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FareHarbor
Booking and reservation software for tour and activity operators with no subscription fee
As of 31 August 2026, FareHarbor's pricing is not published; the vendor quotes on request. A tours and activities booking platform owned by Booking Holdings that charges no software fee and instead adds around 6% to the customer checkout price. Softwr lists it under Travel. FareHarbor is made by FareHarbor Holdings, part of Booking Holdings, available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What FareHarbor does
FareHarbor is an online booking and reservation platform for tour operators, activity providers, attractions and rental businesses. It covers availability and capacity management, online checkout, manifests, waivers, resource and guide assignment, gift cards, point of sale for walk-ups and distribution to OTAs including Viator, GetYourGuide and Booking.com. The commercial model is the whole story. There is no monthly subscription and no setup fee. FareHarbor instead adds a booking fee of around 6% at checkout, charged to the customer rather than deducted from the operator payout, so a $100 tour is presented to the guest as $106. Combined with card processing, the effective cost per booking is commonly in the region of 9 to 11% of booking value. Operators like it because it removes software cost from the profit and loss entirely; the cost lands on the guest instead, which matters if you are competing on displayed price or take a lot of repeat direct business. Buyers are tour, activity and attraction operators in North America, Europe and Australasia, from single-boat charter businesses to multi-site attractions. Ownership by Booking Holdings, parent of Booking.com and Priceline, is the fact most worth weighing: distribution reach is excellent, and you are also embedding your reservation system inside the group that owns the largest OTA you compete with for direct bookings.
What people use it for
- A kayak tour operator with strong seasonality that cannot justify a fixed monthly software fee through the winter
- An attraction wanting waivers, manifests and OTA distribution in one system without an upfront licence
- A new operator launching with no capital who needs professional checkout from day one
- A multi-activity business needing guide and equipment assignment across overlapping departures
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Where it falls short
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- The roughly 6% booking fee is added to the price your customer sees, so your headline price appears higher than a competitor absorbing their software cost, which is a direct disadvantage when guests price-compare.
- With card processing on top, the effective cost is commonly 9 to 11% of booking value, so a high-volume operator pays far more over a year than a flat subscription would cost.
- There is no published rate card, so the fee you are quoted depends on the deal you negotiate and you cannot compare terms without going through onboarding.
- FareHarbor is owned by Booking Holdings, so your reservation system, your customer data and your availability sit inside the group that owns the largest OTA competing for your direct bookings.
- Because pricing is transactional, switching away is expensive in effort rather than money and operators tend to stay past the point where a subscription product would be cheaper.
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Pricing
What FareHarbor costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
FareHarbor
On request
- No monthly subscription and no setup fee
- Booking fee of around 6% added to the customer checkout price
- Card processing charged separately, giving an effective 9 to 11% of booking value
- Operators may absorb the fee instead of passing it on
- No published rate card; terms confirmed at onboarding
Capabilities
Features
Availability and capacity
Per departure capacity, resource and guide assignment across multiple activities
Customer checkout
Mobile-first booking flow embedded in your own site with the booking fee shown at checkout
Digital waivers
Liability waivers collected and stored against the booking
Manifests and dispatch
Day-of operating sheets for guides and check-in on mobile
OTA distribution
Connections to Viator, GetYourGuide, Booking.com and other resellers
Gift cards and point of sale
Walk-up sales and gift certificate redemption in the same system
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Questions people ask
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What does FareHarbor cost?
No subscription. Around 6% is added to the customer checkout price, plus card processing, giving roughly 9 to 11% of booking value in total.
Who pays the booking fee?
By default the customer, shown at checkout. Operators can choose to absorb it into their own price instead.
Who owns FareHarbor?
Booking Holdings, the parent of Booking.com, Priceline and Kayak.
At what volume does a subscription tool become cheaper?
Broadly once annual bookings exceed a few hundred thousand in value, at which point 6% dwarfs a fixed monthly plan.
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