Overview
The Tour Categories feature allows you to efficiently group tours based on shared characteristics. For example, you can create a category for all day tours and another for overnight tours, making it easier to organize and manage your offerings. A single tour can be included in multiple categories, providing flexibility in how you categorize and present your tours.
After Tour Categories are configured, the Grouped Tours will appear in the specified locations:
Generate OBE Link: Create a weblink to share with agents or display on your website, specifying which tours will be available in the Tour List OBE (Online Booking Engineer) by using Tour Categories.
Promo Codes: Apply adjustments or discounts to specific tours by using Tour Categories to generate a list of applicable tours.
/wiki/spaces/HOWTO/pages/1146454129: Use Tour Categories to filter and easily distinguish groups of tours.
Jasper Reports: Tour Categories can be applied for custom reports upon request.
Tour Maintenance: The Tour Categories linked with tours can be viewed in Tour Maintenance, but they are greyed out.
Routes: You can also include Routes in Tour Categories, but these changes must be done via the Routes page.
Navigating Tour Categories
From the Main Menu, click on Settings >Tour Categories. On this page is a card for Tour Categories and Tours.
Note:
You might see the Confirmation Reports (Display Tickets, Components, Extras) already listed under Tour Categories. However, this feature is generally available only by request and is used for custom reports upon client request.
Each subheading includes a type-ahead search, which is particularly useful for navigating a large list of tour categories and tours.
Note:
The search filter function under Tours will only filter by the Tour Name, not the tour code.
To expand or collapse the list of tours under a tour category, click on the dropdown arrow next to the tour category.
To display the full list of tours or tour categories on one page, click on the dropdown arrow next to Rows per page. For example, if you have 45 tours and you wish to see them all on one page, select 50 Rows per page.
Click on Instructions for Configuring Tour Categories to read more about:
How to add a Tour Category
How to link a tour to a Tour Category
How to unlink a tour from Tour Categories
How to delete a Tour Category
How to order tours to display in the OBE tour list