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Guide Trip & Client Handoff: the first page of the Letter print edition, the setup guide
Anglers on a fishing boat crossing calm water at sunset
A client brief from the fictional worked example, headed by the example business name, with when, who and where to meet
The private guide run sheet for the same fictional trip, marked do not send to client
A change message for the client listing the moved meeting point with its old value

Guide Trip & Client Handoff

$39.00

Created and presented by Hook the Horizon. Sold and supported by Northern Lantern House LLC.

Fourteen days, no reason required. If a file will not open or will not print, there is no clock on that at all. How refunds work

Prepare each trip once. Your client gets a clear brief under your business name, your private detail stays private, and when plans move they get only what changed.

One angler, one license. It is yours to read, print, carry on the water, and use on every trip you take. The download links do not expire and there is no limit on how many times you use them. Revisions are free. What is not allowed is reselling it, redistributing it, publishing it somewhere other people can download it, or using it as training data. Terms of Sale · Refunds

SKU: HTH-PRO-GUIDE-TRIP-HANDOFF-V1-DIG
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Description

Most client mix-ups are not a communication problem. They are a version problem: three texts, an email and a phone call, and nobody sure which one is current.

Guide Trip & Client Handoff keeps one record per trip and produces two documents from it. The client brief carries your business name, the day and time the way people read them, where to meet, what to bring, what you supply, your terms and any questions for the party. Your private run sheet adds everything the client should not see: equipment counts, the sources you checked for access, rules and conditions, holds, preferences and notes.

What it does

  • A client brief under your name. Enter your business name once and it heads every brief. Hook the Horizon’s name does not appear on what your clients receive.
  • Private stays private. Notes, preferences, equipment and source checks never reach the client brief. Anything you type into a client-facing field is shared, and every field label says which kind it is.
  • Versions that mean something. Printing, downloading or copying a brief issues that version. The next change to anything the client can see starts a new version; editing your private notes does not.
  • A change message instead of a resend. When plans move after a brief went out, it lists only what the client can see that changed, each with its old value, ready to paste into a text or email.
  • Times that survive clock changes. Choose the timezone where you meet and each time is stored with the correct offset for that date. Clients read “Sunday, September 20, 2026, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM MDT”, not a timestamp.
  • Marked DRAFT until it is ready. While a check is unresolved or equipment is short, the client brief says DRAFT without revealing your internal holds.
  • Equipment and clashes. One-per-person or shared quantities; raise the headcount and a shortage shows. Overlapping trips for the same guide in the file are flagged.
  • Acknowledgment. Record who confirmed which version. It shows as outdated as soon as something they can see changes.

Who it is for

Independent and small-outfit fishing guides who prepare trips on a laptop or phone and send clients their details by text or email.

Who should not buy it

If your booking platform already sends clients their trip details and change notices, this duplicates it. It is not a booking system, a calendar, a payment tool or a client database.

What is in it

  • The working file: a single self-contained web page (.html) that works offline. Your trips stay in that browser on that device, with a JSON backup you control.
  • The Letter print edition (.pdf), 6 pages: the setup guide, then a fictional worked example’s client brief, private run sheet and change message.
  • A fictional worked example inside the file, so you can see a finished preparation before you enter your own.

Format and devices

Open the file in a current browser on a laptop or phone. It was tested in the Chrome and Safari engines, on a desktop screen and on a 390-pixel phone screen, opened from the device with no connection. There is no app, no account and no server. Email and file preview panes may not run it; save it first.

What it will not do

It does not fetch conditions, confirm access or permits, or check regulations: it records the source you checked and when. It does not sync between devices or with a calendar, send anything for you, or prove delivery; an acknowledgment is your own record, not a signature. Hook the Horizon prepares nothing on your behalf.

Version 1.0 · September 2026 · Edition hth.pro.guide-trip-handoff

Your purchase includes

  • Guide Trip & Client Handoff — the working file, a self-contained web page that works offline.
  • The Letter print edition, 6 pages: the setup guide and a fictional worked example.
  • Eligible corrections and updates to the same Edition, at no further cost.

You may

  • Use it in your own guiding business, on your own devices, as often as you like.
  • Give clients the briefs and change messages you produce with it.
  • Print the setup guide for your own use.

You may not

  • Redistribute the working file or the print edition, including a blank copy.
  • Resell or republish it, or put it in a shared library or community drive.
  • Share your purchase credential in place of a purchase, or use the work for model-training ingestion.

Refunds

Fourteen days, no reason required. A broken, missing or materially misdescribed file is corrected or refunded without relying on that cutoff. Terms of Sale

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