THE OPERATING SYSTEM FOR CHARTER BUSINESSES

One booking. Every operation.

From availability and payments to customer communication, waivers and captain coordination — OPERAN keeps your charter operation connected from booking to completion.

Keep selling through your website, Instagram or WhatsApp. OPERAN runs what happens next.

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Wave Rider
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Sea Breeze
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Your bookings aren't the problem.
Everything around them is.

Most charter businesses don't have a demand problem. They have an operations problem. A customer wants to book — and suddenly your team is checking calendars, confirming availability, collecting deposits, sending agreements, updating customers and coordinating captains across multiple tools.

Without OPERAN
WhatsApp conversations
Multiple calendars
Payment links
Spreadsheets
Manual reminders
Separate customer info
Captain texts
Disconnected documents
With OPERAN
One reservation
One customer record
One availability layer
One operational workflow
Automated communication
Payments connected
Documents organized
Team synchronized

These tools work when the operation is small. OPERAN becomes valuable when the operation grows.

Live Workflow

One booking starts everything.

Booking
Customer books through any channel
Running
Availability
Fleet availability updates automatically
Payment
Deposit collected and tracked
Customer
Customer record created automatically
Documents
Waivers and agreements sent
Captain
Captain notified with trip details
Trip
Charter completed, follow-up triggered

Once a booking enters OPERAN, the operation moves with it. Availability is updated. Payments are tracked. Customer information stays connected. Documents are collected. Messages are triggered. Your team knows what happens next.

One booking. One connected operation.

Know what's available.
Before you say yes.

Manage availability across your fleet from one place. OPERAN helps operators keep bookings, blocks and external availability organized so your team knows what can actually be sold.

Fleet Availability

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Blue Horizon
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Coral Runner
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Island Drifter
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Fleet Overview
See all vessels at a glance
Conflict Prevention
Catch double bookings before they happen
External Sources
Connect supported availability sources
Sync Status
Know when availability was last updated

Keep WhatsApp.
Lose the operational chaos.

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Payments
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Your customers can keep contacting you where they already do. OPERAN becomes the operational layer behind the conversation — keeping reservations, availability, payments, customer information and follow-ups organized.

You keep selling. OPERAN runs what happens next.

Built for real charter operations.

Independent Operator

1-3 boats · Owner-operated

For smaller fleets currently using WhatsApp, calendars and payment links to manage bookings.

  • Booking page for each vessel
  • Automatic payment collection
  • Digital waivers and agreements
  • Customer communication
  • Captain coordination

Charter Company

4-15 boats · Operations team

For teams managing multiple boats, daily operations, crew coordination and growing customer demand.

  • Fleet-wide availability management
  • Pipeline and opportunity tracking
  • Automated operational workflows
  • Multi-channel communication
  • Analytics and reporting

Broker / Multi-owner Fleet

10-30+ boats · Multiple owners

For operators coordinating availability and reservations across boats belonging to different owners.

  • Multi-owner fleet coordination
  • Centralized availability across owners
  • Booking and payment management per vessel
  • Real-time booking visibility
  • Scalable operational workflows

Your operation keeps moving.
Even when you're not chasing it.

Booking confirmed
Send confirmation email
Deposit received
Update reservation status
Waiver missing
Send reminder to customer
1 hour before charter
Notify captain with details
Charter completed
Send customer follow-up

Build workflows around your own process. OPERAN triggers the right action at the right time — so your team stays focused on the water, not the inbox.

Built with charter operators.
Not just for them.

We're working closely with a select group of charter businesses to build OPERAN around how the industry actually operates.

Founding Operators receive personalized onboarding and direct access to the team building the platform.

Direct Access

Work directly with the engineering team building OPERAN.

Personalized Onboarding

We set up your operation together, step by step.

Shape the Product

Your feedback directly influences what we build next.

Plans that scale with your business.

Start free for 14 days. No credit card required.

Starter
$149/month

For operators with 1–3 listings.

See OPERAN in Action
Up to 3 listings
Unlimited bookings
Unlimited customers
Stripe payments
Email automations
Digital waivers
Public booking page
Most Popular
Growth
$299/month

For growing fleets with up to 10 listings.

See OPERAN in Action
Up to 10 listings
Everything in Starter
SMS & WhatsApp automations
Pipeline CRM
Captain operations panel
Custom integrations
Priority support
Enterprise
Custom

For large fleets and multi-location operations.

Talk to Sales
Unlimited listings
Everything in Growth
Multiple locations
Custom workflows
Webhook integrations
Role-based access control
Dedicated account manager
Priority support

All plans include SSL and 14-day free trial. Plans scale with your operation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know before running your business on OPERAN.

Still have questions?

Book a demo and we'll walk you through the platform.

Book a Demo

or contact us at hello@operan.io

Yes. OPERAN can be connected to your existing website using direct booking links, booking buttons, embedded booking widgets or API integrations. You do not need to rebuild your website to start accepting bookings through OPERAN.

No. You can keep your current website and connect each booking button directly to the relevant public listing page in OPERAN. Customers continue discovering your business through your website while OPERAN manages availability, reservations, payments and operations behind the scenes.

No. OPERAN is initially designed for marine experience businesses, including yacht charters, fishing charters, boat rentals, sailing schools, diving centers, catamaran tours, boat clubs and jet ski operators. Its flexible listings, workflows and booking rules can also support other reservation-based and experience businesses.

Yes. A booking can automatically trigger payment collection, customer creation, confirmation messages, waiver requests, calendar updates, reminders, internal notifications, pipeline updates and follow-up communication.

In many cases, yes. OPERAN brings bookings, customers, CRM, payments, forms, waivers, communications, automations and daily operations into one connected platform. Businesses may still keep selected external tools and connect them through integrations when needed.

Yes. OPERAN is built around a modular integrations framework. Each business can connect its own payment, email, calendar, communication and accounting providers from the Integrations area. Provider availability depends on which integrations have been activated and verified.

No. OPERAN is designed for business owners and operations teams. Listings, booking rules, communications and workflows are configured through the Admin Portal without requiring code.

Yes. Each business can manage multiple listings, vessels, tours, rentals or experiences. The platform is designed to organize reservations, availability, customers and workflows across a growing operation.

Each published listing receives a public booking URL and an embeddable booking widget. You can embed the full booking experience directly into your website, or share the link through social media, advertisements, email campaigns or messaging channels. Customers book and pay without leaving your site.

OPERAN checks availability, calculates the configured price and deposit, creates the customer and reservation, starts the appropriate workflow and coordinates the next operational steps based on the rules configured by the business.

Yes. Deposit and payment rules are configured separately for each listing. A business can collect a percentage deposit, a fixed deposit, the full balance, no online payment or a booking request only.

Traditional booking platforms often focus primarily on availability and checkout. OPERAN continues after the booking by coordinating customers, payments, workflows, communications, waivers, calendars, pipelines and operational follow-up from one system. One booking can trigger the entire operation.

Yes. Every plan includes a 14-day free trial with access to all features included in your selected plan. No credit card is required to start. The fastest way to get going is to see OPERAN in action — we will walk you through your operation and help you configure listings, workflows and the booking process before you commit.

See OPERAN in Action · Become a Founding Operator

Your customers book the experience.
OPERAN runs the operation.

Bring your bookings, availability, customers, payments, documents and operational workflows together.