Getting started
How to get started with PHPTRAVELS in six steps
Try the live demo, choose a plan, prepare a standard cPanel server, and our team installs the platform for you. Then you brand it, connect your suppliers and take your first booking.
- Live demo first
- One-time licence
- Free installation
- Your own server
Short answer
From demo to a working travel booking platform
Getting started with PHPTRAVELS is a short, predictable process. You test the full product before you pay, buy a one-time licence that includes the source code, and point a domain at hosting that meets the system requirements. Our team then installs and configures the first deployment, and you finish the setup from the admin panel.
- Open the live demo and test the storefront, B2B portal and admin
- Choose Startup, Agency or Enterprise, or ask for a tailored package
- Prepare cPanel hosting with PHP 8.4+, MySQL and Apache
- Our team installs and configures the platform on your server
- Brand it, add suppliers and payment gateways, then go live
- Live demo
- Admin, agent and storefront tested
- Plan
- Startup, one-time licence
- Hosting
- cPanel, PHP 8.4+, MySQL
- Domain and SSL
- Pointed to your server
- Installation
- Free, by our team
The six steps
What getting started really involves
Most of the work is decisions, not code. Make these in order and the technical part follows quickly.
- StartupFirst booking site · Installed in 7 to 10 business daysOne-time licenceone-time
- AgencySeveral languages and currencies · Rush setup in 1 to 2 business daysOne-time licenceone-time
- EnterpriseB2B and white label · Installed in 4 to 6 hoursOne-time licenceone-time
1. Test every role
The demo has admin, customer, agent and supplier logins, so you see each screen your business would use.
2. Match the plan to the model
Startup for a first booking site, Agency for several markets, Enterprise for B2B, white label and code changes.
3. Standard hosting
cPanel with PHP 8.4+, MySQL and Apache, at least 1 GB RAM and 2 GB SSD storage. The installer checks it.
4. Free installation
Every plan includes the first installation and configuration, done by our team on your server and domain.
5. Your supplier credentials
Add the API credentials your suppliers issue to you, plus your payment gateway account.
6. Launch with one product
Open one product line first, run test bookings end to end, then add the next.
Timeline
From order to first live booking
The same sequence on every plan; only the setup time changes.
Order
Pay the one-time licence by card, Payoneer or bank transfer.
Prepare
Share hosting access and point your domain with a valid SSL certificate.
Install
Our team installs, configures and tests the platform on your server.
Configure
Add your logo, languages, currencies, markups and payment gateways.
Test
Make test bookings, including payment, voucher, cancellation and refund.
Launch
Open the site to customers or agents and watch the first bookings.
Before installation
Three things to have ready
Installation goes fastest when these are in place on the day you order.
Hosting account
cPanel hosting with terminal or SSH access, PHP 8.4+, MySQL or MariaDB and Apache with mod_rewrite.
Domain and SSL
The domain or subdomain your booking site will run on, with HTTPS and a valid TLS certificate.
Supplier and payment accounts
The API credentials your suppliers issue and a merchant account with your payment gateway.
First setup
What you configure in the admin
After installation the platform is yours to run. These are the first settings most agencies change.
Brand and pages
Logo, colours, theme and CMS pages such as about, terms and contact.
Languages
Multilingual front end and back end, with right-to-left support and new languages added from the admin.
Currencies
Show prices and take payment in the currencies your markets use.
Markups
Your margin on top of supplier prices, as a fixed amount or a percentage.
Payment gateways
Connect PayPal or the processor your merchant account runs on.
Staff and roles
Sub-admins with restricted privileges, so each person sees only their part.
Compare
Getting started with PHPTRAVELS vs a custom build
Both end with your own booking platform. They differ in how long the first step takes and what it costs.
| Question | Custom build | PHPTRAVELS |
|---|---|---|
| First step | Custom buildWrite a specification and hire developers | PHPTRAVELSTest the live demo today |
| Time to a working platform | Custom buildTypically months of development | PHPTRAVELS4 hours to 10 business days, by plan |
| Upfront cost | Custom buildDeveloper time, usually ongoing | PHPTRAVELSOne-time licence |
| Installation | Custom buildYour team builds servers and deployment | PHPTRAVELSFree installation by our team |
| Day one features | Custom buildBuilt one feature at a time | PHPTRAVELSFlights, hotels, tours, cars and more, ready to configure |
| Source code | Custom buildYours, written from scratch | PHPTRAVELSIncluded under a commercial licence, self-hosted |
Where to start
The right first step for your business
New travel businesses
Start on Startup with one product line and a single brand, and add modules as bookings grow.
Growing agencies
Move bookings off email and spreadsheets onto Agency, with several languages and currencies.
OTAs and enterprises
Begin with Enterprise for the B2B portal, white label and the right to customise the code.
Why PHPTRAVELS
A low-risk way to get started
Try before you buy
The full product in the live demo, with no credit card.
One-time licence
Startup, Agency, Enterprise, with no monthly platform fee.
Installation included
Our team sets up and tests your first deployment on every plan.
Source code included
Self-hosted under a commercial licence, on your own server and domain.
FAQ
Getting started questions
What agencies ask before they order their first PHPTRAVELS installation.
Talk to salesTry the live demo, choose the Startup, Agency or Enterprise plan, and prepare cPanel hosting with PHP 8.4+, MySQL and Apache. Our team installs and configures the platform on your server, then you add your brand, suppliers and payment gateway and go live.
Yes. The live demo gives you admin, customer, agent and supplier logins with no credit card, and you can book a guided call to walk through it for your business.
Standard cPanel hosting with terminal or SSH access, PHP 8.4+ with the usual extensions, MySQL or MariaDB and Apache with mod_rewrite. The minimum is 1 GB RAM and 2 GB SSD storage; more traffic and suppliers need more.
Installation takes 7 to 10 business days on Startup, 1 to 2 business days with rush setup on Agency, and 4 to 6 hours on Enterprise. Supplier contracts and credentials are often the longer step, so start them early.
Not for installation: our team installs and configures the first deployment, and daily work happens in the admin panel. A developer is useful later if you want to change the code, which Enterprise includes the right to do.
For live inventory, yes. The platform connects to suppliers with the credentials they issue to you. You can also load your own hotels, tours and cars directly and sell those from day one.