Software Features

Flight Bookings

Within the eTrip system a user is able to search for fares via the nett fares database and match it with availability via a GDS or search for availability. GDS. Once a fare has been located eTrip has the capability to create the PNR directly with the GDS. Besides nett fares, eTrip can also search for published or CAT35 fares using the GDSes pricing tools such as Worldspan's Powershopper, Galileo’s Super Best Buy or Amadeus' Master Pricer. As well as having a comprehensive nett fares database eTrip also has a charter flight module that enables you to load and sell your own flight stock.

Hotel Reservations

The eTrip system also offers an accommodation module which includes the ability to sell directly contracted accommodation on an allocation, sell and report, free sale or on request basis, as well as link to an ever expanding number of third party XML accommodation suppliers.


Additional to the flight and hotel booking system, eTrip enables you to sell locally loaded contracts for car hire, bus tours, packages, transfers, cruises, excursions.

Reservation, account and operation services

As well as enabling the user to sell product, eTrip has many tools that make management of the booking easy and more efficient.

  • Client and supplier payments
  • Fully customisable documentation including invoices, vouchers and itineraries
  • System generated letters (can be used for errata, booking requests etc.)
  • All documentation can be printed or emailed directly to the client
  • Quick add items (credit card charges, booking fees)
  • Booking manifests

MIS Reports

Management reporting is a key part of making a successful business. It essential that you have instant access to information regarding the performance of your company and individual team members. Therefore we have added reports that can provide that data in a fast and efficient way, with the ability (if required) to be imported into Excel files.

The following is a selection of the reports you can obtain using eTrip:

    Accounts
  • Cash book - Daily/Monthly banking
  • Credit control
  • Debit control
  • Supplier Reports
  • CAA and ABTA reports
    Sales
  • Profitability of sales
  • Sales by agent
  • Sales by media (web vs. in-house)
  • Sales by supplier
  • Sales by geographical area
  • Sales by product/brochure
  • Sales by client type
    Marketing
  • Sales by promotion
  • Sales by media (Advertising)

Trip Solutions is able to create custom reports for individual clients, as long as the data is stored into eTrip, we are able to create the report you need.

The Internet has become increasingly important in the development of any travel business. Therefore eTrip was designed to make the transition from in house sales to web sales a smooth and simple one. Whether you are looking to sell accommodation only or offer your customer the latest in dynamic packaging, eTrip can provide the solution you need.
The eTrip reservations suite can handle the following online transactions and can be fully integrated to a number of online payment transaction vendors.

Online shopping basket

Are you selling multiple products online and want to be able to sell them in one transaction? We can create a shopping basket enabling your client to buy car hire, accommodation, transfers, etc. without having to enter their credit card details for each product purchased.

GDS Integration

The eTrip reservation suite handles both published and negotiated airfares, so your online customers always have access to your best available fares.

Packages

If you create your own packages then you can simply sell them online. Add the components in a simple to use interface and sell your flights, hotels and transfers in one fast and efficient way.

Contract Modules

Within eTrip there is a contracting module that enables you to sell directly contracted product via our system. This includes air, hotels, car hire, packages (flight and coach), cruise, transfers, tours and excursions

    Air
    Complex flight contract loading includes:
  • Complex route handling
  • Min and max stay rules
  • Complex conditions by route
  • Advance purchase rules
  • Complex route handling
  • Single/Double open jaws
  • Contract mixing
  • Booking class mixing
  • Charter allocations
  • Tax loading
  • Complex supplements
  • Ticket time limit handling
  • Flight number restriction handling (by route and/or contract)
  • OSI message handling
  • Basic stop over rules
    Hotel
    Complex hotel contract loading includes:
  • Complex condition handling
  • Min and maximum stays by contract or season
  • Pro rata or day of checking pricing
  • Define check-in and check-out days
  • Define prices per room or per passenger
  • Complex occupancy rules
  • Complex supplement
  • Complex meal basis handling
  • Allocation and release date handling
  • Blackout management
  • Tax module
  • Free night special offers
  • Early booking special offers
  • Special offers (free extras, like honeymoon special offers)
  • Supplier commissions
    Package
    Package contract includes:
  • Set packages components
  • Flights
  • Hotels
  • Coach tours
  • Transfers
  • Extra misc. items
  • Auto generate package prices from component nett rates
  • Generate CSV files for price distribution
  • Duration (7, 14, 21 nights etc.)
  • Multiple departure points
  • Create seasons or departure dates
  • Passenger types
  • Mark-ups by passenger or season
  • Create early booking discounts
  • Set taxes per person
    Tours (buses and self drive)
  • Define multiple departure and arrival points
  • Define accommodation
  • Define route
  • Transport and hotel allocation
  • Price and cost by departure and destination point
    Cruise
  • Set up cruise ships (decks and cabin categories)
  • Define itineraries
  • Add pricing for specific cruise and cabin
  • Import prices and itineraries from most major cruise lines

    Transfers
  • Define transfer by individual location or group of locations
  • Define pricing per vehicle or per passenger
  • Define minimum or maximum number of passengers
  • Define unlimited seasons
    Excursions
  • Define transfer by individual location or group of locations
  • Define pricing per person or per booking
  • Define minimum or maximum number of passengers
  • Define unlimited seasons

Accounts and Maintenance Module

The eTrip system has a comprehensive maintenance section that includes a complex mark-up manager; this enables the users to mark-up by the following parameters:

  • Product type
  • Brand
  • Client type
  • Booking type (flight only, IT etc.)
  • Distribution channel (in-house or online)
  • Location
  • Contract
  • Hotel
  • Star rating
  • Percentage, value or both
  • Cost bands

Additional to the mark-up manager, there is a complex commission manager that enables you to set up commission with the same set of parameters as the mark-up manager. The maintenance section is where you will set up all the parameters required to load into the eTrip system.

The maintenance module also gives you the flexibility to define how you would like eTrip to work. You are able to set up the following information:

  • All general set-up parameters
  • Suppliers payment type
  • Client documentation
  • Product set up (Airlines, Airports, Hotels etc.)

System back-ups

The eTrip system has the ability to back-up the whole database to an external drive; Trip Solutions is also able to offer you the facility to back up your data automatically, giving you the peace of mind that your data will always be safe and protected.

System logs

Within eTrip there is a comprehensive system for logging user actions as well as potential system problems. You have fast and efficient access to detailed logs of who, when, where and what was changed in eTrip.

Our Clients and Partners trust our software every day as a central part of their business

Trip Solutions is a company specialised in developing software solutions for the travel industry.

Within our company we have more than 15 years experience in the travel industry and more than 10 years developing travel software.

We have been operating since 2005 and in that time gradually built a client base that has enabled us to create software solutions for most aspects of the travel industry.

As a company we have been working with important players in the UK and Eastern European markets, such as Stella Travel Services in the UK and Christian Tour in Romania.