Retveno is a commission-free booking manager for small adventure tour operators who take bookings over WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger — not on a marketplace. One flat monthly price, 0% commission, no per-booking fees.
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.
No credit card required · Your guests keep using the apps they already love
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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.
Unlike Rezdy or FareHarbor, we never take a cut of your bookings. One flat monthly price, every sale is yours.
Automatic SMS and WhatsApp reminders before each trip cut no-shows without you lifting a finger.
| Bókun | Retveno | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per-booking commission (rate varies by plan and channel) | One flat monthly price |
| Commission on your own bookings | Often charged | 0% — always |
| How customers book | Marketplace or web checkout | Your WhatsApp & Instagram DMs |
| Best for | Operators who want deep Tripadvisor and Viator distribution | Operators who sell direct over chat |
Based on each provider's publicly described pricing model at the time of writing — always check current pricing on their own website.
Most booking platforms take a per-booking fee or a commission on sales you sourced yourself. Retveno is a flat monthly subscription with 0% commission — bring the customers over your own channels and keep every euro. On 40 bookings a month at €60 average, a 6% fee is over €1,700 a year you simply stop paying.
Bókun is Tripadvisor-owned, and its pull is the Viator and Tripadvisor shelf. That is a genuine acquisition channel and worth paying for if it is bringing you guests who would never otherwise have found you. What makes operators look elsewhere is paying a booking-based cost on their own direct traffic as the price of standing on that shelf.
Their published model is a per-booking commission, with the rate depending on plan and on whether the booking came through a marketplace channel or your own site. So the cost of a direct booking is set by a pricing sheet built for marketplace bookings — which is fine while marketplace volume dominates, and less fine as your direct share grows.
Send a Stripe checkout link in one click to collect a deposit, and let automatic WhatsApp and SMS reminders cut no-shows before each trip. Set departures with capacity so a full group never gets double-booked. Set up in an afternoon — no developer required.
Yes, and for many operators that is the sensible shape: leave marketplace listings where they are, and take the bookings that arrive in your own DMs through a system that charges nothing per booking. The two do not have to be the same tool.
Yes. One flat monthly price — no commission and no per-booking fee, on every plan. Every booking stays 100% yours.
No migration is required to get started — add your tours and start taking bookings the same day. You can move historical bookings over gradually as you go.
No. Your guests keep messaging you on WhatsApp, Instagram or Messenger exactly as they do today — Retveno just turns those conversations into managed bookings for you behind the scenes.
Yes. Start free with no credit card required, upgrade when you're ready, and cancel anytime — your data always stays yours.
Compare Retveno with
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Also see: Commission-free booking system · Booking software by activity · Pricing
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