Booking & ops for charters & rentals

Charter & rental ops, end-to-end

Vessel and captain scheduling, deposits and dock-side payments, USCG-grade waivers, and weather cancellations — Caldasa handles the operational reality of running charters and rental fleets.

Vessel + captain scheduling
Stripe Terminal dock-side
Weather cancellations
Fleet board · Saturday
3 vessels · 4 captains
Sea Breeze · 38' Catalina
Capt. Mike · USCG OUPV
8a
10a · Private · 6 guests
Open
3p · Sunset shared · 12 / 12
Reel Deal · 32' Sportfish
Capt. Tom · 100T
6a · Offshore charter · 4 anglers · deposit captured
Open
Splash · Pontoon
Capt. Jenna · 6-pack
Weather hold · small craft advisory · auto-refund queued

Built for the operational reality of running boats

Generic booking tools don't model vessels, captains, or weather. Caldasa does.

Without Caldasa

A 6-pack charter and a sunset cruise both get sold for the same boat. Someone calls customers to apologize.

Without Caldasa

Small-craft advisory hits Saturday morning. The office spends 4 hours calling, refunding, and re-keying everything.

Without Caldasa

A captain's USCG license expires mid-season. Nobody catches it until an inspector does.

With Caldasa

Vessel + captain are required on every booking. The second sale fails up-front.

With Caldasa

Mark a day "weather hold" — refunds, credits, and notifications fire automatically per your policy.

With Caldasa

License + certification expiries on every staff record. Reminders fire 30, 7, and 1 days out.

Everything a charter or rental fleet needs

Vessel + captain scheduling

Each booking ties to a specific vessel and crew. No double-bookings. Captain availability respected automatically.

Weather-cancellation flow

Cancel a trip or a whole day in one click. Refunds, credits, and customer notifications happen automatically per your policy.

Deposits + dock-side balance

Capture a deposit online. Charge the balance morning-of or at the dock with Stripe Terminal — same ledger, same refund flow.

Captain compliance tracking

License renewal, certification expiry, and required training tracked on the staff record with reminders before expiry.

Shared + private trips

Per-seat shared trips and full-vessel private charters on the same engine. Same customer database. One reporting view.

Waivers signed by phone

Customers sign a USCG-style waiver on their phone after booking. Signed PDFs land on the customer record automatically.

"Weather days used to be 4 hours of panic. Now it's two clicks. The dock-side Terminal alone paid for the year."
Captain Tom R.
Owner, Reel Deal Charters · Destin, FL

Charter & rental FAQ

How does Caldasa handle vessel + captain double-booking?
Bookings are tied to a specific vessel AND a specific captain. The same vessel can have different captains across the day, but no captain or vessel can be on two trips at once — even when bookings come from different channels at the same moment.
What about weather cancellations?
Cancel a single trip or a whole day from one screen. Caldasa automatically issues refunds (or credits, depending on your policy), notifies the customer, and frees up the vessel and captain for re-booking.
Can we collect a deposit at booking and the balance on departure?
Yes — set a per-service deposit policy (fixed or percentage). The balance can charge automatically the morning of, or run on a Stripe Terminal at the dock with the customer present.
Do you handle waivers, captain licensing, and Coast Guard requirements?
Customer waivers are signed on a phone and stored with a tamper-proof hash. Captain licenses, certifications, and renewal dates live on the staff record with reminders before they expire.
Can we sell shared trips alongside private charters?
Yes. Shared / per-seat trips run on the ticketed-event engine — capacity caps, multiple price tiers, hold lists. Private charters lock the whole vessel. Both flow into the same customer database.
Does it work for non-marine rentals (jet skis, e-bikes, equipment)?
Yes. Anything you rent can be modeled as a resource with its own availability, deposit, and waiver requirements. Same engine that runs sail charters runs jet ski rentals and equipment fleets.

Run your fleet on one panel.

Free to start. No credit card required.