diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/ReservationModal.test.tsx b/client/src/components/Planner/ReservationModal.test.tsx
index b9d6a7922..a051bfb7c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/ReservationModal.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/ReservationModal.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// FE-PLANNER-RESMODAL-001 to FE-PLANNER-RESMODAL-105
+// FE-PLANNER-RESMODAL-001 to FE-PLANNER-RESMODAL-106
 import { render, screen, waitFor, fireEvent, within, act } from '../../../tests/helpers/render';
 import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import { http, HttpResponse } from 'msw';
@@ -1409,6 +1409,38 @@ describe('ReservationModal', () => {
     expect(onSave.mock.calls[0][0].create_budget_entry).toEqual({ total_price: 50, category: 'accommodation' });
   });
 
+  it('FE-PLANNER-RESMODAL-106: an import with source files but no upload handler still saves and opens the expense editor', async () => {
+    // Without onFileUpload the pending source files cannot go anywhere; the save
+    // used to call the missing handler, reject, and never reach the expense step.
+    budgetEnabled();
+    const onSave = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ id: 84 });
+    const onOpenExpense = vi.fn();
+    const prefill = hotelPrefill({
+      type: 'restaurant',
+      metadata: {},
+      _accommodation: undefined,
+      _sourceFiles: [new File(['pdf'], 'voucher.pdf', { type: 'application/pdf' })],
+    });
+    render(
+      <ReservationModal
+        {...defaultProps}
+        onFileUpload={undefined}
+        onSave={onSave}
+        onOpenExpense={onOpenExpense}
+        prefill={prefill}
+        days={reviewDays()}
+      />
+    );
+
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', { name: /Create expense/i }));
+    await waitFor(() => expect(onSave).toHaveBeenCalled());
+    await waitFor(() =>
+      expect(onOpenExpense).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({ prefill: expect.objectContaining({ reservationId: 84 }) })
+      )
+    );
+  });
+
   // ── File error paths ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
   it('FE-PLANNER-RESMODAL-077: a cancelled file dialog changes nothing', () => {
diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/bookingFormModel.test.ts b/client/src/components/Planner/bookingFormModel.test.ts
index c6be97fc7..014d5c6b0 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/bookingFormModel.test.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/bookingFormModel.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// FE-PLANNER-BOOKINGFORM-001 to -007: the travellers, picked files, attached files
+// FE-PLANNER-BOOKINGFORM-001 to -008: the travellers, picked files, attached files
 // and expense requests of the transport and booking forms, desktop and phone alike.
 import { typeToCostCategory } from '@trek/shared';
 import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ describe('bookingFormModel', () => {
     expect(upload).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('FE-PLANNER-BOOKINGFORM-008: without an upload handler the picked files are skipped and the save is not rejected', async () => {
+    await expect(uploadBookingFiles(undefined, 42, [new File(['a'], 'a.pdf')], 'Hotel stay')).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it('FE-PLANNER-BOOKINGFORM-005: an expense wish opens the editor for the saved booking, nothing else does', () => {
     const booking = { title: 'Hotel Adlon', type: 'hotel' };
     const item = buildBudgetItem({ id: 7 });
diff --git a/client/src/components/Planner/bookingFormModel.ts b/client/src/components/Planner/bookingFormModel.ts
index eab9b82b2..71a952afe 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Planner/bookingFormModel.ts
+++ b/client/src/components/Planner/bookingFormModel.ts
@@ -34,13 +34,16 @@ export function travelersChanged(reservation: Pick<Reservation, 'travelers'> | n
  * the other, each described with the booking's title. Callers run it after both a
  * create and an edit: the form only holds files the user just picked, so nothing is
  * uploaded twice, and skipping the edit dropped them without a word (#2534).
+ * Without an upload handler (a dialog opened with no file support) there is
+ * nowhere to send them, so nothing is uploaded and the save carries on.
  */
 export async function uploadBookingFiles(
-  upload: (fd: FormData) => Promise<unknown>,
+  upload: ((fd: FormData) => Promise<unknown>) | undefined,
   savedId: number,
   files: File[],
   description: string
 ): Promise<void> {
+  if (!upload) return;
   for (const file of files) {
     const fd = new FormData();
     fd.append('file', file);