Overview

While creating a stop or a transit activity, the activity pricing type needs to be selected. This selection is crucial for the overall display and offering of the activity.

This article will focus on the details of standard activity pricing. 

Learn more about how to create a stop or a transit activity here.

00:00: In this video we will be seeing how to create a Standard Transit or Stop Activity in your Inventory, in TripBuilder. 00:07: As we have seen in other videos, Transit and Stop Activities creation is very similar. So, this example fit's the creation of both these products. 00:17: To explain the creation of a Type Standard Transit or Stop Activity, we will be creating a Stop Activity. 00:24: To create a new activity, click on Create Activity. Please be aware of the information you will need beforehand: - A comprehensive description; - A few representative high-quality pictures; - The net-sales prices; - and Locations, Duration, start and end times 00:41: Start by selecting Standard Activity. For Occupancy-based Activities, please check our Video dedicated to it. This type cannot be changed afterwards. 00:52: Give your Standard Activity a name. We are going to create a Costa Brava Kayak and Snorkel Tour in Barcelona. 00:59: Select your contracted currency. This cannot be changed afterwards. 01:04: Add the location where your activity takes place, based on the Areas already existing from TripBuilder, or your own created Areas. 01:12: Since we are creating a Stop Activity, you can only define one area as the Start and also end location. As you remember, Stop Activities should start and end on the same locations, but Transit Activities can have different start and end locations. Feel free to check our video explaining the differences between transit and Stop Activities. 01:32: Define your start times for this activity, that a user can then select in the frontend. 01:38: Define your start times for this activity, that a user can then select in the frontend. For our example, we have this activity twice a day, starting at 8 AM and 2 PM. 01:50: Define the total time that this activity takes to do. Between days, hours and minutes. 01:56: If needed, define also a number of overnights. 02:00: If your activity requires a rental car, select the option as well. 02:05: When done, click on "Save". 02:08: Add a key sentence to your activity, that will show below the title on the frontend, to catch your users attention. 02:15: On Tour information, you can: Define a Minimum age to be a part of this activity; Define if this activity is Private or in Group; Define a difficulty of access, or the tour it self, from Relaxed, Easy, Moderate, Challenging or Extreme; And on guide Information you can select the spoken languages. This will show on the frontend. 02:37: Additionally, you can select a trip type, target groups and themes for your activity. From this pre-existing options, you can define in which your activity best fits. 02:48: On Locations, besides the area you already added as the start/end location, you can now add new areas. This would make sense for our example, since we will pick up our travelers in the city center by transfer, and then the activity takes place in a beach. 03:04: Since we are creating a standard activity, we need to define Service Categories. Click on the tab to add your first service category. 03:13: Click on "Add service category" 03:16: Give your service category a descriptive name. 03:19: and then click on Ok. 03:21: For each service level you create, you can add remarks for what is included and excluded in this service level. 03:28: You can define the pricing on a service level as per Group, per PAX, or Included. 03:34: If you select included, you don't need to define anything else. 03:38: You can choose from Standard, Premium or Deluxe of the Managed Product Category. 03:43: And also define a commission category, from the ones existing - created by your TripBuilder admin. This categories define what commission agencies receive when they book this product. 03:55: As always, we need to define a PAX range, before defining prices. Click on "create now". 04:02: Click on "Add PAX range" 04:05: Create the PAX range based on your contracted pricing offers. 04:09: You can add as many PAX ranges as you need. If PAX ranges are not important for this activity, create a 1 to ninety-nine PAX range. 04:18: For our example, we have a price for this service category for 1 to two PAX, and another for larger groups, from 3 to six PAX. When you're done, Click on "Ok". 04:29: Now, let's define the seasons. As you know, to save you work, if you create the seasons now, all new Service Categories you create will already have pre-filled the seasons you created initially. 04:42: Click on "Choose the season dates". 04:45: Give your season an identifiable name. This will not show on the frontend. 04:50: You can use a calendar, or list view. To select dates on the calendar view, use a drag motion with your hover to select a range of dates. If you need to unselect some dates, click on the blue lines to do so. 05:03: When done, Click on "Ok" 05:06: You can add as many pricing seasons as you need to one service category. 05:11: You can now define the prices for each season you created, based on the PAX ranges you also have created. 05:18: Additionally, you can add Special Offers to Service Categories of Activities. At the moment, only Child Reduction Special Offers can be created here. If you want, please check our video about it. 05:31: You can add as many Service Categories as you need to an Activity. 05:35: Let's move to segments. Click on "Segments". 05:39: The description of the activity is added on the Segments tab. An activity can consist of one or various segments, depending on how detailed the tour should be displayed. Click on "Add Segment" to add your first segment. 05:52: For segment type, you can choose form: Transfer, Activity or Highlight, or Overnight. Choose the best fit for the segment you want to create. Picking our Kayak and Snorkeling experience example again, the first segment we want to create is a transfer, between the city center and the beach. So, we could select "Transfer". 06:13: Choose the location where this segment takes place. You can select the checkbox if you want to use the main area defined before, when creating this activity. 06:23: In this field, you can select how the user gets to this segment, from other segment, or the beginning of the activity. This selection will be reflected in the UI and in the map in the frontend, by showing an icon of the transport mode chosen here, to connect segments. 06:39: You can also select if this segment is displayed in the map, or in the route. 06:44: Give your segment a Title. 06:46: And a comprehensive description. 06:49: When done, Click on "Ok". 06:52: You can add as many segments as you need to an Activity. 06:56: You can also add individual pictures to each segment. To do so, click on "Show Pictures". 07:02: Click on the plus icon to add pictures to each segment. 07:06: Navigate your picture library until you find the picture you need. When selected, click on Assign. 07:13: You can easily change the order of segments by using the up and down arrows 07:18: And to edit a segment, click on the pencil icon. To delete it, on the trash icon. 07:24: You can preview how your activity will show. To do so, Save your Activity and click on Preview. 07:31: Now, let's add some main pictures to your activity, that will show to the user in the frontend. Click on the Pictures tabs. 07:39: Click on the plus icon. Don't forget that you need to add your pictures to the Picture Library before assigning them to an activity. 07:47: Now, the last step, the Optional info sections. Click on "Info Sections". 07:54: Info Sections are handy in Activities if you want to add more information that does not go into the description of the activity, or segments, like for example Highlights, additional information, etc. This informations will be visible in the frontend. Click on Create new Info Section. 08:12: Open the tab that appears on your screen. 08:15: On type, select one of the available, as shown in your screen. This will be the title of the information, if you don't define one. 08:24: Select the position where this information will show in the frontend. 08:28: On exposure, you can select where this information is displayed. 08:32: If you give a Title, it will override the title, that is the "Type" you selected before. 08:38: Finally, you can add the actual pieces of extra information you want to transmit to your users. 08:44: Regarding the tabs of Amenities and Cancellation Policies, we have dedicated videos about each one of them. Make sure you watch them. 08:53: Regarding the remaining tabs, we also have a tutorial on what you can do in them. 08:58: When done, click on "Save". 09:01: For your Activity to be visible to users, you need to publish it. Open the action menu. 09:07: And Click on "Express Publish". 09:10: This is how your activity will be displayed in the Planner. 09:14: Main Picture 09:16: Title, duration and Key Sentence defined in the "Descriptions" tab. 09:21: Clicking on Details button, you will see 09:25: The service categories you created. 09:28: With the included and excluded remarks you created on the service category tab. 09:33: And the start times you have available, also defined in the Description tab. 09:38: An info section, with the location as "Above the Activity Segments" 09:43: Two other info section, with the location as "Below the Activity Segments" 09:48: And the segments you have created. 09:50: We hope this video has been helpful, and that you're ready to start creating your Standard Stop or Transit Activities. Don't forget to check our knowledge base articles about the subject. See you soon!

Adding Service Categories and Season

On the Service Categories tab, various service categories can be added. There is no restriction to the amount. 

• Click on the Service Categories Tab 
• Click on Add Service Category
  • Enter the Name of the service category and hit OK. The entered service category will appear on the screen. 

• Enter a Mini Description which should be displayed with the room category if required. (optional) 
• Select the Pricing Type 
  • Price per Group 
  • Price per Pax
  • Included
• Click on the small calendar icon to add a Stop Sell Date (optional)
  • Specific dates (i.e. single days and/or date ranges) where the service cannot be offered can be entered here.

Create Pricing Season

Planner Display

Customers can select the created service category in the planner. 

• If an activity has only one service category added, a total price is displayed.
• If an activity has various service categories added, the choice of service levels is displayed (increasing by price) and can be selected by the customer.