Inquiry
Guests send their dates and a message, and you reply before anything is confirmed.
Boat and watercraft rental operators
Day-based boat rental bookings from your own website
Publish live availability for each boat and take rental requests with the details that matter: boating license, experience, marina pick-up notes, or a document upload. You stay in control of who gets on the water.
Day-based rentals (not hourly)
Approval-first flows fit license checks
Document uploads on Pro
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Direct bookings without buying a whole system. Accurate dates on your website, and payment only when it suits how you host.
A calendar per boat
Each boat or watercraft gets its own embeddable availability calendar with manual date control on Plus and Pro.
Screen every renter first
Inquiry and Request to book let you check licenses and experience before anything is confirmed or charged.
Collect licenses and waivers
Custom fields capture boating license numbers and experience; on Pro renters can upload a license photo or signed document with the request.
Pick-up and drop-off, counted in days
Set the boat to By the day on its Details page and the booking form and your emails say pick-up and drop-off and count days, in all 25 languages. Set the most guests on board and the form asks how many are coming. Show an informational security deposit and add fuel or captain services as optional fees.
Booking requests
Confirm licenses and conditions before anyone boards. Each request arrives with the boating license and experience you asked for, ready to approve or decline.
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The phone app
A request reaches your phone. See the dates and total, then confirm or decline. On Android now, iPhone soon.
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Form fields
Every license and waiver arrives with the request. Ask for a boating license, experience and marina notes, and let renters attach a signed waiver.
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Payments
Get paid the way that fits, commission-free. On Pro, send a deposit or balance link once you confirm, or let renters pay by card in the booking form.
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Booking types
Choose how guests book. Pick the booking type for your Pro booking form that matches how you already host.
Request to book
Guests send a request, you approve it, then you send a secure link for a deposit or the full amount.
Instant book
Guests see the total and pay by card in the booking form, through Stripe.
No website? Share one link. Every rental gets a link page with its photo, your words and your calendar to book from. Several rentals can share one page. Put it in your bio or send it to guests. On every plan.
Other ways hosts use RentalBeam. The same calendar and booking form, set up for nearby kinds of rental.
Related guides. Step-by-step guides for setting up your calendar, booking form and payments.
Frequently asked questions. Answers for boat and watercraft rental operators, from setup to payments.
Does RentalBeam take a commission on my direct bookings?
No. RentalBeam never takes a commission on your booking revenue on any plan, and Pro adds no RentalBeam booking or application fee. If a guest pays by card through RentalBeam, only the standard Stripe card-processing fee applies, and that fee goes to Stripe, the same as any payment processor. Inquiry, pay-later, and off-platform bookings (such as bank transfer) have no per-transaction cost at all.
Does RentalBeam support coupon codes and discounts?
Yes. RentalBeam Pro includes coupon codes, percentage and fixed-amount discount rules, seasonal prices, and a weekend price. You can run promotional codes for repeat guests, configure off-season discounts, and combine them with custom fees and booking rules from the same booking form widget setup.
Can I charge sales tax, VAT, or occupancy tax on my booking form?
Yes. RentalBeam Pro supports percentage fees built for taxes: you enter the rate (up to three decimals, so rates like 8.875% work) and it is calculated on the discounted subtotal plus your other fees, the same base tax authorities use. The rate can be added on top of your prices (US-style sales tax) or shown as already included in them (EU-style VAT, with an "Includes VAT (20%)" line under the total). You can exclude individual fees from the tax base when your jurisdiction does not tax them, and guests see the tax clearly labeled with the rate. Fixed per-person tourist taxes are also supported through per-guest-per-night fees with child age rules.
Can I message guests from my email inbox?
Yes. On Pro, every booking notification email includes a reply address linked to that booking. Reply in Gmail, Apple Mail, or any email app and your message goes to the guest. When they reply, it comes back to your inbox and is saved with that booking in your dashboard. Your personal email address is never shared with the guest.
Does the form say check-in and check-out?
Not if you set the rental to By the day on its Details page. The form, your emails, and your dashboard then say pick-up and drop-off and count days instead of nights. A day is the 24-hour period that starts at pick-up, so Monday to Tuesday is one day. Whether the form asks how many people are coming is your choice, under Guests & policies.
Does RentalBeam work for boat rentals?
Yes, for day-based and multi-day rentals. Each boat gets an embeddable availability calendar, and on Pro a booking form with custom fields, optional document uploads, and Stripe-powered card payments where available. Hourly time slots are not supported.
Can I verify a boating license before confirming?
Yes. Use Inquiry or Request to book so every rental waits for your approval. Add a license number field, and on Pro a file upload field so renters attach a license photo or document with the request.
Can I require a security deposit?
You can show an informational security deposit notice on the booking form so renters know what to expect; the deposit itself is arranged directly with you and is not added to the booking total.
Can I charge extras like fuel or a captain?
Yes. Configurable fees cover required and optional extras, shown transparently in the price breakdown. You can also offer coupon codes and discounts for longer rentals on Pro.
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The availability calendar is free. Add booking requests, payment links and card payments on Pro.