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Early access · for tour operators, activity providers & escape rooms

You run the tour. They keep a quarter of the ticket.

Viator and GetYourGuide take a reported 20–30% of every booking — and the guest who loved your tour books through the platform again next year. We build your own booking page with real availability on your own Stripe, and run the ads that fill it. You keep the fee, the guest, and the keys.

Early access · onboarding a limited number of first businesses in this industry
The problem

The marketplace cut: a reported 20–30% of every seat

The tour OTAs price visibility as a ladder: the standard rate is only the start, and paying for promoted placement pushes the effective cut higher still. They collect the payment, hold it until after the tour, and keep the guest relationship — you get what's left, weeks later.

The number: Reported: Viator's standard supplier commission runs 20–25% per booking — up to 30%+ with its Accelerate visibility program — and GetYourGuide runs 20–30%, with 30% the default for new suppliers. Our calculator uses 25%. Source: sambahq.com

The fix

Own it.

Your own booking page

Your tours, time slots and escape-room schedules with real availability, your prices, your waivers and policies — on your own domain.

Your own Stripe

Guests pay you directly when they book — not weeks after the tour through a marketplace payout. We never hold funds.

Your guest list

Every booking lands in your own list — name, email, history. Next year's family reunion books direct, and the platform gets nothing.

Ads that fill it

Optional Managed Growth: we run Meta and Google ads ahead of your season and your slow slots, and report monthly on commission you didn't pay.

What are Viator and GetYourGuide costing you?

Drag the sliders to your business. This is the math we'll do together on the first call — with your real statements.
The marketplace cut, every year
$9,180
$765 per month, at 25% OTA commission (reported)
Shift 15% of bookings direct, keep
$1,377 a year, every year
Fee figure: sambahq.com. Assumes a conservative 15% shift to direct in year one.
That's the gross commission. Your subscription — and any ad spend — comes out of it, so we show you the net on the first call. Estimate, not a quote: we redo this with your real statements, and if it doesn't pay, we'll say so.
Keep this number
How it works

Three steps. You own all of it.

01 — BUILD

Built and proven

We set up your booking page with your tours, slots, capacity and policies, connected to your own Stripe. Tested end to end before launch. Fixed price, fixed date.

02 — OWN

You get the keys

A monthly subscription covers the software, hosting and support. Your guest list, payments and reports are yours. Cancel any time and take every record with you.

03 — GROW

We fill it

Optional Managed Growth. We run the ads, watch the numbers, and meet you monthly. Every report leads with commission you didn't pay.

Proof

We're onboarding our first tour and activity operators now.

Early access means we're honest about it: no results to show in this industry yet. Our proven pilot is a hotel: see the numbers. See the hotel pilot numbers →

Pricing

Simple plans, same for every industry

StarterStandardCustom
Who it's forOne location, a simple menu of rooms, sites or servicesLarger inventory, add-ons, more servicesMulti-location or unusual setups
The BuildOne-time. Page, system, Stripe, training, go-live.From $1,299Ask for a quoteQuoted
Platform subscriptionMonthly. Software, hosting, updates, support.From $149/moAsk for a quoteQuoted
Managed GrowthOptional. We run the ads and report monthly.From +$495/moAsk for a quoteQuoted

Hotels & motels: see room-based pricing → · All plans: pricing on the homepage →

Want the number for your business? Send the details and we price it honestly — including telling you if the math does not work.

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Questions

Asked a lot.

Do I have to leave Viator and GetYourGuide?

No. Most operators keep the OTAs as one channel for discovery. The goal is that repeat and referral guests book directly with you — and the 20–30% stays with you.

Does it handle time slots and capacity?

Yes. Tours, activities and escape rooms run on scheduled slots with per-slot capacity. A sold-out slot closes itself; a cancelled seat reopens automatically.

Who holds the money?

You do. Guests pay your own Stripe account when they book — no marketplace payout delay — and we never hold funds.

What does early access mean?

We're onboarding a limited number of first tour and activity operators, closely, at early-access terms. You get more of our attention — and our honesty that this industry is new for us. Ask on the call.

Do you run the ads?

Yes, with Managed Growth — Meta and Google ads ahead of your season and your slow slots. Ad spend is separate and paid by you directly to the ad platform.

Is there a contract?

No. Month to month, with one-click export of every guest record if you ever leave.

Early access

Join early access. We'll reply with your number.

No pitch deck, no pressure. We look at your business, run the savings math against your situation, and send you a straight answer. If the math doesn't work for you, we'll say so.

That is all we need — the rest just sharpens the number
No call centre, no automated sequence. Ben reads these. If the math does not work for your business, we will say so.
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