Built for cooking classes operators

Cooking classes without Viator taking the profit you made on the wine pairing.

Per-station capacity, dietary restrictions, recipe handoffs, and private-group quotes — all in a platform that's free whether you run two classes a week or twenty.

We've been there

What cooking classes operators keep telling us.

The three Monday-morning headaches we optimize away. If you run a cooking classes business, you've probably had all three this quarter.

Dietary restrictions hit too late

A vegan booking that reaches the kitchen the morning-of. TripStub surfaces dietary notes at booking, aggregated per class — your mise-en-place station sees them before prep starts.

Private groups are a negotiation, not a booking

Corporate events and bachelorette parties want a custom menu and a fixed price. TripStub handles quotes: email a price, one-click book, invoice after.

OTA commission eats the wine pairing

A $95 class becomes $76 after commission. TripStub keeps all $95 and lets you optionally route through Viator/GetYourGuide for discoverability — not for distribution-of-last-resort.

"Dietary restrictions surfaced before prep, not the morning of. Private-group quoting that isn't email ping-pong. OTA commission that doesn't eat the wine pairing. That's the cooking-class brief."

Composite cooking-class operator, Recurring theme from our operator interviews

What you'll actually use

The cooking classes operator's toolbox.

Every feature below is in the free plan. No 'enterprise tier' that gates the capability you need once you start growing.

Per-station capacity

Eight cooking stations, twelve seats at the tasting bar — different capacity for different parts of the same class.

Dietary & allergy notes

Collected at booking, aggregated per class, surfaced to the chef the day before — not the hour of.

Recipe / materials PDF

Attach a takeaway recipe PDF per class. Auto-sent post-event, stored in the customer's booking history for lifetime access.

Private group quoting

Custom price per party + min guaranteed guests. Quote link is one-click bookable, or becomes a deposit-based invoice.

Add-ons without rebuilding the class

Wine pairing, knife-skills intro, recipe-printed-on-apron souvenir — optional line items at checkout with their own inventory and taxes.

Gift vouchers for the holidays

A booking platform that actually handles vouchers: buy → code emailed → redeem on any open class. No-expiry, partial-redemption, reissue on request.

Distribution

The channels cooking classes operators actually book on.

Push inventory once. Let availability fan out to the channel managers and OTAs your travelers already use.

Viator

GetYourGuide

Airbnb Experiences

Peek

Own-site booking

Google Things to Do

Packet night — the weekly rhythm

Use TripStub's weekly export to run 'packet night' — one CSV → aggregated dietary list → prep shopping list → aggregate wine pairing count. Most operators we work with run this Monday evening for the coming week.

The math

What cooking classes operators save.

Run the numbers on your actual volume. Most operators we talk to save $8k–$35k/year just by skipping the per-booking fee.

Here's the honest math for a small operator running 100 bookings / month at $80 avg.

TripStub

You

Monthly

$0 / mo

Per booking

$0

Est. annual

$0

  • Every capability
  • Unlimited everything
  • Full API access
  • Email support

Typical SaaS

Monthly

$99 – $499 / mo

Per booking

0 – 2%

Est. annual

~$2,400 – $8,000

  • Core features
  • Limited integrations
  • Custom channels (paid add-on)
  • Advanced reporting (top tier)

OTA commission model

Monthly

$0 / mo

Per booking

15 – 30%

Est. annual

~$14,400 – $28,800

  • Marketplace traffic
  • You own the customer? No.
  • You set the price? Not really.

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