What could be easier, or more reassuring, when you’re cruising somewhere new, than to book your marina slip on line long before you arrive? A new free app, called GPDock, just announced at the Miami show, makes that possible with just a few taps of a finger. You even can pay for fuel when you make the slip reservation.
GPDock, which works on iOS and Android devices, is the brainchild of two entrepreneurs, Carlos Courtaux, and Nicolas Posselt, who are both Scuba divers and passionate boaters. Courtaux has a past in the aeronautical industry, but Posselt has worked in hospitality. They realized that only 10 percent of marina reservations are made on line, versus 85 percent of hotel bookings. Why not make it just as easy to reserve a slip as it is to reserve a hotel room, they thought?
They say that with GPDock you can have access to the largest digital list of marinas anywhere, compare amenities, read reviews, and make your reservations from the app or the web. They just formed GPDock in November, and now have more than 100 marinas listed in South Florida and more than 70 in the Bahamas. They plan to have more than 700 marinas signed up by summer. For more:
