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Economy.
A place to keep the relationships.

Free, and it stays free, for people working in the international tourism industry. Up to 1,000 contacts, 5 represented clients, 25 typed logs a month and 1 shareable form — kept and searchable, with your contacts and history downloadable for as long as you want them.

REPBUD RAY

Here’s what Economy is, and what it isn’t.

It is the spine of RepBud with nothing switched on above it: somewhere trustworthy to keep your contacts, the clients you represent and what was said. There is no clock on it. It carries a small Relay allowance too, so you can send a brochure set as a link. What it does not carry is the intelligent work — reports, meeting prep, card scanning, briefings — or Reach campaigns and Reconnect meetings. The Reserve itself is included: you are listed in Find People, you can send connection requests and reply to them, whichever member type you are. Who’s Nearby is included as well — the map is worth more the more people are on it, and it had been used once in its life while three quarters of reps were locked out of it. What a paid plan adds is the working side, and Reach campaigns. I have listed all of it below rather than hidden it, so you can see the line before you cross it.

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Who it’s for

For anyone who wants the relationships kept properly first.

Economy suits a rep starting out, who has a book of contacts in a spreadsheet and a season ahead — and a rep between contracts, who needs the history to stay put until the next one begins. It also suits somebody who simply wants to see whether the shape of RepBud matches the shape of their week before spending anything.

It is available to every member of the Reserve, not only to reps. If you joined as a RepBuddy, a Reporter, or through RepBud Ready, the Economy feature set is yours on the same terms: contacts, companies, represented clients, typed logs and a shareable form. Those memberships were already free, and they stay free.

Economy is for the international tourism industry: representation companies, DMCs and Ground Handlers, tour operators, travel agents, properties and travel media. It is not a general-purpose CRM, and it is not open to businesses outside the trade. If that is not you, the tools are still available on a paid plan — but the Reserve itself, where members find and approach each other, is for the industry only.

One line worth being direct about: on Economy a rep, DMC or Ground Handler is not discoverable. You will not appear in Find People and you cannot send connection requests until you move up a cabin. Everything you have keeps working — contacts, clients, logs, your forms — but the trade cannot find you. If being found is the reason you are here, Premium Economy is the plan that does it.

What Economy is not is a trial. There is no countdown, no card, and no month where the tools quietly stop working. If the intelligent layer earns its keep for you later, a paid plan is there. If it never does, this one still holds your relationships.

What's included — and what isn't

The Economy toolkit, in full view

What you get, for nothing

REPBUD RAY

This is the spine. Your contacts, the companies they work for, the clients you represent, and a form you can put in front of anyone. It does not expire.

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Contacts & Companies — up to 1,000

Keep the trade contacts you actually work with, organised by company, market and relationship, with notes and history in one place. Shaped around the travel trade.

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Represented clients — up to 5 in the CRM

The properties, lodges, DMCs or boards you represent, each with its own contacts, activity and history. List as many more as you like in the directory, so agents find you by each of them.

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Field Log — 25 typed logs a month

Log a meeting, a call or a conversation, and it lands on the relationship rather than in a notebook. Economy logs are typed; voice and photo logging start at Premium Economy.

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Respond — 1 live form · 25 responses a month

Build a form in minutes and share one link or a QR code. Answers land beside your contacts, matched by email, with file attachments up to 5 MB.

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Trade events directory

Ninety-odd trade shows and events with dates, locations and who else from the Reserve is going.

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Relay — 1 GB per transfer, 2 links at a time

Send a brochure set or a handful of images as one link that expires after three days. Password protection and the download-lands-on-the-contact trick are included; the bigger transfers and more live links start at Premium Economy.

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Revenue — 5 invoices a month

A taster of RepBud’s accounting workspace. Raise branded invoices with a pay-by-card link, record what has been paid, and see your Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet. Payment reminders, other currencies and the rest of the report library start at Premium Economy.

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What waits in a paid plan

REPBUD RAY

And this is the other half. The intelligent work, Revenue beyond its taster, and the other separate products start at Premium Economy — I would rather show you the line than let you find it.

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Who's Nearby — included

See fellow members in the same city — at a show or on a sales trip, with your exact location kept private. Free on Economy since 23 September 2026.

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RepBud Ready — matched with suppliers looking for a rep

Properties, lodges and DMCs list what they need representation for. When their markets or countries overlap with yours, you are matched and told, on the free plan as on any other.

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Your book, yours to take

Download your contacts and your logged history as spreadsheets whenever you like — who you know, and what was said. Nothing here is held hostage between seasons.

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Meeting Prep — from Premium Economy

Walk in briefed: history, last conversation, what to mention. Not included in Economy.

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Intelligent Reports — from Premium Economy

Branded client reports and trade event summaries as clean PDFs. Not included in Economy.

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Business card scanning & voice logging — from Premium Economy

Scan a card into a filed relationship, or log a meeting by speaking. Not included in Economy.

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Reach campaigns — from Premium Economy

Email your trade list with consent handling and suppression built in. Not included in Economy — free sending on shared infrastructure would put paying customers' deliverability at risk.

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The books and tax figures — from Premium Economy

Invoices with no monthly cap, payment reminders, any currency, bills, expenses, bank reconciliation, payroll, the report library, and VAT and company tax figures prepared from your books. Not included in Economy.

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Reconnect meetings — from Business Class

Video meetings and webinars whose recap files itself onto the contact record. Not included in Economy.

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Premium Economy

When you want the intelligent layer switched on — voice and photo logging, daily briefing, meeting prep, card scanning and reports — plus Reach campaigns, bigger Relay transfers and higher Respond allowances.

Economy FAQ

What reps want to know

Who is Economy for?+

People working in the international tourism industry — representation companies, DMCs and Ground Handlers, tour operators, travel agents, properties seeking representation, and travel media. Economy is not a general-purpose CRM and is not open to businesses outside the trade. If your work sits outside travel, the tools are available on a paid plan, but the Reserve — the part where members find and approach each other — stays for the industry.

Can other members find me on Economy?+

Yes. Being listed in Find People, sending connection requests and replying to them are free on Economy for each member type (23 September 2026) — a directory works better when the people in it are actually in it. A listing needs your name, a real company name, and an account seen in the last 90 days. Who’s Nearby — seeing which members are at the same show or in the same city — is free on Economy too, and so is RepBud Ready: a rep is matched with properties looking for representation in the markets and countries they cover. What a paid plan adds is the working side: voice and photo logging, card scanning, email and WhatsApp forwarding, meeting prep, client reports, and Reach campaigns.

Is Economy really free?+

Yes. No card, no expiry date, no trial clock counting down. Economy carries up to 1,000 contacts and companies, 5 represented clients, 25 typed field logs a month and 1 shareable Respond form taking 25 responses a month. If you stay on Economy, nothing is taken away.

What is not included in Economy?+

The intelligent work, mostly. So: no intelligent reports, no meeting prep, no business-card scanning, no daily briefing, no social posts, and no voice or photo logging — Economy logs are typed. RepBud Reach (email campaigns) and Reconnect (video meetings) begin at a paid plan. Revenue, the accounting workspace, is here as a taster — 5 invoices a month with your Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet — and its payment reminders, other currencies and the tax figures begin at a paid plan too. Relay file links are included, at 1 GB per transfer with 2 live at a time, which is a real allowance rather than a demo. What you get above all is the part that matters most on day one: somewhere trustworthy to keep the relationships.

Why is Reach not included, even in a small way?+

Because sending email on a shared domain is a shared risk. If a free account sent a campaign that drew spam complaints, the deliverability of the paying customers sending from the same infrastructure would suffer for it. That is not a limit we would rather charge for — it is one we are not willing to take with other people's mail.

What happens to my data if I stay on the free plan?+

It stays. Your contacts, companies, clients and relationship history remain in your account and searchable, and your contacts and logged history download as spreadsheets whenever you like. We would rather you came back before the next show than felt held to ransom between seasons.

What happens if I try a paid plan and then cancel?+

Your account settles back into Economy rather than closing. The 14-day free trial needs a card, charges nothing for 14 days and starts your subscription on day 15 unless you cancel at repbud.app/billing before then. Cancel, and everything you logged during the trial is still there — you return to the Economy allowances, and the intelligent features wait until you choose a plan. The same is true if you subscribe and later cancel: you land in Economy, not locked out.

What if I go past 1,000 contacts?+

Nothing already in your account is touched — no deletion, no lockout, no hidden records. You simply cannot add a new contact until you move up a plan, and £29/month lifts the limit along with everything else. A rep who fills 1,000 contacts is usually a rep for whom the intelligent tools have started to pay for themselves.

Can RepBuddies, Reporters and RepBud Ready members use Economy?+

Yes — the Economy feature set is available to members across the Reserve, not only to reps. If you joined as a RepBuddy, a Reporter or through RepBud Ready, you have the same free CRM spine: contacts, companies, represented clients, typed logs and a shareable form. Those memberships were already free and stay free.

How is Economy different from a spreadsheet?+

Economy is built around represented clients, trade contacts and the events where you meet them, so a form answer lands on the person who sent it and a meeting sits on a relationship timeline. A spreadsheet holds the same names and knows nothing about them.

Do I need a credit card to start?+

No. Economy needs no card at all. You enter payment details only if you choose a paid plan, either to subscribe or to start its 14-day free trial, which takes a card up front and charges nothing for the first 14 days.

Which plan should I move up to first?+

Premium Economy, at £29/month. It is the same platform with the intelligent layer switched on: voice and photo logging, daily briefing, meeting prep, card scanning, reports, plus Relay file links and Respond at higher allowances, and Revenue with no monthly cap on invoices, payment reminders, any currency and the tax figures. Business Class adds the prospecting tools when you start hunting rather than tending.

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No card, no expiry date, and your relationship history stays yours. Move up a plan whenever the intelligent work would earn its keep.

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