Kaia · For operators & guides
Fill your calendar with travelers who already came to Costa Rica for this.
Kaia is the travel marketplace built for Costa Rica's tourism supply — from the largest ICT-certified operator to the independent guide of the most hidden waterfall. List once, get discovered by travelers who are already planning their trip, and get paid without chasing a deposit over WhatsApp.
Why operators list on Kaia
Reach travelers already planning Costa Rica
International visitors researching their trip and domestic travelers looking for a weekend escape, searching in one place instead of scattered across Instagram DMs and WhatsApp groups.
Only 10% commission
No monthly fee, no listing fee. Kaia earns only when you earn — 10% per completed booking, well below what global platforms charge to list Costa Rican tours.
A real dashboard, not a spreadsheet
Bookings, calendar availability, and payouts in one panel built for how tour operators actually work — no more juggling a paper calendar and a phone full of unanswered messages.
Get paid your way
Card and international payments settle through Stripe; local travelers can pay with SINPE Móvil. Funds are held until the experience is completed, then released to you.
You keep your independence
Kaia aggregates and connects — it does not run your tours, set your prices, or put its name on your gear. You stay the operator of record; Kaia is the channel that brings the traveler to your door.
Built for every kind of operator
ICT-certified operators
Your certification and safety credentials are front and center — travelers filter for it, and Kaia surfaces it as a trust badge on every listing.
Tour companies
Run multiple experiences and guides under one business profile, with one calendar and one payout account for everything you publish.
Independent local guides
You don't need a company or a website to sell on Kaia — just a real experience, your own calendar, and an ID. Don Carlos can list the waterfall hike he's guided for twenty years just as easily as a certified operator lists a canopy tour.
Start selling in three steps
Tell us about your experience
What you offer, where, group size, safety details, and your certification if you have one. Takes about ten minutes.
Get reviewed and go live
The Kaia team checks identity, references, and (for certified operators) your ICT declaration before your listing goes public.
Open your calendar and get booked
Set your availability and pricing, then start receiving real booking requests — no more losing trips to messages nobody answers.
Where we are today
Kaia is launching — and we're recruiting our founding operators right now.
We're not a platform with ten thousand listings pretending yours won't matter. We're building the operator base before we build the marketing spend, which means the earliest operators get outsized visibility and a direct line to the team building this. If you list this month, you're not one of many — you're one of the first.
Ready to stop losing bookings to a missed WhatsApp message?
List your experience today, or join the launch list if you want to wait for the doors to open.