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Booking software for backpacking and trekking guides

Booked months out. Paid in two parts. Ready at the trailhead.

Multi-day trips booked months out, paid in two parts and prepared for over weeks of emails. Treka turns the emails into a booking with a deposit, a balance date, a waiver and a packing list attached.

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30 days of Core free, then from $79 a month billed yearly.

Example departure roster: twelve of fourteen seats booked, waivers signed and paddlers checking in at the put-in.

Why it’s different

What backpacking and trekking guides actually need

01

Deposit now, balance before the trailhead

Take a deposit at booking and charge the balance automatically on the day you choose before departure, or record it when it's paid. The schedule is on the confirmation, so nobody has to be reminded.

02

Fixed departures and private groups together

A scheduled five-day departure priced per hiker and a private family trip priced per group sit on one calendar, each with its own capacity and its own guide.

03

The pre-trip paperwork, done before the drive

Waivers go to every hiker at booking, and dietary needs, emergency contacts and medical notes sit on the roster, so the trailhead isn't where the clipboard comes out.

A day in your operation

A five-day trip from first click to last mile

  1. Months out

    A group books a departure

    Four hikers book from your site, pay the deposit, and the balance date is on their confirmation.

    Deposits and balances
  2. Booking

    Capped at the permit

    Each departure has the party size your permit allows, and the calendar stops selling there.

    Capacity per departure
  3. Six weeks out

    The balance charges itself

    On the day you set, the balance is charged to the card on file, or recorded when you collect it.

    Deposits and balances
  4. The week before

    Waivers, gear and the roster

    Every hiker has signed, rented packs and tents are set aside, and the roster shows dietary needs and emergency contacts.

    A waiver from every guest
  5. The trailhead

    The guide has the list

    Check hikers in from the roster, with the guide assigned to this departure and paid for it afterwards.

    Roster and check-in
  6. Back home

    The review ask goes out

    Review requests and a follow-up to past guests go out on their own, and next season's departures are a campaign away.

    Email, referrals and reviews

The parts you’ll use most

Treka for backpacking and trekking guides

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Deposits and balances

A deposit at checkout, the balance charged on the day you set or recorded as cash. Money lands in your Stripe account.

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Capacity per departure

Every date and start time is its own slot with its own seats, and it closes itself when it is full.

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A waiver from every guest

Your wording, sent with the confirmation to everyone on the booking, chased on its own and stored with the trip.

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Roster and check-in

Who is booked, whose waiver is signed and who has arrived, on one screen, with a download for the clipboard.

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Gear rental

Track your rental inventory and fulfill rental orders in the same system as the bookings.

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Guide assignment and payouts

Put guides on trips by date, and pay them through Stripe for the trips they actually ran.

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FAQ

Questions backpacking and trekking guides ask us

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Can I take a deposit and charge the rest later?

Yes. Set a deposit as a percentage or a fixed amount, pick how many days before departure the balance is due, and choose whether it is charged automatically or collected by you and recorded.

Does every person on a group booking sign a waiver?

Yes. Each participant is asked to sign, not just the person who paid, and you can see who still hasn't before the trip.

Can I cap a departure at the group size the permit allows?

Yes. Each departure has its own maximum party size and the calendar stops selling when it's reached. Treka doesn't apply for or hold permits; it keeps your bookings inside the number you were given.

Can I assign a guide to each departure and pay them per trip?

Yes. Guides are assigned per trip and per date, and payouts run through Stripe Connect against the departures they actually led.

Can clients rent packs, tents or stoves as part of the booking?

Yes. Gear rental is built in: list what you rent with a price, and guests add it at checkout. What's out and what came back is tracked per booking.

What does Treka cost?

Every company starts with 30 days of Core, free, no card required. After that it's $99 a month for Core (the whole platform, run by you) or $399 a month for Pro, which adds custom AI agents built for your business, SEO optimization to drive more bookings, and a named contact. A custom website built by our team is quoted separately; book a demo to scope it. Pay yearly and get two months free: $948 for Core ($79 a month) or $3,948 for Pro ($329 a month). Self-serve setup is free; white-glove migration is $749 one-time on monthly plans and free on annual. No contract. A 3% booking fee is added at checkout and paid by the guest; Stripe card processing (2.9% + 30¢) is billed at cost.

Can I move my existing trips and clients over?

Yes. Trips can be imported from your existing website, and client lists can be uploaded from a spreadsheet or an export from your current system. You keep your own domain and your own branding.

30 days of Core free

Booked months out. Paid in two parts. Ready at the trailhead.

Then from $79 a month billed yearly. No contract, and self-serve setup is free.

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