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split booking

to divide a single travel reservation for two or more travellers into separate reservations

In plain English

A booking that was originally shared can be separated so the travellers are no longer all on the same reservation. After that, each person or group has its own reservation. This applies only when the original reservation covered two or more travellers.

In context

Here, it names the process of separating one shared reservation into different reservations for the travellers involved.

Situation
Changing trips, requesting refunds, reading disruption options, and handling travel documents
What it communicates
names the process of dividing one reservation when travelers need different arrangements.

Meaning limits

The term itself does not indicate why the travellers are being separated or what happens to the separate reservations afterward.

Examples

“At the counter, the clerk split the booking for the three travellers into separate reservations.”

Core meaning

“After the schedule change, the group asked the agent to split the booking.”

In context