TRAVEL ACCOUNTING GUIDES
Travel accounting, explained for the people who do it.
Practical guides to the parts of travel finance general accounting books skip: BSP, airline memos, incentives, GST on tickets, TCS on packages and refunds.
GUIDES
How travel finance actually works.
BSP RECONCILIATIONBSP reconciliation for travel agencies, step by step.Match every line of the BSP billing statement to your books before you remit.GST FOR TRAVEL AGENTSGST on air tickets and agent commission, explained.Separate the airline’s supply from your own, and tax each one correctly.AIRLINE MEMOSADM vs ACM: what airline memos mean for your books.Know why airlines raise memos, and record each one against its ticket.AIRLINE INCENTIVESPLB accounting: recording airline incentives right.Track the target, recognise the bonus when it is earned and reconcile the payout.TCS FOR TOUR OPERATORSTCS on overseas tour packages: what agents must collect.Collect TCS when you receive payment for an overseas package, then deposit and report it.REFUNDS & CANCELLATIONSAccounting for airline ticket refunds and cancellations.Record the refund against the original ticket, from airline to customer.GDS INTERFACE FILESAIR, MIR and IUR files: the GDS records behind every ticket.The GDS interface files that carry each ticket into the back office.
COMPARISONS
Choosing travel accounting software.
ComparisonTally vs SYSTACC for a travel agency.General-purpose books or travel-built accounting: where each one fits.ComparisonExcel vs SYSTACC for travel accounting.When spreadsheets stop scaling, and what replaces them.ReferenceTravel accounting glossary.BSP, ADM, PLB, TCS and the other terms behind the books, defined in plain English.
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