For petting zoos, farm visits and animal encounters
Turn farm visits into income
List your experiences, set seat limits and deposits, and let visitors book and pay online. At your farm, or wherever your animals travel.
Free to get started. No card required.
How it works
1List your experience
A farm tour, an alpaca encounter, a goat yard meet and greet. Set the price per guest or per booking, and how many spots each session holds.
2Set your schedule
One-time dates, repeating schedules or drop-in hours. Deposits if you want them, cancellation windows you control, promo codes when you feel generous.
3Guests book and pay on your own booking page
Checkout, confirmations, calendar files and reminders happen automatically, on a page you can share anywhere. You see who is coming and get paid out.
About ten minutes: your experience details, a photo, and a quick phone and ID check before you go live. No card, no monthly fee.
Everything a host needs
Real scheduling, not DMs
- Seat limits so sessions never overbook
- Reschedules without the phone tag
- Automatic refunds inside your cancellation window
Payments done right
- Card checkout with deposits or pay in full
- Deposits protect you from no-shows
- Payouts straight to your bank
Your animals, front and center
- Every animal gets a real profile guests can meet
- Reviews from past visitors build trust
- Built by a veterinarian who hosts farm visits
Free to get set up. We only make money when you do.
No trial that expires and nothing you have to cancel. Here's the whole fee story:
| List your experiences | Free. Unlimited offerings, sessions, and animal profiles. |
|---|---|
| When a guest books | For online payments, the all-in guest price includes the 5% Creatures booking fee (minimum $1.50). Pay-at-the-venue bookings have no online fee. You never pay a commission. |
| When you get paid | You keep 100% of the price you set. With Creatures Pro, guests pay exactly your listed price, and only card processing (2.9% + 30¢) comes out of your payout. |
That is the entire list. A weekend with no bookings costs you nothing.
Common questions
Can visitors just drop in?
Yes. Sell arrival windows, like 10 to 11 AM, or whole-day entry, each with its own limit. Guests show their ticket at the gate and you check them in by date. If you don't take bookings at all, list the offering so people know to walk up or message you.
We're a sanctuary. Can guests pay what they want?
Yes. Set a minimum donation and, if you like, a suggested amount. Guests choose what to give when they book.
Do I need a credit card to start?
No. Set up your experiences, schedule, and animal profiles without entering a card. Fees only exist on real bookings.
What does it cost to run my petting zoo on Creatures?
Nothing. Listing is free, there is no monthly bill, and you keep 100% of the price you set. For online payments, guests see an all-in price that includes the 5% Creatures booking fee (minimum $1.50). Creatures Pro removes that fee; standard card processing comes out of the payout. Pay-at-the-venue bookings have no online booking fee.
Can I take deposits instead of full payment?
Yes. Each experience can require no deposit, a partial deposit, or full payment up front, with the balance due at the visit. Your cancellation window decides when refunds happen automatically.
What kinds of businesses use this?
Farm tours, petting zoos, alpaca and camel encounters, barn visits, homestead workshops, mobile petting zoos and party animals. If people come to meet your animals, Creatures can take the bookings.
I run a mobile petting zoo. Can people book me to come to them?
Yes. Choose 'We come to you,' set the town you travel from, how far you go and what you charge per mile, plus any travel time to keep free before and after. Guests enter the party address when they book and see the travel charge before they pay. Their address stays private, and you can approve each request first if you like.
Turn visits into steady income
Free to get started. No card required.
For animal people like us.