Bookings and trip scheduling
Public departures, private buyouts, and overlapping windows on one calendar. A sold-out 9 a.m. cannot still take a walk-up at 8:50.
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Tour booking software
Published by Slipstack. We launch this stack for live rental and charter operators — how it works.
Tour management software
Public departures, private buyouts, and overlapping windows on one calendar. A sold-out 9 a.m. cannot still take a walk-up at 8:50.
The office has to see who is assigned. The confirmation has to tell the guest where to stand. That is ops, not a separate “HR module.”
Ticketed seats and private charters are both inventory. Headcount is the product; overselling is a refund and a dock argument.
Hold the run with a deposit. Remaining balance before departure. Money in your Stripe — not a middleman on the fare.
Signing rides with the receipt and reminders. The PDF files against that departure, not a clipboard in the van.
The guest list the guide actually uses. Who is unsigned. What ran yesterday. Website and checkout are the same trip, not a widget reconciling overnight.
Honest scope
Guests finish on your domain. Checkout, waivers, and the board sit on one reservation. Booking software for tour operators is this stack, billed as a flat subscription.
Huge multi-vertical catalogs, self-serve onboarding, or marketplace / OTA distribution. FareHarbor may still be the right product there. We will not pretend otherwise.
Features, fees, alternatives
| Need | Widget + brochure site | Network / OTA platforms | Slipstack |
|---|---|---|---|
| Take the booking | A paste-in book button. | Hosted checkout, often with reseller channels. | Live departures on your domain. |
| Run the day | Usually a spreadsheet. | Manifests and ops vary by plan. | Roster, waivers, and calendar on the same trip. |
| Fees | Site builder plus the widget’s cut. | Percentage of tickets is common (about 6% on our FareHarbor pages, approximate). | $999/month. 0% commission. Stripe processing still applies. |
| Fit | Shops that still want to answer the phone. | Operators who live on Viator / GetYourGuide-style distribution. | Operators who want the guest, the site, and the Stripe account. |
Competitor percentages are estimates already used on this site. Confirm current rate cards with those vendors.
A live season
Live operator · Lake Austin · Boat Bros ATX
Production data from Boat Bros ATX, a Slipstack shop on Lake Austin: $121k booked trip value in 134 days. Their whole prior year through the old website: $34,000. A 6% cut on this season’s volume is $7,275. Slipstack was $4,500. Not a survey and not a forecast for your lake.
$121k
booked trip value
212
trips booked online
556
waivers signed
$572
average order
When the tour is on the water
Sightseeing, sunset, and fishing-as-a-tour share the same clock as trip booking software. Captained product lives on charter boat booking software. If the company is really a rental fleet that also runs tours, start at boat rental software.
Percentage booking tools are a common comparison — Slipstack vs FareHarbor states the model difference without inventing their rate card.
Live
Boat Bros ATX · Lake Austin
Captained pontoon, watersports, sunset, and holiday charters on Lake Austin.
Nasty Sport Fishing · Cabo San Lucas
Private Cabo fishing charters — packages, live booking, Stripe, and buy-now-pay-later.
Also see online booking software, trip booking software, boat rental software, charter boat booking software, FareHarbor pricing, pricing, and reservation system.
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