Web platformBooking & travelOriginal by Jolly Tur
Jolly Tur is one of Turkey's best-known tour operators, and what makes a site like it strong is not just listing hotels: it sells package tours, visa-based international trips, cultural tours and hotel stays in a single basket. Instant price calculation once the traveller picks dates, party size and departure point, instalment options and a capable call centre behind the site all build trust. To build something similar you need more than a storefront. Behind it sit tour product management, quota and allotment tracking, hotel XML integrations and a reservation operations panel. Day-by-day itineraries, guide and transfer assignments, agent commissions and automatic voucher delivery are the back-office parts that carry the real load, and money spent on the front end will not turn into sales until they are solid.
How Jolly Tur works: the core user flow
How many apps and dashboards do you need?
Customer site and mobile view
Travellers filter tours and hotels, study the itinerary and pay online.
Reservation operations panel
The operations team manages quotas, guide and transfer assignments, cancellations and changes.
Agent / reseller panel
Sales partners sell tours at their own commission rates and follow up with their customers.
Admin panel
Products, campaigns, content and financial reports are managed centrally.
Critical features of a product like Jolly Tur
Package tour builder
Combines flights, hotels, transfers and guided excursions into one product, with a day-by-day itinerary and clearly defined inclusions and exclusions.
Quota and allotment management
Date-based inventory is kept for hotel rooms and tour seats, with the ability to stop sales or release last-minute allotment.
Dynamic pricing and child policies
Price matrices that vary by season, room type, board basis and child age are calculated correctly.
Hotel XML integrations
The catalogue grows by pulling availability and rates from bed banks and hotel channel managers.
Visa and document tracking
On international tours, passenger documents, visa appointments and passport details are tracked from the operations panel.
Automatic vouchers and notifications
After payment, the voucher, itinerary and meeting-point details are sent automatically by email and SMS.
What goes into the first version, what comes later
First version (MVP)
- Domestic tour and hotel listings with detailed filtering
- Price calculation by date and party size, with payment through Stripe or a similar provider
- Manual quota management and a reservation panel
- Automatic vouchers plus email and SMS notifications
- Campaign pages and basic SEO content management
Later releases
- Bed bank and flight ticket XML integrations
- Agent / reseller panel and commission calculation
- Mobile app and a loyalty points programme
- AI-assisted holiday suggestions and personalisation
Modules and how the budget is calculated
The budget is calculated with 360 SOFT’s pricing model from the modules below, about 30 screens and the project’s complexity: roughly 147 person-days for the full scope and 111 person-days for the first version. Every module you drop lowers the budget directly.
| Module | Phase |
|---|---|
| Sign-up, login, social login | First version |
| User profile and settings | First version |
| Roles and permissions | First version |
| Admin dashboard | First version |
| Online payments (Stripe / PSP) | First version |
| Product / content catalogue | First version |
| Advanced search and filters | First version |
| Booking / reservations | First version |
| Email / SMS notifications | First version |
| Reporting and analytics | Later release |
| Content management / blog | First version |
| Third-party API integration | First version |
| Ratings and reviews | First version |
Hosting, SMS, map APIs, app store accounts and payment-provider fees are separate items. Maintenance and improvements (optional): €500 / month. We send a fixed written price within 24 hours after a free discovery call.
The hard parts
Complexity of the price matrix
When season, room type, board basis and child discounts combine, wrong prices are easy to produce; extensive test scenarios are needed.
Quota synchronisation
If the same room is sold on your site and on other channels, overselling becomes a risk; real-time inventory locking is essential.
Peak-season traffic
Early-booking campaigns cause sudden traffic spikes, so caching and scalable infrastructure must be planned in.
Business model
The main revenue is the margin between cost and sale price on tours and hotels, or the commission paid by hotels. Early-booking campaigns, add-on sales (transfers, insurance, extra excursions), sales through the agent network and promotion packages for hotels diversify the revenue lines.
Get a free quote for your project
Let us scope it together and send a fixed written quote within 24 hours. NDA on request; you own the source code.
Choosing a company to build an app like Jolly Tur
Most people searching “website like jolly tur” are really looking for a reliable app development company. When comparing quotes, check four things:
- Can you try similar products they have shipped, in the stores or live?
- Are the source code, design files, servers and store accounts transferred to you by contract?
- Do they show a working demo every two weeks, with written scope and acceptance criteria?
- Are maintenance, scaling and GDPR/security costs written into the quote?
Copyright and trademarks
A business model and features are generally not protected on their own, but the Jolly Tur name, logo, interface design, content and source code are. That is why we build a product with similar functionality but your own brand, design and code. This is not legal advice; we recommend a trademark search before launch.
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to build a website like Jolly Tur?
A basic version selling domestic tours and hotels can usually go live within a few months. The timeline grows as XML integrations, an agent panel and a mobile app are added, so it makes sense to split the work into phases.
What licences does a tour website need?
Selling tours and package holidays normally requires a travel agency licence and compliance with local package travel rules (in the EU, the Package Travel Directive). Alongside the software, this legal groundwork has to be ready; seek specialist advice for the details.
Off-the-shelf tour script or custom software?
Ready-made scripts give a quick start but fall short on package tour logic, child policies and quotas. For businesses with a distinctive product structure, custom software is more flexible in the long run.
Will there be copyright or trademark problems?
The business model and features of a tour site are generally free to use. The name, logo, design, content and source code cannot be copied, and this is not a substitute for legal advice.
