AI for tour and activity operators
Your busiest booking hours are the hours you are guiding, paddling or driving. Guests still want answers about meeting points, weather and what to wear. We set up AI that replies for you, so bookings keep coming while you work.
Your business
Website assistant, replies instantly
where do we meet for the tour
I can help with that. Could I take your name and email, so the team can confirm the details for you?
Sure, it’s Sam, sam@example.com
Thanks, Sam. I’ve passed this to the team, and they’ll reply first thing tomorrow.
Enquiry captured and sent to the team
The problem
Tours sell in the moment. A guest planning tomorrow wants an answer today.
You are halfway up a fell, out on a kayak or in a minibus with twelve guests. Calls go unanswered and emails wait for the evening. By then the guest has booked something else.
Is it suitable for an eight year old? Is there a toilet stop? Can I bring my dog? Guests often will not pay until they know. If the answer is buried on your site, they leave.
When the forecast turns, everyone emails at once. Is it still on? Should we bring waterproofs? Answering each guest by hand eats the time you need to prepare.
Guests leave happy, then forget. Reviews on Google and Tripadvisor matter a lot in this trade. Asking each group by hand rarely happens in peak season.
What we set up
This is about AI and automation for operators. If you need a new booking website, see our tours and activities pages.
Website Chatbot
Price on application
It answers from your trip pages, kit lists and policies, in plain words, at any hour. If a question is not covered, it says so and takes the guest's details for you to reply.
Automation
Fixed quote
It answers website visitors when you cannot. It answers common questions, takes booking enquiries and emails you a summary, so you can reply between groups.
Integrations
Fixed quote
Operators often use systems such as FareHarbor, Rezdy or Bokun. We can connect to the system you already use, where it allows integrations (an API), and add the messages it does not send.
Automated Social Media
£99 a month
We plan and write a month of Facebook and Instagram posts from your photos and dates. You approve them in one sitting. Nothing goes out without your approval.
AI training
One-off
We run live remote sessions using your real emails and reviews. You learn to write trip descriptions, group quotes and review replies faster. You keep the prompt library.
Day and night
Answered from your own information, by chat or by phone. Anything it cannot answer comes to you.
With it running
This is an illustration of how a week in season could look, not a real client.
You are out with a group and have no signal. A family asks the chatbot if your coastal walk suits a nine year old. It shares your age guidance and the distance, then links them to the booking page.
They book four places before lunch.
The forecast has changed. You decide the trip will run with a shorter route.
One message goes out to all twelve guests through your booking system, with the new finish time and a reminder to bring waterproofs.
A company asks on your website about a team day for 25 people in September. The chatbot takes their dates, budget and contact details and emails you a summary.
That evening, guests from today's trip get a short thank you and a link to leave a review.
Built carefully
Outdoor and activity trips carry real risk. The AI shares your information and passes anything about safety straight to you.
Your questions answered
A chatbot on a tour or activity operator's website answers guest questions using the operator's own trip pages, kit lists and policies. A guest can ask about the meeting point, age limits, what to wear or the cancellation policy and get an answer at any hour, even while the guide is out. When a question is not covered, a good chatbot says so and takes the guest's details rather than guessing. It can also link guests to the live booking page. Every chat is logged, which shows the operator which questions the website does not answer well.
Read our guide: What can an AI website assistant do for a small business?
An AI chatbot can share an activity operator's own guidance on fitness, access and health, but it should not decide whether a guest can take part. It can repeat the distance, terrain, time on foot or on the water, and any age, height or weight limits. Questions about a heart condition, pregnancy, a recent injury or a wheelchair user's needs should go to the operator, who knows the route and the risks. The chatbot can take the guest's details and question so the operator can reply in person. That keeps safety calls with the people who are responsible for them.
Read our guide: Will a chatbot make things up? How to stop AI giving customers wrong answers
A tour or activity operator can use an AI chatbot under UK GDPR if it tells guests what data it collects and why. Chats often include names, contact details, children's ages and sometimes health or food needs. Health details are a special category of data under UK GDPR, so it is safer to collect them in the booking system's forms than in a chat. The operator should name the AI tool in its privacy notice and agree with the supplier how data is kept and deleted. For school and group trips, check what the organiser has agreed to share.
Read our guide: AI and GDPR: what UK small businesses must know before using AI tools
Yes. A website chatbot trained on your trips can tell visitors where to meet, what time to arrive and what to bring, day and night, as well as take booking enquiries. A standard answering service usually just takes a name and number over the phone. Because the chatbot answers on your website, fewer people need to ring with the same questions while you are out guiding. Staff in the office give the most personal service, but they cost the most and are hard to find for a short season.
Read our guide: How much does AI automation cost for a small business?
Many guests are happy to use a chatbot to ask about a tour, especially in the evening when they are planning and cannot ring. What they want is a fast, accurate answer about the details that decide the booking, such as the meeting point, the price per person or whether a child can come. Guests get frustrated when a chatbot gives vague replies or hides the way to contact a person. A good chatbot answers in plain words, links to the booking page and offers to pass the question on. Group organisers and corporate clients will often still want to talk to someone.
Read our guide: How to use AI for customer service without annoying your customers
Yes, automation can send tour reminders and review requests, usually through the booking system the operator already uses. A reminder the day before can give the meeting point, start time, parking and what to bring, so fewer guests need to ring. A short message on the evening after the trip can thank guests and link to the operator's Google or Tripadvisor page. Ask every guest for a review, not just the ones who seemed the happiest. Google and Tripadvisor both ban rewards for reviews, so keep the request plain.
Read our guide: How to connect your website, CRM and booking system so leads don't slip through
No, a website chatbot should not handle an emergency for an outdoor activity company, beyond sending the person to the right help. If a guest reports an injury, a missing person or someone in trouble on the water, the AI should tell them to call 999 straight away. In the UK, callers can ask 999 for the police, who call out mountain rescue, or for the coastguard at the coast or sea. The AI can then alert the operator at once with the guest's details. Operators should agree this wording in advance and keep their own emergency plan as the main safeguard.
How it starts
A managed service. We build it, connect it and keep it tuned.
We learn your tours, seasons, booking system and the questions guests ask most.
We load your trip pages, kit lists, meeting points, age rules and weather policy. You check the answers.
We link it to your booking system where possible and test it with real guest questions, from family days to corporate groups.
Ideally it goes live before your busy months. We review conversations monthly and keep it up to date as trips change.
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