FareHarbor alternative
FareHarbor is a widely used tour-and-activity booking platform (owned by Booking Holdings). Setup is free, but it adds a booking fee — commonly around 6% — that is typically passed to your customer at checkout.
Booking platform alternatives
Most booking platforms charge a commission or a per-booking fee on sales you sourced yourself. Here is how Retveno's flat monthly, 0%-commission model compares with each of them, side by side.
Every platform here, ordered by how predictable the bill is
One criterion, stated up front: how much of what you pay moves when the season does. A flat subscription sits at the top because a record August and a dead February cost the same; a per-booking fee or commission sits at the bottom because your best month is also your most expensive. It is not a quality ranking, and it is our list — Retveno charges the flat fee the criterion favours, so read it knowing that and check the "when they win" section on each page, which is where each platform beats us.
| # | Platform | How they charge | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retveno this site | Flat monthly price, 0% commission, no booking cap | Owner-run operators taking bookings over WhatsApp and Instagram |
| 2 | Bookeo | Flat monthly tiers with a monthly booking quota | Operators wanting one mature booking engine across tours, classes and appointments |
| 3 | Acuity Scheduling | Subscription tiers gated by staff-calendar count, no free plan | Squarespace-based practices needing packages, memberships or HIPAA compliance |
| 4 | Checkfront | Monthly subscription tiers with booking caps | Operators who also manage rental inventory and want tiered plans |
| 5 | TrekkSoft | Monthly subscription + per-booking fees | European operators who need channel management and a booking desk |
| 6 | Rezdy | Monthly subscription + per-booking fee | Operators whose main channel is OTA / reseller distribution |
| 7 | Xola | Monthly subscription + per-booking fee | Operators running paid acquisition who want conversion tooling |
| 8 | Regiondo | Monthly subscription tiers + per-booking fees | European operators selling through DACH-region marketplaces |
| 9 | FareHarbor | Free setup, ~6% booking fee per transaction | Larger operators distributing heavily through OTAs and resellers |
| 10 | Peek Pro | Free setup, per-booking fee added at checkout | Larger US operators wanting an all-in-one POS and marketing suite |
| 11 | Bókun | Per-booking commission (rate varies by plan and channel) | Operators who want deep Tripadvisor and Viator distribution |
| 12 | Ventrata | Quoted enterprise tiers + per-booking fees + setup/implementation | Attractions and multi-route operators selling thousands of tickets a day |
Rezdy alternative
Rezdy is an Australian booking and channel-management platform built around distributing tours through OTAs and resellers. It is priced as a monthly subscription plus a per-booking fee.
Checkfront alternative
Checkfront is a Canadian booking-management platform for tours, rentals and activities, sold on monthly subscription tiers that cap how many bookings each plan includes.
Bókun alternative
Bókun is a Tripadvisor-owned booking and channel-management platform for tours and activities. It is monetised as a per-booking commission, with the rate depending on the plan and on whether the booking came through your own site or a marketplace channel.
Peek Pro alternative
Peek Pro is a US booking platform for tours, activities and rentals with a broad point-of-sale and automation feature set. Setup is free and it is monetised through a per-booking fee that is typically passed to the customer at checkout.
TrekkSoft alternative
TrekkSoft is a Swiss booking and channel-management platform for tour and activity operators, sold as a monthly subscription with per-booking fees charged on top.
Xola alternative
Xola is a US booking and marketing platform for tours and activities, known for its checkout and abandoned-booking recovery tooling. It is sold as a monthly subscription with a per-booking fee on top.
Regiondo alternative
Regiondo is a German booking system used widely across Europe for tours, activities and attractions. It is sold in monthly subscription tiers, with per-booking fees that depend on the plan and the sales channel.
Ventrata alternative
Ventrata is an enterprise booking and ticketing platform for high-volume attractions, hop-on hop-off bus networks and venues selling timed-entry tickets. It is sold on quoted subscription tiers with per-booking fees and an implementation project, rather than a published self-serve price.
Bookeo alternative
Bookeo is a booking and scheduling platform covering tours, activities, classes and appointment trades, sold on flat monthly plans rather than a per-booking commission. Each plan includes a set number of bookings per month, and exceeding it means moving up a tier.
Acuity Scheduling alternative
Acuity Scheduling is an appointment-scheduling platform owned by Squarespace, sold on three subscription tiers with no free plan. The tiers are separated largely by how many staff calendars each allows, with capabilities such as SMS reminders and group classes arriving above the entry tier.
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.
You do you. We do the rest.
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