Quote a group without freezing your inventory.
Send a priced quote by text or email while the seats stay on sale. The first payment confirms it. Phone bookings and inquiries land on the same calendar.
Half your bookings start as a call. Quick Quote turns that call into a priced payment link in under a minute, texted or emailed while you're still on the phone, and it holds nothing: the seats stay on sale until the deposit lands. Phone bookings go straight onto the calendar with a name and a number. Inquiries from your website arrive in one list and convert to bookings without retyping.
Quick Quote, mid-call
Bookings → Quick Quote: activity, date, time, party size, and a phone or email. Tarn prices it and shows what confirms it. Send it by Text, by Email, or Copy link to paste wherever the conversation is.
Nothing comes off sale
A quote is a booking with Quote status. It doesn't count against capacity, so a group that takes three days to decide can't block the weekend. Whoever pays first gets the seats.
Payment confirms
The guest opens the link, pays the deposit or the full amount, and the booking flips to Confirmed, sends the confirmation, and starts the waiver and reminder flow. The payer's name and email fill in if you didn't have them.
Phone bookings in a minute
New Booking needs a first name and a phone or an email. Pick the departure, set the party, Record Payment if they're paying now. Over capacity? Tarn warns you and lets you decide.
Inquiries become bookings
Inquiry-only activities and a 'Have a question?' card feed an Inquiries list with the guest's dates, group size, and message. Convert to Booking pre-fills everything and keeps the message in the notes.
- Quick Quote by text, email, or copied link
- Quotes never hold seats
- Deposit or full payment confirms the quote
- Phone bookings with a name and a number
- Walk-ins from your phone
- Inquiry form, inquiry-only activities, and a general question card
- Inquiry statuses: New, Contacted, Converted, Closed
- Convert to Booking with the details pre-filled
- Every send logged on the booking
- Quick Quote prices from your per-person rates. For a flat-priced private option, build the booking from the booking sheet and send a payment request.
- Texting a quote requires the guest to have asked for it; there's a checkbox for that, and every text ends with 'Reply STOP to opt out.'
- Inquiry replies go out from your own email client, so the thread lives in your inbox, not in Tarn.
What if two groups want the same slot?
Quote both. Neither holds seats, so there's nothing to un-hold. The first deposit takes the spots, and the other quote can be moved to another departure.
Can a quote include a deposit?
Yes. If the activity has Require Deposit on, the quote shows what's due to confirm, and the guest can pay just that. Without a deposit, any payment confirms.
Do phone bookings respect the online cutoff?
No, on purpose. Cutoffs stop online bookings close to departure; your office can still book a seat at the ramp.
Your next season starts at the desk. Make it a short visit.
Set up your trips, take your first booking, and get back outside.