Short answer: Bookeo already charges a flat fee and takes no commission, so the usual argument does not apply here. The real difference is the quota — Bookeo plans include a set number of bookings each month and you move up a plan as you approach it, while Retveno has no cap on paid plans. Bookeo is the broader booking engine; Retveno starts from the message.
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.
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| Bookeo | Retveno | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat monthly tiers with a monthly booking quota | 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 wanting one mature booking engine across tours, classes and appointments | 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.
Bookeo takes no commission, which removes the reason operators leave most platforms on this list — so anyone comparing the two is asking a narrower question. It comes down to the quota. A plan that includes a number of bookings per month prices your good months and your quiet ones differently, and the upgrade prompt arrives in the week you are least able to think about software. The other half is where a booking begins: Bookeo is an engine you send customers to, and it assumes they arrive at a booking page. If yours arrive as messages, that is the part neither the quota nor the feature list describes.
A monthly booking allowance makes your software cost a function of how well the season goes, in steps rather than in proportion. That is gentler than a commission — the step is occasional, not on every booking — but it points the same direction: the busier you are, the more you pay, and you find out at the threshold. A flat price with no cap on paid plans separates the two entirely, so a record month and a dead one cost the same.
Bookeo is broader than Retveno and has been at it far longer. It covers classes, memberships, gift vouchers, resource scheduling and a long list of trades under one account, with a mature booking engine and multi-language support behind it. If you want one system that handles a tour operation and a class timetable and a rental counter, that breadth is real and we do not match it. Retveno does one shape of business — chat-first, direct, owner-run — and does not pretend to be a suite.
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.
Two things, and neither is the fee. No booking cap on paid plans, so a good season never triggers an upgrade. And capture from the channel the enquiry arrived on — a WhatsApp or Instagram thread becomes a booking with the details filled in, rather than you re-typing it into a booking page the customer never visited. If your bookings already come through a booking page and you sit comfortably inside your quota, there is no strong reason to move.
Most booking platforms report revenue and occupancy rather than margin, so the per-departure profit and loss — guide time, vehicle, equipment, per-guest costs — usually ends up in a spreadsheet next to the booking system. Retveno computes it per departure, including vehicles and guides as step costs, and warns you before you accept a booking that would push a trip below the profit floor you set. See how that works.
Bookeo publishes flat monthly tiers and takes no commission, so the plan price genuinely is the answer — until you approach the booking quota that comes with it, at which point the next tier is. Check the included booking count against your busiest month rather than your average one. Retveno prices differently: a flat monthly subscription — free to start, €19 or €39 a month — with 0% commission and no per-booking fee, so what you pay does not move when the season does.
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.
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