Ticketing for bus tours¶

On a summer Saturday morning, three panoramic buses depart at fixed times toward the same lookout point, each with its own seating capacity. A group has booked an entire vehicle for a wedding, individual tourists bought their seats online the day before, and a last-minute customer shows up at the counter five minutes before departure.

Each vehicle has a fixed number of seats that must never be exceeded — whether it's a group booking, an online purchase from the day before, or a last-minute customer at the counter. Without shared availability across these channels, nothing prevents a bus from being overbooked before it even departs.

The Billetterie module for Odoo carries this seat logic directly into your Odoo environment : a per-vehicle capacity matching the exact number of seats, availability shared in real time between the counter and online sales, and a single ticket regardless of the purchase channel. Whether your fleet is a single minibus or several coaches running on fixed schedules all day, every booking is deducted from the right vehicle capacity, directly within your Odoo environment.

The 4 key benefits¶

A seamless visitor experience

Booking at the counter or online, same ticket, same check at boarding — no difference in handling regardless of the sales channel.
Controlled departures and fleet

Limit the number of passengers per vehicle to the exact number of seats available, with no manual intervention, no matter how many buses are running.
Fill rate tracked in real time

Monitor fill rate and revenue per vehicle and per schedule, directly within your Odoo environment.
Native Odoo integration

No third-party tool to connect : ticketing relies directly on your existing Odoo CRM, accounting, and inventory.

What each module brings to your bus tours¶

The Billetterie module builds on Odoo's existing building blocks — each one covers a step of the traveler journey, from booking to boarding.

Point of sale : selling at the front desk¶

Immediate sale at the front desk, the day's departures already configured by vehicle and schedule
Ticket printed or emailed in one click, with the seat number if needed
Spot deducted instantly — no overbooking possible on the same vehicle

Sales : private charters and groups¶

Quotes for fully privatizing a vehicle or for a combined bus + site entry ticket
Deferred invoicing for tour operators and works councils
Same flow as a standard sales order, applied to each bus departure

Online sales : booking your seat before visiting¶

Online booking with choice of schedule and, if needed, vehicle, in just a few clicks
Immediate confirmation, no phone call needed
Availability always synchronized with the front desk, vehicle by vehicle

Access control : validating at boarding¶

Ticket validation via mobile control app right at the foot of the vehicle
A ticket that has already been scanned cannot be reused on another departure
Number of passengers boarded per vehicle visible in real time

Channels manager : expanding distribution (coming soon)¶

A bus tour rarely sells through a single channel : partner tourist offices, hotels, and third-party booking platforms also relay your departures. The Channels manager module, currently in development, will let you sync your availability with these external channels directly from Odoo, with no manual re-entry.