Verity for travel agencies

Every booking is four suppliers with four cancellation deadlines you do not control.

A trip is assembled from components, each with its own deposit, deadline and penalty. Verity tracks the deadlines, the documents and the commission across all of them.

Runs alongside your existing booking systems.

Verity / Bookings

Next 60 days

Live

Live bookings

128

₹3.4 Cr value

Deadlines in 14 days

46

deposits and cancellations

Documents outstanding

31

visas and passports

Commission unclaimed

₹9.4 L

18 suppliers

Needs attention

  • 46 supplier deadlines within 14 days Deposits due and free-cancellation windows closing
  • 31 bookings with documents outstanding Departures inside 30 days
  • ₹9.4 L of commission unclaimed Across 18 suppliers · some windows closing
  • Client balances due before supplier payments ₹22 L timing gap

Illustrative figures. Verity shows your own bookings in this shape.

How the business runs

A trip is a set of deadlines you did not set.

A travel booking is assembled from components — flights, accommodation, transfers, activities, insurance — each supplied by a different party on different terms. Each component has its own deposit date, its own free-cancellation window and its own penalty schedule, and none of them are aligned with each other or with when the client pays.

That makes deadline management the agency’s actual product. Forty-six supplier deadlines within a fortnight, spread across a hundred and twenty-eight bookings, is more than anyone can hold, and missing one means either a lost deposit or a penalty the agency absorbs.

The second characteristic is documentation. Visas, passport validity and entry requirements are the agency’s responsibility in practice regardless of the contract, and a document outstanding thirty days before departure is a trip at risk.

The third is commission. Agencies earn from supplier commissions claimed after travel, within windows, against bookings the agency already recorded. Nine point four lakh unclaimed across eighteen suppliers is earned money not collected.

The fourth is the cash gap: supplier deposits fall due on their schedule and clients pay on theirs, and the agency bridges the difference.

Verity tracks every component deadline, the documents, the commission and the cash position across bookings.

What Verity calls these things

  • Bookings, components, itinerariesWork
  • Clients, travellers, groupsRelationships
  • Airlines, hotels, operators, insurersSuppliers
  • Deposits, deadlines, cancellationsWorkflows
  • Passports, visas, documentsRecords
  • Consultants, operations staffPeople
  • Branches, destinationsLocations

What gets in the way

Deadlines you did not set and money you did not claim.

Travel agency difficulties come from assembling trips out of components with independent terms.

  • Component deadlines are held in several places

    Each supplier has its own deposit and cancellation schedule, and they live in confirmation emails.

    In Verity Every component carries its deadlines on the booking, so the next fortnight is one list.

  • Documents are outstanding close to departure

    Visas and passport validity are chased by whoever remembers, and a gap surfaces near the date.

    In Verity Documents are checklist items on the booking with an age and an owner.

  • Commission is claimed partially

    Post-travel commission is claimed within windows from bookings already recorded, and some is always missed.

    In Verity Commission terms sit on the supplier and claims are assembled from booking records before windows close.

  • Client and supplier payment schedules do not align

    Deposits fall due before client payments arrive, and the agency bridges the gap without sizing it.

    In Verity Both schedules sit on the booking, so the funding gap is projected rather than discovered.

  • Changes cascade across components

    A date change affects flights, hotels and transfers with different penalties, and the cost is assembled by hand.

    In Verity Components are linked to the booking, so a change surfaces the affected items and their penalties together.

  • Consultant knowledge is personal

    Supplier quirks, client preferences and destination detail live with individual consultants.

    In Verity Supplier terms and client preferences are agency records, so a departure is a handover.

The complete system

Everything Verity manages for travel agencies

One system across components, deadlines, documents and commission.

Work

Bookings, components and itineraries

Each booking is work with its client, components, suppliers, deadlines, documents, payment schedule and state.

Why it matters here The booking is the only place components with independent terms come together.

In practice A hundred and twenty-eight live bookings with forty-six deadlines inside a fortnight.

Workflows

Deposits, deadlines and cancellations

Deposit dates, free-cancellation windows, penalty schedules and change requests are defined steps with owners.

Why it matters here These are deadlines the agency did not set and cannot move.

In practice A free-cancellation window closing, flagged before the penalty applies.

Records

Passports, visas and documents

Required documents per traveller and destination are checklist items with state, expiry and an owner.

Why it matters here Documentation is the agency’s responsibility in practice whatever the contract says.

In practice Thirty-one bookings with documents outstanding inside thirty days of departure.

Suppliers

Airlines, hotels and operators

Suppliers carry their terms, deadlines, commission basis, claim windows, reliability and balances.

Why it matters here Commission is earned from suppliers and claimed within their windows.

In practice Nine point four lakh of commission unclaimed across eighteen suppliers.

Relationships

Clients, travellers and groups

Clients carry their bookings, travellers, preferences, documents, payment history and balances.

Why it matters here Travel is repeat and referral business built on getting details right.

In practice A client’s passport expiry recorded once and checked at every booking.

People

Consultants and operations staff

Staff are modelled once, and every booking, deadline and document check carries who owns it.

Why it matters here Bookings pass between sales and operations, and deadlines fall between them.

In practice Deadlines by owner with escalation when unowned.

Reports and analytics

Deadline, commission and cash reporting

Deadlines by date, document completeness, commission earned against claimed, funding gaps and booking margin come from the records.

Why it matters here The agency’s two silent losses are missed deadlines and unclaimed commission.

In practice Commission earned against commission collected by supplier.

Verity AI

Ask the booking book a question

Verity AI answers from your own booking, supplier, document and payment records, respects permissions, and can create assigned follow-ups.

Why it matters here The valuable questions are about dates in the next fortnight across many bookings.

In practice "Which deadlines fall in the next fourteen days?" returns forty-six with owners assigned.

Communication

Client and supplier correspondence

Confirmations, changes and correspondence attach to the booking or component they concern.

Why it matters here A dispute about what was booked is settled by the confirmation.

In practice The supplier confirmation on the component, referenced when terms are questioned.

Control

Who can commit and waive

One permission model and one audit trail, with penalty waivers and goodwill recorded.

Why it matters here Absorbing a supplier penalty is a commercial decision made under client pressure.

In practice A waived penalty recorded with the reason and its cost.

Locations

Branches and destinations

Branches and destinations roll into the business with bookings and reporting following the same structure.

Why it matters here Destination-specific requirements repeat across bookings.

In practice Visa requirements from the last booking to the same destination.

Orders

Payments and refunds

Client payments, supplier payments and refunds are recorded against the booking and its components.

Why it matters here The cash gap between two schedules is the agency’s working capital.

In practice Twenty-two lakh of timing gap between supplier deposits and client receipts.

Work in motion

Assembling a trip out of other people’s terms.

These already happen. Recorded on the booking, the deadlines stop being scattered.

Booking assembly

  1. 01 Client requirement recorded with travellers and dates
  2. 02 Components sourced and confirmed with suppliers
  3. 03 Each component’s deposit and cancellation terms recorded
  4. 04 Client payment schedule agreed
  5. 05 Document requirements listed per traveller and destination

Recording each component’s terms at confirmation is what makes the deadline list possible.

Deadline management

  1. 01 Deadlines aggregated across all live bookings
  2. 02 Owners assigned per deadline
  3. 03 Reminders raised ahead of each date
  4. 04 Deposit paid or cancellation decision taken
  5. 05 Outcome recorded against the component

Forty-six deadlines a fortnight is beyond memory and trivial as a list.

Document collection

  1. 01 Requirements determined per traveller and destination
  2. 02 Documents requested with a due date
  3. 03 Receipt and validity recorded
  4. 04 Gaps escalated against the departure date
  5. 05 Completeness confirmed before travel

A visa gap thirty days out is manageable; ten days out it is a cancelled trip.

Change or cancellation

  1. 01 Change request recorded against the booking
  2. 02 Affected components identified with their penalties
  3. 03 Total cost assembled and quoted to the client
  4. 04 Client decision recorded
  5. 05 Supplier changes executed and recorded

A date change touches every component with a different penalty, which is why it must be assembled rather than estimated.

Commission claim

  1. 01 Commission basis recorded against the supplier at booking
  2. 02 Travel completion recorded
  3. 03 Claim assembled from booking records
  4. 04 Filed inside the supplier window
  5. 05 Settlement recorded against the supplier

Commission is earned at booking and lost at the claim window.

Cash position

  1. 01 Supplier deposit dates aggregated forward
  2. 02 Client receipt schedule aggregated against them
  3. 03 Funding gaps projected by week
  4. 04 Client reminders issued ahead of supplier deadlines
  5. 05 Position recorded and reviewed

The agency bridges two payment schedules, and only a projection shows when that becomes expensive.

Verity AI

Ask what is due in the next fortnight.

Verity AI reads the same booking, supplier, document and payment records the agency creates as it works. It answers across your bookings, respects permissions, and can turn an answer into chases and claims.

  • Grounded Answers come from your own records and workflows, not from generic model knowledge.
  • Permission-aware It only sees what the person asking is allowed to see.
  • Actionable An answer can become a task, an assignment or a follow-up.
  • Traceable Every action it takes stays part of the operational record.

Verity / Ask

Grounded in your booking records

  • Which supplier deadlines fall in the next fourteen days?
  • Which bookings have documents outstanding inside thirty days of departure?
  • How much commission is unclaimed and which windows are closing?
  • Where do supplier deposits fall due before client payments arrive?
  • Which bookings would be affected by a date change and at what penalty?
  • Which suppliers pay commission least reliably?
  • Which clients have balances due before departure?
  • Which travellers have passports expiring within six months of travel?
  • Summarise deadline and document risk.

Verity AI only returns what the person asking has permission to see.

Without chasing

Deadlines nobody set.

Each runs from the booking records at the point the condition is met.

When

A supplier deadline approaches

  • Flagged with component, booking and penalty
  • Owner notified
  • Escalated as the date nears

When

A document remains outstanding

  • Aged against the departure date
  • Traveller chased and recorded
  • Escalated inside the risk window

When

Travel completes

  • Commission claim assembled from the booking
  • Filed within the supplier window
  • Settlement tracked

When

A supplier deposit falls due before client funds

  • Funding gap flagged on the booking
  • Client reminder issued ahead of the deadline
  • Escalated if unresolved

When

A change is requested

  • Affected components and penalties assembled
  • Cost quoted to the client
  • Decision recorded before execution

What you can understand

What the agency can see.

Deadlines, documents and commission across every live booking.

Deadlines

  • Deadlines by date across bookings
  • Deposits due and cancellation windows
  • Deadlines missed and their cost
  • Owners and escalations

Documents

  • Requirements by destination and traveller
  • Outstanding documents against departure dates
  • Passport validity exceptions
  • Completeness at departure

Commission

  • Earned against claimed by supplier
  • Claim windows approaching
  • Settlement reliability by supplier
  • Commission per booking and consultant

Cash

  • Supplier payments due by week
  • Client receipts scheduled against them
  • Funding gaps projected
  • Balances outstanding at departure

Commercial

  • Margin by booking and destination
  • Penalties absorbed and their causes
  • Repeat and referral clients
  • Consultant performance by booking value

Verity records the agency’s bookings and terms. Supplier reservation systems continue as they are.

One system, different ways of seeing it

One booking book, three views.

Everyone works from the same records.

  • Owner

    What are we missing and what have we not claimed?

    Deadlines by date, commission earned against claimed, penalties absorbed, funding gaps.

  • Consultant

    What is due on my bookings?

    Component deadlines, documents outstanding, client balances, change requests.

  • Operations

    What departs soon and is incomplete?

    Documents against departure dates, supplier confirmations, deadlines unowned.

Where it is used

What travel agencies use Verity for

  • Component deadline tracking

    Every supplier deposit and cancellation window recorded on the booking, so the next fortnight is one list rather than a hundred confirmation emails.

  • Document completeness

    Visas and passport validity as checklist items with an age against the departure date.

  • Commission recovery

    Terms on the supplier with claims assembled from booking records before the window closes.

  • Cash gap projection

    Supplier payment dates against client receipts, so bridging is planned rather than discovered.

  • Change cost assembly

    Affected components and their individual penalties assembled together, so a change is quoted accurately.

  • Booking continuity

    Supplier terms and client preferences held as agency records, so a consultant leaving is a handover.

  • Asking across bookings

    Plain-language questions across deadlines, documents, commission and cash, with chases assigned in the same step.

Getting there

Bring the business with you.

Your supplier reservation systems and accounting continue and are mapped during implementation. Clients, live bookings with their components and terms, supplier commission bases and outstanding documents are brought across.

  • Excel
  • Google Sheets
  • Legacy ERP
  • CRM
  • One operating environment

Implementation runs about four weeks: discovery and mapping, configuration, migration, then an ongoing operations partnership.

Questions

Questions agencies ask

What can AI software do for a travel agency?

Verity AI answers questions from your own booking, supplier, document and payment records: which deadlines fall in the next fortnight, which bookings have documents outstanding close to departure, how much commission is unclaimed, where deposits fall due before client funds arrive. Each answer can become a chase or a claim.

Does Verity replace supplier booking systems?

No. Reservation systems continue and are mapped during implementation. Verity holds the booking as an assembly of components with their terms, deadlines, documents, commission and cash position.

Why track deadlines centrally?

Because each component carries deadlines the agency did not set and cannot move, and they live in separate confirmations. Forty-six deadlines across a fortnight is beyond anyone’s memory and trivial as a single dated list.

How does it help with documents?

Required documents per traveller and destination are checklist items with an age measured against the departure date, so a visa gap surfaces while it is still solvable rather than in the final week.

Can it recover more commission?

Commission basis is recorded against the supplier at booking and the claim is assembled from records after travel, inside the supplier’s window — which is the difference between claiming fully and claiming what someone remembered.

Does it show the cash gap?

Supplier payment dates and client receipt schedules both sit on the booking, so the gap the agency bridges is projected forward by week rather than discovered when a deposit falls due.

What happens when a consultant leaves?

Supplier terms, client preferences and booking history are agency records rather than personal knowledge, so a departure is a handover with continuity.

How long does implementation take?

About four weeks: discovery and mapping of supplier terms and the booking process, configuration, migration of live bookings and clients, then an ongoing operations partnership.

Start with the next fortnight of deadlines.

They are scattered across confirmations and none of them move. Tell us how they are tracked today.