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Kayak and paddleboard rental

Route Planning for Paddle sports operators

Ask a kayak and paddleboard rental operator what breaks and the answer is never the booking form. The constraint here is a board reaching the next launch point inside the tide window.

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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.

Route planning

What the platform does here is narrow and specific. Delivery and pickup runs sequenced by address, time window and vehicle capacity, built in rather than run from a second application.

The problem it removes: a driver crossing the same road four times because the run came out of a spreadsheet. The number to watch is stops per driver hour, and the miles behind them.

Runs are built from the delivery addresses and time windows already captured at booking, so nothing is re-keyed and nothing is exported. Vehicle capacity acts as a constraint, which stops a run being built that the van cannot carry.

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.

How does Bodhisys handle route planning 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, delivery and pickup runs sequenced by address, time window and vehicle capacity, built in rather than run from a second application.

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

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.

What does Bodhisys cost?

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.

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