Creating A Travel Itinerary

Creating a travel
itinerary
A travel itinerary is a what is a
schedule of events relating
to planned travel, generally travel
including destinations to be
visited at specified times itinerary?
and means of
transportation to move
between those
destinations.
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types of
itinerary

A loop itinerary starts in a certain place then hops
Loop
from place to place in a loop shape, until you get
back to where you started. It is the type of itinerary
that works for most trips and that most of us try to
itinerary achieve in trip planning

With a loop you never go backwards, you hop
from discovery to discovery, and each road you
take is a new one. It is convenient for transport as
well
However, there are some other aspects to take in
considerations. Depending on the length and pace
of the trip, a loop itinerary can be more tiring.
If you don’t stay for very long at each place and

you can easily start feeling you are constantly on
the road. That’s why it is important to plan an
itinerary that is not too packed and that can even
include an extra buffer day.
Star shaped
This schedule is more
appropriate for more
modest nations/areas with
quick and productive
transportation.
Open Jaw
An open jaw itinerary is when the
tourist will arrive at a starting point
and leave to a different end point.
Itinerary
abbreviations
Actual time of arrival (ATA) - the time when your
flight actually lands.
Actual departure time (ADT) - the time when
your flight actually left for your destination
B&B - Bed & Breakfast; overnight
accommodation and breakfast, typically
provided by small hotels and family-run
guesthouses.
Direct flight - a commercial flight from Point A to

Point B, with no change in flight numbers.
Domestic flight - a flight within a country
Estimated time of arrival (ETA) - the time when
an aircraft (or other vehicle) is expected to
arrive at a destination.
Estimated Time of Departure (ETD) - the time

when an aircraft (or other vehicle) is expected to
depart from an airport (bus terminal / train
station, etc.).
E-ticket (electronic ticket) - digital ticket
equivalent of a paper ticket.
International flight - a commercial flight where

the departure and the arrival take place in
different countries.
Layover - a wait at the airport between two
flights.
Multi-city flight - multiple stopovers on the same
ticket.
check-in - a process in which passengers
confirm their presence
Roundtrip - a journey (on a flight, train, bus) to a

place and back again.
Transfer - prearranged transport from one place

to another. E.g., from an airport to a hotel.
Writing a Travel
Itinerary
Being able to write a good itinerary is a powerful tool
in the travel industry.
A travel itinerary isn’t just a list of things to do. It’s a
stop-by-stop break down of how and where a
traveler should spend their time.
Travel itineraries can help a tour to be more
organized and sometimes can ne convinient for the
traveler
1. An itinerary will pretty much always be
broken down into days (unless it’s a 24-
hour itinerary).
2. Each day is further broken down into
individual stops, which are typically the
recommended points of interest and
attractions. The days and stops are the
meat of the itinerary
3. Organize the time and search how many
minutes or hours, does it take to go to from
one detination to another.
4. Avoid going back from the destination you
just came from as much as possible try
doing it in one straight schedule or a loop.
A managerial accounting method that describes Tour costing
when all fixed and variable cost.
Costing Process in Tourism
Itinerary
Airline seats/ railway
Hotel & meals
Ground work
Special Service
Request (SSR)
It is a message directly by the suppliers to communicate
traveler preference, special services needed by a traveler, or
of a procedural requirement necessary of the carrier. It is a
function to an airline to provide a particular facility for the
passenger/ traveler.
It includes info such as:
Meal preference
Special assistance
It uses a four character IATA code that specifies the

type of service requested. These codes and their
recommended use are pre defined by IATA
Travel
A TMC is the core of the business operation of a
Management
travel agency.
Cycle
This is where the operation services of the entity
should be performed. A travel agent should
establish a positive relationship with the different
suppliers and intermediaries of the travel
products, also a service provider, These travel
agents should efficiently and objectively deliver
the travel products to its customers
Some functions of the operation department
are:
counter counseling
Itinerary planning
reservations
confirmations
issuance of tickets
assistance on travel documentation
The first step of travel
Counter
management cycle is
counter counseling. It is
counseling
the start of the process
which the main goal is to
provide expert advise to
the clients
Itinerary Suggesting and planning itineraries
should be undertaken carefully because
planning
a well established flight itinerary is
leading to seamless travel
During Itinerary planning there must be 2

cities identified:
Origin
Destination
Basic rules in itinerary making
Avoid crisscorssing
Avoid back tracking
The lesser the number of carriers used in
the flight selection the more competitive
and better the fare
Understanding Local Time and GMT
the arrival/departure times of the airline in

local time. There are given the 24 hr format
or the military time wherein time presented
in 4 digits.
Understanding the time conversion
The world has 24 time zones, 12 TZs on the

east and 12 TZs on the west of the GMT.
Every 15 degrees of longitudes represents a
1hr difference.
Country/city Standard Time Whwn GMT is Local Time
USA LAX
GMT-8 1000H 0200
USA NYC GMT -4 1000H 0600
Manila GMT +8 1000H 1800
Sydney GMT +10 1000H 2000

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Creating a travel

A loop itinerary starts in a certain place then hops

itinerary achieve in trip planning

If you don’t stay for very long at each place and

Direct flight - a commercial flight from Point A to

Estimated Time of Departure (ETD) - the time

International flight - a commercial flight where

Roundtrip - a journey (on a flight, train, bus) to a

Transfer - prearranged transport from one place

Costing Process in Tourism

Airline seats/ railway

Hotel & meals

It uses a four character IATA code that specifies the

During Itinerary planning there must be 2

the arrival/departure times of the airline in

Understanding the time conversion

The world has 24 time zones, 12 TZs on the

Manila GMT +8 1000H 1800

Sydney GMT +10 1000H 2000

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