Price Watches

You've booked the cruise, the client is happy, and then the price drops $400 two weeks later. Without price monitoring, you'd never know. Price Watches keep an eye on hotel and cruise prices after you book, so when the price drops, you can rebook at the lower rate and save your client money — or earn some extra goodwill (and commission) in the process.

How It Works

JourneyFuse tracks prices using different methods depending on the supplier:

Supplier	How prices are checked
Hotels & Resorts	Automated — checked via Amadeus, SerpApi, and Xotelo with scheduled background checks
Royal Caribbean	Automated — checked via the RC API with scheduled background checks
Other cruise lines	Manual — you get a direct link to the supplier's search page for quick spot-checks
Other suppliers	Manual — add a custom search URL when creating the watch

For automated watches, JourneyFuse checks prices on a regular schedule and alerts you when something changes. For manual watches, you still get reminders to check — you just do the lookup yourself.

Creating a Price Watch

Go to Price Watches in the sidebar and click New Watch. You have two paths:

Link to a Booking

Select an existing booking from any trip and the watch auto-fills the supplier, confirmation number, and amount paid. This is the fastest way — two clicks and you're tracking.

Start from Scratch

Manually enter the details. Use this for bookings that aren't in JourneyFuse yet, or when you want to watch a price before you've even booked (like monitoring a cabin category to see if it drops before committing).

What You'll Fill In

The fields depend on what you're tracking:

For all watches:

• Label — a name you'll recognize (e.g. "Smith Family Balcony Cabin")
• Watch type — cruise, hotel, resort, park, or other
• Baseline price — what your client originally paid
• Target price — optional price you're hoping to hit
• Currency — defaults to USD
• Check interval — how often to auto-check (in days)

For cruises:

• Cruise line, ship name, sailing date, sailing code
• Cabin category, cabin number, number of guests

For hotels:

• Property name, room type, check-in/out dates
• Number of guests, rate code

Alert Settings

You control exactly when JourneyFuse notifies you:

• Alert on drop — get notified when the price goes down (this is the money-maker)
• Alert on increase — get notified when the price goes up (useful for clients on the fence about booking)
• Threshold — set a minimum percentage or dollar amount change before you're alerted, so you're not pinged over a $5 fluctuation

Your Price Watch Dashboard

Each watch card gives you the key numbers at a glance:

• Paid — the original booking price
• Now — the current price from the last check
• Savings — how much your client could save by rebooking (tracked cumulatively)
• Status — Active, Paused, or Overdue

Filter Tabs

Use the tabs at the top to focus your attention:

• All — every watch in your workspace
• Active — currently tracking
• Price Drops — watches where the current price is below what was paid (these are your action items)
• Overdue — watches that haven't been checked recently

Running a Live Check

Click Live Check on any watch to trigger an immediate price lookup. For automated watches (hotels, Royal Caribbean), the current price comes back instantly. For manual watches, it opens the supplier's search page in a new tab so you can check and log the result.

Price History

Click History on any watch to see a full log of every price check — the date, price found, whether it went up or down, and how it was checked (automated vs. manual). This is great for spotting pricing trends. Some cruise lines drop prices in waves, and the history helps you see those patterns.

Tips

• Create a price watch the same day you confirm a booking. Prices are most volatile in the first few weeks after booking — that's when you're most likely to catch a drop.
• Link watches to trips so you can jump from the watch straight to the booking with one click. It also makes it easy to reference the booking details when you call the supplier to rebook.
• Check your Price Drops tab weekly. This is where the money is. A 5-minute weekly habit of reviewing drops and rebooking can save your clients thousands over the course of a year.
• Set realistic thresholds. A $20 hotel price drop probably isn't worth the rebooking hassle, but a $200 cruise cabin drop definitely is. Set your alert threshold accordingly.
• Don't forget to pause watches after departure. Once the trip has happened, pause or delete the watch so it's not cluttering your dashboard.
• For manual watches, bookmark the supplier search page. The custom URL field is your friend — paste in the exact search with dates and cabin type pre-filled so checking takes 30 seconds.

FAQ

Does JourneyFuse rebook for me? No — JourneyFuse monitors prices and alerts you. The actual rebooking is still a conversation between you and the supplier. This is intentional, since rebooking policies vary by supplier and you may want to discuss options with your client first.

How often are automated checks run? You set the check interval when creating the watch (e.g., every 1 day, every 3 days). Background cron checks run on that schedule automatically.

Can I track prices for bookings made outside JourneyFuse? Yes. Use the "Start from Scratch" option and enter the details manually. You don't need a booking record in JourneyFuse to create a watch.

Related

• Bookings — how bookings connect to price watches
• Managing Trips — trip detail page overview