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Guidesly alternative for fishing guides
Get found on Guidesly. Get booked on your site.
Guidesly is a marketplace where anglers find guides. RIVERRISE BOOKINGS is booking on your own website for $99 a month, with no platform or booking fee, and it syncs your Guidesly calendar so nothing double-books.
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Built for
Charter captains
Inshore and offshore six-packs or a whole fleet. Sell seats one angler at a time or the whole boat, and balances charge automatically before the trip.
Fishing guides
Drift boat, walk-and-wade and fly trips. Waivers, meeting details and reminders go out for you, and the review request goes out the day after.
Outfitters
Several guides and boats on one calendar, guide assignment, a staff phone app, and marketplace calendars synced so nothing double-books.
Side by side
Guidesly vs RIVERRISE BOOKINGS.
Facts checked October 28, 2026.
| RIVERRISE BOOKINGS | Guidesly | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Booking system for your own website | Marketplace plus Guidesly Pro tools |
| Cost | $99 a month, no platform or booking fee | Not published publicly; ask Guidesly |
| Where guests book | Your website | Guidesly’s website and app |
| Brings new anglers | No, works with your own traffic | Yes |
| Payouts | Your own Stripe account | Through Guidesly |
| Guest list and follow-up emails | Yours, with reminders and review requests | Check with Guidesly |
| Marine forecast and small craft advisory flags | Yes, on the day view | Not listed |
| Waitlist, split payments, catch photos | Yes | Not listed |
| Works together | Syncs your Guidesly calendar | Keep your listing |
Source: What is Guidesly. Guidesly does not publish guide fees on its public pages. “Not listed” and “Check with Guidesly” mean we could not confirm it from public sources.
The short answer: Guidesly is a fishing marketplace where anglers find and book guides. RIVERRISE BOOKINGS is booking for your own website. They work best together: Guidesly for new anglers, your own site for everyone who already knows you, with Guidesly trips synced so nothing double-books.
What Guidesly does
Guidesly lists guides in a searchable library with species, prices and reviews, and anglers book and pay in its app or website, with tips added at the end (What is Guidesly). Guides keep their calendar up to date in Guidesly, and Guidesly Pro adds tools for running the business. Guidesly does not publish its guide fees publicly, so ask them for current terms.
Where your own booking system wins
- Your brand: guests book on your site, not on a page next to other guides.
- Your money: deposits go to your own Stripe account and balances charge automatically before the trip.
- Your guest list: every guest gets your confirmation, waiver, reminders and review request, and an optional email invites them back the same week next season.
- Built for the boat: seats by boat, private-boat trips, a marine forecast with small craft advisory flags, and one-step weather cancellations.
Use both, without double bookings
Paste your Guidesly calendar link into RIVERRISE BOOKINGS and its trips hold the same seats on your booking page, checked every 15 minutes. If a Guidesly booking lands on a trip already sold on your site, you get an email and a phone alert right away.
How much does Guidesly cost guides?
Guidesly does not publish its fees for guides on its public pages, so ask Guidesly for current terms. It runs a marketplace where anglers book listed guides, plus Guidesly Pro tools for guides. Checked October 28, 2026.
Is Guidesly a marketplace or booking software?
Both. Anglers find and book guides on Guidesly’s website and app, and guides manage their listing and calendar there. RIVERRISE BOOKINGS is booking for your own website, so guests book with you, under your brand.
Can I use Guidesly and RIVERRISE BOOKINGS together?
Yes. Keep your Guidesly listing for discovery and paste its calendar link into RIVERRISE BOOKINGS. Guidesly trips then block the same seats on your own booking page automatically, and you get an alert if anything double-books.
Who owns the guest when they book on Guidesly?
Guests who book through a marketplace are the marketplace’s customers first. With RIVERRISE BOOKINGS, every guest who books on your site is on your guest list, gets your emails and is invited back next season.
What does RIVERRISE BOOKINGS cost?
RIVERRISE BOOKINGS is $99 a month with no platform or booking fee for you or your guests (standard card processing applies). Setup is $0 through November 30, 2026, then $500 once.
Keep the listing. Own the booking.
See RIVERRISE BOOKINGS on a free 20-minute demo built around your trips.