FareHarbor?

KINDAYou can build the valuable core, but the established product has meaningful operational complexity. Pick one narrow promise for v1.

BUILD FIRST

One specific customer type and one primary use case
A vertical slice that completes the main job without manual workarounds
Visible limits, review steps, and a fallback when an external dependency fails

LEAVE FOR LATER

Broad third-party integrations
High-scale collaboration, syncing, and permissions
Automation that can cause harm without human review

RESEARCH NOTES

What this tool actually does.

Checked 2026-09-06

FareHarbor is an all-in-one booking and business management platform for tour, activity, attraction, and rental operators. It provides a mobile-optimized online booking flow, encrypted payments, and a customizable Dashboard for day-to-day operations. Core features include inventory management that automatically tracks and allocates resources (equipment, bookable spaces, staff), crew assignment with scheduled roles and automatic email/push notifications, and a mobile app with offline capabilities and QR ticket scanning for check-in. It also offers built-in reporting and analytics, waivers, point-of-sale, waitlists, packages, and a private-events module covering contracts, payments, resources, and reporting. The platform connects to 250+ OTA and distribution partners, and offers optional FareHarbor Sites for direct bookings. Onboarding includes dashboard setup and reservation migration; 24

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RESEARCHED BUILD PROMPT

Give this to your coding agent.

Build a focused replacement for FareHarbor's core workflow: an operator-facing booking dashboard for tours and activities with capacity and staff management. The workflow: an operator creates a bookable activity (e.g., a 2-hour kayak tour) with capacity limits, sets per-slot staff assignments, and sells tickets via a simple public booking page. Bookings decrement capacity atomically to prevent overbooking; staff receive schedule notifications; operators check in guests via QR code scanning on mobile. User-facing requirements: (1) operator dashboard with CRUD for activities, schedule slots, capacity, staff roster, and role-based assignments; (2) public booking page showing available slots, collecting customer details, and processing payment; (3) automated email confirmations to customers and schedule notifications to staff; (4) mobile check-in via QR scanner with offline fallback; (5) reports showing bookings, revenue, and capacity utilization. Technical requirements: REST API for availability and booking creation with transactional row locking (PostgreSQL) to enforce capacity; role-based JWT auth (admin, staff); React frontend with Node.js or Django backend; email via SendGrid or equivalent; QR generation and scanning library; PWA wrapper for offline mobile check-in; WebSocket or SSE for live dashboard updates. Do not copy FareHarbor's brand name, logo, UI styling, or marketing site; design an original interface and name. Explicitly out of scope: 250+ OTA integrations, website builder, waivers, point-of-sale, private event management, guest mobile app, enterprise multi-tenant features. Deliver a README with setup instructions, architecture decisions, and known limitations (e.g., no payment gateway integration, single-operator assumption, offline sync limitations).

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