TOUR BOOKING SYSTEM (TBS)

The Distinctive Systems Tour Booking System (TBS) is designed for tour, day excursion and express service booking management.

TBS has been designed from the ground up to be a full-fledged client/server system. This not only guarantees a state-of-the-art basis for an in-house reservation system, but also, for the first time ever, provides operators with a proper foundation for hosting their own fully featured Internet booking system.

The optional TBS Online booking handles Internet inquiries, bookings and payments for both agents and direct clients. The Online booking will allow access to the full pricing structure created for each tour. In addition to being able to choose their room type, clients are able to select from a wide range of accommodation supplements and options. Where appropriate they are also able to choose their own seats, select a pickup point or request a home pick-up.

Although the Internet booking capability is an exciting step forward, of far more significance is the underlying flexibility of the TBS database design. The use of tour vehicles, seating plans and pick-up points is entirely optional, which also makes the system ideally suited to handling tours that aren't coach based.

Powerful new features are capable of meeting the ever more crucial need for timely and accurate reporting. Comprehensive standard and user definable reporting facilities can, for instance, analyze tour income and keep tight control over costs in multiple currencies.

TBS is fully integrated with the Coach Manager charter and contract booking system

Highlights

• Comprehensive facilities for displaying available tour departures with single click initiation of new bookings
• Foolproof entry of booking details with multiple tour departures on each booking
• Comprehensive tour details with user definable coding system and unlimited accommodation stages
• Unlimited departure dates for each tour with separate prices and multi currency costs for each departure date
• Unlimited user definable general sales items with grouping system for rapid deployment
• Comprehensive accommodation details with user definable coding system, discussion log and unlimited user definable accommodation items and supplements
• Comprehensive insurer details with discussion log and unlimited user definable insurance sales items
• Unlimited user definable seating plans with unlimited rows and columns and user definable key
• Comprehensive client details with user definable coding system, discussion log and brochure management system
• Comprehensive agents details with user definable coding system, discussion log and commission table
• Invoices generated automatically from booking details and can be printed, faxed or emailed
• Comprehensive standard and user definable reporting facilities throughout the entire system with onscreen previews, printed reports and data export
• Single or multi-user Microsoft SQL Server client/server system available with multiple operating companies
• Microsoft SQL backup and restore facilities with scheduled backups