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Kayak and paddleboard rental

Rental Software for Paddle sports operators

Paddle sports run on tide tables and daylight, which makes the booking window narrower than almost anything else in rentals. Bodhisys was built around that shape rather than retrofitted to it.

NO MONTHLY FEE  ·  4.5% AT CHECKOUT  ·  PAID BY YOUR CUSTOMER

Kayaks out on a lake below a village

Kayak and paddleboard rental operations, specifically

Units are delivered to launch points rather than collected from a shop, weather moves bookings constantly, and a returned board needs to be back at a different launch within the hour to make the next slot.

Saturday 9am, kayaks and boards across two locations
  • B-114North shopAvailable
  • B-118North shopAvailable
  • B-127South yardOut until 4:10pm
  • B-131North shopAvailable
  • B-140South yardAvailable
  • B-142WorkshopBrake service, back Friday
  • B-155North shopCleaning, 20 minutes
  • B-160South yardAvailable

Eight kayaks and boards, two locations, one in the workshop. Book against each model and see which one can tell you which board the customer is getting.

A count says how many. A unit record says which one, where it is, and whether it is fit to go out.

What the platform does here

The constraint in this category is a board reaching the next launch point inside the tide window. Everything below is aimed at it.

Reservations land against individual units. Delivery and pickup runs come out of the addresses captured at booking, sequenced into one loop rather than a list of addresses in the order they were booked. Drops are confirmed with a photo and a timestamp. Returns are recorded against the unit that came back, and availability reopens once it is fit to go out.

The first picture below is a real Saturday rather than a drawing of one, with a good part of what the platform does sitting behind that one screen. It works the same way at whatever size you run, from a single van out of one location to a fleet across several. The second picture is that same morning taken apart into a single run.

The Bodhisys map view on a peak Saturday: delivery, pickup and swap stops with every route drawn across Hilton Head Island, and the trips panel beside it

Reading the map

  • Square, a delivery.
  • Diamond, a pickup.
  • Diamond on a square, both at one address. Two orders closed on one stop.
A real Saturday, mid-morning. Driver names are obscured; everything else on the screen is that morning as it ran.
One morning run, five stops, one loop
Depot12345
  1. 114 Sea Pines Circle8:10am · 4 kayaks and boardsScheduled
  2. 23 Barony Lane8:35am · Crib, high chairScheduled
  3. 3212 Hilton Head Way9:00am · 2 e-bikesScheduled
  4. 48 Palmetto Row9:25am · 6 chairsScheduled
  5. 519 Lagoon Road9:55am · 8 chairsScheduled

The addresses come off the reservations. The run is built as one loop that turns right out of the depot and right back into it, so no road is driven twice and no stop is passed before its window opens.

Every stop closes with a photo, a timestamp and a location, which is what settles a delivery dispute in October.

What it costs

Bodhisys charges no monthly fee. The platform takes 4.5%, added to each reservation and paid by your customer rather than by you.

The savings calculator puts that against what you pay today, including reseller commission and paid modules.

Is Bodhisys right for paddle sports operators?

Bodhisys is rental operations software for companies that rent things, vehicles and experiences. It was built for rental inventory rather than adapted from a ticketing system, and it has been in market since 2023.

For paddle sports operators it runs reservations, inventory across every location, routing, delivery confirmation, waivers and returns in one system. The category constraint it is aimed at is a board reaching the next launch point inside the tide window.

There is no monthly fee. A 4.5% charge is added to each reservation and paid by your customer at checkout.

Bodhisys is younger than FareHarbor and Peek Pro and has a smaller install base. An operator whose revenue is mostly timed tours, or who needs a long list of third-party integrations today, is better served by an incumbent.

Questions

What does Bodhisys cost for paddle sports operators?

There is no monthly fee. A 4.5% charge is added to each reservation and paid by your customer at checkout.

Can we move our existing data across?

Yes. Customers, future reservations and booking history migrate from FareHarbor, Peek Pro and Bike Rental Manager.

How is this different from a tour booking flow?

A tour flow sells a seat at a time. A rental flow has to capture what leaves, where it goes, when it comes back and who is responsible for it in between.

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