Your booking system works. The fee is the problem.
When someone finds you on Google, or comes back from last year, they should be able to book with you - without a booking platform charging a fee on the sale.
15 minutes. If your current setup makes more sense, we'll say so.
On a booking platform
- Waterfall tour, 4 guests
- $640.00
- Platform booking fee, 6%
- $38.40
Paid by you or your guest$38.40
On your own site
- Waterfall tour, 4 guests
- $640.00
- Our fee, 1.9%
- $12.16
You keep$627.84
Example with a 6% booking fee. Fees vary by platform and plan, and some platforms add theirs to the guest's bill instead.
We do the work. You approve.
- 1A 15-minute callYou tell us how you sell today.
- 2We set it all upYour tours, prices, payments and dashboard.
- 3You approve, it goes liveUsually in 2 to 4 weeks.
See it working on Legend Costa Rica.
Legend's tours, ATV trips and transfers are booked and paid on their own website. Go through a booking and take it to the payment screen - you don't have to pay.
What the guest does
- Chooses the tour
- Picks the date and how many people
- Adds their details and pays by card
- Gets the confirmation by email, in English, Spanish or French
Or book a whole tour on our demo tour company, all the way to the confirmation email - nothing is charged. Open the booking demo
What you see
Every booking in one place: who has paid, the week's departures and who is on them, and the bookings you take by phone, WhatsApp or through a hotel, added in the same calendar.
Open the demo dashboardA demo with made-up bookings.
Which bookings move, and which stay.
Four ordinary bookings for a $640 tour for four. The ones that found you themselves move to your own site; the ones a reseller sold stay where they are.
Sent to the platform's checkout, where its booking fee applies: about $38.40 at 6%, paid by you or by them.
Books and pays on your site. Our fee is $12.16 (1.9%), from your side.
You send them a platform link, and the fee comes with it.
You send the link to your own tour page. Same $12.16, and they are your customer again.
Viator sells it and takes its commission.
No change. It stays on your platform.
Booked through the platform.
No change. It stays on your platform.
One set of seats, split so nothing double-books.
Saturday's waterfall tour has 12 seats. We agree how many each side can sell - here, 4 held for your platform's resellers, 8 on your own site. If resellers are a small share of your bookings, moving everything is often simpler - that's what Legend did.
The messages we send for you.
Every guest hears from you at the right moment, under your name, in English or Spanish. You approve the wording once; after that it runs on its own.
- Booking confirmedStraight away: the receipt, the date and time, and what's included.
- The day beforeThe pickup or meeting point, the time, and what to bring.
- After the tourThank you, and a request for a review.
- Next seasonAn invitation to come back, booking on your own site.
You also get an email for every booking, and the day's departures with who is on them.
Want to see what this would look like for your tours?
15 minutes with us: how bookings work on your site today, what the guest sees at checkout, what you are paying, and whether anything is worth changing.
What it costs.
$39 a month plus 1.9% of each booking paid on your own site. Bookings sold by Viator, GetYourGuide or your booking platform cost you nothing with us. No setup fee to add booking to the site you have.
Tours and activities, every month
$39 a month
+ 1.9% of each booking paid on your own site
- No setup fee to add booking to your site
- Month to month - stop any time
- Card fees at cost, charged by your own payment provider
What would you keep?
To get started, one time
Only if you want a new site: $799 once, then $29 a month to keep it running.
Check it against your real numbers.
Bring your last invoice from your booking platform. In 15 minutes we compare it with ours, line by line.
See it with your own tours.
In 15 minutes we show you booking and payment on your own site, with your tours and your prices.
What is included
- A booking page for every tour: dates, times and seats left
- Card payments - Visa, Mastercard, American Express - straight to your own account
- Guest emails: confirmation and receipt, the day-before reminder, the review request
- Your dashboard: every booking, payment and departure in one place
- Set up by us: your tours, prices and payments, in English and Spanish
- Seats shared with your platform, so nothing is booked twice
- Photos, a description and what is included on every tour page
- Adult and child prices, group and private-tour prices
- Transfers priced per vehicle, with pickup times
- Extras at checkout: hotel pickup, photos, lunch
- Seat limits per departure and booking cut-off times
- Taxes shown clearly in the total
- Deposit or full payment - your choice
- Discount codes and gift cards
- Digital waivers signed when they book
- Bookings you take by phone or WhatsApp, in the same calendar
- Each day's departures with guest names and who has paid
- Resellers and agents booking at their own rates
- An "ask a question" button that reaches you on WhatsApp
- Live in 2 to 4 weeks, with help from us by WhatsApp
Booking fees vary by platform and plan - your own invoice is the real number. Rezdy and Checkfront publish 3% per online booking (Rezdy, Checkfront, September 2026); platforms that add a fee at checkout don't publish one rate, and operators report around 6%.
You keep what works.
Your website. Your booking. Your payment.
- Keep your website if it's good - we add booking to it
- Keep your platform for resellers and agents where you need it
- Move only what makes sense: sometimes everything, sometimes just your own bookings
- We look at your setup before anything changes
- If there isn't a worthwhile change, we'll tell you
Questions operators ask us.
Do I have to leave my booking platform?
No. Keep it for resellers, agents and anything else that needs it. We move the bookings that come to you directly onto your own site - or everything, if that turns out simpler.
How do you avoid double bookings if I keep it?
We agree how many spots on each departure each side can sell, so the two never overlap. If your reseller volume is large and changes daily, keeping your platform for everything may be the better answer - and we'll say so on the call.
Where does the money go?
Into a payment account in your own name - we never hold your money. We connect the processor that works best in your country and with your bank: in Costa Rica, ONVO; in Mexico, Stripe; in Colombia, a local processor such as Wompi, Bold or ePayco. If you bank or process elsewhere, we work out the best option with you.
Does it work with my current website?
Yes. The booking pages live on your own domain - for example book.yoursite.com - and the buttons on your site point to them. Nothing else on your site has to change.
What happens in the 15 minutes?
We look at your site and booking path together: what a guest sees when they want to book, what you pay today, and where your bookings come from. By the end you'll know whether there's a change worth making. If there isn't, we'll say so.
How long does it take to set up?
Usually two to four weeks from the day you say go. We load your tours, prices and departure times; you check everything before it goes live.
One clear lead, a small team.
Lars Beurskens leads every project, from the first call to the day your site goes live - and after.
Before Pulpería he spent fifteen years building digital products at adidas, RetailMeNot and Gumtree. A small team works with him on design, build and support, from Costa Rica.
Let's look at your numbers.
15 minutes by video: what you pay today, what you would pay with us, and whether it is worth changing. If it isn't, we'll tell you.
- A video call, at a time that suits you
- In English or Spanish
Rather write? lars@pulperiastudio.com
15 minutes, by video
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