Checkfront
Flexible online booking software for tours, activities, rentals and accommodation
By Checkfront Inc. · HQ Victoria, Canada · 4.0/5 verified-buyer score
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Tour and activity operators selling daily, multi-day, timeslot or flextime experiences
- Rental businesses that need advanced automated resource and asset management
- Accommodation providers taking direct and OTA bookings
- Operators selling through OTAs such as GetYourGuide, Viator, Expedia and Tripadvisor
- Small teams that want one flat plan with no setup fees
Ideal size: 5-200 staff people · Small to mid-market experience operator with online demand
Not for
- Full-service hotels needing a property management system
- Restaurants taking table reservations rather than scheduled inventory
- Businesses with no dated inventory, capacity or assets to manage
- Large enterprises needing deep ERP or bespoke procurement workflows
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
1-2 weeks
~14 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$1,188/yr
Starts at $1,188 · One plan: $99 per month plus a 3% fee on online bookings; offline bookings carry no fee
Implementation Friction
2/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Buyer Score
out of 5 · verified buyers
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Single plan for all customers; price may vary by region and currency
Add-on costs
- None
Company & support
Who is behind Checkfront, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2010 · 16 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- Victoria, Canada
How you get support
- PhoneAll plans
- EmailNot listed
- Live chatAll plans
- Support portal / ticketsAll plans
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
Support is 24/5 with limited weekend hours, not 24/7. Phone lines for US/Canada, UK and international; live chat opens when agents are available, otherwise a ticket is created. Vendor cites a 98% customer satisfaction score.
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Market position
Where Checkfront sits relative to every other solution in the database. Toggle axes to compare on cost, speed, friction, or buyer score.
Quadrant view
Implementation friction × Verified buyer score
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Checkfront ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
Industry verdicts
How Checkfront speaks to each vertical it serves — same data, sector lens.
Hospitality & TravelFill rooms, keep guests coming back.
Best for in Hospitality & Travel
- Tour, activity and experience operators selling scheduled departures
- Equipment, gear and vehicle rental businesses needing resource tracking
- Accommodation providers with nightly or multi-day inventory
- Operators distributing through OTAs and 20k+ resellers
Not for
- Full-service hotels needing a property management system
- Restaurants and bars taking table reservations
- Businesses with no dated inventory or capacity limits
Checkfront targets schedule-based hospitality businesses: tours, activities, rentals and accommodation. Its booking types, digital waivers, automated resource management and OTA connections (GetYourGuide, Viator, Expedia, Tripadvisor) suit experience operators more than traditional hotels, which typically need full PMS functionality. A single flat plan plus a 3% online booking fee keeps pricing predictable for small and mid-market operators.
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Checkfront is cloud-based booking software for tour, activity, rental and accommodation operators. It supports daily, multi-day, timeslot and flextime bookings, real-time availability, automated resource management, digital waivers, seasonal pricing, deposits and buy-now-pay-later, plus OTA channels such as GetYourGuide, Viator and Expedia. One plan costs $99/month plus a 3% fee on online bookings, with no setup, API or OTA fees. Hosted on Google Cloud and AWS, with 24/5 support.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Checkfront cost?
Checkfront offers one plan for all customers: $99 per month plus a 3% fee on online bookings. You can absorb that fee or pass it on to guests, and offline bookings carry no fee. The vendor states there are no setup fees, hidden charges, API booking fees or OTA booking fees. Pricing may vary by region and currency.
What kinds of businesses is Checkfront built for?
It targets schedule-based businesses that sell services in daily, nightly or hourly allotments: tours, activities, rentals and accommodation. Booking types include daily, multi-day, timeslots and flextime, with public and private variants of the same experience.
How long does implementation take?
Checkfront is a cloud application with nothing to install, no setup fees and a ready-made hosted booking page, so most operators can be taking bookings within one to two weeks. Embedding the booking widget on an existing site is a copy-and-paste step, and integrations cover WordPress, Drupal and Joomla.
Does Checkfront charge extra for OTA or API bookings?
No. Checkfront states it adds no fees on top of OTA commissions for channels such as GetYourGuide, Viator, Expedia and Tripadvisor, and no fee for API-generated bookings. Only the third-party commission applies.
What support does Checkfront provide?
Support is available 24/5 with limited weekend hours via phone lines in the US/Canada, UK and international, live chat when agents are available, and a ticket form. There is also a self-serve knowledge base and a developer hub for API work.
How does Checkfront fit with my existing stack?
Checkfront integrates with Slack notifications, Google SSO and Google Drive, accounting tools such as QuickBooks Online and Xero, payment gateways including Stripe, Square and PayPal, marketing tools such as Mailchimp and Constant Contact, and website platforms including WordPress, Drupal and Joomla.