The Total Booking Solution for Your Guide Service
Manage Your Calendar, Reach New Clients, And Accept Payments. All In One Platform
What is GuideTech?
GuideTech is an all encompassing calendar management, digital marketing, and payment solution that was built to streamline the way you operate your guide, or charter service.
Leading Outfitters are powered by GuideTech
Take & Secure Deposits
Instantly
Quickly and safely accept deposits and payments through your website in real time. Spend less time chasing down deposits and more time reinvesting in your business.
- Clients have the ability to pay in full or with a 50% deposit at checkout
- Clients can form a group to split payments
- Secure 2nd Deposit Automatically
Industry Leading Website Design
With only 23 days to build, you can have a fresh new website in no time.
Tools to manage your business with ease
- Booking management 24/7 anytime, anywhere
- Flexible payment options for your clients
- Digital Marketing services to grow your business
Features built for all outfitters
Customized add-ons and post-trip payments ensure that you’re customers can easily book your trips without giving you any added stress.
More eyes = More leads • Paid ads Management
Get seen in more places with our Paid Ads Management on Guide Tech. More Eyes = More Leads.
- Google, Facebook, and Instagram Digital Ads
- Automated Leads List
- Industry Best Cost per Lead
“The Paid Ads from Mallard Bay helped fill in extra dates that we had throughout our season.”
Hunter Runge – Whiskey Sloughs Outfitters
Account Managers who understand Your Outfit.
Personalized On-Boarding
Schedule an orientation call with a coach from the dashboard. It’s included as a MallardBay member.
Done-For-You Bookings
Join the weekly marketing workshop where you will learn strategy, tactics, and best practices.
Join the GuideTech Team
Get access to an active group of over 6k members and coaches on FB. Post 24/7 for help and feedback.
Frequently Asked Questions
Looking for more info? Here are some things we’re commonly asked:
GuideTech is the all-in-one solution for outfitters and charters, offering secure payments, automated deposits, live calendar management, an on-call account manager, and so much more.
GuideTech is built with outfitters in charters in mind, providing the flexibility to run your business your way. Our system helps streamline, professionalize, and increase revenue for your business. All while maintaining the personal touch and flexibility you need.
You create your profile and trip listings based on your preferences. Every booking comes as a request, giving you complete control over your calendar. Once set up, we support you in taking your business to the next level.
During your demo our team will work with you to understand your current goals and pain points to craft a marketing plan to scale your business. We strive to grow your brand and ability to generate your own clients to keep you away from relying on booking agents and market places that charge high commissions.
As a bonus. Upon joining GuideTech, we immediately boost your website and profile’s SEO, enhancing your Google exposure and driving more traffic and trips.
GuideTech offers a guide-friendly pricing structure. For trips booked through the guide’s channels (website, text, phone calls, etc.), we pass a 5% service fee to the customer and a 3% credit card fee to the guide.
When you join GuideTech, we enhance your profile and website’s SEO. Guides also receive additional exposure through the Mallard Bay marketplace. We also collaborate with guides to create content on various social media platforms and our email list of over 75k subscribers, showcasing their services.
Getting started is simple and free. Simply, fill out this form and we will be in contact with you about scheduling your free demo.
Absolutely! GuideTech understands that guides and clients value communication, and we encourage all of our clients to continue this tradition. Luckily, we built our platform to facilitate these conversations just for that reason.
No. Your Mallard Bay profile that comes with GuideTech can serve as your primary website, or we can integrate with your existing website, allowing clients to book online and improving conversion rates.
You receive your trip deposit/balance in your Stripe account immediately after a transaction is processed. The money is then paid out to your bank account within 2-business days.
Yes. GuideTech offers unmatched flexibility, allowing you to run your business as you prefer. We also allow you to log these “off-line bookings” in your in app calendar to help prevent double bookings.
GuideTech provides extensive booking flexibility. Adjust for bad weather, price changes, trip length, group size, date swaps, or other circumstances easily. Cancellations and refunds are seamless, and rescheduling can be done with one click. We also boast a full time customer success team to handle this for you if you’d prefer.