EffectIO WP Travel Engine - Trip Fixed Starting Dates 2.3.15

Description:

WP Travel Engine – Trip Fixed Starting Dates is an extension for travel agencies and tour operators that lets them display fixed starting dates for their trips along with the number of spaces available for booking on each of those dates. Instead of allowing bookings at any time, this extension gives you a way to define exactly when a trip departs and how many seats remain open for each departure.

The way it works is straightforward. If you run a trip that departs on set dates and has a limited number of seats for each date, you add those dates to the trip along with the number of seats available for each one. Once the dates are set up, customers can only make a booking for one of the dates you have added. Bookings on any other date are not possible, so the booking process always matches the actual schedule you operate.

One of the practical aspects of the extension is how it handles availability after a booking takes place. When a customer books a trip, the number of available spaces for that date is automatically reduced. This means the seat count shown for a given starting date stays in step with the bookings that have already been made, without requiring any manual updates from the site owner. As seats fill up on a particular date, the remaining space for that date reflects the change on its own.

The extension is aimed at travel agencies and tour operators who run trips with fixed departure schedules rather than open-ended availability. It suits businesses that need to present specific trip dates to their customers and manage a limited number of places on each departure. By combining the fixed starting dates with the seat counts and the automatic reduction of available space after each booking, the extension ties the booking process directly to the real capacity of each scheduled trip, so customers see when a trip starts and how much room is left before they book.

Main Features of WP Travel Engine – Trip Fixed Starting Dates:

• Show trip fixed starting dates on trips
• Set the number of spaces available for each date
• Restrict bookings to the fixed dates only
• Automatically reduce available space after a booking is made

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