayPal the right to charge my cc for whatever reason if I haven't approved it. They can claim I owe them money, but that still doesn't give them the right. They can then try and sue me, but on what grounds? Their own "rules"? I don't think that would get them far.
So seen from my chair unless I get the money in the hand, the fastest and safest way is to use PayPal, it's also an expensive way, since the renter pays a transaction fee, but I also pay a fee to receive the funds
In my country checks a so ooutdated that we can't use them anymore. Banks are now allowed to decline any use of them. Unless ofc it's a foreign check from another country, in that case the banks have huge fees to manual process them.