How much does travel agency software cost? (UK and US, 2026)
Published 2026 prices for Travefy, TravelJoy, Tern, moonstride, Tourwriter and Confirmbee, the fees that sit outside the headline price, and what a spreadsheet costs you.
Travel agency software costs from $19 a month for a cut-down single-user plan to £495 a month for a five-user platform with a setup fee on top, and several well-known UK systems publish no price at all. For a small agency of one to ten people, most published plans land between $32 and $149 per agent per month, and the real bill depends on how each vendor charges for the second, third and eighth seat.
Every figure comes from the vendor's own pricing page, checked on 27 October 2026. Prices are shown in the currency the vendor uses, and tax is excluded unless the page says otherwise.
The three price bands you will find
Shopping for software for a small agency, you will meet three kinds of pricing.
Per-agent subscriptions with a public price. You see the number, start a trial and pay by card. Travefy, TravelJoy, Tern and Confirmbee all work this way, though each counts seats differently.
Platform plans with a bundle of users and a setup fee. moonstride publishes its prices, but the entry plan includes five users and carries a one-off setup charge. Tourwriter publishes per-user prices for its smaller plans and charges for setup and migration.
Then there are the quote-only systems. Traveltek, Inspiretec and Dolphin Dynamics publish no prices on their sites. Inspiretec's agent software page offers a free demo, and Dolphin's site asks you to request one. Traveltek lists products and supplier connections with no pricing page. Expect a sales call, a proposal and usually a contract.
A note on free travel agency software: none of the travel-specific tools checked here has a free plan. The free options are trials, which run for 7 days at TravelJoy and 14 days at Confirmbee, both without a card.
Published prices for small agencies in 2026
Travefy (USD). Core is $39 a month billed annually, and Premium is $59 a month billed annually, which adds priority and phone support, premium onboarding and a custom domain. A monthly option exists, but the page does not show its price. Agency plans add $20 a month per additional seat and are sold through the sales team. A New Travel Agent Program costs $25 a month.
TravelJoy (USD). Starter costs $19 a month for 12 trips a year, with no AI, no group bookings and no team members. Pro costs $39 a month paid monthly or $32 a month on annual billing, with unlimited trips and add-on team members. TravelJoy Premium costs $99 a month paid monthly or $79 a month on annual billing, and includes two Pro team memberships and one assistant.
Tern (USD). $49 per seat a month on monthly billing, or $35 per seat on quarterly or annual billing. Tern says the per-seat price drops as the team grows, and included AI usage limits apply from 1 July 2026, with a paid Tern Pro add-on for heavier use.
moonstride (GBP). Pro is £495 a month including five users, with extra users at £45 a month each. A one-time setup cost starts from £1,500, which includes up to 10 hours of onboarding. Prices exclude VAT. The same page shows $645 a month for US buyers.
Tourwriter (USD). Starter is from $99 per user a month billed annually, for one person. Pro is from $149 per user a month billed annually, for teams of two to five. Premium is priced on application. One-time setup, migration and training starts from $1,199. Tourwriter is built for tour operators and DMCs, so a retail agency should check the fit.
Confirmbee (GBP). £49 a month for the first agent and £4 a month for each additional agent, with a 14-day free trial, no card and no setup fees. Paying yearly gets you 2 months free.
Worked examples: monthly cost for 1, 3 and 8 agents
These totals use only the published rates above, checked 27 October 2026. They leave out tax, setup fees and payment processing, and they are not currency-converted.
One agent
Confirmbee: £49
TravelJoy Pro: $39 monthly, or $32 on annual billing
Travefy Core: $39 (annual billing)
Tern: $49 monthly, or $35 on annual billing
Tourwriter Starter: from $99 (annual billing)
moonstride Pro: £495, which covers up to five users from day one
Three agents
Confirmbee: £49 + 2 × £4 = £57
Travefy: $39 + 2 × $20 = $79, assuming the Agency seat rate sits on top of one Core plan, which the sales team would need to confirm
TravelJoy Premium: $99 monthly or $79 on annual billing, since it bundles two Pro team members
Tern: 3 × $49 = $147 monthly, or 3 × $35 = $105 on annual billing, as an upper bound because Tern's rate falls for larger teams
Tourwriter Pro: from 3 × $149 = $447 (annual billing)
moonstride Pro: £495
Eight agents
Confirmbee: £49 + 7 × £4 = £77
Travefy: $39 + 7 × $20 = $179, on the same assumption as above
Tern: 8 × $49 = $392 monthly, or 8 × $35 = $280 annually, again as an upper bound
moonstride Pro: £495 + 3 × £45 = £630
TravelJoy: no public price for eight seats, because team member pricing is shown inside the app
Tourwriter: Premium covers teams of five to 20+ and is priced on application
These tools do different jobs, so a cheaper line does not mean better value. Travefy, TravelJoy and Tern centre on itineraries, proposals and CRM. moonstride and Tourwriter are fuller operating platforms. Confirmbee is narrower: it reads the confirmation emails and PDFs your suppliers send, the agent reviews the extracted booking before it is saved, and the booking lands on a shared tracker with its deadlines flagged.
Hidden costs to ask about before you sign
The monthly fee is rarely the whole bill. Six things push it up.
Setup and onboarding. moonstride's setup starts from £1,500 and Tourwriter's from $1,199. Quote-only systems usually price implementation into the proposal, so ask for it as a separate line.
Payment processing. If clients pay through the platform, you pay a cut. TravelJoy lists 5% + 30c per card payment on Starter and 3.5% + 30c on Pro, with bank transfers at 3% and 1.5%. At 3.5% + 30c, a client paying $5,000 by card costs you $175.30 in fees.
Usage limits. Tern's AI usage limits started on 1 July 2026, with a paid tier above them. TravelJoy sells 10x Copilot usage as a $49 a month add-on.
GDS and supplier connections. Booking platforms that connect to a GDS or bedbank often bill those connections separately, or pass on the supplier's own fees. Ask what each connection costs and who holds the contract.
Training time. Even a free onboarding session costs your agents an afternoon away from clients. Larger platforms need more of it.
Migration. Moving years of bookings out of spreadsheets or an old system is either a paid package or your own weekend.
What the spreadsheet costs you
A spreadsheet costs nothing to open, which is why so many agencies stay on one. The price shows up in hours instead.
Take a booking that touches four suppliers. Each sends a confirmation in a different layout: the bedbank's PDF, the consolidator's ticket email, the hotel's own letter. Someone retypes the names, dates, references and costs into Excel, and then builds a client confirmation by hand.
Start with invented numbers, clearly not research. Say retyping and building the client document takes 10 minutes per supplier confirmation. An agency handling 80 supplier confirmations a month spends 800 minutes, a little over 13 hours. Valued at £20 an hour, that is about £267 a month of agent time, before anyone counts the cost of a ticketing deadline missed because it sat in row 412.
Put your own numbers in. Time three real confirmations this week, multiply by your monthly volume, and compare the result with the subscription prices above.
How to choose travel agency software for a small business
Search for the best travel agency software and you get lists of every tool on the market. A short checklist cuts that down faster.
Write down the job that hurts most. Itineraries, payments, back-office accounting and supplier confirmations are different problems, and the best tool for one may do little for another.
Price it for your headcount in 12 months, not today. A per-seat price that looks cheap for one agent is multiplied by eight once the team grows.
Ask for every fee in writing: setup, migration, per-booking charges, payment processing and connection fees.
Check the contract term and what happens to your data if you leave.
Run the trial on real work. Forward last week's supplier emails, build a real client document, and see how long it takes.
Check the currency. A US price list means exchange-rate movement and possibly card fees on every bill.
If retyping supplier confirmations is the part of the week you would pay to lose, start a Confirmbee trial and forward your next confirmation. There is nothing to migrate, and 14 days is enough time to see whether it saves you more than £49 a month.
FAQ
How much does travel agency software cost per month?
For a small agency, published plans checked in October 2026 run from $19 a month (TravelJoy Starter, limited to 12 trips a year) to £495 a month (moonstride Pro, including five users). Most per-agent plans sit between $32 and $149 per agent per month. Quote-only systems such as Traveltek, Inspiretec and Dolphin Dynamics do not publish prices.
Is there free travel agency software?
None of the travel-specific tools checked here has a permanent free plan. TravelJoy offers a 7-day trial and Confirmbee a 14-day trial, both without a card. A spreadsheet is free to use, but the time spent retyping into it is a cost of its own.
What hidden costs come with travel agency software?
The common ones are setup and onboarding fees, payment processing charges, AI or usage limits with paid tiers above them, GDS and supplier connection fees, and data migration. Ask each vendor to list every one in writing before you sign.
Is travel agency software priced differently in the UK and the US?
Most of the tools above publish prices in US dollars, so a UK agency pays in a foreign currency and carries the exchange-rate risk. moonstride and Confirmbee publish prices in pounds, and moonstride's prices exclude VAT.
How much does Confirmbee cost?
£49 a month for the first agent and £4 a month for each additional agent, so three agents cost £57 and eight cost £77. Paying yearly gets you 2 months free. There is a 14-day free trial with no card required and no setup fees.