--- title: "Running a tour business, written by people who do." description: "Practical guides for tour, charter and rental operators: selling on GetYourGuide and Viator, card payments in the Caribbean, deposits, weather days and booking pages that convert." url: https://junglebee.com/blog/page/4 --- # Running a tour business, written by people who do. Guides on selling, getting paid and running the day, from operators in the Caribbean and beyond. [ Selling online5 min read ### Weather Days Are Part of the Product: How I Decide When to Cancel a Tour A boat operator's view on making weather calls, protecting guests, and building a cancellation process the crew and office can actually follow. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/weather-days-are-part-of-the-product-tour-cancellation)[ Running the day5 min read ### Tour newsletter examples: what I would send before and after a trip Three practical newsletter formats I would send before and after a tour, with the one test I use to help guests choose and book. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/tour-newsletter-examples-what-i-would-send)[ Caribbean business11 min read ### Things to Do in Curacao: An Operator's Shortlist An operator's honest take on Curacao: cruise-day picks vs. full-stay picks, the dives and hikes worth booking, and what to skip. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/things-to-do-in-curacao)[ Getting paid4 min read ### Peek Pro Pricing: The Number I Would Actually Compare A practical way to compare Peek Pro pricing: count the real cost of bookings, payment handling, refunds, and your own time. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/peek-pro-pricing-number-compare)[ Getting paid14 min read ### Accounting Software for Tour Operators: Payouts, FX & Tax A practical guide to reconciling OTA payouts, handling multi-currency sales, and staying tourism-tax compliant — for small tour and charter operators. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/accounting-software-for-tour-operators-payouts-fx-tax)[ Selling online9 min read ### Free Tour Booking Software: What "Free" Actually Costs You Freemium caps, commission cuts, and hidden card fees — an honest breakdown of what "free" tour booking software actually costs your business in 2026. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/free-tour-booking-software-what-free-actually-costs-you)[ Running the day5 min read ### Web-Based Tour Operator Software: What Changes When Your Office Is the Boat A boat-operator test for web-based software: the handoffs, phone access, changes, and payment details that must work away from the desk. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/web-based-tour-operator-software-office-is-the-boat)[ Caribbean business5 min read ### How to Start a Surf Tour Business in Montego Bay A practical operator guide to selling surf days you can actually deliver, from weather calls and pickups to clean booking handoffs. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/start-surf-tour-business-montego-bay)[ Selling online10 min read ### Gift Cards for Tour Operators: Rules, Risks & No-Shows Selling gift cards for your tour business? Learn CARD Act rules, state law, and how to avoid losing money on partial redemptions and no-shows. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/gift-cards-for-tour-operators-rules-risks-no-shows)[ Selling online4 min read ### Tour Operator Capacity Planning: Why a Full Calendar Can Still Lose Money A founder's take on why a full calendar can still lose money - and how to plan around the trips your crew can actually deliver. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/tour-operator-capacity-planning-full-calendar-can-still-lose-money)[ Running the day5 min read ### How to Start a Food Tour Business Without Losing the Guest in the Handoff A founder-operator guide to launching a food tour: choose the route, price the whole experience, and build a handoff guests and partners can trust. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/how-to-start-a-food-tour-business)[ Selling online8 min read ### Brewery and Distillery Tour Booking Software: What Small Operators Actually Need Age checks, permit-capped pours, and bonded-premises rules: here is what generic booking software misses for brewery and distillery tours. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/brewery-and-distillery-tour-booking-software-what-small-operators-actually-need)[ Getting paid4 min read ### Tour Operator Software Reviews: What I Look For Before I Believe One Michael Rouveure explains how he reads tour operator software reviews: test the handoff, payment trail, bad days, and real operator fit. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/tour-operator-software-reviews-what-i-look-for)[ Selling online7 min read ### Channel Manager for Tours: Do You Actually Need One? A plain-English guide for small tour operators: what a channel manager does, real pricing, and the exact point (3+ OTAs) where it starts paying for itself. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/channel-manager-for-tours-do-you-actually-need-one)[ Running the day5 min read ### Hotel Activity Desk Bookings: The Paper-Slip Problem I Helped Solve Michael Rouveure on the hotel activity desk handoff, the paper-slip problem, and the test that keeps referrals from becoming dockside chaos. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/hotel-activity-desk-bookings-paper-slip-problem)[ Caribbean business5 min read ### Booking Software for Eco Tours in Jamaica: What Has to Work on the Water A founder's take on why eco-tour booking software in Jamaica has to connect hotel desks, crew, capacity, weather changes, and payments. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/booking-software-for-eco-tours-jamaica)[ Selling online11 min read ### How to Add a Booking Widget to Your Tour Website Without a Developer Add a booking widget to your tour or charter website in an afternoon — no developer needed. Embed styles, platform steps, and a testing checklist. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/how-to-add-a-booking-widget-to-your-tour-website-without-a-developer)[ Selling online4 min read ### Booking Software for Shuttle Operators: The Handoff Matters More Than the Calendar A founder's take on why shuttle booking software should be judged by the handoff, guest updates, and changes - not just the calendar. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/booking-software-for-shuttle-operators-handoff)[ Running the day5 min read ### Tour Booking Confirmation Emails: What Guests Actually Need A practical guide to tour booking confirmation emails: the details guests need, the mistakes that create dockside confusion, and the simple operator test I use. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/tour-booking-confirmation-email-guide)[ Selling online11 min read ### Is Your Tour Booking System PCI Compliant? A Plain-English Guide for Small Operators Hosted booking widgets can put tour and charter operators in the simplest PCI bucket, SAQ-A, instead of a 300+ point audit. Here's how to check yours. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/is-your-tour-booking-system-pci-compliant)[ Getting paid5 min read ### Fishing Charter Booking Software: What Actually Matters on the Dock Fishing charter booking software should handle deposits, weather changes, crew capacity and dock-day reality - not just put a calendar online. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/fishing-charter-booking-software-what-matters-on-the-dock)[ Selling online9 min read ### Tour Operator Business Plan: A Real Example With Numbers See a real tour operator business plan: actual startup costs, break-even math, margins, and booking-channel mix — not a fill-in-the-blank template. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/tour-operator-business-plan-a-real-example-with-numbers)[ Running the day5 min read ### Why operators look at FareHarbor competitors Why tour operators end up shopping for FareHarbor competitors - the specific moments that push them to look, and how I would map the alternatives. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/why-operators-look-at-fareharbor-competitors)[ Caribbean business5 min read ### Things to do in St Lucia A Caribbean operators list of what to actually do in St Lucia - Pitons hikes, sulphur springs, snorkel and sail runs, and the small things guests keep asking me about. ](https://junglebee.com/blog/things-to-do-in-st-lucia) **One useful email a month.**New guides for operators. 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