Fishing charter booking software for guides who'd rather be fishing.
You're on the water when the calls come in. Tarn books the trips, takes the deposits, and chases the paperwork while you're running the boat.
Guiding is a phone business run from a boat: half your bookings start as a call you take at the ramp, every trip needs a deposit to be real, and the season's rhythm follows water you check every morning anyway. Tarn puts a booking page on your own website for the guests who'd rather book at 10pm, turns the phone bookings into confirmed trips with a payment link you text back when you're off the water, and keeps deposits, balances, and waivers moving without you touching a keyboard.
The parts of your day Tarn already knows.
Deposits that make a booking real
Take a deposit at booking and let the balance ride until trip day. Guests pay it themselves from their manage-booking link, or you collect it at the ramp.
The water you watch, where you book
Point a trip at its USGS gauge and the live flow sits next to the day's bookings, with the forecast at your launch. One less tab to check.
Every client's history in one place
Open a contact and see every trip they've run with you, what they paid, and what they signed. The regulars book themselves, and you still know it's their fifth season.
Guests handle their own admin
A manage-booking link lets guests view details, pay their balance, and sign waivers themselves, and a group payment page splits the bill so the organizer isn't fronting for ten friends.
Your website, your Stripe account
The booking widget embeds on the site you already own, payments run through your own Stripe account with payouts straight to your bank, and every booking, contact, and waiver exports anytime.
Pay only when you're running
No monthly fee and no contract. Tarn takes a published 3% per booking, stepping down to 2% as you grow, and a closed season costs you $0.
How an operation like yours sets it up.
Illustrative setups, not templates you're locked into; every trip's schedule, capacity, pricing tiers, and deposit are yours to shape.
Half-day walk & wade
Two anglers, one guide, morning and afternoon slots
Full-day float
The premium trip, priced per boat-day
Multi-boat group day
A bachelor party that needs three boats
I book most trips by phone. Does Tarn still help?
Yes. Enter the booking in seconds and email the guest their payment and waiver links. The deposit confirms the date, and everything after that is self-serve for the guest.
Can I keep using my own website?
Yes. Tarn embeds into the site you already have — your domain, your photos, your SEO — and the booking flow runs in place. There's nothing to migrate your website to.
What does it cost in the off-season?
Nothing. There's no monthly fee. Tarn charges a published percentage per booking, so months with no trips cost $0.
Your next season starts at the desk. Make it a short visit.
Set up your trips, take your first booking, and get back on the water.