A self-operated tour is an organized tour which you create and either operate or sell. This type of tour typically includes a guide, transportation, hotel, and various other services (including attractions).
There are two types of self operation tours:
Tour based on a fixed number of passengers. An example of this is a tour based on the number of bus seats. For these tours, you are going to open an individual travel file for each passenger, and group them together in the self operated tour. When passengers book the tour, a reservation is created in the self-operation tour gross transaction, which is used to calculate the number of remaining available spaces in the tour.
Tour based on the number of hotel allocations. This tour is based on the number of available hotel rooms (at one or more hotel options) for each night of the tour. When passengers book a tour that is based on allocations, no reservation is created in the self-operation tour gross transaction, and the room is deducted from the remaining allocations for the hotels. For these types of tours, the Reservations tab is not displayed in the self-operation tour gross transaction.
Each type of tour can be operated according to one of the following tour modes:
Regular tour. This is a "stand-alone" tour that can be defined either on the basis of a fixed number of passengers or available hotel allocations.
Modular tour. This is a tour composed of more than one regular tour. Each regular tour is considered a module of the modular tour.
For Example: The modular tour 3 Weeks - Classic Europe (Amsterdam, London, and Paris) is composed of two regular tours (modules):
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