Schedules follow
the tides.
So does your booking.
Booking software for maritime operators. Tide-synced schedules, real-time availability, QR tickets, secure Stripe payment. Built with sailors, for sailors. Your branded booking experience, live in days.
Passengers book online.
Or they book elsewhere.
Coastal passenger vessel operators (island ferries, passenger shuttles, coastal lines) compete for travellers who expect modern booking. Here is what you lose without it.
Phone-only reservations
Bookings limited to office hours. Weekend travellers go to the competitor who accepts an online booking at 22:00 on Sunday. Every call that rings out is a lost fare.
Manual passenger manifests
Paper lists at the pier. No live count, no pre-boarding verification, manual reconciliation after departure. One mistake and the regulatory paperwork costs more than the ticket sold.
Overbooking & overselling
Without real-time availability synced across booking channels, two agents can sell the same seat. Cue angry passengers on the gangway and a refund you did not budget for.
Paper tickets, lost revenue
Printed tickets, cash handling, manual refunds. No data on who your passengers are, no way to remarket, no way to sell group or vehicle add-ons at checkout.
Three steps for operators.
Three clicks for passengers.
You run the line, we run the booking software. Built for operators of vessels under 100 m who want a modern online booking channel without hiring a dev team.
Map your fleet
Vessels, routes, schedules, capacities, fare classes, vehicle deck layouts. We set up your account in days using your existing timetables. No IT project required.
Launch your branded booking
Your booking site goes live under your brand. Passengers pick date, route, passengers, vehicles, pay via Stripe, receive e-tickets with QR codes instantly.
Manage at the pier
Real-time passenger manifest on any device. Scan QR codes at boarding. Track missed passengers, reconcile at end of day, export to accounting. Zero paper.
Payments processed through Stripe, PSD2-compliant, 3D Secure. Your passengers' data stays in the EU. Tickets, refunds, and accounting exports compatible with the common French maritime accounting tools.
A booking platform
built for the sea.
Generic ticketing platforms do not know what a tide coefficient is. We do. Here is what VAIATA Ticket does that no other solution does.
Tide-synced schedules
Tide coefficients are built into your timetables. A crossing is never published if the water depth cannot support berthing. No more theoretical schedules contradicted by nature.
Native GTFS export
Your schedules are published to the GTFS standard so they surface on Google Maps, Citymapper and public mobility apps. Maximum visibility, zero effort. Compliant with French mobility orientation law.
Priced for coastal
passenger operators.
Built for local operators, a booking platform that gives small teams superpowers. Request a demo, we validate you run a maritime passenger operation, you get credentials and can subscribe on your own.
Request a demo
Short form, maritime operator validation (we confirm you run passenger services). We send credentials to a working demo with sample routes, typically within 48 h.
Base plan (self-serve)
Up to 10 vessels. Unlimited bookings. Your branded booking site, real-time manifest, Stripe payments, mobile QR tickets, groups and vehicles, standard support.
Each additional vessel
Add ships as your fleet grows. Same features, same support. Billing adjusts the next cycle. No setup fee, no per-vessel setup cost.
Travellers expect
to book online.
Operators deserve better
than coach-focused SaaS.
Online booking is table stakes for anything that moves passengers. Small ferry lines have been under-served by dedicated tooling, paying large-group rates for features they do not use or making do with internal tools. VAIATA Ticket exists to close that gap.
Passenger expectations
Travellers book flights, trains and hotels in seconds. They expect the same for ferries. Operators without an online channel lose passenger revenue to aggregators or nearby competitors.
Revenue per crossing
Online booking lets you sell vehicle space, group tickets, fare classes, and add-ons at checkout. Average basket value goes up without any sales headcount.
Manifest & compliance
Real-time electronic manifests replace paper lists. Faster boarding, cleaner reconciliation, easier reporting to harbour authorities when they ask.
Stop losing passengers
to the lack of dedicated booking.
Request a demo and get access to a working booking environment. Or browse the live consumer app at billetterie.vaiata.ai to see it from a traveller's perspective.