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Practical Guides for Travel Agency Owners

Short guides on pricing, quotations, GST, TCS and moving off Excel, written for owners and desk managers. Guides are published one at a time. The price builder is live now.

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Selling price per adult₹66,348

Child with bed at 55%₹36,491

GST 5% (tour package)₹8,459

Total payable₹1,77,646

Guides

Start with the ones that cost agencies the most money

GST for travel agents: CGST and SGST, or IGST, never both

ComplianceComing soon

GST for travel agents: the primer

Place of supply, the difference between a tour package and a service fee, what belongs on the invoice, and why the destination of the holiday is not what decides your tax split.

CGST+SGST vs IGST — and never both
Tour package as principal vs facilitation fee
What to show on a B2B invoice

TCS on overseas packages shown as its own invoice line

ComplianceComing soon

TCS on overseas packages, explained

What TCS actually is, when it applies to an overseas tour programme package, what changes when a buyer does not furnish a PAN, and the words to use when a customer thinks you are padding the bill.

Overseas packages vs domestic packages
Why a PAN matters
The customer conversation, word for word

Child pricing: child with bed, child without bed and infant

Pricing Coming soon

Child pricing: CWB, CNB and why “half price” loses money

Child with bed, child without bed and infant are three different prices because they are three different costs. How hotels actually charge for an extra bed, and the age rules that cause arguments at check-in.

What a CWB really costs you
Why an infant is never free
What to write on the quotation

The per-person quotation with twin, triple, single supplement and child lines

Sales Coming soon

Your quotation needs a per-person price

Most travel quotes show one lump sum, so the customer cannot compare them and the agent cannot defend them. How to build a price block that survives comparison, a change in pax, and the “why are you more expensive” call.

Twin sharing, triple sharing and single supplement
Re-pricing in five minutes when pax changes
Handling the “we got a cheaper quote” call

Moving from spreadsheets to one trip file

Operations Coming soon

Escape the spreadsheet: moving off Excel and WhatsApp

A step-by-step plan to move a travel agency from Excel sheets and chat threads onto one system — without losing data, momentum or team goodwill in the middle of a season.

What to migrate first and what to leave behind
Getting the team to actually use it
A 30-day rollout that fits around peak season

Management Coming soon

Metrics every travel agency owner should watch

Enquiry-to-booking conversion, time to first quote, average booking value, margin by departure and collection ageing — the five numbers that tell you whether the business is healthy.

Which numbers to watch daily and which weekly
How to measure an agent fairly
Spotting a margin problem before month-end

A note on the guides. Tax rates, thresholds and rules change, and every business differs. Everything here is written to help you ask the right question of your own chartered accountant — not to replace them.

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