Commission-free booking software for Surf schools operators who take bookings over WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. Turn every enquiry into a ready-to-confirm booking — one flat monthly price, 0% commission.
Surf schools book around tides and conditions, and confirm most lessons in an Instagram DM the day before. Retveno keeps that flow and adds the board and wetsuit details your instructors need.
No credit card required · Your guests keep using the apps they already love
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Real bookings don't arrive in one tidy message — they're a back-and-forth, with changed dates and afterthoughts. Watch us untangle the whole thread into a single booking, exactly like we do on autopilot.
Type a customer message below — or try the or example.
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We only read this one chat to show you the result — nothing is saved.
Built for operators
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.
Connect WhatsApp, Instagram or Messenger once and every booking conversation turns into a pending booking with the customer name, dates, group size and contact details already filled in. Review and tap confirm — no copy-paste, no marketplace, nothing new for your guests to learn. Not a channel we connect to yet? Paste a screenshot and Retveno reads it into a draft booking.
Generic booking forms don't fit adventure activities. Board volume and wetsuit sizing come straight from a surfer’s level, height and weight, and the session time comes from the tide — all of it worth capturing at booking. Retveno lets you define your own custom fields per tour — for example level, height and weight, board size, wetsuit size — so every booking captures exactly what you need to run the trip safely.
Boards and instructors per tide session, on a timetable that moves about an hour later each day.
Sent with the booking and signed before arrival, so nobody is filling in paperwork at the meeting point. On the Pro plan.
A departure manifest you can open on your phone, carrying every custom field the booking captured — and exportable to CSV.
Surf lessons are scheduled by the tide, not by the working day, which means the timetable moves roughly an hour later each day and no two weeks look alike. Most confirmations happen the evening before, once the forecast is worth trusting.
When the forecast moves, you move the departure — not forty chat threads. Seats, deposits and the guide assigned, in one view.
Board volume follows height and weight, and wetsuit sizing follows the same numbers.
A school that does not have them before the van is loaded either carries the whole rack or sends someone out on the wrong board — and the first lesson is where a beginner decides whether they will ever come back.
One more guest can cost more than they pay — another vehicle, another guide, another van run. Retveno works it out per departure before you accept the booking.
See how departure profitability works →7 guests net €92 — €13.14 each, once you hire 2 × Instructor.
A group of 6 earns more: €136.
| Guests | Needs | Net | Each |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 × Instructor | -€44 | -€44 |
| 2 | 1 × Instructor | -€8 | -€4 |
| 3 | 1 × Instructor | €28 | €9.33 |
| 4 | 1 × Instructor | €64 | €16 |
| 5 | 1 × Instructor | €100 | €20 |
| 6 | 1 × Instructor | €136 | €22.67 |
| 7 | 2 × Instructor | €92 | €13.14 |
| 8 | 2 × Instructor | €128 | €16 |
| 9 | 2 × Instructor | €164 | €18.22 |
| 10 | 2 × Instructor | €200 | €20 |
| 11 | 2 × Instructor | €236 | €21.45 |
| 12 | 2 × Instructor | €272 | €22.67 |
| 13 | 3 × Instructor | €228 | €17.54 |
| 14 | 3 × Instructor | €264 | €18.86 |
| 15 | 3 × Instructor | €300 | €20 |
| 16 | 3 × Instructor | €336 | €21 |
| 17 | 3 × Instructor | €372 | €21.88 |
| 18 | 3 × Instructor | €408 | €22.67 |
The same hours, the same weather, the same customers — once with the admin you do now, and once with it already done.
You message every student with the new lesson time.
You move the session; every student gets the new time.
You sort levels from memory and double-book the foamies.
Level is on every booking, and the session shows the boards left.
You ask their height and weight, then guess the board.
Height and weight are fields; the right board goes out.
You load the whole rack because you're not sure.
Wetsuit sizes are on the manifest; you load what's needed.
21:00 Still texting tomorrow's students their tide time.
17:40 Tomorrow is set. You paddle out for the evening session yourself.
Your evening back — tomorrow just needs a glance
Marketplaces take a commission or per-booking fee 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. Collect deposits with a one-click Stripe link and cut no-shows with automatic WhatsApp and SMS reminders.
Yes. Scheduled departures are set individually rather than on a fixed weekly pattern, so each day's lesson can start when the tide says it should and guests book against the real time.
No. Keep taking bookings on WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger exactly as you do today. Connect your channels once and booking messages turn into ready-to-confirm bookings automatically.
Board volume and wetsuit sizing come straight from a surfer’s level, height and weight, and the session time comes from the tide — all of it worth capturing at booking. In Retveno those are custom fields you define per tour — for this one, typically level, height and weight, board size, wetsuit size. They arrive filled in on the booking, appear on the departure manifest, and export to CSV with everything else.
Yes. One flat monthly price — no commission and no per-booking fee. Every booking stays 100% yours.
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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