Software for tour operators and travel businesses
Tour operators and travel businesses run trips, availability, bookings, itineraries and customer details across a website that does not search well, a pile of spreadsheets and a booking tool that takes a commission on everything. The bigger travel platforms cost a fortune and still put their brand between you and your customer.
We build software around how you actually sell. Searchable trips, bookings, itineraries and customer data in one place, on your brand and with no cut taken from every booking, from £150 a month.
What it does
Searchable trips and availability
Customers filter by date, type or destination and find the right trip fast, instead of scrolling a page that fights them.
Bookings without commission
Take bookings and deposits directly, on your own site, so you keep the margin a marketplace would have taken.
Itineraries and customer data
Every trip, booking and customer in one place, so you can put together an itinerary or answer a question without hunting through spreadsheets.
See what actually sells
Reporting on trips, bookings and revenue, so you plan next season on what worked, not a hunch.
Proof, not promises
We build in travel already. We built EasyWays, a Scottish self-guided walking-holidays operator, a searchable holidays website so customers find the right trip fast, and Private Concierge Scotland their site. We build the booking, itinerary and customer systems a travel business runs on, on your brand and without a commission on every booking.
Related: Business digitisation and Custom software.
Ready when you are
Custom systems from £150 a month. Bespoke, human-designed websites from £2,000.
Book a free call and we will tell you honestly what is worth building, with no cost and no hard sell.
Common questions
Off-the-shelf reservation software or a bespoke build for a tour operator?
Platforms like TourCMS or Rezdy suit operators whose trips fit a standard booking flow, and if yours do, start there. A build of your own pays off when your itineraries, supplier mix or the way you take deposits and balances are more involved than a package allows. We will look at your trips and say honestly which route fits.
Can it manage itineraries, availability and supplier bookings together?
Yes. You can build itineraries, hold live availability and track what each supplier owes or is owed, all against the booking. When a customer books, the trip, the payments and the supplier side stay in step instead of living in separate spreadsheets.
How does it handle deposits, balances and customer comms?
We can take a deposit at booking, schedule the balance and chase it automatically, then send confirmations, documents and pre-trip information at the right time. Customers get a tidy trail of emails and their own booking to look at, and your team stops sending everything by hand.
Can it cope with different currencies, seasons and group trips?
Yes. We build around how you really sell, whether that is seasonal pricing, per-person group rates or multi-leg trips with several suppliers. Because it is your system, we can add the odd rule your trips need that a package would never allow for.
What does it cost and how quickly can we start?
We build in stages, so the cost is spread out. It is from £150 a month, or a one-off build you own, with a fixed price after a short call. We get a first version live in weeks, usually bookings and payments, then add itineraries and supplier management as you use it.
Can it replace the systems we run now?
Most operators come to us with a booking tool, a supplier spreadsheet and an inbox doing the rest. We bring that together and carry your data across so nothing is lost. Anything that already works, like your accounts software or a payment provider, we connect to rather than replace.
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See it in action: EasyWays →
