Deposits, waivers, launch details and reminders become repetitive work.
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Built for professional fishing guides
Run the business.
Guide the water.
guideOS brings bookings, calendars, clients, payments, waivers, trip reports, public guide pages, and communication into one calm, modern workspace.
No marketplace commissions. No credit card required to begin.
Own your customer relationshipsIndexable public guide pagesMobile-first workflowsBuilt in the USA
The real problem
Your business should not live in six different apps.
Most guides stitch together texts, calendars, payment apps, spreadsheets and memory. It works until it costs time, money or a client.
Stop running your guide business from texts, spreadsheets, payment apps and memory.
Trip history, preferences and conversations are difficult to find when needed.
A guide business needs an operating system, not just a checkout form.
One operating system
Everything around the trip, working together.
guideOS organizes the business by outcomes, not by disconnected software features.
Get booked
Turn availability into a simple, professional booking and discovery experience.
- Online booking
- Indexable guide pages
- Trip options and specials
Stay organized
See the day, week and season without digging through messages.
- Calendar and day view
- Boats and locations
- Schedule templates
Serve clients
Give every angler a polished experience before and after the trip.
- Automated messages
- Digital waivers
- Trip reports and photos
Grow repeat business
Know your clients and make the next booking easier than the first.
- Client CRM
- SEO readiness scoring
- Campaigns and analytics
Explore guideOS
Six pages for the main questions guides ask.
Use the menu or jump in from the cards below to explore features, pricing, marketplace positioning, product philosophy, resources, and company background.
Features
See the connected workflows for booking, scheduling, clients, payments, and trip-day operations.
Open pagePricing
Review the GuideOS plan, founding-guide offer, and how the model differs from marketplace-first tools.
Open pageMarketplace
Understand how GuideOS works beside platforms like FishingBooker, Guidesly, FishAnyWhere, or FishArbor without becoming one.
Open pageWhy GuideOS
Read the position behind the product: guide-owned customer relationships, lower friction, and direct business support.
Open pageResources
Find planning content for launch, migration, and evaluating whether the platform fits the way you operate.
Open pageAbout
Meet the thinking behind GuideOS and the values shaping the company and product direction.
Open pageDesigned for the dock
Useful at 5:30 AM at the ramp. Not just behind a desk.
The mobile experience centers on what matters now: today's weather, launch details, balances, waivers and client communication.
One calm daily view
Trips, tasks, weather and client details in one place.
One-tap client updates
Send launch time, address, expectations and weather without retyping.
Finish the trip quickly
Capture notes, photos, catches and rebooking opportunities while they are fresh.
Why guideOS
Your infrastructure, not another marketplace.
guideOS helps guides build their own business, brand and customer relationships. We want to disrupt guide software with cost-effective, aligned features that let guides run the business without spending $$$ on bloated, disconnected tools.
guideOSMarketplace
You own the customer relationship
YesLimitedMarketplace commission
NoneOftenFull guide-business CRM
IncludedBasicTrip operations after booking
End-to-endVariesYour own branded booking page
IncludedPlatform-ledSimple by design
From setup to first booking in four steps.
Create your profile
Add your brand, service area, boats and business details.
Configure trips
Define trip types, pricing, availability and policies.
Share your link
Use your booking page on your website, social profiles and messages.
Guide the trip
guideOS handles reminders, waivers, payments and follow-up.
Straightforward pricing
Start small. Grow without changing systems.
One Guide plan with every feature included from day one, so guides can run the business without stacking expensive software subscriptions.
Guide
$50/month
First month FREE
$25 / month for the first 25 guideOS plankowners
For guides who want one complete system for booking, operations and growth.
- Public guide and booking pages with crawlable, guide-provided content
- Trip and availability setup
- SEO readiness scoring for each guide profile
- Basic calendar
- Fixed email notifications
- Full calendar and day view
- Client CRM and rebooking
- Payments and rescheduling
- Trip reports and photos
- Advanced automations
- SMS communication
- Campaigns and analytics
- Boat-to-trip mapping
- Weather data and forecast overlays
- Tide and lunar planning data
- AI-assisted trip brief generation
- AI-assisted client follow-up drafts
- Route and launch prep checklists
- Catch log insights and trend summaries
Questions
Built to be easy to adopt.
The marketing page should answer the concerns that prevent a guide from starting.
Is guideOS a booking marketplace?
No. guideOS is business infrastructure for guides. You keep your brand and customer relationships, and guideOS does not depend on marketplace commissions.
Can I use guideOS with my current website?
Yes. Link directly to your guideOS booking page or integrate the booking flow into your existing website.
Do my customers need an app?
No. Clients can book, pay, sign waivers and view trip information through a mobile-friendly web experience.
Can I import existing customers?
Yes. Existing client records can be imported so you can begin with the customer relationships you already own.
How long does setup take?
A guide can create a profile, configure core trips and publish a booking link in a single focused session.
Spend less time managing trips and more time guiding them.
Build your guideOS workspace and publish your booking page.