How to add Checkfront to your website
Checkfront is a booking system for tours, activities and equipment rental, used by tour operators, activity providers, rental businesses and experience companies. Here's how to put it on your own website, which embed option to pick, and what goes wrong.
Quick answer
Get the code from your Checkfront account under Manage then Integrations, where the booking widget code is generated. For most people the right choice is the inline booking widget — availability and checkout inside your page. Paste it into a code or embed block on your site — not a plain text field — then place it beside your main call to action and test the whole flow on a phone before relying on it.
Checkfront: which option to use
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Inline booking widget | Availability and checkout inside your page. |
| Drop-in button | Opens the booking flow over your page. |
| Item-specific widget | One tour or rental item, on its own page. |
Step-by-step
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Find the code or link in your account
Checkfront keeps this in your Checkfront account under Manage then Integrations, where the booking widget code is generated. Copy what you need before touching your website — most of the time people lose is spent hunting for the snippet, not installing it.
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Pick the right option for the job
The table above is the decision. Inline booking widget: Availability and checkout inside your page. Drop-in button: Opens the booking flow over your page. Choosing before you paste saves rebuilding the section later.
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Paste it into a code or embed block
This needs an HTML, code or embed block — not a plain text field, where the code will simply appear as text on your page. On Adviita, ask the AI editor to add an embed section and drop the code in. On WordPress use a Custom HTML block, on Squarespace a Code block (Business plan or above), and on Wix an Embed HTML element.
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Put it where the decision happens
Booking is the action your site exists to produce, so this belongs above the fold, not below your gallery. A widget three scrolls down does a fraction of the work of the same widget beside your main call to action. Decide what the page is for, then place it at the point the visitor is deciding.
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Check it on an actual phone
Most visitors to a small business website arrive on a phone, and embeds are where mobile layouts break. Open your live site on your own phone and confirm it loads, fits the screen without sideways scrolling, and does not push your contact button out of view. Third-party embeds are also the most common cause of a slow page, so if it noticeably delays loading, consider a plain link instead.
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Test it end to end before you rely on it
Run through the whole flow yourself as a customer would — complete a real booking — and confirm what should happen actually happens. Broken embeds fail silently, and the first person to notice is usually a customer who has already given up.
Tips & best practices
- ▸Always use item-specific widgets on item pages. Making someone re-select the tour they are already reading about loses bookings.
- ▸Inventory, capacity and seasonal availability live in Checkfront — an empty calendar is usually a season or capacity setting.
- ▸Tours and activities are heavily mobile and heavily last-minute. Test the whole flow on a phone.
- ▸Re-test the embed after any change to your site, your plan, or the connected account — third-party widgets break quietly and nothing tells you.
Common questions
How do I add Checkfront booking to my website?
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In your Checkfront account, open Manage then Integrations and generate the booking widget code. Paste it into a code block on your site. Generate an item-specific widget for each tour or rental page rather than using one generic widget everywhere.
Why does my Checkfront calendar show no availability?
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Usually a capacity, season or availability rule rather than a widget fault. Check that the item has inventory allocated for the dates in question, that the season covers them, and that any minimum notice period is not excluding the next available days.
Do I need a developer to add Checkfront to my site?
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No. Every option here is copy and paste into a code or embed block, which every mainstream website builder provides. The only genuine blocker is a builder or plan that does not allow custom code at all — Squarespace, for instance, requires a Business plan or above for code blocks.
Will adding Checkfront slow down my website?
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Any third-party embed has some cost, because it loads code from another company's servers. One is usually unnoticeable; four or five on the same page is where small business sites become visibly slow. If page speed matters to you, prefer a plain link over a script wherever the option exists, and keep embeds to the pages that genuinely need them.