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Tour guide handing a life jacket to a traveller beside kayaks on a turquoise lakeMotel reception desk in morning light
Sunrise kayak · Saturday6:15 am · 12 seats
Booking reminder sent
12of 12 seats booked

Tour operator booking software: direct bookings, fewer commissions.

For travel agencies, tour operators, guides, lodges, motels and hire companies. Tour and hire pages that book direct, seasonal campaigns to past guests, and your own trip footage turned into next season's reels.

  • Tour and hire pages with live availability and a book button
  • Confirmations and reminders by SMS and email
  • Shoulder-season campaigns to past guests, review requests drafted after a trip
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If it has a diary, a pipeline or a counter, it is on this list.
Tour operatorsAdventure guides (kayak, hike, bike)Boat charters & fishingWinery & food toursLodges & retreatsMotels & holiday parksCampervan & car hireBike, ski & gear hireTour operatorsAdventure guides (kayak, hike, bike)Boat charters & fishingWinery & food toursLodges & retreatsMotels & holiday parksCampervan & car hireBike, ski & gear hire
Scenic flights & helicoptersCultural experiencesDive & surf schoolsWildlife & eco toursHot pools & day spasShuttles & transfersTravel agentsGlamping & farm staysScenic flights & helicoptersCultural experiencesDive & surf schoolsWildlife & eco toursHot pools & day spasShuttles & transfersTravel agentsGlamping & farm stays

Say it once. Watch it get done.

Four travel & tourism businesses, four everyday asks. Each one runs across the site, the diary, the CRM and the channels from a single line of chat.

TRAVEL & TOURISMYYour Business
Kayaks on a turquoise fjord under mountainsVineyard rows in golden lightMotel reception desk in morning lightAerial view of a lakeside trail
DEPARTURES · SEATS & POSTSSeats counted, a last-minute post drafted, from the vanKahu counts the seats on a departure and drafts a post for the ones left. Each booked guest gets a confirmation and two reminders by email and SMS.
Sat sunrise · 6:15Checking…
9 of 12 seats booked
Seats left3
Last-minute postDrafted
ApprovalYour tap
KAHU
Three seats are left on Saturday sunrise. A last-minute post for them is drafted with your booking link and waits for your tap. The nine guests already booked get their reminders by email and SMS.
Kahu BookingsKahu ReachApprovals

Thirteen hours in twenty seconds.

A sample day for a travel and tourism business on Kahu. The feed shows what came in, what Kahu drafted, what you approved, and what booking reminders and the automations you switched on sent. The tiles add it up, and the bottom card is what is waiting for your tap.

SATURDAY · sample feed20:00
  1. 19:00Day summarised43 seats booked · 24 reminders sent · 2 drafts approved.Done
  2. 16:30Reel from today's footageSunrise clips · logo · next departure date.Approve
  3. 15:00Hire bookings ending at 5 pm · 18In your diary, each with the customer's number.In the diary
  4. 14:40Package page · 2 bookingsWhale-watch package · booked on your site.Booked
  5. 13:00Booking reminders · 4 pm departure12 guests · by email and SMS, three hours ahead.Sent
End of the sample day. What is still drafted waits for your tap.
THE SEASON, TODAY SO FAR
Seats booked43
Reminders sent24
Drafts approved2
Enquiries3
Waiting for your tap
Reel from today's footagePublish
Guest photo post draftedPublish

Built for travel and tourism businesses

Kayakers paddling on a fjord at dawn
DEPARTURE
Sat sunrise · 12 of 12Checking…
12 seats booked · reminders sent
Every departure, counted

Seats are counted per departure, and each booked guest gets a confirmation and two reminders by email and SMS.

Vineyard rows in golden light
PAST GUESTS
Autumn package · 1,140 past guestsDrafting…
Email drafted · waiting for your tap
Past guests, next season

Your guest list becomes campaigns. Shoulder-season offers are drafted for the people who came before.

Kayak on a calm lake
REVIEWS
Review request · past guestsDrafting…
Email drafted · waiting for your tap
Review requests and reels, after a trip

A review request with your review link is drafted for the past guests on your list and goes on your tap. Your footage becomes the next reel, drafted for your tap.

Ten tools you would otherwise buy separately.

Each is a page of its own; together they are one workspace and one chat. Booking reminders and confirmations also send to New Zealand numbers.

Kahu SitesTour and hire pagesKahu ReachShoulder-season campaignsKahu CRMEvery enquiry, on fileKahu BookingsDepartures and hire slotsKahu CreativeFootage → reelsKahu Assist"Seats left Saturday?"WhatsApp InboxEvery WhatsApp chat, one team inboxBrand KitOperator look everywhereApprovalsOwner taps before publishAssets LibraryTrip photos by tour

Frequently asked questions

More in the FAQ and Help centre.

Does Kahu work with my channel manager or OTA listings?+

Kahu handles direct bookings, marketing and guest messages.

Can guests book in other languages?+

Yes for pages: Kahu Sites pages can be written in more than one language. Booking confirmations and reminders go out in English.

Does it handle hire fleets and returns?+

Each bike, board or van can be a bookable resource with its own slots, and each booking gets a confirmation and reminders by email and SMS.

Can I message a whole departure at once?+

Each booked guest gets a confirmation and two reminders by email and SMS.

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Tell Kahu what you run. It'll show you the setup.

Florists, breweries, vets, photographers, mechanics. Pick a design, tell Kahu about your business, and it drafts a preview of the site, the campaigns and the diary in the same session.

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