CharterDay

Book the day on the water

For captains: your own booking page, your own guest payments, and the whole trip day in one office. For guests: find independent captains and book directly.

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For guests

Find your captain. Book your day.

Browse independent charters, see the waters and trips they offer, and book on the captain's own page. Read reviews from verified trips. When a captain takes card deposits, pay securely through their connected account.

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Want to see what a captain page looks like? View the sample captain page.

Across the country

Made for your water, wherever it is

Choose the waters you fish. Your page starts with scenery that matches them, and you can use your own photo as the cover instead.

Examples of waters CharterDay supports, not current charter listings or the full water catalog.

**Alaskan Waters**Seven waters across Alaska

**Florida Keys, FL**Flats and shallow-water fishing

**Seneca Lake, NY**Deep water in the Finger Lakes

**Orange Beach, AL**Offshore Gulf waters

**Lower Laguna Madre, TX**Shallow Texas flats

**Barataria Bay, LA**Louisiana marsh and bay

**Charleston Lowcountry, SC**Tidal creeks and marsh

**Outer Banks, NC**Atlantic offshore waters

Captains, don't see your water?

We add new waters on request. Tell us where you fish.

See listed charters.

For captains

Your business, from booking to dock

Your charter, your booking page

A link at charterdayapp.com/book/yourname with your trips, open times and photo gallery. Put the booking widget on your existing site too.

Deposits go to you

Take secure card deposits through your own Stripe account. CharterDay does not take a commission on bookings; standard card processing fees apply.

Run the day, not five apps

Keep trips, the calendar, weather-day choices, guest texts and verified reviews together in your captain office.

Help guests find you

New charters are listed in Find a Charter by default, so guests browsing can reach your booking page. Opt out when signing up or hide your listing later in Settings.

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Why CharterDay

Built for captains. Built for the communities around them.

I created CharterDay first as a booking system for captains. It grew into a way for guests to find those captains and book directly, too. I want it to help build a community of small businesses: captains keep their own trip money, and they can promote nearby bait shops, restaurants and places to stay on their booking pages. Guests get local places worth knowing about, and more of the day on the water supports independent businesses.

Inside the captain office

See the tools before you sign up

These are real screens from the CharterDay office, shown with an empty test account. Your trips, dates, and totals will be your own.

CharterDay Today screen showing the trip-day view with no trips scheduled — Today keeps your trip day in view.

CharterDay Calendar screen showing an empty month with trip and payment summaries — Calendar brings trips and totals together.

Grow together

Bring a captain. Bring a local business.

A fishing trip supports more than one small business. CharterDay helps independent captains put nearby bait shops, restaurants and places to stay in front of guests planning a day on the water. Guests find useful local options, the businesses reach people headed their way, and captains can earn a free month when a local sponsor's listing is paid and live. Captains can also refer other captains, so the network grows through the people already working on the water.

Refer a captain

Invite another captain with your link. After their charter pays its first subscription month, both charters earn a month of CharterDay. Annual plans receive one month's value off a later bill.

Local sponsors

$29 per month or $290 per year for each business listing. Invite a local business to sponsor a spot on your charter page. Once its listing is paid and live, you earn a free month. Up to three active sponsors can join each charter page.

Credits wait until there is a bill to apply them to. Sponsor and referral rewards do not stack on the same bill. Manage both from Partners in the captain office. How business sponsorship works.

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For captains

Simple pricing

Try CharterDay free for 30 days, with no card needed to start. No setup fee or CharterDay booking commission. Standard card processing fees still apply.

Charter Member

$39/month

per month · 1 boat · first 10 eligible paid charters, locked for life

Captain

$49/month

per month · 1 boat · or $490/year

Fleet

$99/month

per month · up to 3 boats · or $990/year

Charter Member pricing is limited to eligible early paid charters and may no longer be available. Billing choices and full terms appear in the captain account.

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