How fast can we be live with Booking·Tours?

Your booking site and Yoco payments go live right after a single 90-minute onboarding call. Your AI WhatsApp host typically joins within 5 business days, subject to Meta approval of your WhatsApp Business number.

Does Booking·Tours take a commission per booking?

No. Zero percent commission, forever. R2,000/month flat fee regardless of how many bookings you take.

What happens when we close for off-season?

Hit pause and pay R500/month while closed. The fee covers secure data retention — your bookings, customers, and automations stay hosted, backed up, and POPIA-compliant while you're away. Resume in seconds when your season starts again, with no reactivation fee.

How does the AI WhatsApp host work?

Powered by Gemini, it guides customers through booking step by step — tour, date, time, guest count — with quick-tap buttons, then holds the slot for 15 minutes and sends a payment link. It also answers FAQs instantly from your trained knowledge base. Your team can jump into any conversation and take over, any time.

Can I keep my existing website?

Yes. You get a branded subdomain (your-business.bookingtours.co.za). Custom domain mapping is on the roadmap.

How do weather cancellations work?

One click cancels every affected slot. Customers get a WhatsApp and email with a self-service link to reschedule, take a voucher, or request a refund. Most customers pick reschedule.

Does Booking·Tours do marketing for us?

The marketing engine (email builder, automations, promo codes, landing pages) is included at no extra cost.

Where is Booking·Tours data hosted?

South Africa. POPIA-compliant with row-level security, encrypted credentials (pgcrypto, AES-GCM), and no plaintext at rest.

What if I'm not technical?

You don't need to be. Everything is set up during onboarding — usually on a single 90-minute call.

WhatsApp booking

The WhatsApp booking system South African tour operators have been waiting for.

Customers WhatsApp you. Our AI books them. The slot fills before they even open their email.

01Message to booking

Five steps from a chat to a paid seat.

The whole path — from “I'd like to book a tour” to a confirmed, paid booking — is a few taps, no typing required.

Customer WhatsApps you

"Hi, I'd like to book a tour" — on your existing WhatsApp Business number.

The bot guides them

Quick-tap buttons walk them through the tour, date, time, and guest count — no typing required.

It holds the slot

Checks live availability and holds the best match for 15 minutes — no double-booking.

It sends and confirms

A reply with Rand price and a one-click Yoco link goes out automatically. Booking confirms the moment they pay.

02Why it works

Built for how South Africans actually book.

Fast at every step

Whether it's presenting the tour list or answering an FAQ, replies come back in under two seconds — even at 11pm on a Saturday.

Multi-language

Native handling of English, Afrikaans, isiZulu, and isiXhosa — covering the queries your customers actually send.

Slot-aware

Reads your live availability, holds the slot for 15 minutes, and prevents double-booking. No more "oh, that's full now".

Yoco payment link

Every reply includes a one-click Yoco payment link priced in Rand. No PayPal redirect, no currency conversion.

Jump in anytime

Bookings and FAQs run automatically. Open any conversation in your Inbox to take over — the bot hands control back when you step out.

Pulls into ops

Once paid, the booking lands in your dashboard, the manifest updates, and the customer gets a WhatsApp confirmation.

03See it live

This is the inbox your team will love.

WhatsApp inbox

Thandi M.+27 82 114 9052

Hi, I'd like to book a tour 🙌

Get started

See it talk to your tours. From your own phone.

Twenty minutes: we wire the AI to a sample of your real tours and let you message it live.

View live demo Book a discovery call How the AI host works

No credit card · AI answers 24/7 · off-season pause R500/month