New Features - Release 2.178 - May 22, 2024 - Booking Add-ons & Split First/Last Name on download

Travel Insurance Booking Add-ons, downloading first and last name data, Australian payment methods and many enhancements.

Did you notice?

• We replaced support@youli.io with support@youli.team
• Please update your address book!

Missed Last Week's Update? Watch this quick summary of 2.177

 

Vote for a June enhancement

Which feature would you like us to develop next?

🌟 Enhanced coupons 
🌟 Immediate payment for add-ons
🌟 Payment Status & Countdown

Click through to Instagram for the one you prefer and drop a comment. Tag your team members to add more comments to get your preferred option to the top! The most comments wins. 

You can vote for more than one, but then your vote doesn't "count" as much. So best to vote for your fav!

☔ Wanderwell Travel Insurance 

Are you looking for an insurance partner that shares your values? Well, we found an amazing partner in Wanderwell, a Certified B- Corporation and just generally awesome people!

We strongly encourage you to become an affiliate if you sell to travelers who reside in the United States and are travelling overseas (more global plans coming soon!).

They are a member of the Transformational Travel Council  (TTC) and the Adventure Travel Trade Association, and many TTC Allies/members of those organizations are already happily representing Wanderwell plans.

--> And they have really good affiliate rates!

📢 Travel Insurance (Booking Add-On)

LIMITED RELEASE

We are working with our sponsor on this new feature to require Travelers to select an option (in this case Travel Insurance) they MUST pay for at the time of Booking.

Learn more about what's coming

Other uses:

• Airport Transfer options
• Flight options
• anything add-on you need paid in full when the deposit is paid... what other cases do you have? Share them in the Facebook group

#9147 - Thanks to Prometour CA for sponsoring.

🗒️ Split First Name and Last Name on Export from TripCRM

Do you love downloading your data from the TripCRM?

NOW: First Name and Last Name are split into their own columns, just after the Full name field. 👏

#9028 - Thanks to Untold Italy, Reho & Global Learning Expeditions for prioritizing.

👀 Tired of Reading? 

• May 22nd (these) New Features  - Watch on Facebook 
• May 9th recording - Watch on Facebook - only 10 minutes!
• April recording - Watch on Facebook - only 30 minutes!
• March recording Save Card, Transfer people between Trips, Refund + Cancel

🛅 Long list of Itinerary Items?

Have you ever been annoyed after you edit an item and end up back on the list of Highlights and Itineraries at the top? 

NOW: The view will scroll so the item you just edited will be in view. 👏

#8981 - Thanks to Reho & Libertas for prioritizing.

↪️ Redirect back to Checkout - for Save Card flow

We've improved the experience for Travelers selecting to save their card, so they are redirected back to the booking to make it easier to complete the process.

• Their email address will also be automatically pre-filled, to match their registration to their account. This is especially important if you Require Login
  

Learn more about Save Card

COMING SOON: Checkout flow top bar to prompt Traveler to login or FIND TRIP

#9137

🐨 Australia Stripe Payment Methods

If you have an Australian Stripe account, make sure you've got all the right payment methods enabled.

1. Credit Cards
2. Google Pay
3. Apple Pay 
4. Link (Stripe's customer save card option)
5. Afterpay (Buy Now Pay Later)
6. Direct Debit (BECS)

If you've been connected for a while, you might need to change your settings to match the new defaults

🌐 Duty of Care Enhancements

We are seeking sponsors outside Australia/New Zealand to gain a competitive advantage in your market. Learn more about Duty of Care and Traveler Tracking

• 9134: Improved loading experience
• 9065: Trip level location included in Traveler Tracking
• 9079: Enlarge the pin on the selected country

🔜 Join the conversation about AutoPay consent prompt

Current draft is something like:
"By checking the box I am enrolling in AutoPay and agreeing that I authorize [Business Name] to charge the saved card for the payment amount due on each specified date in the payment plan."

What do you think you'll configure yours to be?

🔜 Coming Soon: Enhanced Image Uploader

We have heard you, we need a better image uploader!

Our Devs are furiously working on it because we know it's a critical part of how you use YouLi!

 

Bugs & Enhancements

• 🐞 9124 - Planners saw an error when trying to delete a user with line items. FIXED! 
• 🐞 8932 - Changing between tag restricted Team Members and granting them access to all trips was not saving. FIXED! 
• 🐞 4497 - 😅 - we've been hunting this one for a while: If you've ever had a case where you couldn't move your task form fields above or below a certain line - NOW YOU CAN! (report any existing forms with the issue, 🙏)
• 🐞 9157 - Resend invite from Manage Trip Planners - if clicked many times eventually blacked out your screen. Would have been a neat feature if we'd meant it! FIXED.
• 🐞 8658 - Some cases resulted in a timeout when adding Team Members. FIXED!
• 🐞 9097 - When Planner changed the add-on selection, it was logged as if the Traveler had done it. It is now logging the attribution of the change to the right Planner user.
• 🐞 9156 - Corrected invalid link in some automated emails - the CTA button did not work as expected
• 🐞 9129 - Travelers uploading documents in a task might have seen an error when trying to delete a file. FIXED!
• 🐞 9135 - Tables and images with fixed widths are now constrained within the page on mobile - avoiding a broken mobile experience when attempting to pay. FIXED!
• 🐞 9057 - Rounding of installments led to incorrect sums for allocations split 3 ways. FIXED!
• 🐞 9078 - Further enhancements to handle corner cases for allocations.
• 💪 9142 - Reminder emails can now be tailored based on whether the user is Booked or not, regardless of what installment the reminder relates to. Thanks to Run Wild Retreats!
• 💪 9119 - Further improvements to the Booking Flow options to be clear which one is right for you.
• 💪 9140 - Warning about selecting a Google Place to pin on DOC now only shows if the Trip Owner has DOC enabled.
• 💪 9126 - We will now block submission of the Register to Pay form if it includes an @ symbol in the First or Last Name in order to reduce spam submissions. 
• 💪 9069 - replace support@youli.io with support@youli.team
• 💪 9139 - improved internal alerting for potential payment issues so we can provide better support
• 💪 9133 - Block incoming traffic from some countries, if you get a block you'll need to use a VPN.