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Booking statuses and their payments

Learn in detail about the life cycle of a booking, its overall payment status, and its payment links.

Alicia Escobar avatar
Written by Alicia Escobar
Updated over 2 months ago

A booking can be either active or cancelled.

  • When a booking is active, its travelers occupy spots in the trip if these were limited.

  • When a booking is cancelled and moves to the Cancelled status, the occupied spots are released and the travelers receive a confirmation email of the booking cancellation.

Payment Status of a Booking

The payment status of a booking is calculated based on the status of its payment links. This status is visible both in the booking list of a trip:

And in the general booking list within the Sales section:

The following table shows the possible payment statuses of a booking:

Status

Description

When it Applies

No payment required

No payments have been made, and there are no pending payments.

Trips with bookings that only collect information (without online payment enabled).

Outstanding

There are payment links that have not been paid yet.

  • Trips with full payment.

  • Trips with installment payments paid externally, when the first installment hasn’t been paid.

  • Trips with installment payments when extra payment links have been generated after booking creation.

Paid

All payments associated with the booking have been completed.

All trips with online payment enabled.

Refunded

All payments associated with the booking have been refunded.

All trips with online payment enabled.

Up to date

All payments are up to date.

Trips with installment payments.

Overdue

There are overdue payments.

Trips with installment payments.

Status of Payment Links

For a booking with full payment

Below are the statuses of the payment link generated for a booking with full payment:

Status

Description

Pending

The booking has been completed with external payment and the buyer has not yet paid.

Paid

The amount has been paid.

Refunded

The amount has been refunded.

Cancelled

The booking was not paid and has been cancelled.

For a booking with installment payments

In the following table, the statuses of a payment link for a booking with installment payments are described:

Status

Description

Pending

This status only applies for the first installment when payment hasn’t been made during the booking process (for example, with external payment option).

Scheduled

Scheduled to be charged on a future date. At the time of booking creation, all payment links associated with installments except the first will have this status.

Paid

The buyer has paid the corresponding amount.

Failed

A charge attempt has been made and failed.

Overdue

It hasn’t been paid and the payment date has passed.

Refunded

The amount has been refunded.

Cancelled

It hadn’t been paid yet and the associated booking has been cancelled.

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