Error messages: bookings and seats

Every message you may see when you create, change, cancel or restore a booking, hold seats on a trip or send booking messages, and what to do.

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These messages appear on the bookings screens, on a trip's page, in the customer's trip page and in the customer app. Find the message on your screen, then follow the fix in the same row. A "…" stands for a name, a number or an amount that the message fills in.

Creating a booking

Message What to do
A booking needs at least one traveller Adults and children are both 0. Add at least one adult or child.
Choose the travel dates A custom quotation is being booked without dates. Enter the departure and return dates.
Customer not found The customer was deleted or merged into another record. Choose the customer again.
This trip is not open for sale The trip is a draft, cancelled or completed. Publish the trip, or choose another one.
Only … seats are left on this trip You are booking more travellers than the seats left. Book fewer travellers, or add seats to the trip.
Not enough seats left on this trip The trip has fewer free seats than the booking needs. Book fewer travellers, or add seats to the trip.
Option not found The quotation option was removed. Refresh the quotation and choose an option again.
This quotation is already a booking The quotation was booked before. Open the existing booking.
This quotation is already being booked The same quotation is being booked from another click or tab. Wait a moment, then refresh.

Discounts

Message What to do
You cannot give discounts Your role does not include discounts. Remove the discount, or ask a manager.
Your discount limit is …% The discount is more than your role allows, as a share of the booking. Give a smaller discount, or ask the owner to raise your limit in Team and roles.
Message What to do
This is more than the balance The payment is more than the customer still owes. Enter the balance or less.
The amount must be above zero and not more than the balance The payment link amount is 0 or more than the balance. Enter an amount up to the balance.
Link not found The payment link is no longer open or belongs to another agency. Refresh the list of links.

Cancelling and restoring

Message What to do
Not enough seats are left to restore this booking The seats were sold after the booking was cancelled. Add seats to the trip first, then restore.
The trip is no longer running, so this booking cannot be restored The trip is cancelled or completed. Make a new booking on another trip.

Travellers and rooms

Message What to do
This booking has … travellers You chose more travellers than the booking has. Untick some travellers, or change the number of travellers on the booking.
This traveller is on a booking. Remove them from the booking first. A traveller on a booking cannot be deleted. Remove them from the booking, then delete them.
No free room fits this party. Contract more rooms first. Give rooms again found no free room for this group. Contract more rooms for the trip.
That booking is not on this trip You are placing a booking of another trip in this trip's room. Choose a booking of this trip.

Messages, documents and reminders

Message What to do
This customer has no email Add an email on the customer, or send by another channel.
This customer has no phone number Add a mobile number on the customer, or send by email.
Document not found The confirmation, voucher or uploaded document no longer exists. Refresh the page.
Cancelled (in the reminder results) The booking is cancelled, so it was skipped. Nothing to do.
Nothing owed (in the reminder results) The booking has no balance, so it was skipped. Nothing to do.
No phone number or email (in the reminder results) The customer has no contact, so nothing was sent. Add a mobile number or an email on the customer.

Trips and seats

Message What to do
… seats are already sold. Capacity cannot go below that. You lowered the seats below the seats sold. Keep at least the number sold.
Only … seats can be held You are holding more seats than are unsold. Hold fewer seats.
Seats cannot be held on a cancelled or completed trip Seats are only held on a running trip. Nothing to do on this trip.
The minimum is above the number of seats The minimum to run the trip is more than its seats. Lower the minimum, or add seats.
This trip has bookings, so its branch and currency stay as they are Bookings keep the trip's branch and currency. Keep them, or create a new trip.
Cancel or move the bookings on this trip first The trip still has active bookings. Cancel or move them, then cancel the trip.
This trip has bookings. Cancel it instead. A trip with bookings cannot be deleted. Cancel the trip instead.

Quotations and customers

Message What to do
This quotation was accepted and is now a booking The quotation cannot be edited any more. Change the booking instead.
This quotation became a booking and cannot be removed Keep the quotation. Cancel the booking if needed.
This customer has bookings or quotations and cannot be removed Keep the customer, or merge the duplicate record into another one.

In the customer app

Message What to do
Booking not found The booking does not belong to the signed-in customer. Open it from My trips.
This booking is cancelled The customer cannot pay, report a transfer or use points on a cancelled booking. They should contact the agency.
Add a photo or PDF of the transfer receipt This transfer method needs proof. Tap Add the receipt (required) and choose the file.

Filters

Message What to do
Use dates like 2026-10-18 A date filter is not a valid date. Choose the dates again.

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