Rezgo Alternative: Moving Beyond Pay-As-You-Go Booking Fees
Paying only when you sell is ideal while you are small. The question is when it stops being the cheapest way to sell.
Rezgo built its model around a simple promise: no subscription, and a fee only when you take a booking. For a new business, or one that sells for half the year, that is genuinely attractive — nothing to pay while you set up, nothing between seasons. Operators start looking at alternatives for one main reason: as online bookings grow, a percentage on every sale can add up to more than a subscription would.
This page works out where that happens, using each company's own published pricing, compares the main alternatives, and covers what switching involves. It also says plainly when staying with Rezgo is the right call.
What Rezgo does well, and how it charges
According to Rezgo's own pricing, there is no monthly fee. It charges 4.9% on each online booking and 0.9% on point-of-sale bookings — those that you, your agents or your resellers place through the Rezgo admin. You can absorb the online fee or pass it on to customers, in which case a $60 tour reaches checkout at $62.94.
- Nothing to pay while you are not selling — during setup, in the off-season or in a downturn.
- A low point-of-sale rate. At 0.9%, a $60 walk-up or phone booking entered by your team costs about 54 cents.
- Everything included. Rezgo does not tier features by price; every client gets the same platform.
- No user limits and no long-term contract.
Why operators look elsewhere
The most common reason is arithmetic. A percentage fee grows with every online booking and every price increase, while a subscription stays fixed. At 4.9%, a business taking 200 online bookings a month at $60 pays $588 a month in Rezgo fees; at 500, $1,470. Passing the fee on to guests moves that cost rather than removing it, because a higher checkout price is still part of what the guest weighs up.
Rezgo presents passing the fee on as a way to take direct bookings at no cost, and for the operator's own margin that is true. The trade-off sits with the guest: a $60 tour becomes $62.94 at the last step, while a system with a lower fee absorbed by the operator shows a clean $60. Whether that difference costs you bookings is testable — compare completed checkouts with the fee passed on and absorbed for a few weeks each.
Other reasons are about fit rather than price: a particular marketplace connection, a way of working with agents, support in a specific time zone, or a feature that matters to your product. Those are worth listing precisely before you compare anything, because they decide which alternatives belong on the shortlist at all.
The alternatives compared
Monthly cost of online bookings at $60 each, fees absorbed by the operator, entry-level plans, from each company's own pricing. Card processing is left out because every platform charges it in some form:
| Online bookings a month | 50 | 200 | 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rezgo (4.9%) | $147 | $588 | $1,470 |
| Bókun START ($49 + 1.5%) | $94 | $229 | $499 |
| Rezdy Foundation ($49 + 3%) | $139 | $409 | $949 |
| Travelity Starter ($39 + 1.9%) | $96 | $267 | $609 |
FareHarbor is the other well-known pay-per-booking platform, but it does not publish its rate; outside estimates most often put it around 6%, added to the guest's checkout. Our FareHarbor pricing guide explains why the comparison depends on whether that fee includes processing. The detail behind each subscription model is in the guides to Bókun and Rezdy pricing.
Features, users and plan limits
The table compares entry plans, which is fair on price but not always on features. Rezgo gives every client the full platform. The subscription models tier theirs, so the plan you actually need may cost more than the one shown:
- Bókun keeps agent booking areas and multi-branch accounts for PLUS at $149, and multiple companies and priority support for PREMIUM. START allows up to five users.
- Rezdy keeps gift cards, extras, waitlists and automated customer notifications for Accelerate at $99, and its developer API for Expansion. Every plan has unlimited users.
- Travelity allows five users on Starter and ten on Professional at $139, with unlimited users on Enterprise.
Rezgo also has no user limits. So before comparing totals, list the features you rely on and the number of people who need their own login, and price the alternative plan that covers both. For a larger team, that can move the crossover several bookings higher.
Where the crossover sits
A subscription costs more at the start and less as volume grows. At $60 per online booking, the point where each entry plan becomes cheaper than Rezgo is roughly:
- 22 online bookings a month for Travelity Starter.
- 25 for Bókun START.
- 43 for Rezdy Foundation.
Below those volumes, Rezgo costs less. At 20 online bookings a month, Rezgo's fees come to about $706 a year against about $742 for Travelity Starter. If your business stays small or sells only for a few months, the pay-as-you-go model may remain the cheapest choice — and that is a perfectly good reason to stay.
Two refinements. Seasonality works in Rezgo's favour: a subscription runs through empty months, so compare annual totals from last year's real bookings rather than a monthly average. And offline sales change the picture both ways: Rezgo's 0.9% point-of-sale rate is low, but Bókun and Travelity charge nothing on offline bookings, while Rezdy charges $1 each. Our pricing comparison shows how to run the numbers on your own mix.
Two worked examples show how much the mix matters. A business taking 150 online and 100 walk-up or phone bookings a month at $60 would pay about $495 on Rezgo, $419 on Rezdy Foundation, $210 on Travelity Starter and $184 on Bókun START — the walk-up sales cost nothing on the last two.
A seasonal business selling for six months of the year and nothing for the other six sees the opposite pressure. At 60 online bookings a month in season, the year costs about $1,058 on Rezgo, $878 on Travelity Starter and $912 on Bókun START, even with those subscriptions paid all twelve months. At 20 a month in season, Rezgo wins clearly: about $353, against $605 and $696. Ask any subscription provider whether a plan can be paused or downgraded out of season.
Switching from Rezgo
Rezgo has no long-term contract, so the practical work is moving your data and bookings cleanly:
- Export first: customers, future bookings and any gift vouchers or credits still outstanding.
- Rebuild products in the new system — times, capacity, prices, add-ons — before switching anything live.
- Run both side by side until every future booking has moved and been checked.
- Reconnect marketplaces one at a time, confirming availability syncs before moving the next.
- Swap the booking widget on your website, connect your payment gateway, and redirect any old booking links.
Choose a quieter month for the move, tell your whole team the exact date everything switches over, and keep the old account open until the last booking made in it has been delivered. Payments taken through Rezgo stay with the gateway that collected them, so refunds and changes on those bookings are handled there until they are complete.
Who each option suits
- Rezgo: new, small or highly seasonal businesses, and those with a lot of point-of-sale volume, who value paying nothing when they are not selling.
- Bókun: growing operators, especially those selling heavily through Viator, where it charges no fee on paid plans. The lowest published percentage of the subscription options here.
- Rezdy: operators built around agents and resellers, with its marketplace of more than 12,000 agents and unlimited users on every plan.
- Travelity: operators who want a low fixed subscription, 1.9% on online bookings, nothing on phone and walk-in bookings, and no fee added at the guest's checkout, with channel sync for Viator, GetYourGuide and Trip.com.
The broader field is covered in our buyer's guide to tour booking software and the three-way comparison. Whichever you shortlist, trial it with your own products and a few real bookings before you move.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Rezgo cost?
Rezgo charges no monthly subscription. Its own pricing states 4.9% per online booking and 0.9% per point-of-sale booking placed through the Rezgo admin by you, your agents or your resellers. There are no user limits or long-term contracts, every client gets the same features, and you can pass the online fee on to customers instead of absorbing it.
When is a subscription cheaper than Rezgo?
Once online volume builds. At $60 per online booking, with card processing counted separately everywhere, a $39 subscription with a 1.9% fee costs less than Rezgo above about 22 online bookings a month, Bókun’s $49 plan with a 1.5% fee above about 25, and Rezdy’s $49 plan with a 3% fee above about 43. Below those volumes, Rezgo usually costs less.
What does Rezgo do well?
It costs nothing when you are not taking bookings, which suits new and seasonal businesses. Its 0.9% rate on point-of-sale bookings is low, every client has the full feature set regardless of size, there are no user limits, and the online fee can be passed on to customers.
What is the best alternative to Rezgo?
It depends on why you are looking. For lower fees on growing online volume, a subscription model such as Bókun or Travelity usually costs less. For selling mostly through Viator, Bókun charges no fee on those bookings. For a large agent network, Rezdy stands out. If Rezgo’s pay-as-you-go model still suits your volume, staying may be the right answer.
How do I switch from Rezgo to another booking system?
Export your customers and future bookings first, set up products in the new system, then run both side by side until every future booking has moved. Reconnect marketplace listings one at a time, swap the booking widget on your website, connect your payment gateway, and plan the move for a quieter month.
Bottom line
Rezgo's no-subscription model — 4.9% online, 0.9% at point of sale — is often the cheapest choice while you are small or seasonal. As online bookings grow, subscription models overtake it: at $60 per booking, from about 22 a month for Travelity Starter, 25 for Bókun START and 43 for Rezdy Foundation.
Work out your annual total from last year's real bookings on each model, including offline sales, before deciding. If the numbers favour a switch, move cleanly: export, rebuild, run in parallel, then cut over.
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