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Book a hunt

The full booking flow from picking dates on a listing to the Request sent screen — nothing is charged until the host accepts.

Booking starts on the marketplace listing and finishes on the checkout page. Your card is saved when you submit the request — nothing is charged until the host accepts.

Pick your dates on the listing

  1. Open a listing on the marketplace and select your dates on the booking widget's calendar to see a live price.
  2. Tap Reserve — or Choose a hunt when the listing has multiple packages — to open the booking dialog. (With no dates selected, the button reads Check availability.)
  3. Tap Request to book in the dialog to continue to checkout.

Confirm and pay

  1. Not signed in? Start with Contact informationFirst name, Last name, Email, and Phone number are all required (new here? your account is created with that email when you book). Tap Already have an account? Sign in to log in without losing your selections.
  2. Review your party and extras — use Change next to Guests and Add-ons to adjust them. Party size can't exceed the listing's maximum; checkout rejects over-capacity requests.
  3. Open Choose when to pay to see when money moves — a deposit on approval with the balance 30 days before the trip, or the full amount on approval.
  4. Open the Price breakdown to see the package price, add-ons, the Processing fee, any Taxes, and the Total.
  5. Enter your card details under Payment method — the card is saved to the request, not charged.
  6. Tap Confirm and pay to submit. You land on the Request sent. screen and the request appears in My bookings under Requests.

You'll get an email the moment the host responds. If they accept, your saved card is charged on the payment schedule shown at checkout; if they decline, your card is never charged.

Never pay a host outside of BirdDog — off-platform payments aren't protected.

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