Changelog
Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.
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→ Day descriptions on the board
You can now add a description to each day of a trip, alongside the existing day title.
Edit the description directly from the board or use AI to help generate it. The description is also automatically shown in the travel app and trip PDF.

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Trips > Board > Day header / Edit day
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→ Separate descriptions for proposals and booked trips
Hotels, activities and transport can now have separate descriptions for the proposal and the final booked version.
This makes it easy to keep your original proposal text while updating travellers with the final details after booking. You can also compare both versions when something changes.

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Trips > Day-by-day > Element > Descriptions
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→ Explore Bedbanks hotels on a map
Finding the right hotel is now more visual. Browse RateHawk/Bedbanks hotels directly on a map with price markers, while keeping the hotel list, filters and favourites alongside it.
Hovering over a hotel connects the list and map, making it easier to compare locations and prices.

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Bookings > Bedbanks > Map
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→ Team or personal default documents
You can now choose whether a default document applies to your whole team or only to your own user.
This makes it easier to manage company-wide documents while still allowing individual users to maintain their own default documents.

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Settings > Default documents
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→ Transport booking vouchers
Transport bookings can now include digital vouchers. Configure them per document and let travellers access the right booking information more easily.
Vouchers can also be downloaded from the bookings and documents areas, including bulk download where available.

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Trips > Documents · Bookings
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→ More flexible trip & day cover media
Make your travel app more visual with new options for trip and day covers.
Day covers can now include multiple images as a slideshow or MP4 background videos, including looping video with improved autoplay support.
You can also choose which day's image should be used as the main trip cover directly from the board.

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Trips > Board > Day image · Travel app > Day cover
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→ New Inquiry status
We've added a new Inquiry status for trips, giving you a clear stage for new enquiries before they become quotes.
You can also choose whether newly created trips should start as Inquiry or Quote by default.

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Trips > Status · Settings > Trip defaults
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→ Manually disable the travel app
You can now manually disable the travel app for a specific trip, giving you more control over when travellers can access their itinerary.
The existing option to automatically disable the travel app a set number of days after the trip ends remains available.

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Trips > Settings > Travel app
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→ Clearer day headings in the travel app
We've improved how itinerary days are presented in the travel app.
The location is now the main heading, while the day title stays together with the day description. This makes longer itineraries easier to scan and understand.

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Travel app > Itinerary day view
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IMPROVED
🚀- Swedish language support— Swedish is now available as a trip language.
- English UK & Portuguese Portugal— Improved locale support with dedicated ENGB and PTPT language options.
- RateHawk / hotel booking— Improved room search, clearer room and occupancy grouping, better loading states, and more reliable bedding and occupancy matching when selecting rates.
- Bedbanks hotel search— Improved location-based searching in hotel list and card views.
- Airline information— Improved airline and country data throughout the platform.
- AI day descriptions— AI now uses better trip context when helping you write day descriptions.
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FIXED
🛠- Sharper trip cover images— Cover images now look sharper on high-resolution and Retina displays.
- Kanban day dates— Fixed an edge case that could cause the wrong date to appear on a day column.
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Hotel booking map viewHotel booking now also has a map view with price markers and hotel previews.

🔎 Bookings > Map view
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Contacts split into company and personContacts can now be managed separately as companies or people.

🔎 Contacts > People/Companies
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Contact relationsLink related contacts to each other from the contact page.

🔎 Contacts > contact > Relations
IMPROVED
- Airlines data
More accurate airline info from a new data provider.
- Destination reordering
Reorder destinations in a trip.
- AI import
Smarter board matching, no Unsplash images for hotels, and library items translated into all trip languages.
- Board date & time
Clearer date/time display on the board and day-by-day view.
- Country filters
Country and continent filters are combined for trips, library, and contacts.
- Travel app
Darker gradients for better text readability.
- Default documents
Default country documents are suggested instead of attached automatically.
- Hotel booking
Book and quote RateHawk rates from a hotel, with a clearer room selection flow, booked rates in the bookings tab, and availability refresh with side-by-side comparison.
FIXED
- User visibility settings are applied when duplicating a trip instead of copying the original trip’s visibility settings.
- Sharper travel-app images
- Removed redundant “contact us” text from emails
new
New updates
Group consecutive accommodations on PDF import 🏨
When importing from PDF, a new setting lets you group consecutive accommodations into one segment for cleaner itineraries.

🔎 Trips > New trip > Import from PDF
Only the trip creator can edit ✏️
Companies can restrict trip editing to the creator only. A banner appears when you don't have edit permission.
🔎 Settings > trip > under 'General'

"Open in Google Maps" on complete day routes
Open a complete day route, including stopovers, in Google Maps directly from the itinerary.

🔎 Travel-app > Day > Map
Dynamic currency symbol in the trip menu
The travel app menu now shows your trip's currency symbol.

🔎 Travel App > Trip menu
IMPROVED
- Improved PDF import with transportations now being imported as transport element 🚌
- Copy calculation orders when duplicating a trip 💰
- Save pictures from trip elements straight into your library
- Redesigned library filters
- Day and time are now shown on transport cards in day-by-day view
- PDF export uses larger images and fonts
- Cancelled trips show your brand logo and improved messaging
1️⃣ Smarter URL trip import 🔗
URL trip import now pulls images from the source website, and onboarding automatically scrapes an example trip from your root website to get you started faster.

🔎 Trips > New trip > Import from URL
2️⃣ RateHawk bookings in the calculation tool 💰
RateHawk bookings now integrate directly into your trip calculation, pricing flows through automatically, no manual entry needed.

🔎 Trip Editor > Calculation
3️⃣ Smarter AI PNR import ✈️
Importing flights without a PNR? Our AI now falls back gracefully and parses your input, so you can add flights from almost any source.

🔎 Trip Editor > Flights
IMPROVED
Itinerary Builder
- "Import Element from URL" now as well available in board view 🚀
- Copying a trip now also copies calculation tool data
- Library, element map layout: create new elements directly from the map
- Map routes are now consistent between the itinerary builder and the travel app
- Collaboration link URL now shown after accepting an invitation
- Professional link note field with "Included / Not Included" added to the share tab
- Travel agent visits are now excluded from the trip visit count
- In the trip settings, you can now choose when contact details of your trip elements are shown based on booking status
- Danish language added to the trip editor
- Redesigned trip PDF with smaller white spaces and larger images
- Redesigned room info preview during booking
- Redesigned destination content
- Redesigned trip card in Kanban view on the trips page
Travel App
- "Open Route in Google Maps" button added
- LinkedIn added to brand website links
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Smart trip import via URL 🔗
Spotted a trip online or on your website that you love? Now you can import it straight via URL, just like the hotels and activities! Easy, fast, and ready to go.

🔎 Trips > New trip > import from URL
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Adjustable trip board view: drag and drop your elements
Edit your trip right from the board overview! Drag and drop elements, add new items, rearrange positions, and use filters to keep everything organised.

🔎 Trips > Trip Editor > Board
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Internal trip documents
Attach internal notes and documents to your trip to keep your team in the loop or as handy reminders for yourself.

🔎 Trips > Notes & Docs
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Board view for trips by status
See all your trips and their statuses at a glance with the Kanban layout

🔎 Trips > Layout button (Topright)
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Automatic flight updates
Flight changes are being updated automatically, or click on the button manually to refresh the data again.

🔎 Trips > Trip Editor > Flights
IMPROVED
Collaboration
- Collaboration system revamped
- Trip status simplified to one status: collaborators can no longer change it
Itinerary builder
- New AI trip import options and settings, improved PDF trip import
- AI button added to text fields, and generate description moved to AI button
- Improved default date copying when duplicating trips
- Print‑friendly PDF export
Library
- More filters for library elements
Travel app
- New transport design
- "My Trips" is now named "Viewed Trips"
- Manual selection for °C and °F units
Contacts
- Nationality field for contacts separated from address fields
- Improved CSV contact import error handling
Help
- Bug report button ⚠️
Settings
- Default map provider switched to Open Freemap
- Translations are improved, no DeepL API key required anymore
- Social media company settings moved to Brand settings
- Bookings now show documents by default (for hotel contact info, etc.)
Transportations in library > rolling out gradually
Frequently use the same transport options across trips? Add them to your library to quickly drop them into any itinerary, anytime.

🔎 Library > Transportations
Notes for accommodations & activities in library > rolling out gradually
Need to track preferences, special requirements, or helpful reminders? You can now add internal notes to accommodations & activities in your library. These notes are just for your team and won’t be shown to clients.

🔎 Library > Accommodations / Activities
Co-branding for collaborations
When you collaborate on a trip, travellers will now see both partners represented in the travel app and in trip emails.

🔎 Trip Editor > Preview / Share
Improvements
Travel app
- Travel agent avatar on every page of the travel app
- Improved price page in travel app
- Improved cancelled page in travel app
Itinerary builder
- Accommodation names in Itinerary > Locations tab
- “New” badge for new elements
- Improved airport search
- Feature explainer banners
- Hotel suggestions in RateHawk without typing
- Improved dropdown when creating new element/trip
We’ve been busy behind the scenes at Lato, and here’s what we’ve been working on for you!
NEW
- Calculation tool (Rolling out bit by bit, if you don’t have it yet, it’s on the way!)
- New layout
- AI import in the library (URL, file, text)
- Insights
- Optional activities
- Map with locations of travellers
- PDF export content selection
- Brand colours in trip emails
- Km/miles selection in the travel app
- Default booking link setting
IMPROVED
- Recognisable place names added to addresses ("Airport X")
- File import itinerary creation
- Language selection when duplicating a trip
- Extra POI categories: Must visit, charity, local initiative, food market, social imact
- Layout of digital voucher
- Layout of map in the library
1️⃣ Calculation tool 🤩
Calculate the cost of your trip:
- Automatically generated trip element overview
- Effortlessly manage your margins and fixed fees
- Work in multiple currencies with automatic conversion
- Add upgrades or supplements to the calculation anytime

🔎 Trip Editor > Calculation
2️⃣ New layout
A few layout changes in the itinerary builder, including:
- General Settings & Help are now in the bottom-left corner
- The trip editor now has different steps: Itinerary

* The Board view will be gradually rolled out. If you don’t see it right away, don’t worry, it will be available soon.
🔎 Trip Editor > Itinerary
3️⃣ AI Import in the library
Easily fill up your library with the smart import options: URL, file, or text.
Paste the URL of an accommodation or activity in the library, and all content will be imported.
Got a file with your favourite hotels? Upload it in a click!

🔎 Library
4️⃣ Insights
View data on your top-selling trips or months, see which brand performs best, and compare different periods side by side.

🔎 Settings > Insights
5️⃣ Optional activities
You can now mark an activity as "optional". Perfect for suggesting extra experiences on a free day or offering optional add-ons for the trip.
Simply turn on the "optional" toggle in the activity element.

🔎 Trip Editor > Day by Day > Activity element
6️⃣ Map with locations of travellers
See where your travellers currently are on the world map! Filter by different dates or colleagues, hover over the travellers to see more info.

🔎 Home > Open Map
7️⃣ PDF export content selection
Want a more concise PDF of the trip for your travellers?
You can now control what they see and rearrange the content when they download it from the app.

🔎 Trip Editor > Settings > PDF Export
🔎 Settings > Branding > PDF Export Settings
8️⃣ Brand colours in trip emails
Trip emails now match your brand style! The button and footer use the two brand colours set in your brand settings.

🔎 Trip Editor > Share > Send Email
9️⃣ Km/miles selection in the travel app
Travellers can now choose whether routes on the map are shown in miles or kilometres.

🔎 Travel App > More
1️⃣0️⃣ Default booking link setting
Do you want to add your payment link, or web page to every quote?
Your custom booking link can now be set by default, so every new trip includes it automatically.

🔎 Settings > Trip > Booking link
Add destination content in just one click from our database
While building an itinerary, you can now easily add a destination element with ready-to-use content: clear descriptions and beautiful photos pulled straight from Lato's database.
Want to make it more personal?
No problem, you can still customize everything with your own text and visuals.
There is even more:
Enable the ‘Show additional destination info’ option to display an info icon (ℹ️) in the app.
With a single tap, your traveler gets instant access to extra tips about the destination, from cozy restaurants to fun shops and local sights


Let AI help you write a creative day trip title ✨
With just one click, AI can rewrite your day title in a more fun, creative way!

Customize the travel app even more 🎨
You can now customize the background color, text color, and font, in addition to the two brand colors.

Other improvements
- Polish, Romanian and Hebrew languageshave been added
- All users will be automatically switched to the new layoutin the back office.
- YouTube shortscan now also be uploaded as a video in your trip
- Adding a hotel is now simpler. The system first suggests your own saved hotels, followed by other options from the bedbank.

Enhanced Brand Settings
You now have more control over how your communications are represented! Choose whether messages should appear as coming from your company or the individual user.
Where to find it:
Travel App
: Go to the Pricing tab (top right corner).Forwarded Trip Emails
: The reply-to address can now be set to the company’s email instead of the user’s.
Add Stopovers to Your Routes 🚙
Just like in Google Maps, you can now add multiple stops to your transportation routes! This lets you customize your journey with specific waypoints, ensuring a smoother and more tailored experience.

Save Favorite Hotels in Ratehawk ❤️
Using Ratehawk? You can now save your favorite hotels to a personalized favorites list for quick access and easy booking.

Ratehawk Hotel Content Now Available 🏨
You can now add Ratehawk hotel content to your trips! To enable booking, you'll need your Ratehawk API key and ID. If you're interested in trying out our Beta booking system via Ratehawk, feel free to contact us.

New Itinerary Layout with Improved Navigation Menu 🎉
We've updated the itinerary layout with a fresh look and a redesigned navigation menu for better organization. You can now switch between the new and current layout. The current layout will be removed in the coming weeks, so we encourage you to try out the new design!

Major Speed Improvement 🚀
We've significantly sped up the trip creation process, making it faster and more convenient to create proposals using our tool, with much shorter loading times.
Improved Map Directions 🗺️
We’ve refined the map directions to ensure routes are more accurate.
Improvements
- The PDF of your trip has been redesigned with a cleaner, more visually appealing layout that's easier to read.
- Added a "New" button to the top navigation bar, allowing users to quickly create trips, samples, tasks, and elements.
- Added the ability to filter on companies in the "Samples" list.
- AI text commands have been improved.
- In Step 2, "Overview," you can now insert trip days between existing ones.
- Import pdf feature has been improved.
- Updated the travel app map to use OpenFreeMap.
- Clicking on an accommodation on the map in the travel app now opens a popup with more detail.
- You can now add images to transportations
- Your traveler can now import their flights into their personal calendar through Lato.
- Collaborators who click the collaboration link now see a popup of the trip they were sent, ensuring they always access the correct trip.
- General enhancements to the day-by-day step.
- Major improvements in responsiveness for the itinerary builder.
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