Columbus helps your team manage the full life of a trip: inquiry → planning → costing → quote → confirmation → operations → invoicing. This guide explains each part of the app in plain language so anyone on your team can find answers quickly.
Key idea
Modules in Columbus
These match the menu you see in the app. Click any module to learn what it does and how to use it.
Accounting
Invoices, payments, and financial reports.
Commercial Bridge
Turn a confirmed quote into customer and supplier invoices.
Costing
Build supplier costs and link them to the itinerary.
Customers
Store customer contacts and link them to trips.
Itinerary
Plan days, stops, transfers, and activities.
Locations
Hotels, airports, and places used across trips.
Pricing
Calculate quotes and customer-facing prices.
Rate Cards
Pre-agreed supplier rates for faster costing.
Reporting
Itinerary, costing, and operations reports.
Suppliers
Hotels, DMCs, and vendors you buy from.
Trip Editor
The map-based workspace to build a trip option.
Trip Options
Priced alternatives inside a trip.
Trips
Customer engagements from inquiry to confirmation.
Vouchers
Supplier booking confirmations.
New to Columbus?
Start here if you are onboarding a new team member or learning the app for the first time.