Trip Statuses Now Update Themselves Automatically

<p><strong>Episode Overview</strong><br>David Shull (CEO), Molly Johnson (Head of Product), and Brad Turner (Head of Design) walk through a stacked update week: trips can now automatically move between statuses like traveling and traveled based on trip dates, a new Planned Bookings report makes it easy to audit anything that slipped through uncommitted, and the agency back office gets its own dashboard home plus new commission documentation and rate-change tools. A long list of quality of life fixes rounds things out. Next week: more on payments and reporting.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Episode Topics</strong><br>(06:11) Automated Trip Statuses. Trips now move between statuses like traveling and traveled automatically, based on trip start and end dates, using Tern&#39;s existing automation triggers.<br>(15:50) Planned Bookings Report. A new report surfaces bookings still marked as planning so advisors and agencies can catch anything that should have been marked booked.<br>(19:57) Reporting Filters. New filters for trip tags, client state, and consortia or marketing codes make it easier to slice booking and client data for lead tracking and tax reporting.<br>(22:45) Agency Back Office Home. All agency admin workflows, suppliers, commission reconciliation, and payouts now live in one dashboard, separate from the agent experience.<br>(24:00) Commission Documentation and Rate Changes. Commission types can now require documentation, and rate changes can retroactively apply to commission already received but not yet paid.<br>(29:02) Quality of Life Upgrades. Auto-formatted date fields, traveler age shown at trip start, visible terms and cancellation policies on the itinerary, full-resolution photo downloads, and bulk apply counts.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Show Highlights</strong></p><ul><li>One of the most requested features ever (500+ merged votes) is live</li><li>New audit tools help advisors catch bookings before they cost commission</li><li>Agency back office now has a single home for suppliers, commission, and payouts</li><li>Commission rate changes can now apply retroactively where policy allows</li><li>Small but mighty fixes: dates, traveler age, and cancellation policies just got easier to find</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Keywords</strong><br>Tern, Flight Path podcast, automation templates, travel advisor workflow, product updates, CRM for travel agents</p>