Software that already runs a real business
Most "booking software for guides" is a listing site that rents you leads and takes a cut. We built the opposite: a system a charter company runs its actual business on. Reel Excitement Charters in Shell Beach, Louisiana takes live bookings, payments, and guest messages through it every day. GuideStack Outdoors is that same software, configured for the next outfit.
What an outfit actually gets
- Availability-aware booking. A guided multi-step wizard backed by a calendar staff controls. Guests see open dates instead of calling for them.
- Payments through your own processor. Square, Stripe, or whatever the outfit already uses. Money lands in the outfit's account, not ours. Processor setup is part of the build, not an upsell.
- A guest trip portal. Guests look up their trip by email and booking reference, pay balances, and message the outfit. Fewer phone calls, fewer lost reservations.
- An operations console. Reservations, customers, finance views, packages, rooms, fleet, and staff roles in one admin built for the morning rush.
- Content you own. Marketing pages, galleries, and policies run on Sanity CMS. Edit trips and photos yourself, no developer in the loop.
- A mobile-first PWA. One web codebase that installs on a phone on the dock. No app store gatekeeping, no iOS and Android builds to maintain.
Why white-label instead of a marketplace
Your brand sits on every screen from first visit to paid balance: your domain, your logo, your trips, your prices. The platform does not sit between the outfit and its customers, and it does not rent anyone traffic. See it live at guidestackoutdoors.com.
Built for charters, lodges, and outfitters
Fishing guides, hunting outfitters, lodges taking room and trip bookings: if the operation books by phone and spreadsheet today, this replaces that. Scope and pricing follow a conversation, because a duck camp and a multi-boat charter operation are not the same build.
Random Llama Software is owner-operated in Richmond, Texas. Talk to us if you want to see the platform live.