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Position in the booking journey
- Website / Plan My Safari
- Inquiry
- Reservations
- Itinerary V1
- Client Review
- Amendment
- Itinerary V2
- Quotation
- Acceptance
- Booking
- Accounts + Operations
Reservations carries the traveller from first enquiry through to a confirmed booking, then hands clean commercial truth to Accounts and Operations.
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Department responsibilities
- 01Own every inquiry — no enquiry lives only in WhatsApp, email or memory.
- 02Set an owner and a next action on every active enquiry.
- 03Qualify client requirements, dates, party and expectations.
- 04Build and version the itinerary — V1, client review, amendment, V2.
- 05Control the quotation and the client review cycle.
- 06Convert acceptance into a confirmed booking.
- 07Hand off correctly to Accounts and Operations.
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Training case
TRAINING / CASE STUDY — NOT PRODUCTION KPI
- Case
- ATZ-CS-2026-001
- Booking
- ATZ-2026-000001
- Client
- Mr & Mrs Anderson
- Dates
- 10–21 June 2027
- Duration
- 12 days
- Guests
- 2 adults
Read-only demonstration case. The Anderson record is never mutated during training.
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Daily working rhythm
- Start from the Reservations dashboard and read the current pipeline.
- Clear overdue follow-ups first — every active enquiry needs a next action.
- Record new enquiries the moment they arrive.
- Move enquiries to their true stage; keep notes clear enough for another person to act on.
- Advance itineraries through V1, client review and V2.
- Keep quotations accurate against dates, party size and availability.
- Convert acceptance into a booking and prepare the commercial handoff.
- End the day with every active enquiry owned and dated.
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You Own / You Do Not Own
Reservations does
- Inquiry ownership
- Client requirements
- Itinerary
- Quotation
- Follow-up
- Booking conversion
- Commercial handoff
Reservations does not
- Verify payments
- Issue financial verification
- Issue EFD evidence
- Perform reconciliation
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Practical Online Training
Online Training
Reservations + Accounts
Reservations learns
InquiryItineraryQuotationAcceptanceBookingHandoff
Anderson is read/demo only. Write exercises require approved QA records.
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