{"id":6474,"date":"2019-03-06T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T11:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intexsoft.com\/?post_type=blog&p=6474"},"modified":"2023-12-07T14:28:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:28:50","slug":"travel-management-software-the-main-types","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/intexsoft.com\/blog\/travel-management-software-the-main-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Management Software: The Main Types"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s no wonder in a world open to anyone and sharing numerous business, family and cultural connections, that industries such as the travel business are trying to be in step with modern technological software.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Manual creation of proper travel maps covering all destinations in a travel tour takes an enormous amount of time, and it won\u2019t necessarily be the most cost-effective solution. Mistakes in choosing the proper hotel, airline or vacation spot result in wasting money and damaging travel agents\u2019 reputations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Travel agencies work for the sole purpose of customer satisfaction and, naturally, overpriced tours are not something that make clients happy. Corporate travel planning is even more difficult since it is usually associated with lots of formalities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On the other hand, ready-to-use travel management software modules can easily deal with searching and analyzing travel options, leaving for you to only select between the most suitable options. Besides, travel management software samples are usually designed with multiple features addressing various aspects of travel planning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Types of Travel Management Software<\/span><\/h2>\n

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You can decide what traveling aspect is difficult to plan for you and configure the needed module to match the majority of your requirements. Let\u2019s review some of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Flight Planning<\/span><\/h3>\n

Flight planning software\u00a0is designed to simplify the airliner choice and cover all flight details, such as ticket booking, voiding or cancellation, notifications on schedule or gateway changes, additional meals or extra baggage. Such tools usually provide information as to the weather conditions at the destination point, seat maps, airport codes, flight itinerary and others, depending on your chosen software.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hotel Booking<\/span><\/h3>\n

Hotel booking software\u00a0takes on the majority of accommodation features. It offers customized search options by country, city, star rate, price, room type, and other filters. One of its key functions is in booking, modifying and canceling room reservations through a secured booking page. Certain solutions might provide an image gallery and hotel comparison, as well as offer promo codes, hotel rules descriptions, child validation service and reservation reminders<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Activities Planning<\/span><\/h3>\n

Activities planning software\u00a0represents a compact guide for the chosen spot and gives an overview of the surrounding sights and worthy infrastructural objects with their description, visitors ratings and feedback. Most of activities modules have an image gallery.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Transfer Planning<\/span><\/h3>\n

Transfers planning software\u00a0takes care of travelers\u2019 in-between transportation by planning it beforehand. The module responses to a specified time and date of a client\u2019s arrival and comes up with a proper transfer solution. Supporting information such as the presence of children, the amount of baggage and final destination helps to improve the service needed.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Holiday Travel Management<\/span><\/h3>\n

Holiday travel management software is a package solution for both travelers and travel agencies. It encompasses the information about the route, hotels and favorite tourist spots with an extended description, creating the lifelike perception of a chosen place. By including all vacation details, this kind of travel management software helps to find the optimal solution based on your interests and within your available budget.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Corporate Travel Management<\/span><\/h3>\n

Corporate travel management software\u00a0addresses the needs of small and big companies. Usually, this sort of software includes a profile management system, keeping all data for trips organizing updated, a trip arrangement toolkit with enabled approval flows, up-to-date reporting and cost control, multi-currency support and receipts storage.<\/span><\/p>\n

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CRM module<\/strong> is a piece of travel management software emphasizing client-oriented approach. Such tools are generally used in many spheres to organize customer information, enable and promote international communication, and automate manual procedures. Such CRM modules\u2019 functionalities may differ, depending on the end user of their services. It\u2019s perfect for handling an abundant customer database, providing support services, data analysis, booking tools and all kinds of schedulers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Admin module<\/strong>\u00a0comes with a package of extended features, enabling users with deeper system access and more executive planning as to the overall system features. This module usually includes CC authorization and anti-fraud validation, tax and commission management, ads administration, B2C management, leads profile, travel checklist, report management and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before choosing specific travel management software or building one on your own, you need to understand what kind of software you need exactly. Selecting between web and mobile formats isn\u2019t always easy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Web apps<\/strong>\u00a0can be accessed through any browser, adapting to the device you\u2019re using. They do not need to be installed separately. They look similar to mobile apps in many ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mobile apps<\/strong>\u00a0are developed for a particular operating system, such as iOS or Android, and must be uploaded and installed to your mobile device. Unlike web apps, mobile ones cannot be viewed from desktop devices. Nevertheless, since mobile apps are developed for smooth integration with certain mobile devices, they tend to offer wider functionality and easily integrate with your other native mobile apps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Major factors determining the final choice are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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