TripStub started after watching small operators reconcile bookings across four spreadsheets, two channel managers, and an inbox — and still hand over 20% to an OTA at the end. The margins in this category are thinner than most software buyers realize.
So it became a project: build the booking platform that is free to run, and focused on the boring-but-critical work that keeps an operator running — inventory, availability, distribution, check-in, reconciliation. No VC timeline to pivot away from it. The paid plans are built the honest way: flat monthly rates for advanced modules, never a cut of your bookings — and the free plan is genuinely free.
Operator-first
Privacy-respecting
Free plan, forever
Our promise
What you can count on
A free plan, forever.
Starter is $0 at no cost — the core product, without a subscription.Your data is yours.
Export anytime in open formats. No lock-in.No per-booking fee.
We don't tax your reservations.Honest about funding.
Growth and Scale subscriptions and partner referral fees pay the bills — never a cut of your bookings.Every feature decision starts with the question: does this make an operator's Monday morning easier? If not, we don't build it.
We optimize for the stuff that never breaks — inventory, payments, check-in — not viral growth mechanics.
Keeping the free plan free means we build slowly, sustainably, and without venture-scale burn.
Founders running their own experiences realize every commercial platform takes either a subscription or a booking cut — and often both.
Products, rate plans, availability, distribution, gate check-in, vouchers, multi-channel fan-out — with a free plan there from day one.
Your own site, your own checkout — without hiring a developer. Free on every plan; bring your own domain on Scale.
Travelers discovering your experiences directly on the central TripStub marketplace — free listings, no commission. Track progress on the changelog.
TripStub is run by a handful of people — former operators and the engineers who helped them. No VC pressure, no acquisition timeline. Built to keep running.
Founder
TripStub is a solo-founder project as of April 2026, built by Boris Yudasin. Operator advisors pitch in on product direction and real-world stress testing; contract engineers help with specific build slices. Growing the team slowly and deliberately — we'd rather ship less and answer every email in person than hire past what we can sustain.
If you're an experienced tour-operator or a systems engineer interested in building on the public roadmap, drop a note at [email protected].
Questions for the team? Email [email protected]. A human replies — usually within a business day, often faster.
Operators in 2026 have been burned by enough free platforms that quietly disappeared or pivoted to paid. Here's our model — on the record.
No institutional investors pressuring for a 'monetization event.' That means we build slowly and only ship what we'd want to maintain for a decade.
Growth and Scale subscriptions — flat monthly rates for advanced modules — fund the platform, topped up by payment-gateway referral fees that come out of the provider's take rate, not yours.
If TripStub is ever acquired, a clause triggers free full-data export for every workspace. We can't quietly make your data hostage — it's structurally disallowed.