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What’s the Difference Between Trips, Reservations, and Bookings?

In Buenro, we use a few travel terms that might sound similar, but they refer to different parts of the experience.

Written by Barry - Buenro Concierge
Updated over a week ago

Here’s a quick breakdown of what each one means and how they work.

1. Trip

A Trip is a way to share your travel plans without committing to anything yet.

You can create a Trip to let others know:

  • “I’ll be in Lisbon from July 10–14.”

Setting up a Trip helps you:

  • Signal interest in a destination and date range

  • Get matched with active groups

  • Explore properties and groups that fit your plans

💡 You don’t need to book anything to create a Trip. It’s simply a way to start planning or browsing.

2. Reservation

A Reservation means your place in a group stay is confirmed.

You’ve either:

  • Joined a group and claimed a room

  • Been added by a Curator to a confirmed booking

Each reservation includes:

  • Property, travel dates, and guest details

  • Access to the booking information

  • Check-in instructions once available

Reservations appear under My Trips and can be cancelled based on the property’s rules and refund policy.

3. Booking

A Booking is the full process of setting up and confirming a group stay.

This includes:

  • Creating the group

  • Selecting the property and dates

  • Inviting others and managing guest roles

  • Triggering payment once the group is full

If you’re the one who sets this up, you’re the Curator. Once confirmed, your booking generates a Reservation for each guest.

💡The Booking process ends when the group is full and payments are processed. This is when all Reservations become active.

Quick summary

Term

What it means

Does it involve payment?

Trip

Travel plan you can create and share

❌ No

Reservation

Your confirmed spot in a group stay

✅ Yes

Booking

Full process of setting up a stay with others

✅ Yes (at confirmation)



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