Food tour bookings involve more than a date and a headcount. Guides need dietary information before the first tasting. Group sizes depend on restaurant capacity. And places sold through your website and marketplaces need to draw from the same availability.
The best booking software depends on your sales channels, booking volume and daily operations. Start by comparing dietary-information workflows, availability connections and total fees. Then test your shortlist using one of your actual tours.
This guide compares ten platforms, explains their pricing and shows what an illustrative month could cost.
Disclosure: We make TicketingHub. We have included it alongside nine alternatives and highlighted costs and questions to consider for each.
What food tour companies need from booking software
Dietary information that reaches the guide
Look beyond whether checkout supports a dietary question. Test whether each guest can provide an answer, whether staff can update it later, and where the guide sees the latest information.
A guest list that links each requirement to the right person is more useful than notes buried inside a reservation. Collecting a request also needs to lead to a clear process for confirming arrangements with food partners.
Group limits shared across sales channels
Set capacity around your restaurant arrangements, guide availability and tour format.
If you sell through Viator or GetYourGuide, check the connection for each marketplace. Ask what happens when the final place sells, a guest cancels or you close a departure. Confirm connection charges and how staff learn about failed updates.
Checkout in your guests’ language and currency
Check which languages and currencies checkout supports, whether confirmation emails follow the guest’s language, and which currency you receive in payouts.
Gift vouchers guests can redeem online
Test the full journey: purchase, delivery, choosing a departure and paying any difference. Check expiry dates, partial balances and refunds.
Private groups and booking changes
If you sell corporate outings or private tours, test deposits, balance payments and changes to group size. Check how updated details reach the guide.
Costs you can compare, including quiet months
Ask for subscription, booking, payment-processing and marketplace charges separately. Include charges guests pay at checkout. Compare a quiet month as well as a busy one.
Food tour booking software pricing compared
Public pricing below was checked in October 2026. Dollar amounts follow the vendors’ pages; confirm currency, taxes and regional terms before signing. Payment processing and optional services may cost extra.
| Platform | Published subscription | Booking charges and qualifications |
|---|---|---|
| Beyonk | Request a quote | Confirm booking fees, minimum charges, payment processing and any separate marketing services. |
| Bókun | $49 / $149 / $499 per month for paid booking plans | 1.5% / 1.25% / 1% on applicable bookings. No Bókun booking fee on Viator bookings under these plans; standalone Channel Manager terms differ. |
| Bookeo | Standard Tours & Activities plan: US$39.95 per month | No Bookeo commission on payments. Payment-gateway charges apply separately; plans have booking and resource limits. |
| CaptainBook | €49 / €199 / €349 per month | No direct booking fees. Selected marketplace connections list €14.99 per product per month; other channel charges vary by plan. |
| Checkfront | $99 per month (as widely listed) | 3% online booking fee. Some listings show different plans since Checkfront joined the Rezdy group, so confirm current plans and fees. |
| FareHarbor | Request a quote | Confirm booking fees, payment charges, marketplace fees and who pays each charge under your agreement. |
| Peek Pro | Request a quote | Confirm subscription, setup, booking and payment charges for your business. |
| Rezdy | $49 / $99 / $249 per month | 3% per online booking. Published offline or agent-booking charges range from $1 to $0.70 by plan. |
| TicketingHub | No monthly or setup fee | Standard pricing is 3.5% of each booking on pay as you go, which you can absorb or pass on to guests. Payment processing is separate. |
| Xola | No subscription | Advertises US card rates of 2.39% + $0.30, plus a customer-paid partner fee. Request the partner-fee amount and terms. |
Vendor information: Bókun (opens in a new tab), Bookeo (opens in a new tab), CaptainBook (opens in a new tab), Checkfront (opens in a new tab), FareHarbor (opens in a new tab), Peek Pro (opens in a new tab), Rezdy (opens in a new tab), TicketingHub and Xola (opens in a new tab).
How to read the table: No monthly fee does not necessarily mean the lowest total cost. Likewise, 0% booking commission does not mean there are no payment or connection charges. Ask each provider to price the same booking mix.
What an example month costs
Consider 80 direct online bookings worth $95 each: $7,600 in booking revenue.
These are calculated examples, not vendor quotes. They exclude payment processing, taxes, marketplace commissions and optional services. Dollar calculations assume the quoted subscriptions apply in US dollars; CaptainBook remains in euros without currency conversion.
| Platform and plan | Platform fees for the example month | Calculation |
|---|---|---|
| Bookeo Standard | US$39.95 | Monthly subscription, within the published booking allowance |
| CaptainBook Starter | €49 | Monthly subscription; no direct booking fee |
| Bókun Start | $163 | $49 + 1.5% of $7,600 |
| TicketingHub | $266 | 3.5% of $7,600 on pay as you go |
| Rezdy Foundation | $277 | $49 + 3% of $7,600 |
| Checkfront | $327 | $99 + 3% of $7,600 |
Beyonk, FareHarbor, Peek Pro and Xola are excluded because a comparable total requires confirmation of the applicable charges.
Some providers allow booking fees to be absorbed by the operator or charged to guests. Compare both your business’s cost and the final checkout price.
With lower sales, percentage-based charges fall. Fixed subscriptions generally remain payable, subject to the provider’s cancellation or seasonal terms.
The ten options, one by one
Listed alphabetically.
Beyonk
Questions to resolve: Request a demonstration of dietary questions, guide access, gift vouchers and the marketplace connections you use. If marketing support is part of the proposal, ask for its scope and price separately.
Get a written breakdown of subscription, booking, processing and minimum charges before comparing the quote with other platforms. Beyonk alternative.
Bókun
Worth considering if: Viator accounts for a substantial share of your bookings. Its paid booking plans charge no Bókun booking fee on Viator reservations.
Check before choosing: Include the subscription and applicable fees on your other sales channels. Its standalone Channel Manager has different Viator fee terms, so confirm which product you are buying. View Bókun pricing (opens in a new tab) or read Bókun pricing explained.
Bookeo
Worth considering if: You prefer a monthly subscription without a percentage commission on payments.
Check before choosing: Booking limits, guide and staff allowances, and your required marketplace connections. Digital waivers and SMS have separate charges. The Standard Tours & Activities plan lists 1,000 bookings per month; Bookeo counts one reservation for several guests as one booking. View Bookeo pricing (opens in a new tab). Bookeo alternative.
CaptainBook
Worth considering if: You want a subscription model with no direct booking fees.
Check before choosing: Calculate marketplace connection costs across all your products. A per-product monthly charge can make the total different from the headline subscription. Confirm plan limits and off-season terms. View CaptainBook pricing (opens in a new tab).
Checkfront
Worth considering if: Its booking workflows fit your team and you prefer a subscription-plus-booking-fee structure.
Check before choosing: Confirm the current plan, since listings differ. Compare the combined $99 monthly subscription and 3% online booking fee at your expected volume. Confirm payment-processing costs separately and include quiet months in your calculation. View Checkfront pricing (opens in a new tab).
FareHarbor
Worth considering if: Its booking and operating workflows suit your tours and its quoted fee structure fits your sales mix.
Check before choosing: Request an itemised quote and a sample checkout. Confirm which charges guests pay, which charges your business pays, and whether fees are displayed separately or included in advertised prices. Read FareHarbor’s booking-fee explanation (opens in a new tab). FareHarbor alternatives.
Peek Pro
Worth considering if: You want to assess booking, resource management and marketing tools together. Peek Pro also advertises mobile apps for managing operations.
Check before choosing: Get a written breakdown of all charges. Demonstrate dietary-information collection, guide access and booking changes using your own tour. Explore Peek Pro (opens in a new tab).
Rezdy
Worth considering if: You are evaluating reservation software and channel-management options. Rezdy offers both.
Check before choosing: Confirm which product and plan you need. Its reservation plans charge differently for online bookings and offline or agent bookings. Check which plan includes the voucher and notification features you need. View Rezdy pricing (opens in a new tab).
Disclosure: TicketingHub uses Rezdy’s channel manager to reach some marketplaces.
TicketingHub
Worth considering if: You prefer no fixed monthly subscription. TicketingHub’s standard pricing is 3.5% of each booking on pay as you go, which you can absorb or pass on to guests, with payment processing charged separately. It includes a booking widget, point of sale and marketplace connections.
Check before choosing: Ask us to demonstrate dietary collection, guide access, voucher redemption and every marketplace connection you need. Request any connection-specific charges in writing, and compare the percentage fee against subscription alternatives at your expected volume. View TicketingHub pricing.
Xola
Worth considering if: You prefer a platform without a subscription and want access to its full feature set.
Check before choosing: Separate card processing from software charges. The advertised US rate of 2.39% + $0.30 is a credit-card rate; Xola also states that customers pay a partner fee. Request that fee in writing and review a sample checkout. View Xola pricing (opens in a new tab).
How to choose your shortlist
Start with your business model:
- A large share of Viator bookings: Evaluate Bókun’s paid booking plans and compare costs across your remaining channels.
- A subscription without direct booking commission: Compare Bookeo and CaptainBook, including limits and connection charges.
- No fixed subscription: Compare TicketingHub and Xola, accounting for processing and customer-paid charges.
- Several marketplaces or reseller relationships: Compare the exact connections, charges and availability workflows offered by each provider.
- Seasonal demand: Calculate annual costs, including quiet months and any account-freeze options.
Then test the same scenarios with every shortlisted provider.
Six things to test in a demo
- Book two guests with different dietary requirements.
- Find those answers on the guide’s guest list.
- Change a guest’s requirements after booking.
- Sell the final place through a connected marketplace.
- Buy and redeem an open-date gift voucher.
- Cancel a booking and identify every retained fee.
Also ask how existing bookings, unredeemed vouchers and customer records would move from your current system.
For all the major tour booking platforms side by side, see Best tour booking software in 2026.
