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What is Padstool?
Padstool is a management platform built for tour and rental operators. It brings your tours, fleet, bookings, guides, pricing, and payments into one place - replacing spreadsheets, disconnected tools, and manual processes.
Whether you run guided tours, self-guided experiences, or a rental fleet (or all three), Padstool gives you the tools to manage day-to-day operations efficiently and sell across multiple channels. The platform works with any type and number of vehicles - from bikes and e-bikes to scooters, kayaks, or segways.
Who is it for?
- Tour operators running scheduled tours with guides
- Rental businesses offering hourly and daily vehicle rentals
- Combined operations that do both tours and rentals from the same fleet
Key features
Fleet Management
Track every vehicle in your fleet - status, condition, maintenance history, and availability at a glance. Supports any number of vehicle types with batch creation and CSV import.
Tour Operations
Create tours, schedule departures, set pricing per customer type, and manage capacity in real time. Bulk scheduling for recurring tours.
Booking Management
Unified bookings for tours and rentals with real-time availability checks and overbooking prevention. Multi-item bookings with add-ons.
Rental Operations
Hourly and daily rentals with checkout/return workflows, damage tracking, and automatic late fee calculation.
Guide Management
Manage guide profiles, availability calendars, and specializations. Guides get their own self-service portal for viewing assignments and setting availability.
Flexible Pricing
Price types (adult, child, senior), seasonal rates, group discounts, promo codes, schedule-specific overrides, and add-ons - all built in.
Booking Widget
Embed a booking widget on your website for direct sales - no commission, no middleman.
OTA Connections
Connect to Get Your Guide, Viator, and other resellers via the OCTO standard. Manage all channels from one place with unified availability.
Payments
Stripe integration for online payments, refund processing, and transaction tracking. Each operator gets their own Stripe account.
Email Notifications
Automated booking confirmations, payment receipts, tour reminders, and guide assignment notifications.
Ready to get started?
The Getting Started guide walks you through setting up your organization, fleet, tours, pricing, and guides step by step.
If you are already set up, jump to the section you need:
- Operations - Bookings, availability, rentals, and manifests
- Resources - Tours, fleet, and guides
- Pricing - Pricing engine, seasonal rates, discounts, and add-ons
- Channels - Booking widget and OTA connections
- Settings - Organization, policies, payments, and notifications