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Kayaks, SUPs, dinghies & pedal boats

Kayak, SUP & boat hire bookings, without the fees

Overseas platforms call it “rental” — and many clip the ticket on every booking. GoodKeen is built in NZ for hire: sessions by the hour, half-day or full day, waivers signed before anyone reaches the water, and 0% booking fees — for you and your guests.

Free forever up to 25 bookings a month. No credit card required.

Run your ramp on sessions, not spreadsheets

You don’t need to barcode every boat. You need to know how many can go out at 10am — and that everyone going out has signed.

Hourly, half-day & full-day sessions

Set up timeslot sessions for the hire lengths you actually offer — one hour, two hours, half-day — plus all-day sessions for full-day hire. Capacity is simply your fleet at the ramp: eight doubles means eight bookings per slot, no double-ups.

Digital waivers, signed at booking

Every participant signs before they arrive — not on a soggy clipboard at the water’s edge. Waivers are versioned, immutable and retrievable per participant, so your adventure-activity risk communication paperwork is there whenever you need it.

QR check-in at the water’s edge

Scan a booking’s QR code on any phone to check a group in — it runs in the mobile browser, so there’s nothing to install for you, your crew or your guests.

Weather turns? Cancel cleanly

Southerly rolling in? Refund your guests through your own Stripe account and let them know by email — the refund goes back to their original payment method.

Gift cards & promo codes for the shoulder season

Sell gift cards over winter and run promo codes when the ramp is quiet. Gift cards automatically meet NZ’s 3-year minimum expiry law.

Embed on your own website

Drop the booking widget into your existing site — your website stays yours, we just take the bookings. No site yet? Every account includes a hosted booking page and calendar.

Your own Stripe account — money goes straight to you. GoodKeen never holds your funds and never takes a cut of a booking. Card processing (Stripe) is charged separately by your payment provider.

Run bikes as well as boats? See our bike hire booking software.

Do the maths

Hiring through FareHarbor? Your guests are paying for it.

FareHarbor is a polished platform — but it’s typically funded by a booking fee added to your guest’s checkout. On GoodKeen, a NZ$100 hire costs your guest NZ$100.

FareHarbor

6–8%

typical booking fee added to your guest’s checkout — the rate isn’t published; it’s set per agreement

GoodKeen

0%

flat NZ$0–79/mo, nothing per booking — to you or your guests

Worked example: take NZ$10,000 of hire bookings in a summer month. A 6–8% guest fee is NZ$600–800 out of your customers’ pockets — on top of the price you advertise. On GoodKeen that’s NZ$0 in booking fees; you pay only your flat plan.

Already on a platform? We’ll help you move — import your customers from a CSV, and we’ll migrate your gift cards and vouchers with you. Talk to us.

FareHarbor’s guest fee is typically 6–8% per a captainbook.io analysis; the rate isn’t published and is set per agreement. Competitor fees as publicly listed or archived Jul 2026 — check each provider for current rates. Card processing (Stripe) is charged separately by your payment provider.

What it costs

Flat monthly price. 0% booking fees — to you and your guests. NZD pricing, no lock-in.

Free

NZ$0

Forever, up to 25 bookings a month — every feature included, with a “powered by GoodKeen” badge.

Starter

NZ$39/mo

Unlimited bookings at a flat price, however busy the summer.

Pro

NZ$79/mo

Priority, hands-on support from the makers.

A booking is one reservation, not one person — a group of four on two doubles is one booking. So 25 free bookings a month goes a long way at the ramp.

Frequently asked questions

No — and for most hire operators that’s the point. GoodKeen works on session capacity: if you have eight doubles at the ramp, the 10am slot takes eight bookings. You always know how many boats are out without barcoding the fleet. If you need per-asset maintenance logs, a dedicated rental inventory tool may suit you better — for taking bookings and payments, capacity is simpler and faster.
Every participant signs a digital waiver as part of the booking, before they arrive. Waivers are versioned and immutable, and you can retrieve or export each participant’s signed waiver whenever you need it — handy for adventure-activity risk communication and your own records.
Refund your guests through your own Stripe account and let them know by email — the refund goes back to their original payment method. Because payments run through your Stripe account, GoodKeen never held the money in the first place.
Yes. Sessions can be any length you like — one hour, two hours, half-day — and all-day session types are built in for full-day hire. You set the start times and the capacity for each.

Put your ramp online today

Free forever up to 25 bookings a month. No credit card required.