Comparison

A TourDash alternative for operators whose guides live on WhatsApp

Updated 5 November 2026 by Ravid Efroni, founder of GuidePing, which sends guide offers on WhatsApp. Read the tool comparisons with that in mind.

Short answer

TourDash is a broad tool built around free walking tours: booking import from many platforms, guide availability and confirmations in its own app, and WhatsApp reminders for travellers, priced by number of bookings. GuidePing does one job: it offers each tour to your guides on WhatsApp, reads their replies, asks the next guide by your rules and tells you at 18:00 whether tomorrow is covered, for a flat €99 a month. If your guides will use an app, TourDash covers more; if they will not, GuidePing fits better.

What TourDash does

From TourDash's own pages, read on 31 October 2026:

Booking management that imports bookings from 30+ platforms by forwarded email, naming Civitatis, Viator, GetYourGuide, GuruWalk, FreeTour.com, FareHarbor, Turitop and Oneport (booking management).
Guide scheduling "without chasing people on WhatsApp": guides enter availability, the manager assigns, and a decline shows available replacements (guide scheduling).
Confirmations in the app: "If a guide hasn't confirmed within the window, the manager sees it immediately" (guide confirmations).
Guide accounts are created by the operator and used on the web or a mobile app (for guides).
WhatsApp reminders go to travellers, as an add-on (WhatsApp reminders).

For a free walking tour company that wants bookings, check-in and guides in one place, and whose guides will use an app, that is a lot in one tool.

The TourDash app

The guide app is called HappyGuide and is published by Tourdash on Google Play, last updated 14 October 2026 (Google Play). It is for guides whose company already uses TourDash: "If your tour manager has added you to their team, sign in with the same email you use on tourdash.app. There is no separate sign-up." The listing describes four parts:

Your tours: the tours a guide leads, day by day, with who is coming, how many and in which language.
Your guests: check travellers in as they arrive; the headcount updates and the manager sees the same numbers.
Your reports: every tour checked in, with the guests counted, for the end of the month.
Your Top Tips: a personal page of restaurants and viewpoints that travellers open by scanning the guide's QR code.

Android: available on Google Play, free to install (listing).
iPhone: not in the App Store when we searched on 5 November 2026. TourDash's Happy Guide site says "The Guide App is out on Android" and that iOS comes once the App Store approves it (myhappy.guide).
Web: TourDash says it "works on web and mobile"; guides also submit availability there (for guides). TourDash's changelog lists "Mobile app install available" on 5 February 2026 (What's new).
Price: the app is included in every TourDash plan, with no separate charge per guide; plans limit the number of users (pricing).

For operators, TourDash says schedule changes reach the guide's view "instantly" (for guides). The Google Play listing does not describe accepting or declining an offered tour inside the app; TourDash's confirmations page describes that step (guide confirmations).

Where GuidePing is different

Guides are reached on WhatsApp, one tour per message. They install nothing and answer in their own words, in any language.
When a guide says no or does not answer in the time you set, the next guide in your order is asked automatically, or several at once with first yes wins.
A reply with a condition or a question is never booked; it goes to you.
A time change from the booking email asks the guide to confirm the new time; a cancellation releases them.
At 18:00 you get one message: every tour tomorrow is covered, or which one still needs you.
One flat price, €99 a month, WhatsApp messages included, after a 30-day pilot without a card.

Side by side

	TourDash	GuidePing
Main job	Bookings, check-in, guides, traveller reminders	A confirmed guide on every tour
Booking import	Forwarded emails, 30+ platforms named	Forwarded emails, any platform that sends them
How guides are asked	In the TourDash app	One-to-one WhatsApp message
Guide installs or logs in	Yes, account created by the operator	No
Guide silent past the deadline	Manager sees it	Next guide asked by your rule
WhatsApp	Traveller reminders, +20%	Guide offers and replies, included
Language of the site	English (the /de page served English)	English, with German pages
Price	By bookings: €1 (100), €53.10 to €64.90 (1,000), then €5.15 to €6.75 per 100	€99 a month flat

Prices from TourDash pricing on 31 October 2026. Check the vendor before deciding; prices change.

Who should stay on TourDash

Stay on TourDash if you run free walking tours, want traveller check-in and reminders in the same tool, and your guides already use its app. GuidePing does not replace those parts.

Look at GuidePing if your guides are freelancers who also work for other operators and will not install another app, if most of the work is chasing answers, or if you want one price that does not grow with bookings. See tour guide scheduling on WhatsApp and scheduling freelance guides without an app.

Trying it alongside

Because GuidePing only needs a copy of your booking emails, you can run it next to your current setup during the pilot: add the forwarding rule, add your guides and tours, and compare a week of confirmations. Nothing in your booking platforms changes. The demo below shows a week of tours with made-up guides.

Questions

Does TourDash send WhatsApp messages to guides?

TourDash's WhatsApp reminders page describes messages to travellers. Guide scheduling and confirmations run in the TourDash app, per its guide scheduling and for-guides pages.

Is there a TourDash app for guides?

Yes, on Android: HappyGuide by Tourdash on Google Play, for guides whose company uses TourDash. Guides sign in with the email their operator added. On 5 November 2026 there was no iPhone app in the App Store; TourDash's Happy Guide site said iOS would follow once Apple approves it. TourDash also works in a web browser.

Is TourDash available in German?

When we checked on 31 October 2026, tourdash.app/de served the English site. GuidePing's site and offers are in English, and German pages are available; guides can reply in any language.

How does pricing compare?

TourDash prices by bookings per month: a Starter plan at €1 for 100 bookings, and Core, Pro and Platform plans at €53.10, €59 and €64.90 for 1,000 bookings, with WhatsApp automation at 20% extra. GuidePing is €99 a month flat after a 30-day pilot, WhatsApp included.

Can GuidePing replace TourDash's check-in and booking features?

No. GuidePing does not do traveller check-in, booking pages or traveller reminders. It only gets a confirmed guide on every tour.

Do I need to change my booking platforms?

No. GuidePing reads the booking emails you already get. You add one forwarding rule in Gmail or Outlook.

See it with your own tours

Forward one booking email, a guide gets the offer on WhatsApp and answers in their own words. 30 days free, then €99 a month. No card.

Start free pilot

Sources

Features and prices are what each vendor published on the date read. Check the vendor before you decide.

Tour guide availability calendar (free template)
For freelance guides: one sheet of free days for every company you guide for, a free template, and how to share it read-only.
GetYourGuide commission for suppliers
The 20% to 30% rate, the 2% for twice-monthly payouts, the 25% fee when you cancel, payout dates, VAT and a worked example.
Tour guide scheduling software compared
18 tools side by side: how each asks a guide, whether it asks the next guide on its own, and what it costs.
Assigning guides to Viator bookings
Viator has no guide field: how bookings reach you, its response and cancellation rules, and an order that gets every tour a guide.