Travel Agents on FreshBooks pay $43/month — $516/year. Over three years, that's $1,548. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 6.5 months. The median travel agent earns $40,000/year, so FreshBooks's annual cost is roughly 1.3% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,548 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Travel Agents face unique challenges: Commissions arrive months after booking. Complex itineraries with multiple suppliers per trip. Service fee justification when clients can book online themselves. Tracking deposits, final payments, and commission across dozens of trips. On top of all that, FreshBooks charges $43/month ($516/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median travel agent earns $40,000/year. Software at $516/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your GDS access (Sabre, Amadeus) is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
FreshBooks is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | FreshBooks | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✓ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | — | ✓ |
| Works offline | — | ✓ |
| Price | $43/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,548 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most travel agents are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Settings → Export Data. Download clients, invoices, expenses, and time entries.
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Run both for 1-2 weeks. Re-create unpaid and recurring invoices in Nexa; keep the FreshBooks export as your invoice history.
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Most of my clients come to me for trips that are too complicated or too important to book alone: honeymoons, multi-generation family trips, destination weddings and group tours. It starts with a long conversation about budget, pace, who's travelling and what they actually enjoy, and from that I build an itinerary: flights, hotels, transfers, tours and dinner reservations, with the timing between them worked out. My supplier relationships matter; I know which resorts upgrade my clients and which tour operators actually show up. Once the trip is booked, I'm tracking deposits and final payment deadlines, passports and visas, travel insurance, and documents, then everything changes when an airline moves a flight. When something goes wrong mid-trip, a cancellation or a missed connection, my client calls me, often at odd hours. Most of my income is commission from hotels, cruise lines and tour operators, paid after travel, plus a planning fee for complex itineraries. I stay current with training and site visits, because recommending a place I've seen is worth more than any brochure.
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For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. FreshBooks may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. FreshBooks is $43/month — that's $1,548 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from FreshBooks as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $2,100/year on software — and travel agent face their own version of that math. No state income tax in Florida. Solopreneurs keep more of their earnings, offset by rising property insurance costs. Hillsborough County requires a Local Business Tax Receipt. Florida specialty contractors need DBPR licensing. No general state business license.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Tampa metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Travel Agents run into with FreshBooks, and what Nexa does instead.
If you want to compare notes or see how other travel agents are running their tools, here's where the conversation happens.
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