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Understanding Travel Item Progress Indicators in ABOSS

What are the red, orange, and green indicators?

Written by Geertje

When you add a travel item to the agenda in ABOSS, you'll notice a colour indicator: red, orange, or green. These are progress indicators, not status labels. They tell you how far along a travel item is in the booking process, so nothing slips through the cracks.

What each colour means

🔴 Red: Action needed The travel item is part of the deal and has been added to the agenda, but nothing has been arranged yet. This is your signal that someone needs to take action. Think of it as an open to-do.

Example: A flight has been agreed upon as part of a contract deal. You add it to the agenda straight away. It starts as red, because the booking hasn't been initiated yet.

🟠 Orange: In progress, awaiting confirmation The booking has been initiated, for example a request has been sent to the travel agency, but confirmation hasn't come back yet. The item is in motion, but not yet complete.

Example: The travel agency has received the request and is working on it, but hasn't confirmed the booking.

🟢 Green: Confirmed and complete The travel item is fully booked and confirmed. No further action needed.

Important: this is not a cancellation indicator

A common misconception is that red means a flight or travel item has been cancelled. This is not the case. The colour indicators only reflect progress in the booking process and say nothing about whether a trip has been cancelled.

What to do when a travel item is cancelled

If a flight or other travel item is cancelled but you want to keep it visible in ABOSS — so it doesn't disappear from the artist's calendar — simply add "Cancelled" to the title (e.g. "Cancelled – KL1234 Amsterdam → London"). The item stays in place and remains visible to everyone, while making it immediately clear that the booking is no longer active.

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