An honest comparison
Wayflower vs FareHarbor.
FareHarbor is a capable, established product with genuinely great support. Here’s where we differ, so you can decide what matters for your business. Facts about FareHarbor come from its public terms and pages and third-party reports as of November 2026 — if anything here is out of date, email us and we’ll fix it.
Wayflower
FareHarbor
Fee on online bookings
1%
~6%, usually charged to guests
Fee on bookings your team takes
0%, always
6% for accounts under $35K/yr online (since Oct 2024)
Published price list
Yes — this page
No
Monthly fee
$0
$0
Card processing
Your own Stripe, standard rate, itemized
FareHarbor payments, rate not published
Fees on refunds
Our 1% refunded with the booking
Booking fee kept on partial refunds (per terms)
Contract
Month to month
15 days’ notice
Exclusivity
None — use anything alongside us
Not published
Phone support
Humans, 7am–7pm Pacific, every day
24/7 phone support
Data export
Everything, CSV + JSON, anytime
Reports & manifests as CSV
Open source
Yes
No
OTA connections (Viator, GYG)
On the roadmap
Yes (2% API fee in the US since May 2025)
Where FareHarbor may be the better fit
- You need 24/7 phone support in peak season, today
- You rely heavily on OTA and reseller connections right now
- You want a vendor-built website as part of the package
Where Wayflower shines
- Your guests stop paying a 6% booking fee
- Phone, walk-up and payment-link bookings are always free
- A published price, in writing, with 12 months’ notice of any change
- No contract, no exclusivity, export everything anytime
- Shared boats & vans, pickups, deposits — and free migration
Notes on FareHarbor
- Booking fee not published on a public price list; 6% is what live checkouts show
- Since October 2024, accounts under $35K/yr in direct online bookings pay the fee on dashboard, staff and payment-link bookings too
- 2% fee on bookings through API/OTA connections (US since May 2025)
- Card processing through FareHarbor’s own payments, rate not published
- Owned by Booking Holdings
FareHarbor is a trademark of its owner. Wayflower is not affiliated with FareHarbor.
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