So we put together this guide of the most popular fishing charter booking software to explain how they stack up on these fronts. We start with our system, B\u00f3kun, and cover 11 other names.<\/p>\n
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- B\u00f3kun<\/a><\/li>\n
- Bookeo<\/a><\/li>\n
- Checkfront<\/a><\/li>\n
- TripWorks<\/a><\/li>\n
- FareHarbor<\/a><\/li>\n
- Peek Pro<\/a><\/li>\n
- CaptainBook<\/a><\/li>\n
- The FlyBook<\/a><\/li>\n
- Vally<\/a><\/li>\n
- Digital Sportsman<\/a><\/li>\n
- Reservety<\/a><\/li>\n
- Anolla<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To learn more about B\u00f3kun after reading, <\/em>start our 14-day free trial<\/em><\/a> (no credit card required).<\/em><\/p>\n
1. B\u00f3kun<\/h2>\n
All-in-one booking, operations & distribution management system for fishing charters<\/h3>\n
![\"B\u00f3kun](\"https:\/\/www.bokun.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bokun-homepage.png\")
<\/p>\nB\u00f3kun is a complete operations management system built for the travel experiences industry \u2014 tour guides, activity operators, attractions, rental businesses, and everything in between.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re a Tripadvisor brand, and we’ve spent over 10 years working alongside tour guides \u2014 including a lot of fishing charter operators \u2014 to understand exactly where the operational headaches sit. And we\u2019ve built B\u00f3kun to fit how our users actually run things.<\/p>\n
Our system is flexible to support all types of teams and the most complex behind-the-scenes logistics. And we work with businesses of all sizes, whether you’re a solo captain running one boat or a multi-location operation with a massive fleet.<\/p>\n
B\u00f3kun is simple to set up, but our team can help you get up and running, making sure the system is dialled in for your operation.<\/p>\n
And while the operational side is a huge priority for us, we also place equal weight on the tools that help you sell your charters online and win new bookings. Our long-standing industry experience lets us offer some of the most advanced distribution options. 70+ OTA connections, one of the largest reseller marketplaces around, and affiliate support to get your fishing charters in front of global audiences: anglers looking for the best hotspots to drop a line, travellers visiting your area, families looking for things to do. You\u2019re not just staying afloat. You can actually grow.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re one of the highest-rated tour operator platforms \u2014 with a 4.7-star rating on review sites like Capterra<\/a> \u2014 because we offer all this at some of the lowest prices you\u2019ll find. One flat subscription ($49\/month) with super-low booking fees (1.5%).<\/p>\n
Spend less time on tedious admin work. Keep your calendar and pockets full. Reinvest back into what you do best.<\/p>\n
In the next sections, we\u2019ll review our core features and how they work for fishing charters. But you can also take B\u00f3kun out for a test run with our 14-day free trial (no credit card required)<\/a>.<\/p>\n
B\u00f3kun\u2019s operational modules to manage daily schedules & back-office processes<\/h3>\n
The central calendar<\/h4>\n
The central calendar<\/strong> is your main hub for managing daily schedules and departures.<\/p>\n
All your bookings \u2014 booked online from your website, OTAs, partner sites, or affiliate links \u2014 hit this calendar the moment they\u2019re made. And you can add offline bookings here, like those you get over the phone or when folks walk up at the dock.<\/p>\n
Then, when a new booking rolls in, availability updates across every connected channel automatically<\/strong>. If someone books the last seat for a 6 am trip on your website, that trip disappears from Viator, GetYourGuide, and anywhere else you’re listed. Nobody else can grab it. You never book beyond capacity.<\/p>\n
![\"B\u00f3kun](\"https:\/\/www.bokun.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bokun-departure-details-screen.png\")
<\/p>\nWithin bookings, you can see all the details \u2014 which captain, which boat, how many anglers, and any gear they’ve booked on top. Need to swap captains or move the trip to a different boat? That’s a change you make right there, not in some separate scheduling screen.<\/p>\n
And if bad weather rolls in and throws things off, you can flag every affected departure and fire off a single notification to everyone booked. Customers get a link where they can choose to reschedule or cancel and get a refund. That said, if there’s no realistic path to rescheduling \u2014 say the whole week’s blown out \u2014 you can make that call, send cancellation notices, and refund the entire batch in one move instead of working trip by trip.<\/p>\n
Experiences: Product & resource management<\/h4>\n
This is where you build out listings for all your fishing charters<\/strong> \u2014 a sunrise half-day, an offshore full-day, a night trip for anglers chasing something different after dark. Each one carries its own duration, capacity, resources, and rate, so a four-hour trip and an eight-hour trip aren’t forced into the same booking template.<\/p>\n
There are a few ways to build here: import products from your website, pull products over from Viator, or design listings from scratch with our product builder (it guides you through each step, so it\u2019s super easy).<\/p>\n
![\"Experience](\"https:\/\/www.bokun.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/availability-experience-schedule.png\")
<\/p>\nThen, for each listing, you\u2019ll:<\/p>\n
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- Include basic details.<\/strong> Give it a name, add a description and itinerary, and list out what\u2019s provided, what to bring, and anything to prepare for the trip. Most importantly, you want to attach photos from past trips \u2014 your boats, the fish anglers have reeled in, and the water you fish \u2014 because that \u201csneak peek\u201d is what really sells your charters and gets folks off the fence and onto the boat.<\/li>\n
- Set your availability.<\/strong> Specify the days and times departures run, the minimum and maximum group sizes, and blackout dates for maintenance days or stretches of the season when you’re closed due to weather.<\/li>\n
- Add pricing.<\/strong> Set per-person rates, a flat rate for private charters, bulk discounts for groups, and add-ons like gear rental, extra bait, or fish cleaning. You also choose how people pay: a deposit, full payment upfront, or pay-at-arrival. Most charter operators require a deposit or full payment upfront, since that covers any losses if someone no-shows.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Link the required resources. <\/strong>You’ll add all your inventory \u2014 your full fleet, captains, and gear \u2014 to the system, then choose which combination each trip actually needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Resource management<\/strong><\/a> is what ties a listing to what you actually have to run it. Each trip gets a specific boat, captain, and gear set assigned to it. So the moment someone books your 6 am half-day, the exact boat and captain you link are locked to it.<\/p>\n
Try to double-book that boat for another trip at the same time, or send out more rods than you’ve got racked, and the system catches it before it turns into a problem at the dock.<\/p>\n
The whole thing supports as many boats and trip types as you’re running, all from one system.<\/p>\n
CRM with automated communications<\/h4>\n
B\u00f3kun also includes an in-built CRM<\/strong><\/a> that captures customer data as soon as someone begins the booking process. It saves their contact details and anything shared in booking forms \u2014 name, email, phone number, fishing experience \u2014 along with their full booking history, all in one neat contact book. You can also add other details here yourself, so you’ve always got full context on a customer.<\/p>\n
![\"Operations](\"https:\/\/www.bokun.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/operations-customers-manage-communications.png\")
<\/p>\nThis has three key benefits:<\/p>\n
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- One, it helps you learn more about your customer base<\/strong> \u2014 which audiences you’re winning \u2014 so you can put that to use in retargeting.<\/li>\n
- Two, it lets you manage customer communications in the same system you manage experiences<\/strong>. Everything’s saved right in B\u00f3kun for reference \u2014 if a customer emails in with a question, that thread gets saved too so that you can add those details to their contact or booking.<\/li>\n
- Three, it saves you from having to purchase and juggle a separate CRM system<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We pair our CRM with automated communications<\/strong> to manage routine touchpoints and power your email marketing campaigns.<\/p>\n
When a new booking rolls in, the system automatically sends:<\/p>\n
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- Confirmations with mobile tickets attached.<\/strong> Convenient for your captains and customers. Anglers can save tickets to their phones instead of printing out paperwork, and your captains can scan folks in at the dock instead of checking names off a list.<\/li>\n
- Reminders before the trip.<\/strong> A week before, a day before, or both. You can set this schedule to keep trips top of mind and prevent no-shows.<\/li>\n
- Follow-ups after the trip wraps. <\/strong>Great for review requests or a returning-customer promotion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
You can also schedule any type of marketing email through our system. We provide templates for abandoned cart nudges, upsells, and discount codes, but you can build your own too \u2014 newsletters, announcements about new trips or boats, seasonal emails timed to when certain fish start running, or “look what our anglers caught” type emails that give past customers a reason to book again.<\/p>\n
![\"Operations:](\"https:\/\/www.bokun.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/operations-pick-a-base-for-your-template.png\")
<\/p>\nSelf-service portals for customers<\/h4>\n
B\u00f3kun also provides self-service portals<\/strong> that let customers manage their bookings without picking up the phone or emailing your team for help. They can view, reschedule, or cancel reservations, and even purchase add-ons right through the portal. (This is also the portal customers land in when you flag a trip for rescheduling due to weather.)<\/p>\n
This cuts down on admin work for your team and allows anglers to make sure they’re set with what they need for the trip. Any changes to bookings automatically reflect in your calendar so you’re always in the loop.<\/p>\n
Check-in tools<\/h4>\n
B\u00f3kun’s mobile apps handle check-in<\/strong> wherever your team actually is \u2014 the dock, the marina office, a bait shop if that’s where anglers stop first. Any (assigned) captain or crew member logged into the app can pull up the day’s manifest, scan a guest’s mobile ticket, and see who’s checked in and who hasn’t, all in real time.<\/p>\n
And since the apps work offline<\/strong> too, a spotty signal at the dock doesn’t slow anything down \u2014 everything syncs the moment you’re back in range.<\/p>\n
That means your crew always knows exactly who’s checked in, who hasn’t, and can get the boat moving right on schedule.<\/p>\n
Reporting dashboards<\/h4>\n
B\u00f3kun\u2019s reporting dashboards<\/strong> offer breakdowns of your bookings and revenue by product, sales channel, and time period, so you can see which trips are booked most often, which add-ons are most popular, which sales channels bring you the most business, and which seasons are your busiest.<\/p>\n
![\"Reporting](\"https:\/\/www.bokun.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/reporting-dashboard.png\")
<\/p>\nThen you can use these insights to improve your experiences and offerings, double down on the sales channels that work best for you, prepare for busy seasons, and ramp up marketing efforts during slower periods. For example:<\/p>\n
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- If your night trips barely book but half-day inshore runs sell out every time, add more half-day departures and scale back on night trips.<\/li>\n
- If most of your bookings come through Viator and a smaller channel isn’t pulling its weight, put more attention and availability into the one that’s actually working.<\/li>\n
- Staff up, stock extra tackle and gear, and add more boats to the schedule ahead of the months your data shows fill up fastest.<\/li>\n
- If you can see a slow stretch coming based on past seasons, run an early-booking deal for that window or highlight what that period has going for it \u2014 less competition on the water, milder weather, or a species that’s still biting even if it’s not your headline season. And if it’s a stretch where you just can’t run trips at all, use that downtime to start marketing and pre-booking your next big season instead of waiting until the season is already underway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
App Store<\/h4>\n
Beyond the core toolkit, our App Store<\/strong><\/a> lets you add on whatever your operation actually needs. And you can add or remove modules at any time.<\/p>\n
Digital waivers<\/strong> are what most charter operators reach for first: send them out with the booking confirmation, get them signed before anyone sets foot on the boat, and have that signed waiver attached directly to the booking so your captain can confirm everyone’s covered right from the manifest \u2014 no separate stack of paper to track down at the dock.<\/p>\n
Beyond waivers, other add-ons that charter operators tend to pick up include tip management<\/strong> for your crew, SMS messaging<\/strong> for last-minute departure changes, and more advanced reporting<\/strong> if the standard dashboards don’t go deep enough for how you run things.<\/p>\n
B\u00f3kun\u2019s tools to sell fishing charter experiences online & increase bookings<\/h3>\n
Enable direct website bookings<\/h4>\n
B\u00f3kun gives you all the tools to make your website bookable<\/strong><\/a>. Anglers can check availability, reserve a trip, and check out all in one go. This is not only convenient for your customers \u2014 they can book with you 24\/7, whenever it actually suits them, without waiting for you to pick up the phone \u2014 it also means you’re never missing a booking because you’re out on the water or closed for the night.<\/p>\n
If you already have a site, you can add our booking engine widgets across pages<\/strong><\/a>. We provide a variety of styles here \u2014 “Book Now” buttons<\/a>, calendar views, product listings, and product overviews \u2014 so you can drop them in wherever makes sense on your existing pages and give customers different entry points to start the booking process.<\/p>\n
![\"Choosing](\"https:\/\/www.bokun.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/choose-your-widget-type.png\")
<\/p>\nRead more: <\/strong>How to add a booking system to your website<\/a><\/p>\n
Our widgets are compatible with nearly all website builders \u2014 <\/em>WordPress<\/em><\/a>, Squarespace, Wix, Weebly, Joomla, and more.<\/em><\/p>\n
If you don’t have a site yet, our one-click website builder<\/strong><\/a> lets you build a professional site fast, no technical know-how required.<\/p>\n
Pick a template from our gallery<\/a>, then make it yours \u2014 drop in photos and videos, your logo and brand colours, your own copy about trips. If you want to go further, we also offer SEO tools<\/a> to build out blog content, translate your site for international anglers, connect Google Analytics, and customise your navigation and buttons. Every site comes optimised for desktop and mobile, with booking widgets already installed, though you’re free to add more or swap them out.<\/p>\n
![\"Website](\"https:\/\/www.bokun.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/website-settings-choose-template.png\")
<\/p>\nOnce you’re happy with your site, you\u2019ll give us your preferred site name, and we’ll handle securing the domain for you \u2014 at no extra cost to you.<\/p>\n
We also integrate with dozens of online payment processing tools<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 Stripe, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Venmo, Klarna, Rapyd, Worldpay, Braintree, and more \u2014 so customers can check out with whatever payment method they prefer (instead of hitting a wall at checkout because you only accept one type of card).<\/p>\n
Learn more about ramping up website bookings in our guides below:<\/p>\n
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- 8 ways to increase direct bookings<\/a><\/li>\n
- How REDRIB Experiences grew from a startup to a 5-star company with 89% direct online bookings<\/a><\/li>\n
- How Urban Saunters switched booking platforms overnight and tripled direct bookings in 6 months<\/a><\/li>\n
- How one diving operator saw a 40% surge in bookings with B\u00f3kun<\/a><\/li>\n
- How Sailing Windermere achieved business growth by accepting online bookings 24\/7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Connections with OTAs & online marketplaces<\/h4>\n
B\u00f3kun has the widest variety of OTA and online marketplace connections, and we’re the #1 restech partner across most major platforms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
At the time of writing, we integrate with 70+ sites<\/strong> \u2014 Viator, GetYourGuide, Google Things to Do, Airbnb Experiences, Expedia, TourRadar, Headout, Klook, Musement, Civitatis, and more. And we connect with more niche sites too, so you can find sites specific to fishing charters or your area and sell there as well.<\/p>\n
![\"B\u00f3kun](\"https:\/\/www.bokun.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/discover-partners-gif.gif\")
<\/p>\nWe also hold premium partnerships with Viator, GetYourGuide, and Google Things to Do.<\/p>\n
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- Our Viator Preferred Partnership<\/strong><\/a> lets us offer 0% B\u00f3kun fees on any bookings that come through Viator, plus free annual subscription checks (12, 24, or 48, depending on your package).<\/li>\n
- Our GetYourGuide Premium Connectivity Partnership<\/strong><\/a> lets you get your charters visible here and guarantees best-in-class API performance, so bookings sync fast and reliably between the two systems<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- Our Google Things to do partnership<\/strong><\/a> lets you skip the standard (lengthy) application process and get your charters listed directly on Google’s search engine and apps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Most of the platforms on this list have no OTA connections at all \u2014 so if you’re trying to reach anglers who start their search on a marketplace instead of your own site, this is where B\u00f3kun pulls ahead.<\/em><\/p>\n
We also wrote the guides below to help you learn more about selling your charters online and how to set yourself up for success:<\/p>\n
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- The tour operator\u2019s guide to OTA bookings<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to add your business to Tripadvisor<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to sell tours on Viator<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to become a GetYourGuide supplier<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to become a Civitatis supplier<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to host experiences on Airbnb<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to become a TourRadar supplier<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to sell tours on Expedia<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to become a Musement supplier<\/a><\/li>\n
- How to become a Klook supplier<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
B\u00f3kun Marketplace<\/h4>\n
Our platform also has one of the largest in-built partner networks \u2014 the B\u00f3kun Marketplace<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 with thousands of travel industry businesses: other tour guides and activity providers, attractions, travel agents<\/a>, DMCs, rental businesses, accommodation providers like hotels and resorts, transportation services, and more.<\/p>\n
There are a few ways to use this network:<\/p>\n
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- Work with resellers, who promote and sell your charters to their own audience<\/strong> \u2014 a hotel concierge desk recommending your trips to guests, for instance, earning you bookings you’d never see on your own.<\/li>\n
- Resell others’ services or experiences to earn a commission<\/strong> if you want to add revenue streams outside of running trips yourself.<\/li>\n
- Create packages with partners<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 bundle your half-day charter with a stay at a local waterfront hotel, or pair it with a nearby brewery tour<\/a> for a full day out on the water and off it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
There’s no cap on how many partners you can work with here \u2014 some B\u00f3kun customers manage 100+ contracts in the system<\/a>.<\/p>\n
We also give you all the tools to manage outreach, discuss partnership terms, and build out contracts \u2014 every conversation and agreement gets saved directly in B\u00f3kun for easy reference.<\/p>\n
B\u00f3kun Referral Tracking<\/h4>\n
Beyond the Marketplace, B\u00f3kun also offers Referral Tracking<\/strong><\/a>, letting you build an affiliate network<\/a> with any business or professional you choose. For fishing charters, that could be:<\/p>\n
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- Tackle shops and marinas<\/li>\n
- Fishing lodges<\/li>\n
- Tournament organisers<\/li>\n
- Fishing influencers and content creators \u2014 YouTubers or Instagram anglers who post catch videos and gear reviews<\/li>\n
- Admins of local fishing forums or Facebook groups<\/li>\n
- Charter and travel bloggers who cover your region or fishing style<\/li>\n
- Tourism boards or visitor bureaus promoting local activities<\/li>\n
- Complementary, non-competing guides \u2014 a freshwater guide referring saltwater clients your way, or vice versa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
You have complete control over this network. Add anyone you wish, set commission rates individually, and choose how each affiliate wins you bookings \u2014 with a trackable link or their own dedicated booking hub.<\/p>\n
Our reporting dashboards let you measure bookings by source, so you can see exactly which affiliates are actually bringing in business. From there, you can open up more availability to your best-performing partners or find more affiliates who look like them.<\/p>\n
Most B\u00f3kun users see an average 200% uptick in bookings<\/strong> by leveraging our combination of distribution tools. They can promote their experiences to audiences worldwide, win bookings from travellers they would\u2019ve never reached with their website alone, stay booked out \u2014 and above all else, actually achieve real growth.<\/p>\n
Check out some of their success stories<\/a> below:<\/p>\n
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- Venice Tours achieved a 400% revenue increase through the B\u00f3kun Marketplace<\/a><\/li>\n
- Tour Marbella pulls 54% of its bookings through B\u00f3kun Marketplace connections<\/a><\/li>\n
- Simba Sea Trips sees consistent 20% YOY revenue growth after joining B\u00f3kun<\/a><\/li>\n
- Mare e Vento achieved 87% Channel Manager bookings in just 3 months with B\u00f3kun<\/a><\/li>\n
- How Undiscovered Cotswolds grows bookings across the globe<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
B\u00f3kun\u2019s packages & how to get started<\/h3>\n
You can start with a 14-day free trial<\/strong><\/a> to see if B\u00f3kun’s the right fit \u2014 no credit card required.<\/p>\n
After that, our START plan<\/strong> covers everything we’ve walked through above for $49\/month with 1.5% online booking fees<\/strong>. We charge 0% B\u00f3kun fees on Viator bookings, and offline reservations are always free.<\/p>\n
For operations with more advanced needs, we offer PLUS <\/strong>and PREMIUM<\/strong> enterprise plans. These come with more advanced tools, like agent portals, subvendor management, resource allocation, and Zapier. We also provide enterprise users with dedicated onboarding, priority support, and a yearly strategy call with our team.<\/p>\n
Ready to see what B\u00f3kun can do for your charters? Cast off with a <\/em>14-day free trial<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
2. Bookeo<\/h2>\n
![\"Bookeo](\"https:\/\/www.bokun.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bookeo-fishing-trips-landing-page.jpg\")
<\/p>\nBookeo<\/a> is a popular booking system brand that has been around since 2009. It serves a ton of industries and people like Bookeo for its straightforward toolkit, user-friendliness, and affordability<\/a>. For a charter captain who just wants booking widgets, a calendar, and automated reminders at one flat rate \u2014 without paying booking fees on top \u2014 it does the job.<\/p>\n
It also covers the no-show and rescheduling basics well enough. You can require a deposit or full payment upfront, paired with automated confirmations and reminders. And when weather forces your hand, you can cancel a trip or bulk-cancel a whole day from your calendar. Bookeo notifies everyone affected with a one-click reschedule option built into the email.<\/p>\n
Where it comes up short for charters specifically: Bookeo wasn’t built for the behind-the-scenes logistics of fishing trips. There’s no dedicated tool for assigning a specific boat, captain, and gear set to a trip the way resource-heavy operations need \u2014 you’re managing that separately from the booking itself. And trip pricing is fairly one-size-fits-all; there isn\u2019t a lot of flexibility for running half-day, full-day, and night trips at different rate structures.<\/p>\n
The bigger gap is distribution. Bookeo connects to OTAs, but there’s no reseller network or partner marketplace to plug into.<\/p>\n
On top of that, Bookeo caps products, staff logins, and bookings on every plan, so a growing multi-boat operation will hit a ceiling and have to upgrade sooner than they’d like.<\/p>\n
Read more Bookeo reviews here.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n
Features<\/h3>\n
- \n
- Online booking widget (for existing sites)<\/li>\n
- Product & availability management<\/li>\n
- Customisable booking management calendar<\/li>\n
- Staff management<\/li>\n
- Channel management & connections with OTAs<\/li>\n
- Native POS<\/li>\n
- Integrations with online payment processors like Stripe<\/li>\n
- Automated communications to send booking confirmations, reminders & follow-ups<\/li>\n
- Customer portals to cancel or modify reservations<\/li>\n
- Waitlisting tools<\/li>\n
- Upselling tools<\/li>\n
- Options to sell merchandise, gift cards & vouchers<\/li>\n
- Reporting dashboard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Pricing<\/h3>\n
Bookeo offers three packages \u2014 the small business plan is inexpensive, but the other packages get pricier for larger teams, and Bookeo caps products, logins, and bookings across all plans.<\/p>\n
- \n
- The Standard plan ($39.95\/month) <\/strong>supports 20 products, 20 staff logins, and 1,000 bookings per month.<\/li>\n
- The Large plan ($79.95\/month) <\/strong>supports 40 products, 40 staff logins, and 2,000 bookings per month.<\/li>\n
- The X-large plan ($119.95\/month) <\/strong>supports 60 products, 60 staff logins, and 3,000 bookings per month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Read more: <\/strong>Best Bookeo alternatives for activity & experience providers<\/a><\/p>\n
3. Checkfront<\/h2>\n
![\"Checkfront](\"https:\/\/www.bokun.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/checkfront-fishing-charters-landing-page.png\")
<\/p>\nCheckfront<\/a> is a top-rated system with a strong toolkit for fishing charters. The system lets you:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Allocate boats, captains, and gear to specific trips, and stop double bookings before they happen.<\/li>\n
- Build in seasonal rules and blackout dates so weather variability doesn’t require constant manual upkeep.<\/li>\n
- Offer hourly, daily, or multi-day experiences, so half-day, full-day, and overnight charters can each carry their own duration, capacity, and rate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Digital waivers are a strength, too \u2014 you can build separate templates for different trip types (private charters vs. shared trips vs. speciality runs) and collect them automatically at checkout alongside a deposit, which gives you some protection against a last-minute no-show before it happens.<\/p>\n
However, rescheduling takes more legwork here than it should: shifting a booking means moving it to a “postponed” status to free up the inventory, then manually rebooking it to new dates yourself once the customer’s ready. There’s no one-click way to cancel a whole day and notify everyone affected at once.<\/p>\n
Another catch with Checkfront is cost<\/a>. It merged with Rezdy at the end of 2023 and now charges $99\/month plus 3% on top of every online booking \u2014 no small fee for a business running high-ticket trips.<\/p>\n
- The Large plan ($79.95\/month) <\/strong>supports 40 products, 40 staff logins, and 2,000 bookings per month.<\/li>\n
- The Standard plan ($39.95\/month) <\/strong>supports 20 products, 20 staff logins, and 1,000 bookings per month.<\/li>\n
- Tour Marbella pulls 54% of its bookings through B\u00f3kun Marketplace connections<\/a><\/li>\n
- Venice Tours achieved a 400% revenue increase through the B\u00f3kun Marketplace<\/a><\/li>\n
- Resell others’ services or experiences to earn a commission<\/strong> if you want to add revenue streams outside of running trips yourself.<\/li>\n
- How to add your business to Tripadvisor<\/a><\/li>\n
- Our GetYourGuide Premium Connectivity Partnership<\/strong><\/a> lets you get your charters visible here and guarantees best-in-class API performance, so bookings sync fast and reliably between the two systems<\/a>.<\/li>\n
- How REDRIB Experiences grew from a startup to a 5-star company with 89% direct online bookings<\/a><\/li>\n
- 8 ways to increase direct bookings<\/a><\/li>\n
- Reminders before the trip.<\/strong> A week before, a day before, or both. You can set this schedule to keep trips top of mind and prevent no-shows.<\/li>\n
- Two, it lets you manage customer communications in the same system you manage experiences<\/strong>. Everything’s saved right in B\u00f3kun for reference \u2014 if a customer emails in with a question, that thread gets saved too so that you can add those details to their contact or booking.<\/li>\n
- Set your availability.<\/strong> Specify the days and times departures run, the minimum and maximum group sizes, and blackout dates for maintenance days or stretches of the season when you’re closed due to weather.<\/li>\n
- Bookeo<\/a><\/li>\n