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Check a booking before the customer travels

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Check a booking before the customer travels

Check a booking before the customer travels

Check a booking before the customer travels

Check the booking, find anything still missing and send one useful message before your customer leaves.

Check the booking, find anything still missing and send one useful message before your customer leaves.

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Last checked

21 October 2026

Give your customer a clear, useful message before departure. Start with the latest booking information and work through this short check.

What you will finish with

One checked booking, a clear owner for anything outstanding and a customer who knows what happens next.

About 15 minutes for one straightforward booking

Open the latest booking information

Use the confirmed booking and the latest supplier messages. Check traveller names, dates, flights, accommodation and any transfers or extras. Look for changes since the original confirmation. If you use Travelify, start with the booking record, then check any later supplier updates. Do not rely on an old quote or assume a requested change has been confirmed.

Find and deal with anything missing

Check that the expected tickets, vouchers and instructions are available. Look at outstanding payments, check-in tasks and any agreed assistance or special arrangements. For each gap, write who will act and by when. A request sent to a supplier is still a request until confirmed. If something may affect the trip, tell the customer what you are checking and when you will update them.

A booking check with one item still open

Fictional booking check · 21 October 2026
Booking
BK-426 · Alex Morgan · Portugal · 29 October–5 November
Booking details
Names, dates, flights and hotel checked against current supplier confirmation.
Documents
Flight and hotel documents received. Transfer voucher still missing.
Other checks
Balance recorded as paid. Check-in instructions received. No unanswered customer request.
Next action
Jamie to request the transfer voucher from the supplier today.
Customer update due
22 October, by 3pm, even if the voucher has not arrived.
Where to find the work
BK-426 booking record, including supplier messages and current documents.

This check has one open item. It is not ready to be marked complete.

Make sure the customer can find the essentials

Open the documents and check that they are the correct versions. Confirm the customer can access them and knows where the current urgent-contact details are. If you use Luna Travel, check the traveller view, uploaded documents and Before you travel page. Link to current official travel and entry advice for the customer’s passport and route; do not copy old requirements into a template.

Send a short message and note any reply

Say where the documents are, what the customer needs to do and how to reach you. Only say something is complete after checking it. Give a real reply route and working hours. For urgent travel problems, point to the checked contact instructions in the booking documents. Record the message and any promised follow-up. If new information arrives before departure, update the customer.

The useful message once the missing item is resolved

Example email
SubjectYour Portugal holiday: documents and next steps
Hi Alex, Your flight, hotel and transfer documents are now in the Documents section of your Luna Travel app. I have checked them against the latest supplier confirmation. Please open them before you travel and tell me straight away if any name or travel date looks wrong. Your flight document explains how and when to check in. The Before you travel page includes links to the official travel and entry advice. Please check the guidance for your passport and journey. For a question before you leave, reply here. I monitor this inbox Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm. The urgent-contact instructions for your trip are on the contact page in your documents. Have a lovely holiday. Best wishes, Jamie

Fictional example, sent after the transfer voucher arrived. Use the document location, contact arrangements and checks that apply to the actual booking.

Copy this booking check

Your reusable template
BOOKING REFERENCE: ___ DEPARTURE DATE: ___ CHECKED BY / ON: ___ LATEST BOOKING AND SUPPLIER UPDATES CHECKED: ___ NAMES, DATES AND BOOKED SERVICES CHECKED: ___ PAYMENTS AND CUSTOMER TASKS CHECKED: ___ DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE AND OPENING CORRECTLY: ___ AGREED REQUESTS CONFIRMED / STILL WAITING: ___ CURRENT CONTACT INSTRUCTIONS CHECKED: ___ OFFICIAL TRAVEL ADVICE LINKS CHECKED: ___ ANYTHING MISSING: ___ WHO WILL ACT: ___ ACTION DUE: ___ CUSTOMER UPDATE DUE: ___ CUSTOMER MESSAGE SENT ON: ___ ANY REPLY OR FURTHER ACTION: ___
Start with one

Your first action

Open one booking departing soon and identify the first item that still needs checking or confirming.

A simple check

Can the customer open the right documents and find the help they need? Does every outstanding item have a person and a deadline?

How Travelgenix helps with this

Use Travelify for the booking and Luna Travel for the traveller

Travelify brings the booking and customer details together for your team. Luna Travel puts the itinerary, uploaded documents and your Before you travel information on the customer’s phone. Check both views before sending the final message. Luna Travel also supports two-way messages, but customers see them when they open the app, so keep a separate urgent-contact route. Ask your account manager about adding Luna Travel to your plan.

Sources and further help

Check your own position

Examples are fictional. Check the latest supplier information and official travel advice for the actual journey.

HOW TRAVELGENIX HELPS

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Ask the Travelgenix team how Travelify and Luna Travel can support your booking checks.