Widgety for

Holiday Operators

Widgety is an all-in-one platform that brings together holidays, tours, cruising, operators, agents, resources, brochures and images in one place.

We have a range of solutions for all types of travel business; however we are not a travel agent, we don’t sell holidays, or build websites. We’re also not affiliated with any specific third party.

Widgety is simply designed to be a complete content resource.

How it Works

Widgety allows cruise lines and tour operators to input all of the information about their brand and holidays into a single place, which can then be accessed by travel agent partners.

All types of content can be added to Widgety, including videos and pdf resources. 

For the travel agent, Widgety provides the opportunity to have a feature-rich web presence without the need to be an expert on every operator, or for expensive web development. 

We wish to understand everything about every brand and the holidays on offer. Every operator is assigned an account manager for a guide through the initial onboarding process and for day-to-day contact. 

  • Our platform allows everything to be both manually added into Widgety or fed in through an API or flat file. 
  • It’s built for whatever level of IT is available; from complex multi-currency API feeds to a simple spreadsheet. 
  • Itineraries can be basic, or contain detailed information with all included accommodation, meals, comfort levels, pre and post packages and anything else. 

Our Focus

Holidays

Whatever type of holidays provided; a cruise, tour or mix of the two, we understand that holidays are complicated. Operators visit hundreds of destinations with itineraries that have multiple pricing options, extensions and upgrades. 

Resources

Holidays are incredibly visual; there might be images for each destination, videos, print resources, social media tiles and more, that can be made available to travel agents and their customers.

Ships

For cruise lines, ships are a key part of the holiday experience and need explaining in detail; it’s more than just a set of deck plans. It’s not easy to make sure that all agents have updated cabin images after a refit, and by using Widgety, they don’t have to.

Using Widgety

Save Time

Widgety is a platform to save time. It can help operators to understand exactly what content an agent has access to, and what resources are being used.

Importantly, it allows brands to reach agents that may not have previously engaged, and gives agents access to all the tools needed to convert the client. 

Stand Out

Details sell holidays, but they also take time to find. By having everything in one place, operators can save time, agents can be more efficient and customers can be more sure of exactly what it is they’re buying. 

Widgety is not a replacement for your own trade platforms, but is an addition to the resources available to your agent partners.

Widgety wants to help travel agents find the right holiday for their customers. We want to allow them to find the detailed answers to complicated questions in real time, without having to call or email you.

Travel agents should be able to send a menu to a customer, to know the size or facilities in a cruise cabin, what additional stays might be available or what upgraded accommodation they can have.

Most importantly, it should be easy for them to tell their customer exactly what’s included in the fare. 

We want to make it easier for agents to get in touch with you if they want to find out more, and for you to contact them directly (subject to Consortia or their management approval).

Take It Back

Don’t have a feed or API? No problem.

Simply fill in our easy spreadsheet and we’ll integrate the holidays provided. Add new itineraries and change pricing as often as necessary.

Once we’ve integrated them, holidays can be pulled back through our Widgets or API, giving operators a fully functional, accurate feed of their own data; and travel partners can have it too.

Use Widgety as your image library, store resources and keep everything neat and tidy in one place.

Trade Resources

Available for every travel agent to access, Widgety has upgraded the brochures we take in from cruise lines and tour operators to include trade resources such as selling guides, trade brochures, window cards and social media tiles. 

Agents will be able to access all trade resources across cruise, tour, destinations and third parties in one place, as agreed by their head office.

Widgety have been working with groups such as Advantage, MidCounties, Inteletravel etc to ensure that the suppliers they have agreements with can feed the resources available to them directly to each member. 

It’s designed to save cruise lines and tour operator trade teams time, and to help back up marketing efforts.

Tony Evans – Director, TProfile

How Agents use Widgety

Widgety works with the majority of travel agents in the UK, from small independents, to consortia, to the largest homeworking groups. We have a solution to suit all budgets and all levels of IT ability. 

There are four main ways that agents can access your content, click on each option below to find out more:

Andy Harmer – Director, CLIA UK & Ireland

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