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Automate ATOL reporting forever—in less time than it takes to edit your spreadsheets

Set up automated ATOL reporting in around 30 minutes, with an auditable trail for the booking and payment data behind each figure.

Spreadsheet rows flow into a booking-linked ATOL report with an auditable trail.

Automate ATOL reporting forever—in less time than it takes to edit your spreadsheets. Felloh onboarding takes around 30 minutes; once it is set up, reporting is automated and auditable forever.

If preparing an ATOL report means editing spreadsheets, checking rows and trying to make separate figures agree, the report is only the last step in a much longer process.

Why spreadsheet editing keeps coming back

If your current process uses spreadsheets, you may be bringing booking, payment, refund, settlement and departure information together by hand. The spreadsheet can hold the final figures, but your team still needs to check where they came from and how they fit the reporting period.

When an edge case needs attention, the file needs another edit. Then the next reporting cycle begins, and the work of assembling and checking the figures starts again. That is the repeated effort this automation is intended to remove.

Set it up once. Keep the reporting trail.

We have been working through the edge cases in ATOL reporting and the setup process. The aim is straightforward: give travel businesses a reporting process that is ready to use without turning onboarding into another project.

After setup, the report is generated from connected booking and payment information. That gives finance and operations teams a trail they can inspect, rather than a one-off spreadsheet whose figures have to be reconstructed when somebody asks how they were reached.

Felloh’s financial protection data connects payments, refunds, settlement and departure information to the booking. That makes it possible to move from a reporting figure back to the records behind it. The report is not just a document to file away; it is part of an auditable reporting trail.

That is what “auditable” means here: when someone needs to understand a figure, the reporting trail connects it back to the records behind it, rather than leaving only a final spreadsheet to interpret.

Group bookings often mean several people need to pay towards the same trip. Now the group leader can share one Felloh payment link with the group. Each member can make their own payment, including a deposit, instalments and the final balance.

The organiser has one link to distribute, while each traveller can pay their own part of the booking. The payment schedule can follow the way the trip is sold, rather than requiring one person to cover the whole group amount.

The same link supports deposits, instalments and final balances. The group leader has one route to share with the party, while each traveller pays their own part.

Updated Apple Pay and Google Pay

We have also updated the Apple Pay and Google Pay experience in checkout. Travellers who choose either wallet can complete payment using the method they prefer, as part of the same booking payment journey.

The update sits alongside the group payment changes: give each traveller a clear way to pay, whether they are paying from a shared group link or completing another booking payment.

Three changes across collection, checkout and reporting

Group payment links help travel businesses collect money from the people travelling. The Apple Pay and Google Pay update improves the wallet payment experience. Automated ATOL reporting turns connected booking and payment records into an auditable report.

Together, these updates cover three practical points in the payment process: collecting each traveller’s share, letting customers pay with their chosen wallet, and keeping reporting evidence connected to the booking.

To see how ATOL reporting can work with booking and payment data, explore Felloh’s financial protection data or book a walkthrough.

Will Bicknell
About the author

Will Bicknell

Founder

Co-founded and scaled Chillisauce to a top-10 UK events agency over 11 years before pivoting through fintech and founding felloh in 2020. Industry member of ATIPAC and board member of Travel by B Corp.