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How to Use the Booking Level
How to Use the Booking Level

Booking Level refers to the booking detail, which appears when you select a specific booking on the Bookings page.

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Written by Lucia Burin Sestakova
Updated over 2 months ago

šŸ” Required Role Permissions: Bookings

Header - Edit Order, Edit Order Reseller, See Reseller

Order Details - See Product Operator

Order Management - Redeem Booking, No-show Booking, Un-redeem Booking, Update Booking, Update Future Booking, Update Cancelled Booking, Cancel Booking, Book Historically, See Booking Updates, Cancel Future Booking

Accounting - Show Commission

Order Action - Void Transaction, Edit Transaction, Add Transaction, Refund Transaction

Logs - See Comments, Edit Comments

šŸ”“ Optional Role Permissions: Save Searches, See Bulk Action, Data Export, Generate Reports

The booking level can be divided into several sections:

Header

  • Customer Information - change these by pressing the pen and paper icon in the top left corner and add or change the following customer fields:

Customer Information

Field Name

Description

Tags

a flag associated with the customer; used for filtering and reporting purposes

Salutation

how the customer wishes to be addressed, for example, Mr., Mrs. or Ms.

First Name

customerā€™s first name

Last Name

customerā€™s last name

Company

customerā€™s company

Department

customerā€™s department

Title

customerā€™s job title

Email

customerā€™s email address

Mobile

customerā€™s phone number

Age

customerā€™s age

Language

customerā€™s preferred language

Country

customerā€™s country of residence

Address

customerā€™s address (street name and number)

City

customerā€™s address (city)

State/Province

customerā€™s address (state or province)

Zip/Postal Code

customerā€™s address (zip number or postal code)

Notes

customerā€™s notes related to the order

Tax ID

customerā€™s tax identification number

Tax Office

tax office the customer is registered at

Send me the latest offers and exclusive discounts

when checked, the customer subscribes to marketing communication

Email Receipt

when checked, the customer receives an email booking receipt

SMS Receipt

when checked, the customer receives the booking receipt in a text message to their phone

  • Reseller Details - reseller name, outlet, and agent; press the EDIT ORDER button to make changes to the following fields:

Reseller Details

Field Name

Description

Currency

change the resellerā€™s currency using the drop-down field; only currencies allowed in Supplier Settings are listed here

Notification Emails

enter the operator/reseller email address, the primary recipient of all updates about the booking

Source

change where the sale was made from

Reseller

change which reseller made the sale

Outlet

change which outlet the reseller made the sale from

Agent

change which reseller agent made the sale

Product Voucher Number

enter the reseller reference of a reseller voucher used to pay for the order

Voucher File

upload an image of the scanned voucher

Notes

enter order notes

or press the RECONCILE ORDER button to assign the order to the correct reseller

  • Brief order summary - lists the source of the sale, how long ago the sale was made, order reference and the name of the seller or agent who made the sale (if available)

Order Summary


Order Details

  • Product details - lists the product code and name, destination and tour operator (if any), the booking status, product type and question badge are listed below the product details

Product Details

  • Travel Date - the day of the week, date, year, duration and start time of the tour

  • Tour Group - the name of the tour group the customerā€™s booking is assigned to

  • Tickets - the count of tickets by tier (ticket type)

Travel Date, Tour Group & Tickets

  • Booking Reference - a unique 8-character alphanumeric string

  • Booking Total - the total price of the order

Booking Reference & Booking Total

šŸ“— TIP

You can collapse or expand the section below by clicking anywhere in the previous section.

  • Cart - an itemised list of tickets, their quantity, promotions, purchase items and the total


Order Management

šŸ“’ NOTE

Depending on your access level, you may not have the ability to use all of the below actions.

  • Sign Waivers - sign or send waivers to customers


    šŸ“’ NOTE

    A booking cannot be redeemed before all associated waivers are signed.


  • Redeem - mark tickets as redeemed as well as:

Action

Description

Print individual tickets per person

print a ticket for each person in the booking

Print single ticket for whole booking

print one ticket for the entire booking

Redeem without Printing

do not print any ticket

  • Un-Redeem - changes such as changing booking tiers cannot be done on redeemed bookings. In those cases, press the Un-Redeem button, make the change and press the Redeem button.

  • Print Voucher - print a single voucher for the entire group or one for each person in the booking

  • Print Receipt - print a single receipt for the entire group or one for each person in the booking

  • Email Voucher - send the voucher to the customer via email


    šŸ“— TIP

    The email address for this action can be different than the one provided by the customer at checkout.


  • Download Waivers - download a PDF file of all signed waivers associated with the booking

  • Send Waiver Form - send the waiver form to the customerā€™s email address


    šŸ“’ NOTE

    An email address must be entered in the customer details.


  • Reset Waivers - invalidate individual or all signed waivers

  • Add Task - associate a task with the booking

  • No Show - mark the booking as no-show when the customer does not show up for the tour

  • Make Changes - change the booking; pressing this button will take you to the booking form where you can change the booked product, tour dates and times, number and type of tickets


    šŸ“’ NOTE

    Be mindful of the price difference a change can cause. You may need to collect a balance due or pay back any overcharge.


  • Rebook - upgrade the booking; pressing this button will take you to the booking form where you can upgrade the booked product, options, tour dates and times, number and type of tickets; the original booking will be marked 'Upgraded' and a new booking with the upgraded product will be created, retaining the customer's information,

  • Cancel Booking - cancel the booking either at the customerā€™s request or due to other reasons which can be stated in the cancelation form; a canceled booking will be removed from the resellerā€™s invoice unless you tick the ā€˜Adjust invoice amountā€™ checkbox, which will compensate the reseller for the canceled booking

  • SMS Voucher - send the voucher to the customerā€™s phone number

  • Send Campaign - send out a Mailjet, Postmark or Twilio campaign


Administrative tasks

Admin Links

  • View Shift - view the details of the sellerā€™s shift during which the booking was made

  • Debug Rates - in case rates on the booking do not seem correct, use the debug tool to help discover the issue

  • Download Reseller Voucher - download a PDF file of a scanned voucher used to pay for the tour

  • Invoices - automatically generated reseller and operator invoices are accessible from here


Add-ons

Additional details, such as pickup locations, hotels or guides assigned to the tour are listed here.

Add-ons

  • Guides - lists the guide(s) for this tour added in the manifest

  • Pickup - if a pickup was requested, the pickup name, locations, time are displayed here, you can additionally include notes pertaining to the pickup

  • Hotel - if a hotel was added during the booking, it will be listed here

  • Public Notes - add public notes such as dietary restrictions on behalf of the customer

  • Private Notes - add private internal notes

  • Questions & Answers - if the booking included any questions, the answers to them as entered during booking will appear here


Accounting

An overview of your revenue and expenses resulting from the sale.

Accounting

  • Booking Total - the total price of the booking

  • Cost Rate - the operating cost of the purchased product

  • Wholesale - the wholesale price of the purchased product

  • Commission - the resellerā€™s cut from the sale

  • Receivable - the amount that you make from the sale or owe; a positive amount means that a reseller owes you and a negative amount means that you are meant to pay the reseller

  • Margin - the amount of your clean earnings; the formula is as follows: margin = total - cost - commission - payment_fees - net_tax


Tickets

This section lists all the tickets in the booking, with the ticket code, price, status, type (tier) and extras (if any).

Tickets


Quick Actions

Quick Actions

  • NEW BOOKING - make a new booking; this booking is not associated with the booking where the sale was made from

  • NEW UPGRADE - this action is currently not available

  • NEW PURCHASE - purchase a new item; this purchase is associated with the booking where the sale was made from. You can CANCEL or UPDATE the purchase at a later date.

  • NEW GIFT - purchase a gift card; this purchase is associated with the booking where the sale was made from. You can print or email the gift card; Make Changes or Cancel Gift at a later date.


Payment Summary

An overview of transactions made on the order.

Payment Summary

  • Order Total - the total amount the customer is required to pay for the order

  • Total Paid - the amount the customer paid for the order; this can be a single payment or a combination of types of payments, for example, cash + voucher

  • Total Refunded - the total amount returned to the customer, for example, if the customer paid more than the price of the order, or when the order was cancelled

  • Balance Due / Overcharged By - the amount the customer is required to pay or the amount the customer is owed, respectively

Below the summary is an itemised list of the transactions related to the order:

  • Amount - the amount of the transaction

  • Action - indicates the direction of the transaction, for example, it may state a payment (by the customer) or a refund (by your operation), and the source of the transaction, for example, Backoffice or Direct API

  • Date - date and time of the transaction

  • Sold By - the name of the seller or reseller who performed the transaction

  • Notes - any notes added by the seller or reseller

Press VOID to delete the transaction or EDIT to add notes to the transaction.


Order Actions

Order Actions

  • ADD PAYMENT - if a payment has not been recorded in Ventrata for some reason but has been completed offline or online, press the ADD PAYMENT button with an explanation

  • PERFORM REFUND - refund a payment; you can choose to refund the entire order or only part of it by entering the amount in the ā€˜Amountā€™ field or by pressing the SET AMOUNT button by selecting specific item(s) for which tickets were returned or cancelled

  • PRINT RECEIPT - if you have a printer attached, you can print the order receipt

  • PRINT INVOICE - view, download and print invoices and statements

  • EMAIL RECEIPT - send the receipt to the customerā€™s email address; if the ā€˜Customer Emailā€™ field has been entered at checkout, the address will show up in the address field, or you can enter it manually before sending the receipt

  • PRINT ORDER - view or download the booking detail in PDF format and print; the printed document is a print representation of the booking detail, including logs at the bottom of the booking detail

  • Add comment + ATTACHMENT - add a comment and upload attachments pertaining to the order; any content added here will be appended to the User Comments tab (and All Logs tab) at the bottom of the booking detail; you can EDIT or DELETE comments and attachments at any time.


Logs

Any updates to the order are logged at the very bottom of the booking detail. To view specific types of logs, switch between the User Comments and System Updates tabs, or browse the All Logs tab for a complete list of logs.

Logs

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