How to grow your payments app with food tour operators
By SendPay Business · · 2 min read
Food tour operators lead small groups through markets, street food stalls, bakeries and family restaurants, tasting something at each stop. Most tours are booked online or the day before, many guests are visitors from abroad, and guides often pay each stop along the way. Guests like to tip the guide and buy food to take home. A payments app that takes bookings by link, lets guests tip and buy extras by phone, and lets the operator pay each stop can win these operators, and the food businesses they visit see your app too.
Talk to food tour operators
Ask local food tour operators:
- How do guests book and pay, and how many book the day before?
- How do you pay the markets, stalls and restaurants you visit?
- Do guests tip or buy food to take home, and how do they pay?
- Do you run private tours for groups or companies?
Take bookings by payment link
A payment link for a place on a tour gets money in at once, even for guests booking from their hotel the night before.
Make tips and extras easy
Letting guests tip the guide and buy food to take home by phone turns a good tour into extra income without anyone needing cash.
Grow through the food stops
Every tour visits several stalls, shops and restaurants. When the operator pays them through your app, each stop sees it at work, and one operator can bring many food businesses.
Build it
Create your own financial platform.
Pick a template, name it, brand it, preview every page before you pay. Your brand, your users, your fees.
Build my platform →Questions people ask
What about cookery schools and cooking classes?
The cookery schools and cooking classes guide covers selling places on classes, gift vouchers and private sessions, with payment before ingredients are bought.
Cookery schools and cooking classes →What about vineyards and wineries?
The vineyards and wineries guide covers tours, tastings, cellar door sales and wine club memberships.
Vineyards and wineries →Can I call it a bank?
In most countries "bank" is a protected word you can only use with a banking licence. Call it an account, a wallet, an app or a platform. The accounts and payments behind a SendPay Business platform are powered by licensed partners.
Is there a step-by-step plan I can follow?
Yes. The free launch checklist takes you from picking your people and naming your app to setting fees, going live and winning your first ten customers.
Digital bank app launch checklist →How do I start?
Pick a template, name it and preview every page before you pay. Your platform can be live on your own domain within 24 hours of confirmation.
Build my platform →Read next
This guide is general information, not legal or financial advice. SendPay Business is a technology company, not a bank, and does not take deposits; regulated services on the platforms are provided by licensed partners. PayPal, Patreon and Substack are named as reference points only and are not affiliated with SendPay Business.