Get paid to guide.Keep what you earn.
Handle the money, the waivers, and the participants like a professional — without paying a platform to take a cut of every booking.
“The moment Setout handled my first booking, I felt like a real guide.”
We never do.
What disappears the moment you use Setout.
Everything you need to run real trips. One foundation.
You keep 100%
of your revenue.
Whether you book five people on a local hike or fifty on an international retreat — your platform fee is exactly $0. Our model is your subscription, not your revenue.
Standard Stripe payment processing (~2.9% + 30¢/transaction) applies to card payments — these go to Stripe, not Setout.
skip payments entirely
Payments happen
your way.
Stripe, cash, bank transfer, or institutional invoice. Or no payment at all — use Setout as a pure logistics layer. We're your logistics layer, not your payment processor. No competitor offers this.
Know where your group is
before they arrive.
Eight people. Three airlines. Different days. You're sending the same “what time do you land?” message eight times. Not anymore.
- Participants self-report flights, arrival times, and accommodation through their portal
- Four-state tracking — full, partial, requested, none — at a glance
- One-tap nudge sends a reminder to anyone with missing info
- T-7 final details email auto-personalises with each participant's travel data
Your public profile at setout.guide/you replaces your website, Linktree, and Google Forms.
Five-part email sequences
Confirmation, T-30 prep, logistics, T-7 final details with travel data, day-of conditions. All automatic. All customisable. Guide tier and above.
Activity-specific waivers
Nine waiver templates matched to your trip type. E-signature, timestamped PDF, insurance-ready clauses. No more chasing paper waivers.
Digital tipping — 100% yours
QR code at trip close. Apple Pay, cards. Every dollar goes directly to you. Setout takes nothing from tips. Ever.
Social trip cards & print flyers
Four branded templates. Story and feed formats. A5 print flyers with QR codes. Created automatically from your trip data. Pro tier.
Guide referral network
Refer guides. Earn permanent subscription discounts — 10% to 75% — that grow with every guide you bring in. Your network grows, your costs go down.
Auto-generated video reels
15-second trip highlight reel generated from your photos. Ready for Instagram and TikTok.
From signup to first booking in fifteen minutes.
Create your page.
Choose your activity type. Set date, price, deposit, and participant limit. Your public booking page is live and shareable in minutes.
Share the link.
Drop it in the group chat, pin it on Instagram, send it to your list. Participants book and pay a deposit in one clean flow. No Venmo. No spreadsheet.
Setout takes over.
Waivers tracked. Emails sent. Travel logistics collected. Pre-trip gear links and weather updates fire automatically. You focus on the experience.
Grow from there.
Post-trip reviews build your profile. Digital tips come in cashless. Your referral link spreads your name. Trip cards go viral. It compounds.
Payments happen your way — Stripe, cash, bank transfer, or institutional billing. All four modes are first-class.
If you lead people somewhere,
this is yours.
Guide, organizer, educator, creator — if there's a group and a destination, Setout handles the logistics so you can focus on the experience.
The Educator
“Stop collecting checks in manila envelopes.”
Choir tours, band trips, masterclasses. Stop chasing parent signatures on paper waivers. One link handles the roster, waivers, and payments — whether money flows through Stripe or your institution.
Learn about educator discounts →The Retreat Leader
“Don't ruin the magic with a Google Form.”
You design transformational weeks in the jungle. Your participants expect an elegant process. Setout handles deposits and pre-arrival emails silently — before they even have to ask.
The Nomad Guide
“Albania this month. Azores next.”
Your business lives in your backpack. One profile, one flat fee, every timezone. Setout moves with you — and works in any country, any currency, any payment method.
Return Trip Organizer
“You're stuck fronting $8,000 on your card.”
You planned the alumni trip. Now you're chasing fourteen friends on Venmo. One Setout booking link and everyone pays their own deposit before you spend a cent.
The Unofficial Guide
“You've taken friends down this river for free.”
Every trip, someone asks if you do this professionally. Now you have a booking page, a signed waiver, and money arriving in your account. Time to get paid for it.
Stop fighting with spreadsheets.
If you organize humans to go somewhere, this platform is yours.
What would you actually keep?
Your numbers
See what you'd lose to platform fees — and what you'd keep with Setout.
Guides keep what they earn.
No commission on any tier. Ever. That's the business model.
Explorer
Free forever · no card
- ✓1 active trip
- ✓Up to 8 participants
- ✓Booking page + deposits
- ✓Confirmation email
- ✓Basic waiver
Guide
Cancel anytime
- ✓Unlimited trips
- ✓25 participants
- ✓Full email sequences
- ✓Activity waivers
- ✓Review automation
- ✓Remove branding
No payment processing required — use Setout for logistics only if that's what you need.
Choose GuidePro
Everything in Guide +
- ✓Unlimited participants
- ✓Trip Intelligence
- ✓Social trip cards
- ✓Digital tipping
- ✓Guide Link referrals
- ✓Revenue analytics
Outfitter
Everything in Pro +
- ✓5 guide accounts
- ✓Admin dashboard
- ✓Custom domain
- ✓Branded booking page
- ✓White-glove setup
Every tier. Every trip. Every participant. Zero commission. Always.
Educator, student, or nonprofit?You qualify for 50% off →
Your next trip
starts here.
Create your first trip page in 15 minutes. Free tier. No credit card. Zero commission — today, tomorrow, always.
Your participants will think you've been doing this for years.
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