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No Premises Needed
Your dock is your office. The lake is your showroom.
Skip the rent, the buildout, and the overhead. This business runs on sunshine — and we’ll show you exactly how
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Skip the Trial and Error
Everything we learned in 15 years — yours on day one.
Pricing, operations, safety, marketing, guest experience. We’ve already made the mistakes so you don’t have to.
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Bookings That Compound
One great trip turns into ten. Ten turns into a business.
Birthdays, corporate retreats, bachelorette weekends, family reunions — the occasions never stop. Neither does the revenue.
The Honest Case
Turn your love of the water in to a profitable business
This One Is Different.
The average small business owner spends 2–3 years figuring out what works. They burn cash on bad marketing, wrong pricing, and staff that doesn’t know the product. Franchise owners skip all of that because someone already did it for them.
Throwback Charters has a 15-year operating history, a full playbook, a recognizable brand, and real reviews from real guests. When you open under our name, you’re not starting over you’re picking up where we left off.
And unlike going it alone, you won't need to sign up for any other third-party platform. We've already built one seamless system so your franchisees can focus on the water, not the tech
- The market never sleeps — $2B+ U.S. charter industry growing 4–6% every year
- Start small, scale fast — one boat, one captain, and you’re already in business
- Year-round income potential —your favorite body of water charters nearly every month
- People always have something to celebrate — your calendar fills itself
- 5-star reviews do your selling — every happy guest is a free billboard
Franchise Package
Everything You Need to
Launch & Succeed
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A Name People Already Trust
Throwback Charters comes with 15 years of reputation. Guests book with confidence because they’ve seen the reviews, heard from friends, and know what to expect.
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The Manual We Wish We Had
Every process, every price point, every guest touchpoint documented in full. Built from 15 years of real-world trial, error, and refinement on Lake Travis.
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Training on the Water, Not in a Classroom
You’ll spend real time alongside JB and the Throwback crew on the dock, on the boat, and in the booking system until you’re ready to run it yourself.
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Customers Find You First
Website, Google profile, social media content and templates, local SEO — all set up before you open. You'll have your first inquiries before your first charter leaves the dock.
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Revenue Runs on Autopilot
No Fair Harbor. No Flywheel. No piecing together tools that don't talk to each other. Online booking, instant payments, digital waivers, guest follow-up one system, ready to run from your very first reservation.
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We Don’t Hand Off and Walk Away
Direct line to the founders, a network of fellow operators, and regular performance reviews. Your wins are our wins , we stay in it with you.
Your Path to the Water
Four Steps from
Today to Opening Day.
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Tell Us Where You Are
Fill out the form below. We want to know your market, your background, and what’s driving you. No pitch, no pressure — just an honest conversation about whether this makes sense.
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We Show You Everything
Full financials, territory maps, investment breakdown, realistic revenue projections. We don’t hide the hard parts — we want you going in with eyes wide open.
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Get on the Water With Us
Once the agreement is signed, you’re with us on Lake Travis. Real charters, real guests, real operations — until running it yourself feels completely natural.
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Open for Business
Your first booking comes in. Your first charter departs. Your first guest leaves a 5-star review. That’s the moment everything we built together becomes yours.
Limited Territories Available
Your Lake Is
Waiting for You.
We only award one franchise per market — and we're deliberate about who we bring in. If you've got the drive, the market, and the mindset, we want to hear from you before someone else in your area does.
Claim Your Territory
Takes 2 minutes. We respond within 48 hours — usually much faster.