Should the first release use an advisor inquiry or live booking?
- Advisor-reviewed trip inquiry
- Verified provider booking or hosted checkout
Choose: Start with an advisor-reviewed inquiry when the trip is customized or supplier inventory changes frequently. Use live booking only when a verified provider exposes the required API or hosted flow and owns availability, payment, confirmation, cancellation, and refund states.
Tradeoff: Inquiry-first adds a human response but keeps nuanced trips and volatile inventory honest. Live booking can reduce steps for standardized products, but adds credentials, provider limits, state reconciliation, payment obligations, and outage recovery.
