How adivaha actually worksThe complete adivaha customer journey from first call to running travel business
When a travel agency or entrepreneur first reaches out to adivaha, the journey begins with discovery. Our team has a 30-minute call to understand your business stage (new entrant or existing agency digitising), target markets (geographic focus, customer demographics), product mix (flight-only or multi-product), business model (pure B2C, pure B2B, or hybrid), supplier needs (specific GDS / OTA / regional aggregators), payment requirements (specific gateways, multi-currency needs) and budget constraints. Based on this, we recommend the right plan tier and customisation depth. Most discovery calls translate into a clear proposal within 5 working days.
Onboarding takes 1-3 weeks for standard implementations. Week 1: account setup, supplier API configuration, payment-gateway integration, brand assets uploaded (logo, colours, fonts, content), domain configuration. Week 2: testing in sandbox environment - test bookings across all configured suppliers, payment-flow validation, voucher generation testing, mobile responsiveness checks. Week 3: production cutover with live traffic, monitoring dashboard handover, training session for your operations team, go-live announcement support. For complex deployments (custom workflows, multi-region operations), the timeline extends to 4-8 weeks.
Once live, the operating model is straightforward. Customers visit your portal, search for travel options, select inventory, pay through your branded checkout. The platform routes the booking to the appropriate supplier (GDS for flights, bedbank for hotels, local operator for transfers), handles payment processing through your gateway, generates branded vouchers, dispatches confirmations via email / WhatsApp / SMS, and posts the transaction to your reporting dashboard. Your team handles customer queries through the integrated CRM; the platform handles supplier coordination, settlement reconciliation and ongoing operations.
The single-escrow model is one of adivaha's key innovations. Traditional travel platforms require you to maintain separate cash deposits with each supplier (Hotelbeds escrow, Amadeus deposit, individual hotel chain pre-pays) - tying up working capital and creating reconciliation complexity. adivaha consolidates this into a single escrow balance with us. You top up the escrow as needed; every booking deducts from this single balance regardless of supplier. We handle supplier-side settlements behind the scenes. Result: 70-80% lower working-capital requirement compared to multi-supplier-deposit models.
Customer payments flow directly to your bank account via your local payment gateway. The customer pays $115 (your retail price including mark-up); your bank receives $115; adivaha's escrow is debited $100 (supplier net cost) and $15 stays with you. Settlement is daily / real-time depending on your gateway. Your accounting team sees clean transaction records: customer payment in, supplier cost out, net margin retained.
Ongoing platform maintenance happens transparently. Supplier-API updates (when GDS or OTAs change their integrations) are handled by our engineering team without disruption. New features ship monthly via auto-deployment. Security patches roll out continuously. Your operations team focuses on customer service and growth; we focus on keeping the platform robust and current.