PHPTRAVELS Blog
Research and field notes for travel businesses: supplier APIs, booking flows, B2B distribution, operations and the PHPTRAVELS platform, written by the team that builds it.
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What a fam trip (familiarization trip) is, how it differs from a site inspection or press trip, who hosts fam trips and why, how travel agents get invited, what fams cost, and how agents and hosts can measure whether a fam paid off.
By Qasim Hussain15 min read
AI agents are moving from finding trips to paying for them. What October 2026’s Conferma study, Cloudbeds and Meta’s Muse, and Amadeus and NVIDIA mean for travel agencies, the trust gap, and what your booking stack needs before AI agents spend money.
By Qasim Hussain9 min read
What EP, CP, MAP and AP mean, how they map to room only, bed and breakfast, half board, full board and all-inclusive, how meal plans change hotel prices, the codes suppliers use, and what travel agencies should show before a guest pays.
By Qasim Hussain14 min read
What a rack rate is, why it is called that, how it compares to BAR, net, commissionable and corporate rates, how bedbank APIs and agencies price against it, and how to show it to customers without misleading them.
By Qasim Hussain15 min read
What an electronic miscellaneous document (EMD) is, EMD-A vs EMD-S, how RFIC and RFISC codes work, how agents issue, void, refund and reconcile EMDs, and how NDC and ONE Order change them.
By Qasim Hussain14 min read
Discover the new PHPTRAVELS booking lookup feature. Customers can find bookings instantly using their Booking ID. Free for Enterprise customers.
By Qasim Hussain7 min read
What an open jaw flight is, the three types, how half round-trip pricing and airline combination rules work, how to book one, and how agents, GDS bookings and flight APIs handle open jaw itineraries.
By Qasim Hussain15 min read
PHP2Shell is a pair of critical flaws in PHP itself. Sites on PHP 8.2.35 or newer are protected. The PHPTRAVELS v10 security update adds an admin version warning and automatic hardening.
By Qasim Hussain6 min read
A practical guide to saving hotel details as a PDF: what the file should include, when to use a branded version, how to share it by email, WhatsApp or SMS, and why saved prices must be rechecked before you book.
By Qasim Hussain10 min read
What a codeshare flight is, how marketing and operating carriers split check-in, baggage, delays and refunds, how to spot one, and what agencies and booking engines must disclose and handle.
By Qasim Hussain15 min read
How airlines store and control seats: legs, cabins and booking classes (RBD), nesting, O&D control and overbooking, how availability reaches agencies via GDS and NDC, and why seats vanish before booking.
By Qasim Hussain13 min read
An IATA number is the 8-digit code that identifies a travel agency location. See its format, how to get one, how to verify it and where it is used.
By Qasim Hussain12 min read
Show flight, hotel and tour booking cards in Gmail. Learn email markup (schema.org JSON-LD), testing, Google registration and approval, step by step.
By Qasim Hussain16 min read
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