Listing ID: 80658
Business Overview
This Company is one the most experienced and trusted Kayak and Snorkel Tour businesses in Hawaii and has been in business for over 20 years. The company specializes in small group ocean eco-tour experiences. Their kayak tours include snorkeling along Hawaii’s ocean fish-filled reefs. It’s solid base of customers include direct online reservations through the company’s professional website, and from their strong relationships with worldwide reservation agents such as TripAdvisor and Expedia, as well as corporate group convention outings and Hawaii activity booking agents. They have excellent ratings on all travel web platforms including TripAdvisor, Google Reviews and Yelp with a top SEO result on Google search. They are fully permitted by both their County and the State of Hawaii.
This is a great lifestyle business which provides enough income for the owners to live very well in Hawaii’s paradise.
INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
• The business is long tenured and well established with major local and online distribution booking entities like TripAdvisor and Expedia.
• Excellent reputation with on island activity sales desks and entities.
• Excellent long history of customer reviews online (Google, TripAdvisor, Yahoo)
• Has strong relationships with the major corporate marketing companies (“DMCs”) who book most of the corporate events activity purchases.
• They have multiple County and State of Hawaii operating permits for different locations. Repeat customers therefore can kayak a different location.
• A big advantage the Company has, because it operates on numerous permitted locations, is that if the weather or surf at a schedule tour location is bad, they can move the tour to another of their permitted locations instead of cancelling the tour.
• Strong recovery from Covid.
• Strong profit margins.
• Customers can book tour reservations on-line on their website, by-passing the commission sales agents.
• Relatively easy to operate.
• Attractively priced.
• Consistently good revenue and profits. 2021 SDE of $179,031 on Sales of $345,041.
The Business is being offered on a fully turnkey basis including all operating assets and permits, plus a long-term non-compete agreement and training provided by the Seller, due to the pending retirement of the owners.
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Financial
- Asking Price: $395,000
- Cash Flow: $179,000
- Gross Revenue: $345,041
- EBITDA: N/A
- FF&E: $50,000
- Inventory: N/A
- Inventory Included: N/A
- Established: 2000
Detailed Information
- Property Owned or Leased:N/A
- Property Included:N/A
- Building Square Footage:200
- Lot Size:N/A
- Total Number of Employees:5
- Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment:N/A
Business operations are home based Base yard for equipment storage is Leased Base yard monthly rent: In 2021 - $700 per month; $8,400 per year; and $3.50 per sq. ft. Approximately a 10 by 20-foot storage shed (200 sq. ft.) and significant uncovered base yard space for storage of kayaks and trailers. Base yard lease expiration date: Month to Month (Home Based)
2 weeks
Retirement
• They believe they are one of the largest providers of ocean kayaking on the island and have only modest competition. • They are fully permitted by both the State of Hawaii and their County. • Excellent website where customers can book reservations directly, which saves the Company from paying commissions to reservation services.
They have several growth opportunities including Kayak fishing tours, Stand Up Paddle Board Tours and Kayak rental delivery. They currently get a number of calls from people wanting to rent Kayaks, but currently do not do so.
This Business Is Home Based
Additional Info
The venture was established in 2000, making the business 22 years old.
The company has 5 employees and is located in a building with disclosed square footage of 200 sq ft.
The real estate is leased by the business for $700 per Month
Why is the Current Owner Selling The Business?
There are all kinds of reasons why people resolve to sell operating businesses. Nonetheless, the real reason and the one they tell you might be 2 completely different things. For instance, they might claim "I have way too many other obligations" or "I am retiring". For numerous sellers, these reasons stand. But also, for some, these might simply be reasons to try to hide the reality of altering demographics, increased competition, recent reduction in profits, or a variety of various other reasons. This is why it is really important that you not rely completely on a seller's word, yet rather, utilize the vendor's answer combined with your overall due diligence. This will repaint an extra reasonable picture of the business's present scenario.
Existing Debts and Future Obligations
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Understanding the Customer Base, Competition and Area Demographics
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