The impending ban, which will be imposed from January 13, will apply to payments for flight and holiday bookings in-store and online and forms part of the second EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2).
As a result, businesses will not be allowed to profit from surcharging but the costs incurred processing card payments will still stand and be passed on to companies, tax consultancy firm RSM said.
The organisation said it believed the change could “impact the bottom line” of travel firms when the new rules come in.
