Taking money on your website, and holding it fairly. The articles cover the payment methods worth offering, charging at the moment of booking rather than on arrival, and the deposit questions that come up in rentals: how much to hold, when to take it, and how to explain it so customers do not read it as a hidden charge.
Boat hire carries three things car hire does not: a licence you must check, a deposit worth more than the day rate, and weather that cancels. Here is how to handle all three before the skipper arrives.
A no-show is an hour you cannot sell twice. Deposits and automatic reminders are the two things that reliably reduce them, and both take minutes to set up.