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Xola or Sales Igniter: tour booking for a service fee, or tours in a store you own

Xola is hosted booking software for tours, activities and attractions, with no subscription and a service fee on bookings. Sales Igniter adds tours and rentals to your own WooCommerce store, with a Shopify app coming soon. Here is what each one does, screen by screen, and what each costs.

Xola: free on Flex Level, plus a 3% service fee, paid by your guests or by you.2Sales Igniter: from $199 once on WooCommerce with code 150regular, any number of users.39Prices checked 17 October 2026
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$995Sales Igniter Regular on WooCommerce over five years, with code 150regular ($1,145 without the code)
0%commission on your bookings with a WooCommerce or Magento 2 licence
3platforms: WooCommerce, Magento 2 and Shopify (coming soon)
48features compared, with sources

The competitor

What Xola is, and who it is for

Xola is an online booking system for tour and activity operators, from Xola Inc., founded in 2011.6 Xola says it is loved by hundreds of companies.7

It covers the day from booking to check-in: a checkout with add-ons, packages, gifts and follow-ups for abandoned bookings,10 guides who get an email or text when assigned and each event’s roster 24 hours before,24 and QR check-ins and a kiosk where walk-up guests book, pay and sign waivers.12

There is no subscription. Xola charges a partner fee on every purchase and asks you to contact it for pricing.1 Its help centre lists a Flex Level fee of 3%,2 and a Flex Standard fee of 6% on online card payments,3 each paid by your guests or by you, depending on eligibility. Its terms run year to year, and you can end them at any time by email.4

What it does

Schedules and time slots

Schedules of time slots per experience, blackout dates, an early cut-off, and a minimum and maximum per event; bookings are accepted once the minimum is reached.21

Pricing

Prices for each guest type, tiers that change with group size, and private pricing per person or per event.22

Guides

Guide profiles with available hours, an email or text when assigned, a roster 24 hours before, and schedules synced to Google Calendar or iCal.24

QR tickets

QR codes in confirmation emails and texts, scanned in its Redemption app for Apple and Android, which flags early, late or repeat check-ins.27

Waivers

Waivers signed at checkout or from the confirmation email, a link guests share with the rest of their group, and rules for minors and guardians.26

Online checkout

A mobile-friendly checkout with add-ons, packages, coupons, gifts and store credit, and follow-ups for abandoned bookings.10

OTAs

Bookings from Expedia, Viator, TripAdvisor, GetYourGuide and Google Things To Do, managed in one place.11

Point of sale and kiosk

Chip-and-PIN card payments, cash and vouchers at the desk, and a kiosk where walk-up guests book, pay and sign waivers.12

Xolabot

Rules that add times after busy slots, cancel upcoming times with no bookings, change prices with demand and offer deals and upsells.18

What it looks like

Xola dashboard in list view: each time slot with the places available, reserved and waitlisted, check-ins, the guide and the equipment
The dashboard, with places and waitlists for each time.Source: Marketing image on xola.com13
Xola checkout over a tour website: public or private, the number of adults, a date and a time with 12 places open
The checkout over the operator’s own site.Source: Marketing image on xola.com10
Xola phone app: an event with places available, guests reserved by type, add-ons, signed waivers and booking notes
An event in the phone app: guests, add-ons, waivers and notes.Source: Marketing image on xola.com14
Xola guides list with sample names and availability, and one guide’s available days and time ranges
Guides with their available days and hours.Source: Marketing image on xola.com15

How it is priced

Flex Level

Freeplus a 3% service fee, paid by your guests or by youNo subscription. 3% of the subtotal before taxes and fees. In the Guest Pays version it is added to every payment, cash included, and shown at checkout; Xola keeps it on card payments and you keep it on cash. Xola also lists a Company Pays version. Eligibility requirements apply.2

Flex Standard

Freeplus a 6% service fee on online card payments, paid by your guests or by youNo subscription. 6% of the subtotal before taxes and fees, on online card payments only, not on in-person or cash payments; in the Guest Pays version guests see it at checkout. Xola also lists a Company Pays version. Eligibility requirements apply.3

Xola has no subscription: it charges a partner fee on every purchase, with no added OTA fees, and asks you to contact it for pricing. Card processing is charged on top, at card rates that vary outside the US.1

The alternative

Sales Igniter: tours and rentals inside a store you own

Sales Igniter is not a hosted service. It is a booking engine that installs into an online store, as a WooCommerce plugin for WordPress, a Magento 2 extension, or an app for Shopify.39 Tours and activities are part of the WooCommerce plugin from Regular: departures with seats, guest types, pickups, a manifest with QR check-in, and guides and boats on a schedule board. The Shopify app has them too, coming soon. Tours are not part of the Magento 2 extension.

On WooCommerce and Magento you buy it once, get the complete source code and run it on your own hosting, with unlimited staff logins, products, customers and orders and no per-booking commission.39 On Shopify it is an app billed monthly or yearly through Shopify, coming soon.41 On every platform the booking is part of your own store: your domain, your theme and your own payment gateway.

WooCommerce plugin

Available
One-time licence for WordPress stores, with a year of support and updates. Then $199 a year ($299 for Ultimate), optional.39
  • RegularThe booking engine, Bundles & Composites, Delivery Cost by Distance$199 $349Promotion · With code 150regular · No end date stated
  • ProAdds deposits, contracts, subscriptions, custom fields and free install$299 $499Promotion · With code 200pro · No end date stated
  • UltimateAdds Multi Location Inventory, Quote, Maintenance & Inspections, Smart Routing, Live Chat$499 $799Promotion · With code 300multi · No end date stated

Magento 2 extension

Available
One-time licence for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source, Hyvä ready, with a GraphQL API and a year of support and updates. Then $299 a year, optional.40
  • RegularThe booking engine for Magento 2$399 $499Promotion · With code 100hyva · No end date stated
  • ProAdds contract signing, maintenance, order extensions, damage waiver and deposits$699 $899Promotion · With code 200hyva · No end date stated
  • UltimateAdds Multi Source Inventory and Request for Quote$1,099 $1,399Promotion · With code 300hyva · No end date stated

Shopify app

Coming soon
Rentals & Bookings for Shopify, billed monthly or yearly through Shopify.41
Free, Regular, Pro and Ultimate plans, billed monthly or yearly through Shopify. Prices appear here at launch.Join the waitlist

Our prices and promotions are read live from our store. Promotions show their code and end date, and drop off when they end.

What it does

Departures and seats

Tours as products with their own departures, start times and prices, seats left on the calendar, and online sales that stop before the start. On WooCommerce, and built for the Shopify app, coming soon; not part of the Magento 2 extension.

Guests and group prices

Adults, children, infants, seniors, students or your own types, each priced, with group prices by party size and private bookings.

Manifest, QR tickets and check-in

A manifest for each departure with pickups and guest names, QR tickets in the order emails, and check-in by guest or by booking.

Guides, boats and schedules

Staff and resources with skills on each product, sales that stop when none is free, and a drag-and-drop schedule board.

Waivers and extras, from Pro

Each guest signs the waiver and the manifest shows who has signed; extras such as lunch can be priced per guest.

Open code with an API

On WooCommerce and Magento 2: the complete source code, an API that includes departures, and your data in your own database.

Screen by screen

The same job in each system

Choose a job, and the platform for our side. Xola images are its own marketing images; ours come from stores with sample data.

Departures & seats

Xola
Xola dashboard in list view: each time slot with the places available, reserved and waitlisted, check-ins, the guide and the equipment
The dashboard, with places and waitlists for each time. Source: Marketing image on xola.com

Each experience has schedules of time slots with a minimum and a maximum per event. The dashboard lists every time with the places available, reserved and waitlisted, the guide and the equipment.

Sales Igniter · WooCommerce
Departures screen listing a week of Sunset Lake Cruise departures with a seats bar, status, assigned staff and a Manifest link
Departures: seats booked, status and staff for each one. Source: Sales Igniter for WooCommerce, from a store with sample data

Rentals › Departures lists every departure with its seats booked, status, staff and a link to its manifest, with buttons to add a one-off departure or cancel a day.

The difference: Both sell set start times with a limited number of places. Xola runs them on its hosted platform and apps; Sales Igniter runs them in your own WooCommerce store, where the seats left show on the product page.

Online booking

Xola
Xola checkout over a tour website: public or private, the number of adults, a date and a time with 12 places open
The checkout over the operator’s own site. Source: Marketing image on xola.com

Guests choose a public or private booking, the number of guests, a date and a time with the places left in Xola’s checkout, which opens over your own website, and pay through Xola.

Sales Igniter · WooCommerce
Tour product page with the chosen departure, guests, a pickup point, Join the group or Book it privately, and a field for the group’s names
A departure on the product page: guests, pickup, private booking and names. Source: Sales Igniter for WooCommerce, from a store with sample data

The tour’s product page shows each departure with the seats left; guests choose adults, children or a private booking, a pickup point and their names, and pay at your own WooCommerce checkout.

The difference: Xola adds its 3% or 6% service fee to bookings, paid by your guests or by you. Sales Igniter’s booking is part of your own WooCommerce checkout and payment gateways, with no per-booking commission.

Manifest & check-in

Xola
Xola phone app: an event with places available, guests reserved by type, add-ons, signed waivers and booking notes
An event in the phone app: guests, add-ons, waivers and notes. Source: Marketing image on xola.com

Each event’s roster lists the guests with check-in, waivers, balances and their answers, and can be emailed, printed or exported. Its phone app shows the guests by type, add-ons, signed waivers and notes.

Sales Igniter · WooCommerce
Manifest for one departure with each booking’s pickup, guests, waiver status and Check in buttons, and Print, CSV and Email to staff
Manifest: pickups, guests, waivers and check-in. Source: Sales Igniter for WooCommerce, from a store with sample data

Each departure’s manifest lists the guests with their pickup, waiver and check-in. Staff check in per guest or per booking, scan QR tickets, print it, download a CSV or email it to staff.

The difference: Both check guests in from a list for each departure, with QR codes. Xola adds native apps, a ticket redemption app and a self-serve kiosk; Sales Igniter’s manifest runs in the browser on any phone, inside your own store.

Guides & staff

Xola
Xola guides list with sample names and availability, and one guide’s available days and time ranges
Guides with their available days and hours. Source: Marketing image on xola.com

Guides have profiles with their available hours and get an email or text when assigned, then the roster 24 hours before; they can sync their schedule to Google Calendar or iCal.

Sales Igniter · WooCommerce
Staff schedule board for one day with guides and boats as rows and the evening cruise assigned to them
Staff schedule: guides and boats on each departure. Source: Sales Igniter for WooCommerce, from a store with sample data

Guides, captains and boats with skills on each product; sales stop when no qualified one is free. A drag-and-drop schedule board, and a “My schedule” page for each staff member.

The difference: Xola tells guides by email or text and sends the roster the day before. Sales Igniter on WooCommerce can stop sales when no qualified guide or boat is free, and staff check their own schedule in the browser; job emails and texts are in the Shopify app.

What it costs

What you will have paid, year by year

Xola has no subscription, so its lines show zero; its service fee depends on your bookings and is not in the totals.1 Sales Igniter shows the price with the current promotion and the regular price; renewing updates each year is optional. Prices checked 17 October 2026.

After 5 years, with 6 staff logins

Sales Igniter · WooCommerce Regular$199 with code 150regular (regular $349), then $199 a year for updates, optional; any number of users
$995Regular $1,145
Sales Igniter · WooCommerce Pro$299 with code 200pro (regular $499), then $199 a year for updates, optional; any number of users
$1,095Regular $1,295
Sales Igniter · WooCommerce Ultimate$499 with code 300multi (regular $799), then $299 a year for updates, optional; any number of users
$1,695Regular $1,995
Xola Flex LevelFree; plus a 3% service fee, paid by your guests or by you (not in the total)
$0List price
Xola Flex StandardFree; plus a 6% service fee on online card payments, paid by your guests or by you (not in the total)
$0List price
With current promotionSales Igniter regular priceXola list price
Our promotions: WooCommerce: codes 150regular, 200pro and 300multi, no end date stated. Magento 2: codes 100hyva, 200hyva and 300hyva, no end date stated. Shopify: shown at launch.
Xola promotions: No time-limited promotion stated by Xola (checked 17 October 2026).1

Excludes payment-gateway fees and tax. Sales Igniter on WooCommerce and Magento excludes web hosting, typically $10–$40 a month. Promotions change the first payment only. Xola’s booking fees and commissions depend on your sales, so they are not in the totals. Prices checked 17 October 2026.

Full comparison

48 features in 10 groups

Xola facts come only from its own website, terms and public help centre; where they say nothing we mark “not stated”. Switch the Sales Igniter column between WooCommerce, Magento 2 and Shopify; the tours rows are on WooCommerce today.

YesPartly or limitedNoNot stated

Booking & availability

5 features · 1 differ
Booking & availability: Xola and Sales Igniter
FeatureXolaSales Igniter WooCommerce
Availability calendar✓Dashboard in list, day, week, month and equipment views✓RegularUnits going out and coming back each day
Conflict-free reservations✓Bookings from every channel checked against your resources, so no overbooking✓RegularStock checked for every date of the rental
Hourly bookings and time slots✓Time slots on each schedule, with duration and inventory time✓RegularSlots grouped into morning, afternoon and evening
Calendar sync (Google, Apple, Outlook, Airbnb)Guides sync their assigned schedule to Google Calendar or iCal✓RegularICS feed, and iCal import that blocks booked dates
Staff and resources (guides, rooms, equipment)✓Guides and equipment assigned to each event, shown on its roster✓RegularStaff and resources with skills; sales can stop when none is free

Tours & activities

17 features · 6 differ
Tours & activities: Xola and Sales Igniter
FeatureXolaSales Igniter WooCommerce
Scheduled departures with start times✓Schedules of time slots per experience, or dates with no fixed time✓RegularDepartures with their own dates, start times and prices
Seats per departure, with seats left✓A maximum per event; checkout can show the seats left in each time slot✓RegularSeats per departure; “N seats left” on the calendar
Online cut-off before a departure✓An early cut-off before the start, and a later one once an event has a booking✓RegularOnline sales stop hours before; then “Call us to book”
Minimum guests to run a departure✓A minimum per event: bookings are accepted once it is reached, and you are emailed if it is not✓RegularDecide-by time: run it, cancel and refund, or offer another date
Cancel or move a departure, with guests told✓Move or cancel every booking on an event at once, and message them all✓RegularNew time or cancel; guests emailed, refunded or offered another date
Private bookings and group prices✓Private or public-and-private experiences, priced per person or per event, and group tiers✓RegularGroup prices by party size and “Book it privately”
Each guest’s name and details✓Each attendee named through questions per guest or waivers, and listed on the rosterRegularEach guest’s name; other questions are asked per booking
Extras priced per guest✓Add-ons chosen for each attendee, such as sizes or meals✓ProExtras priced per guest, such as lunch for each guest
Waiver signed by each guest✓Waivers signed at checkout or from a link shared with the group; rules for minors✓ProEach guest signs, a guardian for a minor; the manifest shows who signed
Pickup points and routesPickup locations with a time and a price per guest or per group; routes not described✓RegularPickup points with a time; the manifest sorted by pickup time
Manifest for each departure✓A roster per event to check guests in, email, print or export✓RegularCheck guests in, print it, download a CSV or email it to staff
QR tickets scanned at check-in✓QR codes in emails and texts, scanned in its Redemption app with validity rules✓RegularQR ticket in the emails and the account; staff scan it on a phone
Guests move their own booking✓Guests change the date and time or cancel from their emails, within your limits✓RegularTo another departure of the same tour, up to a cut-off
Staff schedule and job alerts✓Email or SMS when guides are assigned, a roster 24 hours before, calendar syncRegularSchedule board and “My schedule”; no email or text per job
Walk-up sales at the desk (point of sale)✓Point of sale with chip-and-PIN readers and cash, and a self-serve kioskRegularStaff book in the admin, also after online sales close; no POS
Assigned seats (seat maps)?Not described–Not built in
OTAs, resellers and affiliates✓Expedia, Viator, TripAdvisor, GetYourGuide and Google Things To Do–Not built in; departures carry event markup for search engines

Inventory, serials & maintenance

1 features · 0 differ
Inventory, serials & maintenance: Xola and Sales Igniter
FeatureXolaSales Igniter WooCommerce
Bundles and kits✓Packages of two or more experiences in one booking✓RegularBundles & Composites included

Check-out & check-in

1 features · 1 differ
Check-out & check-in: Xola and Sales Igniter
FeatureXolaSales Igniter WooCommerce
Native mobile app✓Phone, tablet, kiosk and ticket redemption apps–Runs in the browser; no native app

Pricing & payments

4 features · 0 differ
Pricing & payments: Xola and Sales Igniter
FeatureXolaSales Igniter WooCommerce
Seasonal and rule-based pricing✓Rates by season, weekday or time of day, and group discounts✓RegularPrices for set dates, length-based adjustments
Coupons✓Coupons, vouchers and buy-x-get-y codes with restrictions✓RegularStore coupons and discount codes
Pay part now, the balance later✓Deposits per person, per booking or a percentage; balance invoiced or charged later✓RegularBooking deposits, balances and payment links
Per-person and guest-type pricing✓Demographics such as adults or children, each priced✓RegularAdults, children, infants and your own types, each priced

Deposits, contracts & waivers

3 features · 1 differ
Deposits, contracts & waivers: Xola and Sales Igniter
FeatureXolaSales Igniter WooCommerce
Contracts and e-signaturesE-signed waivers; contracts not described✓ProPDF contract signed online, with an audit trail
Customer ID verification✓Pre-Check: photo ID and a live selfie from the organizer before arrival✓ProID upload with an approval queue
Custom fields✓Questions per guest or for the organizer, before or after payment✓ProProduct, checkout and account fields, priced too

Online store

3 features · 1 differ
Online store: Xola and Sales Igniter
FeatureXolaSales Igniter WooCommerce
Customer-facing online store✓A mobile-friendly checkout on your website, with add-ons and packages✓RegularYour own WooCommerce store
Add to an existing website✓Book Now buttons added to your own website with Xola’s button code✓RegularIt is part of your WordPress site
Storefront SEOOn-site SEO in the WordPress websites Xola builds and hosts✓RegularMeta tags and sitemaps on your domain

Reports

3 features · 1 differ
Reports: Xola and Sales Igniter
FeatureXolaSales Igniter WooCommerce
Operations dashboard✓Dashboard of events with open spots, waitlists, guides, equipment and check-ins✓RegularGoing out, due back, overdue and revenue
Utilisation✓Capacity utilization report by product, weekday or time✓RegularUtilisation, turns and revenue per product and serial
Custom reports✓Custom reports, saved, exported and emailed on a scheduleRegularSet reports with CSV export; no report builder

Integrations & API

4 features · 2 differ
Integrations & API: Xola and Sales Igniter
FeatureXolaSales Igniter WooCommerce
Accounting syncBooking data can be sent to QuickBooks; how is not described–Not built in
Payment gateways✓Payments through Stripe, or Authorize.net where Stripe is not supported✓RegularAny WooCommerce gateway: Stripe, PayPal and more
API✓A booking API and webhooks✓RegularREST API for the whole rental lifecycle
Import and exportCSV report downloads; Xola imports data for an additional fee✓RegularCSV import and export of products

Hosting, ownership & cost

7 features · 6 differ
Hosting, ownership & cost: Xola and Sales Igniter
FeatureXolaSales Igniter WooCommerce
Pricing modelNo subscription; a partner fee on every purchase, with no added OTA fees✓One-time licence; yearly renewal optional
Staff logins?User roles such as guide, reservationist and accountant; no limit or price stated✓Unlimited admin accounts
Hosting✓Hosted by XolaAny web host, or ours; free installation with Pro
Source code–No copy; its terms forbid reverse engineering✓100% open source
Where your data livesXola’s platform, SOC 2 Type II✓Your own database
If you stop payingEnd it by email or by stopping use; one free data download within 30 days✓Keeps working; renewal adds support and updates
Support✓Phone, chat and email around the clock✓A year of support and updates; renewal optional

In each price

What each includes

From Xola’s own pages, help centre and terms, and our pricing page, checked 17 October 2026.

Xola

Hosted by Xola, with no subscription; a partner fee on every purchase.1
  • Flex Level, free: no subscription. 3% of the subtotal before taxes and fees. In the Guest Pays version it is added to every payment, cash included, and shown at checkout; Xola keeps it on card payments and you keep it on cash. Xola also lists a Company Pays version. Eligibility requirements apply.
  • Flex Standard, free: no subscription. 6% of the subtotal before taxes and fees, on online card payments only, not on in-person or cash payments; in the Guest Pays version guests see it at checkout. Xola also lists a Company Pays version. Eligibility requirements apply.
  • Card processing on top, through Stripe or another processor
  • Free digital waivers, with unlimited storage of signed waivers
  • Support by phone, chat and email around the clock

Sales Igniter

Runs in your own WooCommerce, Magento 2 or Shopify store.39
  • WooCommerce Regular: departures, seats, guest types, pickups, the manifest, QR tickets, guides and resources
  • WooCommerce Pro adds a waiver signed by each guest, extras priced per guest, deposits and custom fields
  • WooCommerce and Magento 2: unlimited staff logins, products, customers and orders, and no per-booking commission
  • Your own checkout and payment gateways, on your own domain
  • WooCommerce and Magento 2: the full source code, your own database, a year of updates
  • Magento 2: rentals, staff and resources; tours are not part of the extension
  • Shopify: billed monthly or yearly through Shopify

Switching

From Xola to tours on your own site

  1. Book something in the demoA real store with real stock: dates, availability, deposits and contracts, end to end. Open the free live demo
  2. Choose your platformTours run on WooCommerce today; the Shopify app has them too and is coming soon. Compare the platforms
  3. Export from XolaReports download as CSV files, and its terms give you one free data download within 30 days after you leave; keep a copy of upcoming bookings and customers.4
  4. Set up your toursCreate each tour as a product with its departures, guest types and pickup points, then book a test departure. Talk to us about your tours

Frequently asked questions

Does Sales Igniter take a fee on each booking?

No. On WooCommerce and Magento 2 you buy a licence once, with no per-booking commission, and renewing support and updates each year is optional.39 Xola has no subscription and charges a service fee on bookings: 3% under Flex Level,2 or 6% of online card payments under Flex Standard, paid by your guests or by you.3

Can I still sell through OTAs and resellers?

Not through a built-in connection: Sales Igniter has no OTA or channel connections, though each departure carries event markup that search engines can read. Xola connects to Expedia, Viator, TripAdvisor, GetYourGuide and Google Things To Do,11 with no added OTA fees on its side,1 and tracks the bookings and commissions of agents such as hotel concierges and tour desks.36

Do my guides need an app?

No. On WooCommerce each staff member opens My schedule in a phone browser to see their departures, the manifest and the ticket scanner; there is no native app. Xola’s phone app for iOS and Android lets staff check guests in and take payments, and guides see the events they are assigned to.37

Can every guest sign a waiver?

Yes, from Pro on WooCommerce: each guest signs from a link, a parent or guardian signs for a minor, and the manifest shows who has signed. Xola’s waivers are included free,16 and guests sign at checkout or from their confirmation email, with a link to share with the rest of the group.26

Can I run rentals and tours in the same store?

Yes. The same plugin rents boats, bikes and gear by the hour or the day, and a boat or other resource can also be rented on its own, so it is busy for the tours that need it. Xola can also make equipment the item guests book, with its own pricing and capacity.22

Is there a Shopify or Magento 2 version?

The Shopify app has the same tours features and is coming soon. Tours are not part of the Magento 2 extension, which covers rentals and tracks staff and resources on bookings.

Sources

  1. Xola Pricing (xola.com) · xola.com/pricing
    “Xola assesses a small partner fee to your customers on every purchase. No subscriptions. No added OTA fees. No hidden fees.” Card rates for US businesses (rates vary outside the US); access to every feature; 24/7 support; “Contact for pricing”. Checked 17 October 2026.
  2. Flex Level (Guest Pays) (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/flex-level-guest-pays
    Xola lists four service fee structures: Flex Level and Flex Standard, each Guest Pays or Company Pays. Flex Level: 3% of the subtotal before taxes and fees, on every payment type including cash, shown to guests; Xola keeps it on card payments, you keep it on cash. Eligibility requirements apply. Checked 17 October 2026.
  3. Flex Standard (Guest Pays) (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/flex-standard-guest-pays
    Flex Standard: a 6% service fee on online (website) credit card transactions only, not in-person or cash, calculated on the subtotal before taxes and fees and shown to guests at checkout; the fee goes to Xola. Eligibility requirements apply. Checked 17 October 2026.
  4. Terms of Service (xola.com) · xola.com/terms
    Licensing fees are subscription or transactional; transactional fees may be paid by the provider or the guest. A yearly term until either side ends it; you can end it by email or by stopping use. One free data download within 30 days after termination, then data may be deleted; data import for an additional fee; CSV report downloads; no reverse engineering. Checked 17 October 2026.
  5. Payment Services Agreement (xola.com) · xola.com/payment-services-agreement
    Payment processing for providers on Xola is provided by Stripe, or by Authorize.net and its connected processors where Stripe is not supported. Checked 17 October 2026.
  6. About Xola · xola.com/about
    An online booking system for tour and activity operators, founded in 2011; OTA integrations, partners and affiliates, cart abandonment remarketing, coupons, gifts, packages and an API. Checked 17 October 2026.
  7. Xola home page · xola.com
    Award-winning booking system for tours and attractions; apps for phone, kiosk and ticket redemption; “Loved by hundreds of companies”. Checked 17 October 2026.
  8. Tour Management Software (Xola) · xola.com/tour-management-software
    Custom schedules and pricing variations, blackout dates and cut-off times, minimum and maximum capacities per outing or reservation, guests notified when the minimum is not reached, activity packages. Checked 17 October 2026.
  9. Online Booking Product Tour (Xola) · xola.com/product-tour
    Point of sale with EMV terminals, cash drawer and receipt printers; seven types of user accounts; guides assigned with rosters emailed and calendar sync; custom report builder; OTA bookings managed in Xola; booking data sent to QuickBooks; API and webhooks. Checked 17 October 2026.
  10. Online Checkout (Xola) · xola.com/online-checkout
    Mobile-friendly checkout on your website; coupons, vouchers, gifts and store credit; add-ons and packages; abandoned booking recovery; group bookings, invoicing and split payments. Checked 17 October 2026.
  11. Distribution & Resale: OTAs (Xola) · xola.com/distribution-resale-otas
    Integrations with Expedia, Viator, TripAdvisor, GetYourGuide and Google Things To Do; bookings managed in one place without overbooking. Checked 17 October 2026.
  12. POS (Xola) · xola.com/pos
    QR check-ins, a kiosk where walk-up guests book, pay and sign waivers, custom printed tickets, Stripe chip-and-PIN payments, cash and vouchers, deposits and split payments. Checked 17 October 2026.
  13. Mobile Apps (Xola) · xola.com/mobile
    Xola Phone, Xola Tablet, Xola Kiosk and Xola Redemption apps. Checked 17 October 2026.
  14. Command Center (Xola) · xola.com/command-center
    Dashboard of weekly bookings, check-ins, staff and equipment; waitlists; coupons; group and individual emails and texts; the Xola Phone app. Checked 17 October 2026.
  15. Equipment Management (Xola) · xola.com/equipment-management
    Equipment that limits capacity, shared across listings, with availability schedules. Checked 17 October 2026.
  16. Digital Waivers (Xola) · xola.com/digital-waivers
    Digital waivers included free, with free and unlimited storage of signed waivers; reminders; walk-up waivers in the Kiosk app. Checked 17 October 2026.
  17. Websites (Xola) · xola.com/websites
    WordPress websites built and hosted by Xola, with keyword research and on-site SEO; hosted as long as you are a Xola customer; Book Now buttons installed. Checked 17 October 2026.
  18. Xolabot (Xola) · xola.com/xola-bot
    Resume booking and abandoned booking emails, lightning deals, package and add-on upsells, cascading schedules, cancelling empty times, dynamic pricing. Checked 17 October 2026.
  19. Security & Compliance (Xola) · xola.com/security-compliance
    SOC 2 Type II, CCPA, PCI and GDPR compliance. Checked 17 October 2026.
  20. Support (Xola) · xola.com/support
    Phone, in-app chat and email support around the clock; a help centre and in-app tutorials. Checked 17 October 2026.
  21. Product - Experiences Set Up (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/product-experiences-set-up
    Schedules with time slots or no fixed times; blackout schedules; minimum and maximum guests per event, with pending purchases accepted once the minimum is reached and an email to you if it is not; early and future cut-offs; add-ons for each attendee; questions per guest; pickup locations; one QR ticket per group or per guest; attendees on the roster. Checked 17 October 2026.
  22. Pricing Preferences (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/pricing-preferences
    Public, private, or public and private experiences; demographics such as adults or children, each priced; tiered pricing by group size; private pricing per person or per event; equipment-based pricing; down deposits. Checked 17 October 2026.
  23. Xola Roster (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/xola-roster
    Each event’s roster: guides, equipment, capacity, guests, waivers, check-in and balances; message all reservations, change the arrival date or time of all reservations, cancel all, email, export or print the roster. Checked 17 October 2026.
  24. Guide Management (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/guide-management
    Guide profiles with contact details, bios and schedules; email or SMS when assigned or unassigned and a roster 24 hours before; availability windows; schedules synced to Google Calendar or iCal. Checked 17 October 2026.
  25. Self-Service for Customers (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/self-service-for-customers
    A Manage this Purchase button in confirmation and reminder emails: guests change the date and time, cancel within your policy, update answers and pay balances. Checked 17 October 2026.
  26. Xola Waivers (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/xola-waivers
    Waivers signed at checkout or from the confirmation email, a share link for the rest of the group, rules for minors and guardians, reminders until everyone has signed. Checked 17 October 2026.
  27. Xola Redemption App (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/xola-redemption-app
    QR codes in confirmation emails and texts, scanned in the Redemption app for Apple and Android, which enforces expiry, arrival-time and one-time-use rules. Checked 17 October 2026.
  28. Down Deposit (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/down-deposit
    Deposits per person, per booking or as a percentage, online or in the back office; the balance invoiced or charged to the first card on a due date. Checked 17 October 2026.
  29. Product - Global Settings (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/product-global-settings
    Checkout can show the open seat count for each time slot; pickup locations with an optional pickup time and a price per guest or per group, chosen by guests at checkout. Checked 17 October 2026.
  30. Pre-Check (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/pre-check
    Photo ID front and back, a live selfie, the legal name and a signature collected from the organizer before arrival, shown on the roster. Checked 17 October 2026.
  31. Xola Dashboard (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/xola-dashboard
    List, day, week, month and equipment views of upcoming events with open spots, waitlists, guides, equipment and check-ins. Checked 17 October 2026.
  32. Capacity Utilization Report (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/capacity-utilization-report
    How much of your available capacity is reserved, by product, weekday or time of day. Checked 17 October 2026.
  33. Custom Reports (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/custom-reports
    Reports built from templates, filtered and saved, exported to Excel or CSV and scheduled by email. Checked 17 October 2026.
  34. Packages (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/packages
    Two or more experiences in one package, booked and paid for in one reservation. Checked 17 October 2026.
  35. Xola Coupons (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/xola-coupons
    Coupon codes for discounts, vouchers and buy-x-get-y offers, restricted by date, event type, demographic and more. Checked 17 October 2026.
  36. Agent Management (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/agent-management
    Agents such as hotel concierges and tour desks, with their own commissions, discounts and experiences, and reports of their bookings. Checked 17 October 2026.
  37. Xola Mobile App (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/xola-mobile-app
    Xola Phone for iOS and Android: create and edit reservations, take payments, check guests in, collect waivers, assign guides. Checked 17 October 2026.
  38. Button Installation (Xola help centre) · support.xola.com/button-installation
    Book Now buttons added to your own website with Xola’s JavaScript and copied button code. Checked 17 October 2026.
  39. Sales Igniter for WooCommerce · rentalbookingsoftware.com/woocommerce-bookings
    WooCommerce plans, prices and promotion codes, and the full feature list. Prices read live from our store.
  40. Sales Igniter for Magento 2 · rentalbookingsoftware.com/magento-2-rental-booking-module
    Magento 2 plans, prices and promotion codes, and the feature list. Prices read live from our store.
  41. Rentals & Bookings for Shopify · rentalbookingsoftware.com/shopify-rental-booking-app
    The Shopify app, billed monthly or yearly through Shopify.
  42. Sales Igniter screenshots · rentalbookingsoftware.com/rental-software-screenshots
    Screenshots from stores with sample data, for WooCommerce, Magento 2 and Shopify.

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