In the past real life travel agents could add bookings. To make sure that they received their commission
1. Go to Admin > Agents > Add agents.
2. Add in as much information about the agent, enter their commission details and click “Save”.
Agent settings explained:
'Deduct from customer payment' is a setting that asks do you want to deduct the agent commission from the customer payment or not?
Deduct from customer payment = Yes
This means the agent commission is deducted from the full rate to lower the customer payment and final property total. For example:
When you edit the booking the setting looks like:
(Most common) Deduct from customer payment = No
This will only reduce the property profit for the financial reports and not touch the customer payments. For example:
When you edit the booking the setting looks like:
Deduct from customer payment = Yes
This means the agent commission is deducted from the full rate to lower the customer payment and final property total.
(Most common) Deduct from customer payment = No
This will only reduce the property profit for the financial reports and will not affect the customer payments.
This feature gives the agent access to place a booking on your website on their behalf.
When you tick this box, the following field will open on your website booking form:
The travel agent can log their ID (shown in Admin > Agents > Edit agents):
Then the agent can proceed and complete the rest of the booking information and “Submit booking”.