> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.odia.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create Your First Journey

> Build a trip from first quote to confirmed operations in one Journey workspace.

## What Is A Journey?

A Journey is the trip workspace in Odia. It starts as the proposal you send to a travel agent or traveller, then continues as the confirmed operational trip after acceptance and payment.

## The Journey Workflow

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create the Journey">
    Add the title, travel dates, guest count, destinations, travel agent, traveller, and cover image.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Build the trip">
    Add services and pricing in the **Journey Builder**, then structure the trip with options, variants, add-ons, files, and content cards.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Design the public view">
    Open the preview with the **eye** button, then use the **Journey Designer** — the **Display Settings** and page-layout panels in the preview — to choose layout, card styles, and what's visible.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Publish and share">
    Publish to create a version and share the public Journey link.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm and operate">
    Set the status to **Confirmed** (this also publishes the latest version), then keep working in the same Journey for suppliers, purchase orders, tasks, invoices, and traveller-facing updates.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Creating a similar trip? Duplicate an existing Journey from the row menu. It copies the settings, display settings, and services so you can adapt the new trip faster.
</Tip>

## Step 1 - Add Journey Details

Click **New Journey**. You can move between tabs in any order and click **Create** when ready.

Required fields:

* **Title** - internal name for your team
* **Travel dates** - creates the trip days
* **Guest count** - total number of travellers

Optional fields you can add now or later:

* Traveller-facing headline and public title
* Destination areas and area timeline
* Travel agent and commission
* Primary traveller
* Cover image
* Display settings such as hide prices, hide branding, and show total only

## Step 2 - Set Up The Area Timeline

Use the **Areas** tab to map where the trip goes and for how many days.

For example, a trip might spend three nights in Paris, four nights in Provence, then two nights in Monaco. Each destination becomes a leg on the timeline.

<Tip>
  Set up the Area Timeline before adding services. It keeps multi-destination Journeys structured and helps Odia place services in the right part of the trip.
</Tip>

## Step 3 - Build The Journey

The **Journey Builder** is the day-by-day service board.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Add services">
    Click the **+** button on any day, search your Library, and select a service.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Edit for this Journey">
    Open the service card to adjust dates, times, travellers, supplier, description, files, and pricing.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Arrange the day">
    Drag cards to reorder services or move them to another day.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save changes">
    Click **Save Changes** when the save bar appears.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You can also structure services in more detail. Expand each one to see how it works:

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Options" icon="shuffle" description="Let the client choose between alternatives">
    Offer the client a choice between two or more alternatives — for example, two different hotels.

    * **Where:** on the Journey itself
    * **How:** hold **Cmd** (Mac) or **Ctrl** (Windows), click the services to select them, then choose **Options** from the toolbar that appears, name the group, and save
    * **On the public Journey:** the options show as tabs; the client picks one, and only that option counts toward the total price
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Variants" icon="layer-group" description="Different versions of a service (e.g. room types) — set up in the Library">
    Use variants when a service comes in multiple versions, such as Standard Room, Deluxe Room, and Suite.

    * **Where:** in the **Library**, on the service's **Variants** tab
    * **How:** open the service and add each version; when you add the service to a Journey, all its variants come along
    * **On the public Journey:** the client sees a selector and picks a version, with the price updating automatically
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Add-ons" icon="square-plus" description="Optional or mandatory extras — added on the Journey">
    Attach extras to a service within a Journey — for example, a breakfast upgrade or an airport transfer.

    * **Where:** in the **Journey Builder**, open the service card and go to its **Add-ons** tab
    * **How:** add each extra with its own price, and mark it optional or mandatory
    * **On the public Journey:** optional add-ons appear as checkboxes (none selected by default); mandatory add-ons are always included and can't be removed
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Content cards" icon="note-sticky" description="Reusable info blocks like packing notes or visa guidance">
    Reusable information blocks — packing notes, travel tips, visa guidance — kept in the **Library** under the **Content Cards** tab.

    * **For a specific day:** in the **Journey Builder**, choose where the card should sit on that day, open **Add to journey**, then select the **Content Cards** tab. You can drag the card to arrange it among the services.
    * **Intro or closing cards:** expand **Before journey** for welcome or introductory cards, or **After journey** for closing cards at the end of the trip. Then click **Add content card**. You can add more than one card in either section.
    * **On the public Journey:** day cards appear alongside services; Before journey cards appear before the itinerary and After journey cards appear at the end.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Step 4 - Design And Publish

Open the preview with the **eye** button, then use the **Journey Designer** — the **Display Settings** and page-layout panels in the preview — to control the public view.

You can adjust:

* Page layout
* Service card styles
* Cover image crop
* Price visibility
* Branding
* Maps, summaries, content cards, and category tags

When the Journey is ready, click **Publish**.

<Note>
  Publishing creates a numbered version and updates the public Journey link. The same link can be reused after every publish.
</Note>

## Making Changes Later

You can edit a Journey at any stage, including after it is confirmed.

1. Make the change inside Odia
2. Save it
3. Check the header badge
4. Publish again when the public link should show the change

<Warning>
  If the Journey shows **Unpublished changes**, your saved work is private to Odia until you publish.
</Warning>

## What's Next?

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Journeys Documentation" icon="book" href="/features/proposals">
    Learn the full Journey model, statuses, publishing, and confirmed operations.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Journey Designer" icon="palette" href="/features/journey-designer">
    Learn how layouts, card styles, and display settings work.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>