Percentage-based booking platforms
$17,985 / month
A roughly 8% commission on the full booking amount — these platforms typically require guests to pay in full at booking, so they take their cut on every dollar of gross revenue.
Example Story — Premium tourism
Wildwood Expeditions: a flat-pricing tour booking software case study
A high-ticket multi-day expedition business for whom percentage-based booking fees add up fast — and flat pricing completely changes the maths.
Fictional example
This is an illustrative example. Wildwood Expeditions is a fictional operator — we use these stories to show what Sojournii does and who it’s for.
A fictional example
About Wildwood Expeditions
Wildwood Expeditions is an illustrative example of a premium multi-day expedition operator running small-group itineraries at a high average ticket price.
Because each booking is large, percentage-based fees from generic booking platforms take a disproportionate bite out of revenue. The team wants software that respects the maths of a premium operator — not software that scales its own invoice the moment bookings grow.
What gets in the way
The challenges they face
Percentage fees scale with the wrong thing
A percentage of a $5,500 expedition is a lot more than a percentage of a $55 ticket. The maths punishes premium operators for doing exactly what they built the business to do.
Itineraries are complex and change
Multi-day expeditions involve hut bookings, transfers, permits, and weather calls. Generic booking tools do not organise that detail cleanly.
Guests expect a calm, high-touch experience
The booking flow should feel like a concierge, not a stadium ticket queue. Every surprise fee at checkout chips away at the brand.
Margin leaks are hard to see until tax time
When fees are a slice of every booking, it takes a full season to see exactly how much has slipped out the door. Flat pricing makes the line clear all year.
The maths, in the open
Percentage-based fees vs Sojournii flat pricing
$5,500 premium multi-day expedition × 40 bookings/month — gross monthly revenue of $220,000.
Sojournii plan
Deposit collected upfront on Sojournii
Sojournii flat pricing
$150 / month
Sojournii Kitchen Sink is a flat monthly rate — even with just a 20% deposit ($44,000/mo) processed through Sojournii, the fee stays the same.
The gap between the two approaches
$17,835/mo difference between the two pricing approaches
At a roughly 8% commission on a $220,000 monthly gross, percentage-based booking platforms come out around $17,600 per month, with an additional ~$385 in extras for large-group scenarios — roughly $17,985 in fees per month.
Sojournii Kitchen Sink is a flat $150 per month, regardless of whether you collect a 20% deposit ($44,000/mo through Sojournii) or any other split — the percentage-based platform still takes its 8% on the full $220,000.
The $17,835 per month difference is the gap between the two pricing approaches — it is not a promise of savings or a forecast of outcomes.
What the product does
How Sojournii helps
Expedition-shaped itineraries
Sojournii organises each expedition with its own multi-day structure, inclusions, and capacity — the kind of detail a premium operator needs to present cleanly.
Concierge-style booking flow
Wildwood presents a calm, on-brand booking experience with no surprise fees stacked on at checkout, on top of Sojournii infrastructure.
Flat monthly pricing, whatever the ticket size
Sojournii charges a flat monthly rate rather than a percentage of every booking, so a premium operator pays the same line whether a trip is $500 or $5,500.
Clean operational view across the season
Founders, guides, and office staff share one organised view of expeditions, guests, permits, and operational notes — not a pile of spreadsheets.
“On a premium ticket, percentage-based fees really add up. Flat pricing changes the maths of running the business.”
Wildwood Expeditions is a fictional operator created to illustrate how Sojournii works for premium tourism operators. Any resemblance to real businesses is coincidental.
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