Boats
Boat Rental Software
Take bookings, deposits and signed agreements online, without the spreadsheet.
BookCollie is boat rental software for operators renting pontoons, fishing boats, ski boats and deck boats by the hour, half day or day. Renters book and pay on your own booking site, sign the agreement before they reach the dock, and every boat shows up on one calendar.
14-day free trial · No credit card · 0% booking commission
Sound familiar?
What running a boat rental business by hand costs you
Two families, one pontoon
A phone booking and an online booking land on the same Saturday morning slot. Someone gets turned away at the dock.
Chasing deposits
Damage deposits taken in cash, refunds written on sticky notes, and no record of who still owes the balance.
Paper waivers at the dock
A line of renters filling out clipboards in the sun while the next boat waits to go out.
How it works
Up and running in an afternoon
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Add your fleet and prices
Add your boats, or paste your website address and let AI import them. Set your rates by season and rental length, your deposits and your cancellation rules.
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Share your booking site
Publish your booking site with your logo and colors, then put the link on your website, Google Business Profile and socials.
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Renters book, pay and sign online
They see live availability and the full price, pay by card, and sign your agreement before they arrive. Everything lands in your calendar.
Features
Everything your boat rental business needs
Real-time availability calendar
See every boat, every day. A boat is locked while each booking saves, so it can never be double booked.
Hourly, half-day and full-day rentals
Rent the same pontoon several times a day, with turnover time for fueling and cleaning built in.
Pricing by season and rental length
Peak, shoulder and off-season rates, weekend pricing and minimum rentals on holiday weekends.
Branded booking site
Your logo and colors. Renters book 24/7 from their phone, even when you're out on the water.
Down payments and security deposits
Take a deposit at booking and the balance before the rental. Hold a damage deposit on the card and release it after return.
Agreements and waivers for every passenger
The renter signs the rental agreement before arrival, and each passenger signs their own waiver.
Custom renter questions
Ask for a boater safety card, age and number of passengers when they book.
Weather reschedules
Move a rained-out rental to a new date in a few clicks, separate from your cancellation rules.
Delivery or dock pickup
Deliver to the lake, marina or vacation home with a delivery fee, or meet renters at your dock.
How it works
One boat, three rentals a day
Rent the same pontoon by the half day and in the evening. BookCollie holds an hour between rentals to fuel and clean, so the next renter never walks up to a boat that isn't ready, and two bookings can never overlap.
Rental An hour to fuel and clean, held automatically
Your booking site
Renters book in a couple of minutes, on any phone
Renters pick a boat, a date and a time slot, add tubes, coolers or fishing gear, and see the full price with fees and tax before they pay. They answer your questions, sign the agreement and get a confirmation with directions to your dock.
- Live availability, updated the moment anything is booked
- The full price before checkout, with fees, add-ons and tax
- Book and pay instantly, or send a request for you to approve
Built for boat rental businesses, from one pontoon to a marina fleet
Boat rentals run on short, back-to-back time slots, and that's where general booking tools trip up. In BookCollie, each boat is its own unit with its own calendar row, so a 9 a.m. half day and a 2 p.m. half day on the same pontoon never collide, and the hour you need between them for fuel and cleaning is held automatically.
Add each boat with its capacity, length, engine and photos. Boats that are the same model share their details, so adding your fifth identical pontoon takes seconds. Mark a boat in maintenance and it disappears from your booking site until it's back.
Boat rental booking software your renters can use on a phone
Most boat rentals are booked from a phone, often the night before. Your BookCollie booking site shows live availability by time slot, the full price up front and a simple checkout, so renters finish in a couple of minutes instead of calling and waiting for a callback.
Online bookings can confirm instantly with payment, or arrive as requests for you to approve. Either way, the renter gets a confirmation email, reminders before the rental, and a link to sign anything still waiting.
Boat rental management software for the whole season
Your Today screen shows what's going out and coming back, who hasn't signed and which balances are due. Check boats out and in to record when they left and returned, and late returns are flagged automatically.
Run several lakes or marinas from one account, each with its own boats, rates and hours, and give your dock staff their own logins without letting them change prices.
Built for rentals, not tours
A rental isn't a ticket
Many booking tools were built for tours and activities: a guide, a start time and a group of tickets. A boat rental is different. The renter takes the boat, the boat needs a turnover before the next booking, and there's a deposit, an agreement and a safety card riding on every trip. BookCollie tracks each boat as its own unit, with deposits, agreements, per-passenger waivers and turnover time built in, rather than selling seats on a departure.
- Tour booking tools
Seats on a departure
Head counts and guides
One waiver per booking
- BookCollie
Each unit tracked on its own
Turnover time and deposits
Agreements and waivers, signed online
Free resources for boat rental businesses
Free template
Free Boat Rental Agreement Template
Download a free, editable boat rental agreement with a waiver section. Customize it and send it for e-signature.
Guide
How to Start a Boat Rental Business
A step-by-step guide to starting a boat rental business: licensing, fleet, pricing, paperwork and bookings.
FAQ
Boat rental software questions
Something else? Email support@bookcollie.com and a real person answers.
How do security deposits work for boat rentals?
Can renters book a boat by the hour?
Can I ask for a boater safety card or license?
Do you support delivery to lakes and vacation homes?
What happens when the weather turns?
Does every passenger sign a waiver?
Is there a commission on bookings?
Put your boats online today
Start your 14-day free trial. Import your fleet from your website in minutes and take your first online booking today.
No credit card · 0% booking commission · Cancel anytime