Best rafting booking software in 2026
The platforms rafting outfitters use, with each company's pricing where it's published, observed or reported. We make Whitewatr, so it's listed first. Sources for every price are at the bottom of the page.
WhitewatrOur product
No monthly fee; 2% + Stripe processing on online bookingsBuilt around river operations: group waivers, manifests, permit reporting, and a listing on Whitewatr's directory of rafting outfitters, organized by river and state. Booking opens by invitation.
FareHarbor
No monthly fee listed in its provider terms; guest booking fee (6% observed)A widely used activity platform. Its terms let it add a booking fee to the guest's checkout, and it charges the operator a separate processing fee.
Whitewatr vs FareHarbor →Peek Pro
Custom, commission-based quotePriced by custom quote after a sales demo. Commission is reported at 6–8%, and you can reportedly absorb it or pass it to guests.
Whitewatr vs Peek Pro →The Flybook
4% of online bookings, or 2% of all transactionsCovers rafting alongside rentals, lodging and ticketing. The 2% plan charges offline bookings too.
Whitewatr vs The Flybook →RESMARK
$95/mo + 2.5% of all bookingsServes river outfitters and includes WaiverSign waivers. The fee applies to offline bookings too.
Whitewatr vs RESMARK →Checkfront
$99/mo + 3% of online bookingsA general booking platform for rentals, tours and lodging. No fee on offline bookings.
Whitewatr vs Checkfront →Xola
No monthly fee; 3% or 6% service fee on each bookingNo subscription. Adds a 3% or 6% service fee to the guest's checkout, and card processing is 2.39% + 30¢.
Whitewatr vs Xola →What rafting outfitters should look for
The size of the fee
Every platform charges a fee on each booking, and you'll either absorb it or build it into your prices. So compare the fee itself: on a season of bookings, 2% and 6% are very different numbers.
Fees on offline bookings
Some platforms take a percentage of every booking you record, including cash and phone bookings. Others charge only on online payments.
Waivers in the same system
Every guest needs a signed waiver. Check whether waivers are included, and whether group links and minimum-age rules are handled.
Your permit paperwork
If you run on public land, look for software that turns your completed trips into user-day and fee reports for the agency.
Getting your data in and out
Ask how you'd import your current trips and booking history, and what you can export if you leave.
What's live versus promised
Ask every vendor, us included, which features exist today and which are on a roadmap.
What Whitewatr includes
Everything below is live today. The roadmap is listed separately so you know exactly what you're getting.
Online booking
Guests pick a trip and departure and pay online. Capacity updates as bookings come in. Take full payment or a deposit, with the balance paid later.
Digital waivers
Individual and group signing links, minimum-age checks, email verification and an audit trail. Guests who haven't signed get a reminder.
Manifest and check-in
A run sheet for each day with headcounts, waiver status and balances. Check guests in and export to CSV.
Walk-ins and phone bookings
Record bookings taken in person or by phone, including cash and check. No Whitewatr fee on payments you collect yourself.
Guest emails
Booking confirmation, pre-trip details 48 hours out, waiver and balance-due reminders, and a review request after the trip.
Departure cancellations
Cancel a departure and every guest on it gets an email with a link to rebook on another date or request a refund.
Groups, contracts and invoices
Group quotes with agreements and deposits, contracts with e-signature, and invoices your customers pay online.
Guides
A guide roster with certifications, a personal schedule link for each guide, and payroll tracking by departure or by guest.
Boats and vehicles
Track your boats, vans and gear. A new departure checks that enough of each is free at that time.
Permit reporting
Assign trips to a land-agency permit, generate user-day and fee reports for the period, and export them to CSV.
Gift cards and promo codes
Sell gift cards that redeem against bookings, and run promo codes for your own campaigns.
Your listing and your website
Your Whitewatr listing gets a Book Now button, and a booking widget embeds on your own site.
On the roadmap
- Automatic guide assignment by certification and hours
- Guide-to-guest ratio enforcement
- Rafts, duckies and kayaks in a single booking
- One-click weather cancellation for a whole day, with automatic refunds
- Text-message and weather-aware reminders
- Stored PDF copies of signed waivers
- Full booking and customer export, and an API
- OTA distribution, point of sale and dynamic pricing
Switching? Import your trips from a screenshot, a spreadsheet or a pasted list, and we'll import your booking history for you.
Competitor pricing comes from each company's published pricing or terms, a checkout we observed, or a third-party report labeled as reported, checked September 2026. Where a company doesn't publish a rate, we say so. Sources: FareHarbor terms, FareHarbor checkout observed Sept. 29, 2026 (Zoar Outdoor, MA): 6% fee, Peek Pro, The Flybook pricing, RESMARK pricing, Checkfront pricing, Xola pricing.
Try Whitewatr with your own trips
No monthly fee. On online bookings, Whitewatr charges 2%, and Stripe charges its standard card processing fee. Cash and check bookings you record are free.
Booking tools are opening to outfitters by invitation while we set each one up personally. Claiming your listing is free.