Taking bookings and deposits online

Give anglers a hosted, branded booking page where they pick a trip and dates and pay a deposit by card, creating a real booking and invoice automatically.

Online booking gives you a hosted booking page on your own branded address (your-outfit.fishingoutfitter.app/book) where an angler picks a trip type and dates, enters their details, and pays a deposit by card. Unlike the lead-capture form — which collects an inquiry for you to follow up — this creates a real booking and a deposit invoice automatically, with no lead triage in between.

How it works

1. An angler opens your booking page and chooses a trip type, dates, and party size.
2. They enter their contact details and (optionally) opt in to text updates.
3. They pay the deposit by card through secure Stripe checkout.
4. A confirmed booking and a paid deposit appear in your dashboard, with the client added automatically.

The deposit is calculated from the trip type's price and deposit percentage and scales with party size, so a group's deposit reflects the whole group. Only trip types that have at least one active season show up as bookable.

If you don't take cards online yet

Card deposits require a connected Stripe account. Until you connect one, the same page collects a no-charge booking request instead — the angler's booking lands as an inquiry and you confirm it and arrange the deposit yourself. Connect Stripe to start collecting deposits at the moment of booking.

Turning it on and sharing it

Switch it on under Settings → Online Booking (“Accept public online bookings”) — its own section, and the switch saves as soon as you flip it. Your booking link then appears on the Branded URLs page (System → Branded URLs) — share it from your website, social bios, or email signature. Turn it off anytime if you'd rather take bookings by phone or relationship; the page goes dark and the link stops working.