Trips bring all the pieces of Groupdesk together. Trips allow you to add Contacts and Organizers, add Inventory specific to the trip itinerary, and send emails to Bookings and Contacts. This is also where the payment schedule (including balance date) is determined for each individual group.

How to Create a Trip Record:

• Click [+] (top right corner)

• Required to enter Name / Status* / Brand

  • Once status is determined you will also have to enter additional fields that are mandatory depending on the status of the trip.

• Name: What you want your trip to be called (Ex. GENERIC-TRIP-2020-YEG-TO-HAWAII)

• ​Status: the status of the trip (active, presale, limited, waitlist etc.)

• ​Brand: The brand catalog that the trip is sold under

• Year: The year in which the trip will occur

• Program Period: When the trip occurs (March Break, New Years Eve, Spring Break, Custom etc.)

• Type: the type of trip (Grad Trip, Spring Break, Festivals & events, custom etc.)

• Launch Date: the date of the trip sales launch (first day to sell the trip)

• Deposit Deadline: the day that deposits are due for the trip

• Travel Week: which week your group travels (Ex. Your company runs 3 weeks of spring break and this trip travels on the second week. It would be travel week 2.)

• Departure Date: the date the trip departs

• Require Payment In Full - Enabled requires bookings to pay in full at the time of deposit. Will also hide some Payment Schedule info below if enabled.

• Payment Period Count: How often you want payment period unit to occur (ex. 1 = once every month, 2 = once every 2 months)

• Payment Period Unit: How often you want your periodic payments to occur (Yearly, monthly, weekly, daily)

• Deposit Amount: numeric value of the initial deposit that will be required when first booking the trip

• Periodic Amount: Numeric value of the periodic payments (ex $100)

• Balance Date: The date that final outstanding balances are due (recommended to be 60-90 days prior to travel, but depends on individual business practices).

• Passport Required - if passports are required for this trip

  • Allow Passport Changes - select if you want passengers to be able to manually update their passport details on their profiles (Only shows if Passport Required is selected)

• Automatic Status Changes - allow Groupdesk to automatically update booking statuses based on their payments and schedules (recommended)

• Allow Rooming Changes - if passengers will be able to submit their rooming requests through My Profile.

• Account: The account associated to the trip (Ex. Local High School, Fraternity/Sorority, Church Group)

• Gateway: travel gateway where trip departs (Airport, Ferry Station, Bus Depot etc)

• Destination: final travel destination, where the trip will take place

• Hotel: The hotel where the trip will take place

• Trip Planners: Which internal sales person is planning the trip

• Campaign: which sales campaign the trip is a part of

Travel Week

Travel week helps define the time of travel if there is a long program period with many trips. Assigning a travel week is helpful to operations/on-site teams and/or if you need to sort search results by week.

ie: Your week-long summer camp runs for 7 weeks. Trips with start dates in the third week would have "Travel Week: 3".

Trip status

Status that connects to the stage of selling.

• Opportunity = traveler cannot yet book, trip not visible on the Trip Page

• Ready to Convert = ready to change 'generic' or 'placeholder' inventory to real inventory

• Presale = travelers can pay deposit

• Active = open for all to book

• Limited = only a few spots left

• Closed = travelers can no longer book, but still visible on Trip Page

• Waitlist = travelers can book and be added to the waitlist if more space opens up

• Completed = this trip is in the past

• Stopsale = travelers can see the trip but cannot book (sold out)

• Cancelled = this trip is no longer happening

Add a contact (lead) to a trip

Part 1:

1. ​Create a contact​

Part 2:

1. Open the Trip Record

2. With the Contacts module open, click Add in the module header

3. Search for the contact you've already created

   • Can search by name or email

4. Add Lead from the Association drop-down

5. Click Add

Add an organizer to a trip

1. Open the trip record

2. With the Contacts module open, find the contact you'd like to add the Organizer relationship to

3. Under actions choose edit

4. In the Edit Contact pop up, click the Association + button and choose Organizer from the drop-down menu.

5. Click Update

Add a Trip Planner to a trip

Part 1:

1. Make sure your contact is set to Type Trip Planner.

Part 2:

1. Open the Trip Record

2. With the Trip Planners module open, click Add in the module header

3. Search for your contact by name

4. Click Add

Add Inventory to a Trip

Are you looking for How to Build an Inventory? Click here. ​

1. Open the Trip Record

2. Scroll down and open the Inventory module

3. Click Add in the Inventory module header, with the module open

4. Search for the inventory you already created by name

5. Click Add

Now your inventory has been added onto a Trip! You will see details from your inventory populate into the Segments module. You will see pricing populate in to the Pricing module and the Pricing Matrix for the trip. Optional inventory pricing will populate in the Optional section under the Pricing Matrix within the Pricing module.

Add Multiple Inventory at Once:

1. Follow steps 1-4 from above and then click the Inventory + button in the right bottom corner

2. This will open up another inventory search bar where you can select another inventory to add

3. Click the Inventory + button for each additional Inventory you wish to add

4. Click Add

Override Mandatory status

If you are adding an Inventory to your trip that does not have the Mandatory status you want for this particular trip, you can override it on a trip-by-trip basis.

To do this:

1. Select the inventory that you want to update

2. Click Override Mandatory

3. Choose Optional or Mandatory

4. Click Update

Adding Discounts and Fees

Once you have pricing on Trips, you can add Discounts or Fees to customize the price for specific trips and bookings. If you would like to add an EBB (Early booking bonus/discount) (which will apply to all bookings when they sign up), click Edit and fill in the information for a Discount.

1. Open Trip record

2. Scroll to the Pricing module

3. Click Edit

4. Add the following fields:

   1. Category - Discount or Fee

   2. Description - Description of category

   3. Type - Amount or Percentage

   4. Amount - Amount of Discount or Fee

If you would like to add multiple discounts / fees to one trip, just add another Line Item + and fill in the appropriate information.

Setting Up Payment Schedules for a Trip

Payment schedules are one of Groupdesk's most powerful tools. Here are some things to know about choosing the type of payment schedule you want to set up for your trip.

Important Information:

• Deposit date must be after launch date, and balance date must be after deposit date.

• The deposit deadline and balance date must both be in the future (from when you create the trip) or your payments will not work correctly.

• If you are opening a trip to Pre-Sale, you only need the deposit amount and the final balance date.

Periodic Payment Schedules vs. Custom Payment Schedules

Payment Schedule Example

Both of these payment schedules look similar, but the behavior of the payment schedule per booking will change.

• X = The Day of the month that your traveler signed up for the trip

• If a traveler (Simon) signs up on May 14th

  • For Periodic: Simon pays their deposit, skips over all previous payments, their "X" date will be the 14th, and they will pay each Periodic Payment on the 14th until their trip is paid off (Periodic payments populate on the booking until the final balance amount is covered) or they reach their Final Balance date when their remaining balance will be charged.

  • For Custom: Simon pays their deposit, skips over all previous payments, their payment dates remain rigid to this custom payment schedule , so their next payment will be May 15th. They will continue to owe payments for each Payment date until the gap between July 15 and Oct 01. If there are no custom payments set up during a specific time period, our payment scheduler is unable to catch your traveler up on the payments with a Custom payment schedule. During this gap, the traveler will not have any payments until they reach their Final Balance date.

Pro's & Con's for Periodic vs. Custom Payment Schedules

1. Can I edit an individual booking's schedule for both kinds of payment schedules? Yes​

2. Can I choose the Deposit and Final Balance date for both types of Payments schedules? Yes

3. Can I mix Periodic and Custom Payments? Yes

4. Can I set up a payment schedule by percentage rather than dollar amount? No

How to Create a Periodic Payment Schedule on a Trip

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Step 1 - Create Schedule

1. Open the Trip Record

2. In the Overview module, click Edit

3. In the Edit Trip pop up, Add in the details below to the fields

You'll need:

• Launch Date - Day you plan on selling the trip

• Deposit Deadline - Day all deposits are due (Must be at least 1 day before the Balance Date)

• Payment Period Count - How many times is the periodic amount being charged within the payment period unit

• Payment Period Unit - Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly

• Deposit Amount - Amount the traveler must put down to begin the booking and payment process

• Periodic Amount - Amount of each periodic payment

• Balance Date - Day all travelers must have completed all payments

Step 2 - Generate Schedule

1. On the Trip Record

2. To review your schedule, scroll down to the Payments Scheduler module and click Edit

3. In the Update Scheduler pop up, review and update (if necessary) in the schedule details and click Update

4. Click Generate Schedule

5. Your new Payment Schedule will appear in Payments module (above the Payment Scheduler module)

6. Review and edit the payments (if necessary)

Step 3 - Push Schedule

1. Make sure that you have reviewed your schedule fully

2. Once satisfied, press the Push Schedule button

3. A pop up will appear asking if you are sure (as this process can only be completed once), click OK

4. The Push Schedule button will become unavailable after it has been selected once

How to Create a Custom Payment Schedule on a Trip

Step 1 - Create Schedule

1. Open the Trip Record

2. In the Overview module, click Edit

3. In the Edit Trip pop up, Add in the details below to the fields

You will still need to enter the following information, even though you will be creating a custom schedule later on:

• Launch Date - Day you plan on selling the trip

• Deposit Deadline - Day all deposits are due (Must be at least 1 day before the Balance Date)

• Payment Period Unit - Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly

• Payment Period Count - How many times is the periodic amount being charged within the payment period unit

• Deposit Amount - Amount the traveler must put down to begin the booking and payment process

• Periodic Amount - Amount of each periodic payment

• Balance Date - Day all travelers must have completed all payments

Step 2 - Generate Schedule

1. On the Trip Record

2. Click Generate Schedule

3. Your Payment Schedule will appear in Payments module (above the Payment Scheduler module)

4. Remove any Periodic payments that you do not want included in your schedule by clicking remove on the right side of the module

5. To add Custom payments, click Add (in the top right of the Payments module)

   1. Fill in the appropriate information:

      1. Amount

      2. Currency (determined for you by the brand associated to the Trip)

      3. Scheduled At

      4. Type

   2. Click Create

6. Repeat for all the payments you wish to add to your schedule

Step 3 - Push Schedule

1. Make sure that you have reviewed your schedule fully

2. Once satisfied, press the Push Schedule button

3. A pop up will appear asking if you are sure (as this process can only be completed once), click OK

4. The Push Schedule button will become unavailable after it has been selected once

Periodic Payment Schedule Examples:

Example #1

If you want a $3000 Spring Break Trip with bi-monthly payments (every other month) of $200 and a deposit of $150:

• Payment Period Count: 2

• Payment Period Unit: Month

• Deposit Amount: 150

• Periodic Amount: 200

Example #2

If you want a $350 ski trip with weekly payments of $25 and a deposit of $10:

• Payment Period Count: 1

• Payment Period Unit: Week

• Deposit Amount: 10

• Periodic Amount: 25

Example #3

If you want a $1000 camp trip with monthly payments of $200 and a deposit of $100:

• Payment Period Count: 1

• Payment Period Unit: Month

• Deposit Amount: 100

• Periodic Amount: 200

Automatic Status Updates

Automatic Status Updates happen when transactions are made to booking records based on the status of the payments on that booking. See here for the definitions of each status.

• NEW JOINER

• ACTIVE

• OVERDUE

• PENDING

• DEFAULT

• CANCELLED

• COMPLETED

• WAITLIST

• UNCONFIRMED

• NO SHOW

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