Never sail with an empty seat again
When a trip sells out, the guests who missed it shouldn't disappear. Our free waitlist app runs the line for every departure, keeps a standby list for sold-out trips — the next guest is auto-notified on their own live page when a seat frees up — and lets you board from a live list instead of a clipboard. No signup, no per-person fees.
The tour-specific problems we solve
- Sold-out trips turn guests away for good. Open a standby waitlist for any full departure. When there's a cancellation or no-show, the next guest on the list is notified on their live page automatically and can grab the seat.
- The dock scrum before departure. Add walk-up guests to a live line from your phone. Each gets a private link with their place and an estimated wait, so the dock stays orderly instead of a crowd around the booth.
- Boarding off paper. Replace the paper manifest with a live list your crew works from on any phone — check guests aboard in real time, no smudged clipboard.
- A line per departure or vessel. Run separate lines for the 9am, noon and sunset trips, or per boat, so nobody boards the wrong one.
- Self-add by QR. Post a QR at the ticket booth or dock and guests add themselves to the standby list from their own phone — no captain's book, no bottleneck.
- The whole crew in sync. Dock staff, deckhands and the office all see the same live standby and boarding lists update in real time.
How it's different from FareHarbor, Peek, Xola and the paper manifest
The paper manifest tells you who's already booked, but it does nothing the moment a trip sells out — the standby guests just wander off and you never fill the cancellations. Our free app keeps a live standby list and notifies the next guest automatically the instant a seat opens, so sold-out departures actually get refilled and you board from a screen, not a clipboard.
FareHarbor, Peek and Xola are full ticketing-and-payments platforms — and to be clear, our free tier is not that. The free part is running the departure line, the standby waitlist and boarding from a live list. Selling tickets and taking online bookings and payments is a paid capability, not a free one. If you want to sell admission with a scannable QR, take bookings and payments online, and schedule tours and charters with fixed departures, those live on a paid plan. The waitlist is free; ticketing and booking are paid — we won't blur that line.
Common setups
Harbor cruise with fixed daily departures
Run a line per departure time. When the noon cruise sells out in your system, open a standby list here; guests self-add by QR at the dock, and the next in line is auto-notified when a booked seat frees up. Board the trip from the live list.
Walk-up kayak or bike tour
Add walk-ups to a live line and give each guest a place-in-line link with an estimated wait. The crew boards straight from their phones — no clipboard passed hand to hand.
Charter operator running multiple vessels
A separate line per boat and departure keeps guests on the right vessel. If you later want to sell scheduled charter tickets online with a scannable QR at boarding, that's on a paid plan.
Free vs paid — what you get
Here's the honest split, because the difference matters:
- Free, forever, no signup: the departure line, the standby waitlist for sold-out trips, boarding from a live list instead of a paper manifest, private per-guest place-in-line links with estimated wait, self-add by QR or link, multiple lines per departure/vessel, real-time crew sync, a public display board, per-guest notes, offline PWA, and texting guests from your own phone.
- On a paid plan: selling tickets with a scannable QR, online bookings and payments, tours and charters with scheduled departures, a reservations calendar, and managed/automated SMS, WhatsApp and email.
So the free app fills departures and runs boarding. Selling admission, taking online bookings and payments, and automating your messaging are paid capabilities — never sold as free.
Frequently asked questions
Is the waitlist really free?
Yes. Running the departure line, the standby waitlist for sold-out trips, and boarding from a live list are genuinely free — no signup, no per-person charge.
Can I sell tickets or take bookings for free?
No. The waitlist is free; selling tickets and taking online bookings and payments is on a paid plan. The free tier runs the line, the standby list and boarding. Selling admission with a scannable QR and collecting payment online are paid capabilities — we don't advertise those as free.
Do guests need to download anything?
No. Guests just tap their private link or scan a QR and it opens in any web browser. Your crew can use it in the browser too, or pin it to a phone's home screen as an app.
Does it work without Wi-Fi?
Yes. It's a PWA, so your crew can keep boarding and moving the line along at the dock even with a weak signal. It syncs back up once you're online.
Can I notify guests when a seat opens?
You can text guests from your own phone for free — the app gives you the number and message. Fully managed, automated SMS, WhatsApp and email go out on a paid plan.
Try it at the dock today
What setup actually looks like
- Open the free app on your phone or dock tablet — no account required — and create a line for your next departure.
- Add a standby waitlist for sold-out trips and print or display the QR so guests can self-add.
- Board straight from the live list on your crew's phones instead of a paper manifest.
- When a seat opens, the next guest is auto-notified on their live page — or you text them from your own phone in one tap.
