Anchor Co AI answers availability questions, explains your packages, and locks in deposits from groups planning their next charter — even when your crew is hours offshore.
68% of charter inquiries arrive outside captain hours. Groups plan trips on evenings and weekends — that's when your AI needs to be working.
Why boat charter companies lose bookings
Groups planning fishing trips, sunset cruises, and corporate events do their research evenings and weekends. By the time you check your messages Monday morning, they've already booked with the company that responded at 9 PM Saturday.
Charter bookings aren't $50 impulse buys. A full-day fishing trip or private sunset charter is a high-ticket transaction. Missing even one booking a week because no one answered a question adds up to tens of thousands per season.
How many people fit on the boat? Is fuel included? Do you supply rods and bait? What if it rains? Your crew fields these same questions dozens of times a week instead of prepping for the next charter.
When a charter cancels 48 hours out, you need someone already in the pipeline ready to fill the date. Without automated follow-up on inquiry leads, those slots stay dark.
How it works
We train the chatbot on your fleet, capacity, pricing tiers, what's included, departure locations, and seasonal availability. It knows how to handle group size questions, special requests like birthday charters, and your deposit and cancellation policy.
From the moment it's live, the AI handles every inquiry — availability checks, pricing questions, group logistics — and routes confirmed bookings to your calendar. Missed calls get an instant text with a booking link.
Every confirmed booking, deposit collected, and pre-charter question answered — all logged and visible in your dashboard before you ever fire up the engine.
Founding-client pricing
Foundation: website + hosting + 24/7 AI chatbot + Google Business Profile + missed-call text-back. Growth adds local SEO, invoicing, and the booking pipeline at $997/mo. Full Office adds a 24/7 AI phone receptionist at $1,497/mo.
Yes. We integrate directly with your booking calendar so the AI can confirm open dates, hold slots, and route confirmed bookings in real time — no double-booking risk.
The chatbot collects the details — group size, preferred date, type of experience, budget range — and flags it as a custom inquiry for you to follow up on. It keeps the lead warm while you're on the water.
Yes. We integrate with Stripe so the chatbot can send a deposit link immediately after someone confirms interest, capturing the booking while excitement is highest.
We can set up automated reschedule flows so the chatbot handles customer communication for cancellations, sends reschedule options, and manages the rebooking — saving you hours of phone calls during an already stressful situation.
Month-to-month on every tier. Cancel anytime, keep your website and data. We earn this every month.
The chatbot goes live the day you sign on. No setup fee. No contract. 30-day refund guarantee.
Matt Henry · Anchor Co AI · Pacific, MO