Bus Tours are services used in the Tourism industry that:
- Have multiple addresses already linked for the places to visit
- Addresses can have html descriptions linked to contribute to the tour overall html
- May not proceed if insufficient bookings
- Can add pickup / drop off addresses based on bookings
- Has advertising html that can be placed onto websites
- Links to a vehicle (an Asset in the system) in order to limit ticket sales to seats / options available (vehicle can be changed)
- May have different ticket prices based on the person booking, options taken or associated tickets (eg to a stage show)
- May require multiple drivers depending on distance
- May attract expenses during the tour and require Service Vouchers
- May be organised by others but bookings taken by you
- May be booked and organised for particular groups
- May have accommodation requirements
Setting up Bus A Tour is sold with a number of inclusions to a destination
- An example destination may be "Gold Coast"
- Example inclusions are "Water Park Ticket", "Lunch", "Water view Room" etc.
Normally a single destination will have multiple tours defined with different inclusions
A vehicle and driver travelling to a destination may carry a number of different tours.
- For example a bus to the Gold Coast may on the same vehicle carry passengers who are on different tours (example one includes entry to the water park)
A single day travelling to a destination may require multiple vehicles
Tours are commonly sold via Agents
- Agents are intermediaries that may earn a commission or may pay directly for the tour
- Prices may vary depending on the commissions or some special offers
Tours may be AM, PM, all day or multiple days
- Multiple day tours may require Accommodation Bookings and confirmation numbers entered at time of booking
Passengers may depart a Tour vehicle midway through the itinerary and re-join on a later vehicle
- For example if on a Gold Coast multi-day tour the passengers are staying on for 3 days in the middle and then re-joining the tour.
Tour bookings may be picked up and dropped of from
- Known addresses - example hotels timing based on a route timing plan
- Entered addresses - timing to be estimated based on suburb
When a single booking has multiple passengers and will not fit on a single vehicle they may be split across vehicles
A Tour may be a special type like a Charter - that requires it's own vehicle