Sales
Point of sale
Sell to walk-ins at the front desk, a kiosk or on the street: today’s departures and merchandise on one touch screen, split payments (cash with change, card reader, wallets, gift vouchers), cash drawers with Z-reports, printed or emailed receipts with the QR ticket, and sales that keep working offline.
Who it's for
Why operators use Point of sale
Operators who sell to walk-ins at a front desk, a kiosk or a beach stand, or whose guides sell on the street.
Highlights
- A full-screen, touch-first till for tablets and phones with today's departures and seats left
- Tickets, extras and retail items such as merchandise, rentals and photos, with stock counts
- Split payments: cash with change due, a Stripe card reader, an external card machine, wallets, bank transfer and gift vouchers
- Keeps selling when the internet drops and syncs later, without ever overselling a departure
- Cash drawers with float, counted close, variance and X/Z reports; 80mm receipts with QR tickets
Good to know
- Card readers are Stripe Terminal smart readers bought from Stripe. Tap to Pay on a phone needs a native app and is not available from the web till.
Settings
What you can set up
Point of sale works out of the box with sensible defaults. These are the choices you can make, straight from your console.
General
- Ways to pay at the till
- Recorded methods are confirmed by the cashier (your card machine or wallet app shows the payment). Card reader needs Stripe connected and a reader paired to the register.
- CashCard reader (Stripe Terminal)Card machine (recorded)eSewa (recorded)Khalti (recorded)Fonepay QR (recorded)Bank transfer (recorded)Gift voucherPass or punch card
- Cash drawers
- One shared drawer per registerEach cashier has their own drawer
- Cash sales need an open drawer
- Sales queued offline still sync when the drawer has been closed since; they are flagged for review.
- Largest discount a cashier can give (%)
- People who can manage the till (refunds and drawer variances) can give any discount.
- Drawer variance you accept (whole currency units)
- Closes counted further off than this are flagged in the drawer history.
- Email the booking confirmation when the customer gives an email
- Receipt header
- Printed under your business name, e.g. the address, phone and tax number.
- Receipt footer
Sales
How sales plugins fit in
Sales plugins shape what travellers see and pay at checkout: extras, group pricing, prices that follow demand and tailor-made proposals. Every rule shows clearly on the tour page and at checkout.
- 1
Switch it on
Open Plugins in your console and turn it on. No code and nothing to install.
- 2
Make your choices
Adjust the settings to match how your business works, or keep the defaults.
- 3
It works everywhere it should
Your website, checkout, emails and console pick it up straight away.
Related
More sales integrations
Discounts
Every discount in one place, shown on your website and applied at checkout. Promo codes and automatic discounts (Starter): codes and links with rules and limits, and no-code discounts for early bird, last minute, minimum spend and travel dates. Group discounts and dynamic pricing (Growth): savings for bigger groups, and prices that move with demand and season.
Add-ons & extras
Sell extras at checkout: airport transfers, gear rental, travel insurance, single-room upgrades. Priced per booking, per traveller, per night or per item, with quantity limits, shared daily stock and a question per extra (e.g. shoe size).
Booking & traveller fees
Add a fee per booking, per traveller or as a percentage, e.g. park permits or a service fee, with amounts per currency. Shown as its own line and included in advertised prices, as consumer law requires.
Waitlist
Let travellers join a waitlist for full departures. When seats free up, the next in line whose group fits gets the seats held for a few hours, then they pass to the next.
Gift vouchers
Sell or give gift vouchers with a value. Travellers enter the code at checkout and it pays like money, across as many bookings as the balance allows. Unused value comes back if a booking expires or is refunded.
Rentals, passes & memberships
Rent bikes, kayaks and gear by the hour or day from shared stock, with add-ons, security deposits held on the card, and check-out / check-in with photos. Sell passes and punch cards used across tours, and monthly or annual memberships with member prices, free entries and early booking.
FAQ
Point of sale: questions
Which plans include Point of sale?
Point of sale is available on Growth & Scale, at no extra cost.
How do I switch on Point of sale?
In your Tourtify console, open Plugins, find it in the list and switch it on. Its settings open straight away, and you can switch it off again at any time.
Do I need a developer?
No. Plugins are built into Tourtify and set up from the console. Where an outside account is involved, such as a payment provider, you connect it by entering your account details.
Does Point of sale work with my other plugins?
Yes. Every plugin is built and maintained by Tourtify, so they work together: discounts, deposits, vouchers and fees all add up correctly at checkout.
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