Flexible Payments

By default, when you add a payment schedule to an invoice (a deposit, installments, a final payment), each line becomes a fixed amount the client pays exactly. That's perfect for trips with set milestones.

But sometimes you want the opposite: let clients chip away at their balance whenever they like, in whatever amounts they choose, while still showing them when the balance is due. That's what Flexible Payments does.

Perfect for: clients who want to pay a little at a time, family trips where several people contribute, and any booking where you'd rather show a due date than lock in a rigid installment.

How It Works

Turn on one setting per invoice and the client-facing invoice changes in two ways:

• Clients can pay any amount toward the balance, any time, until it reaches zero.
• Your scheduled payments (including the final payment) still appear with their dates, but as reminders rather than fixed charges. The final-payment date still shows up as a calendar event so everyone knows the deadline.

Nothing about your own setup changes. You build the invoice and payment schedule exactly as before. The toggle only controls how the client is allowed to pay.

Turning It On

1. Open the invoice.
2. Go to the Settings section.
3. Switch on "Let clients pay any amount toward this trip."

That's it. Leave it off on any invoice where you want clients held to fixed scheduled amounts, so both styles are available depending on the trip.

What Your Client Sees

With the setting off (default): the client sees each scheduled payment with its own pay button for that exact amount. This is the standard behavior.

With the setting on:

• A single amount selector ("Pay in full" or a custom amount) is always available, even when scheduled payments exist.
• Each scheduled payment shows as a dated Reminder with no separate pay button.
• A short note tells them they can pay any amount toward the balance, any time.

The client can come back and pay again as often as they want until the balance is cleared.

Split-Party Payments

Flexible Payments also covers trips where you've split the cost across travelers. When the invoice has the setting on, each traveler can authorize any amount toward their share (not just the full share), and return later to authorize more. Each traveler can only authorize up to their remaining share, so no one over-pays.

With the setting off, split-party travelers authorize their full remaining share as before.

Good to Know

• It's per invoice. Turning it on for one invoice doesn't affect any others.
• Your schedule still drives reminders and the calendar. The final-payment date keeps showing on your calendar exactly as before.
• Payments are still authorizations. JourneyFuse records the amount the client authorizes toward the balance. You process the actual charge with your supplier or terminal the same way you always have. See Card Authorizations for how that works.
• You can switch it back any time. Toggle it off and the invoice returns to fixed scheduled payments immediately.