Captain referral program Draft price
Captains know captains.
Invite another captain with your link, and when they get their first TideBook booking, you both get a month free.
What you earn
Boat show week, Oct 28 to Nov 1, 2026
Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show
- Captains who join through a referral link during show week lock in $39 a month for life, even after the first 50 founding spots are gone.
- The captain whose link brings in the most live profiles that week gets the featured spot on the TideBook home page and their own area page for November.
- Free months still wait for a real first booking.
How it works
- Get your link. Every captain gets tidebookfishing.com/r/your-boat, plus a QR code for your phone screen, card or boat.
- Share it. Text it, post it, or let another captain scan it on the dock.
- They sign up in 2 minutes. Your link is saved on their phone for 90 days. First link wins, and a captain can only be referred once.
- They get a first booking. A real guest pays a real deposit and the trip happens.
- You both get a month free. The credit comes off your next bill automatically.
Your dashboard shows three stages for every captain you invite: Signed up, Profile live, First booking.
Terms
- The reward counts only after a real paid trip, booked on a guest card that is not the captain's own or the referrer's.
- The trip date must pass and the deposit must not be refunded.
- One account per captain license, boat and phone number. No self referrals or same household referrals.
- Rewards are subscription credit only, never cash, and cannot be transferred.
- Up to 12 free months per captain per year. We can reverse credit for fake signups, and we review any link that brings 3 or more signups in a week.
- Draft terms. Final terms will be published before launch. Draft price
Example referral links
These pages show what a captain's referral page and QR look like. Sample boats only.
Example Offshore Sportfishing
tidebookfishing.com/r/example-offshore
ExampleExample Kite Sailfish Charters
tidebookfishing.com/r/example-sailfish
ExampleExample Reef and Wreck
tidebookfishing.com/r/example-reef
ExampleExample Inshore and Family
tidebookfishing.com/r/example-inshore
ExampleExample Key West Flats
tidebookfishing.com/r/example-keywest
Referral questions
When does the free month kick in?
When the captain you invited gets a first real paid booking through TideBook and the trip date passes without a refund. Signups alone do not count.
What if I am still in my free period?
The month is banked as credit and used on your first paid month.
Can I get cash instead?
No. Rewards are subscription credit only, never cash, and they cannot be transferred.
Can I refer my own second boat?
No. One account per captain license, boat and phone number. Self referrals and same household referrals do not count.
What if a captain signs up without my link?
Our signup asks who told you about TideBook. If they name you, we credit you after a check.