Switching from FareHarbor
Let's Book, a FareHarbor alternative for boats.
Let's Book works for boat rental, tours, charters and boat clubs, on their own or side by side on the same boats. Customers book and pay on your own site, and we help you move your FareHarbor bookings over for free.
No setup fee, no minimum term.
FareHarbor and Let's Book, side by side.
Who it's for
FareHarbor
Tours, activities, rentals and private events, plus a point of sale, websites and an AI assistant for guest messages. Founded in Hawaii in 2013, and part of Booking Holdings, the owner of Booking.com, since 2018. Their about page lists 1,000+ employees and 23,000+ companies.
Let's Book
Let's Book is only for businesses with boats and plans by the boat, so rentals, tours, charters and boat clubs share one fleet. 150k+ bookings a year on four continents, by our own count.
Price list
FareHarbor
They publish no pricing page. Their marketing sitemap lists 130 pages, and none is about price. The menu and the footer have no pricing link either.
Let's Book
Standard is $30 or €25 a month plus 2.5% of every booking. Pro is $175 or €150 a month plus 1%. Every feature is in both.
Booking fee
FareHarbor
Their terms say FareHarbor may charge the booker a fee, paid apart from the activity price. They also describe a model where the booker pays one price and you pay a monthly commission. Neither percentage is on their site.
Let's Book
Besides the fixed monthly amount, our booking fee is 2.5% of each booking on Standard and 1% on Pro. You pay it, or you pass it on to your customer.
The API
FareHarbor
Their separate API Fee Terms say how the fee is calculated and invoiced. The page gives no percentage.
Let's Book
The full API and the webhooks are in both plans, at no extra charge.
Card processing
FareHarbor
Their terms name a processing fee that FareHarbor charges you for the payment integration. Their public pages show no rate.
Let's Book
Stripe or Mollie charge you directly, at their own rates. We take no share of it.
Refunds
FareHarbor
On a partial or prorated refund, FareHarbor keeps the full booking fee, their terms say. It may return the matching part of the processing fee.
Let's Book
You refund from the booking itself. The money goes back the way the customer paid.
Contract
FareHarbor
Their provider terms, last modified on January 1, 2025, run indefinitely. Either side can end them with fifteen days' written notice.
Let's Book
No minimum term. You cancel by the month, and your data stays for 90 days after you cancel.
At a glance.
DashboardYour whole business in one view.
PlanningWhich boat is out when, per dock.
PaymentsWhat's paid, and what's still open.
Sales insightsWhat you sold, over any period you pick.
Built for boats and the dock.
In Let's Book, you pick the boat at handout. On a boat with connected fleet hardware, your customer starts it from their phone. We found nothing about either on FareHarbor's pages, so we can't tell whether they do.
From 60 min
before departure, by default
You pick the boat before departure
Customers book a boat model, and you pick the actual boat shortly before they leave. Is a battery flat on Saturday morning? You hand over another one, and the booking stays.
Customers start the boat themselves
With a hardware module from Sentinel Marine or Qondor, the customer starts the boat from their phone, through the booking link. They end the trip the same way, so nobody waits at the dock with a key.
Returned at once
14 deposits
You return deposits from the booking
Do you work with a security deposit? Then the customer pays it when they book or with the balance. After the trip you keep back what you need, line by line. With one confirmation, you return every deposit with nothing to settle.
Pricing
No setup fee, no minimum term, cancel by the month.
Per month
Standard
$30€25
plus 2.5% of each bookingplus 2.5% of each booking
Pro
$175€150
plus 1% of each bookingplus 1% of each booking
Excl. VAT · SMS about $0.12 · Stripe or Mollie charge their own feesExcl. VAT · SMS €0.10 · Stripe or Mollie charge their own fees
- All features, no upsells
- Free onboarding and support
- Free help switching to Let's Book
- Unlimited boats, users and locations
In euros, Standard is €25 a month plus 2.5%, and Pro is €150 a month plus 1%.
Switch from FareHarbor in four steps.
No setup fee, no minimum term, and you cancel by the month. You don't have to do it alone.
01Plan a half-hour video call
We show you Let's Book with your own boats already in it. There's no obligation.
02We set it up together
We set up Let's Book with you, for free. Your boats, docks and prices go in the way you sell today.
03We help you move your bookings
We help you move the bookings already in FareHarbor, for free. So the trips you sold for next month are on your planning from day one.
04You switch payments to live
You test the whole flow first. When you're ready, you switch payments from test to live yourself.
A FareHarbor alternative, with these features.
Each feature opens its line in the full list, with a link to the manual.
- Assign the boat at handoutThe individual boat is picked at handout, shortly before departure, instead of when the booking is made.
- Customers start the boat from their phoneA customer starts the boat from their phone at the time their booking begins.
- Partial return with itemized costsYou keep back part of the deposit. Each cost gets its own line and its own tax rate.
- Money paid out to your own accountThe money is paid out to your own Stripe or Mollie account.
- Pass the booking fee to the customerThe booking fee is added to the customer's total instead of coming out of yours.
- Full API access on every planThe API is part of every plan.
Questions about a FareHarbor alternative.
Including the ones where our answer is no.
How do I move my bookings from FareHarbor?
We help you move them over, for free, and work out how with you. You give us a login to FareHarbor, or send us an Excel file or an export. We set up Let's Book with you too, so you don't have to do it alone. You test everything first, and switch payments to live yourself when you're ready.
What does FareHarbor cost compared to Let's Book?
We can't say what FareHarbor costs, because they publish no price list and no rates. On our pricing page you work out what Let's Book costs for your year of bookings.
Can I sell through GetYourGuide, Viator or Booking.com with Let's Book?
Not yet. We're building a channel manager, so selling through GetYourGuide and Viator is coming soon. Until then, a partner gets their own booking link with their own rate in it. Their bookings arrive tagged, so you see who sold what.
Can I sell single seats on a departure?
Not yet. We're still building per-seat ticket sales into Let's Book. Until then, a booking takes the whole boat, with a group size on it.
Who holds my money?
With Let's Book, you do. Stripe or Mollie take the payment into an account in your name and pay out to your bank. FareHarbor's provider terms describe a split with Stripe. The activity price goes to your Stripe account and the booking fee to FareHarbor's. FareHarbor then starts the payout.
Do you answer the phone at midnight?
No, we don't answer the phone at midnight. Iwan, Berend or Robbe does answer within one business day, and all three have worked a dock. Support and onboarding are free on both plans.
Do you handle a boat club with members and dues?
Let's Book handles the members, but not the dues. You get member types, member rates and booking rules per member type. A rule can count the Saturdays a member has already booked, so nobody books them all. Dues go through your own bank or subscription service.
Book a half-hour demo.
We show you Let's Book and answer all your questions. Send us your website, and your boats and branding are already in it. No setup fee, no minimum term.
No setup fee, no minimum term, cancel by the month.