Short answer: Checkfront prices in tiers with booking allowances, so your cost is a staircase, cheap at the bottom of a tier and unpleasant at the top. Retveno is one flat price with unlimited bookings. But Checkfront handles rental inventory properly, and we model departures as seats, not items on a shelf.
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.
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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.
| Checkfront | Retveno | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Monthly subscription tiers with booking caps | 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 also manage rental inventory and want tiered plans | 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.
Checkfront's tiers are shaped around booking volume, which makes growth the thing that moves you up a plan. Operators leave at the boundary: the month you cross a cap, the cost of the software steps rather than drifts, and the step arrives precisely when the season is going well.
Monthly tiers with booking allowances mean your software cost is a staircase, not a line. Budgeting is easy at the bottom of a tier and unpleasant at the top. A flat price with unlimited bookings removes the staircase entirely — a record month and a quiet one cost you the same.
Checkfront handles rental inventory — kit going out and coming back, per-item availability, damage and return windows — properly. If you rent boards, bikes or equipment alongside your trips, that is a real capability we do not match. Retveno models departures with seats, not items on a shelf.
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.
On a tiered model you move up and the monthly cost steps with you. Retveno has no booking caps on paid plans, so a busy season changes your revenue and not your bill — the only thing that moves the price is how many staff seats an appointments business runs.
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.
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. 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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Also see: Commission-free booking system · Booking software by activity · Pricing
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