Chapter 4: Tours

The Tours Module – Optimize Your Tour Building Workflow

Before starting, let’s examine the relationship between Tours and Packages.

Tours contain an unlimited number of Packages (itineraries) and store the details related to payment deadlines, cancellation penalties, bus departure and return points, and group air segments.

For every departure you have scheduled you will have a Tour record and linked to that record you will have at least one and probably more Packages–the Package being the repository for all the Vendor services that are included in the itinerary.

Using a cruise as an example, you will create a Tour record that will reflect the departure and return dates, the ship, etc. Next, you will create Packages to represent the various cabins and costs: Category A at $1,000, Category B at $1,200 and Category C at $1,400. When you eventually begin to take reservations for the cruise, the Tour will be selected first and then a Package will be selected, in order to assign a specific deck category to the traveler.