Purpose-built for operators of exotic adventure experiences — rafting, scuba diving, paragliding, ATV/quad, kitesurf, rock climbing, canyoning, safaris, jet-ski and more — who take bookings over WhatsApp and Instagram, not on a marketplace.
No credit card required · Your guests keep using the apps they already love
WhatsApp
Hi! Do you have space on the canyoning trip this Sunday? 5 of us 🏞️
We do — 09:00, mixed fitness is fine. Want me to hold them?
Yes please! 🙌
Auto
New bookingPending
Experience
Canyoning day trip
Date
Sun · 9:00 AM
Guests
5 people
Source
WhatsApp · auto
0%Commission on bookings
InstantFrom DM to pending booking
100%Of every sale is yours
Built for operators
Keep your channels — lose the admin
Your DMs become bookings — automatically
Connect your channels once and the messages customers send you on WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger turn into ready-to-confirm bookings by themselves. No copy-paste, no typing, nothing for your guests to install — you just tap confirm. Only messages that mention a booking are ever read; never your private chats.
Commission-free
Unlike Rezdy or FareHarbor, we never take a cut of your bookings. One flat monthly price, every sale is yours.
WhatsApp reminders
Automatic SMS and WhatsApp reminders before each trip cut no-shows without you lifting a finger.
Your guests message you. We turn it into a booking.
Guests already message you on WhatsApp or Instagram to ask about dates, group size, and what's included. With Retveno, every one of those booking conversations turns into a pending booking automatically — no copy-paste, no spreadsheet, nothing new for your guests to install. You just review the extracted details and tap confirm.
Connect your channels once and it runs in the background forever. A scuba dive centre in Greece, a paragliding school in Montenegro, a canyoning guide in Croatia — if guests message you to book, Retveno captures it.
From DM screenshot to booking in seconds
Not ready to connect a channel, or taking a booking on a platform we don't integrate with? Paste a screenshot of the conversation and Retveno reads the customer name, dates, group size, and contact details into a draft booking. You review every field before saving — nothing is stored until you confirm. It works for any chat, any platform, any time.
Keep every euro — no marketplace commission
Marketplaces like Rezdy, FareHarbor and Checkfront charge a percentage on every experience you sell — typically 6% or more. On 40 bookings a month at €60 average, that's over €1,700 a year paid to a platform for bookings you sourced yourself, through your own Instagram and WhatsApp. Retveno is a flat monthly subscription. No commission. Every sale is 100% yours.
Run it on your own numbers before deciding: take last season's booking count, multiply by your average trip price, and apply the fee percentage. The difference between the two models is not the monthly figure, it is the direction — a per-booking cost scales with your success, so your best season is also your most expensive one, while a flat price stays where it was. The alternatives pages break down each platform's published model one at a time.
Deposits and reminders that run themselves
Once a booking is confirmed, send a Stripe checkout link in one click to collect a deposit or full payment and lock in the spot. Automatic WhatsApp and SMS reminders go out before each experience to cut no-shows — without you lifting a finger. Set fixed departure dates with capacity and let bookings fill them so you never accidentally double-book a full group.
Tailored to your activity, not a generic form
Every adventure experience is different. A tandem paragliding flight needs pilot weight limits; a scuba dive needs certification level; an ATV tour needs driving experience. Retveno lets you define the custom fields for each experience yourself, so the booking captures exactly what you need to run the trip safely.
The weather reschedules your week, not you
Every indoor business books a slot and keeps it. Outdoors, the forecast gets a vote: wind cancels the tandem flights, a risen river changes which section runs, fresh snow moves the beginner group off the upper slope. Rescheduling is not an exception in this trade, it is a normal Friday night. What breaks is not the decision — it is finding everyone affected when each booking lives in the chat thread it arrived in.
Retveno puts every booking on one calendar by departure, so when conditions change you can see exactly who is on the affected trip, message them, and move them. Reminders then go out against the new time automatically — nobody turns up to yesterday's plan.
A season, not a year — and capacity that has to hold
Outdoor operators earn a year's income in a handful of months, and inside those months daylight caps how many departures a day can physically hold. A missed message in July costs far more than a missed message in February.
An adventure experience is not an open calendar slot — it is a departure with a seat count, a guide and a vehicle. Set a departure, give it real capacity, and let bookings fill it until it closes itself, so peak week runs at the number you can actually guide rather than the number you accidentally accepted. Anything that treats an activity as a generic appointment will eventually sell you a fifteenth seat on a fourteen-person boat, and you will find out on the pontoon.
Waivers and safety detail signed in advance
Adventure trades carry real risk, and the paperwork that goes with it. Send waivers as a link when the booking is confirmed and have them signed before the day rather than on a clipboard in the car park. Ability level, swimming competence, medical notes and certification numbers ride on the same booking, so the guide leading the group can see them without asking anyone to repeat themselves.
Set up in an afternoon, no developers needed
Add your experiences, set capacity, connect your WhatsApp or Instagram — and you're live the same day. No technical skills, no integrations, no developer required. Start on the free plan with no credit card and upgrade when you're ready.
Any operator of an exotic adventure experience who takes direct bookings over chat: rafting, scuba diving, paragliding, ATV/quad, kitesurf, canyoning, safaris, rock climbing, jet-ski, horse riding, zip-line and more. You define the custom fields for each experience.
Do I have to stop using WhatsApp or Instagram?
No — keep using them exactly as you do today. Retveno reads the booking conversations in the background and turns them into pending bookings. Your guests never notice anything changed.
How is this different from Rezdy or FareHarbor?
Rezdy and FareHarbor are marketplaces — they list your experiences and take a commission on every sale. Retveno is your private booking manager: no listing, no commission, no marketplace. You bring the customers (over chat), we handle the admin.
Does it really read my WhatsApp messages automatically?
Yes — but only messages that match booking keywords like "book", "availability" or "dates", which you can customise in settings. Everything else is ignored instantly and never sent to us or stored. No person ever reads your messages; it's fully automated.
Can I take a deposit before confirming the experience?
Yes. Generate a Stripe checkout link in one click from any booking to collect a deposit or full payment. The booking status updates automatically once the guest pays.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Start free with no credit card, upgrade when you're ready, and cancel anytime — your data always stays yours.
You do you. We do the rest.
Keep taking bookings where your guests already are — start free and let the admin run itself.