Hotel Website Integration with Booking Form
1.0.1 Download Booking Mask
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1.1 Booking Mask with one kid category (mostly used)
There is a set of parameters needed to link a website through a booking form to the 2nd step of the booking engine. These parameters are explained below in detail.
| Name | Type | Values | Required | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page | Int | 19 | Yes | Page=19 | Fixed value = 19 |
| lan_id | String | Yes | lan_id=en-US | Selected Language see Appendix I | |
| src | Int | No | Booking Source see Appendix II | ||
| promo | String | No | Promo Code or Agent Code | ||
| arrival | Date | Yes | arrival= 9/05/2013 | Format dd/MM/yyyy | |
| departure | Date | Yes | Format dd/MM/yyyy | ||
| rooms | Int | Yes | rooms=1 | Number of Rooms | |
| adults | Int | Yes | adults=3 | Number of Adults | |
| kids | Int | Yes | kids=1 | Number of Children | |
| kid1 | Int | Yes | kid1=1 | Active kid category | |
| kid2 | Int | Yes | kid1=-1 | Active kid category | |
| kid3 | Int | Yes | kid1=-1 | Always -1 – NOT USED | |
| selectedroom | String | No | Room Type Abbreviation |
The booking form is linked with the booking engine only with one kid category. For example, if the kid1 category (i.e. 0-6) is free of charge and you want to link only the second kid category (i.e. 7-12), then the parameters kid1, kid2, kid3 should be set as follows:
kid1=-1, kid2=1, kid3=-1
Below is an example of the booking engine URL with all needed parameters:
https://demov3.book-onlinenow.net/index.aspx?Page=19&lan_id=&arrival=26/05/2020&departure=28/05/2020&
rooms=1&adults=3&kids=1&kid1=-1&kid2=1&kid3=-1&extra=0&cot=1. 2 Booking Mask with two kids categories
There is a set of parameters needed to link a website through a booking form to the 2 nd step of the booking engine. These parameters are explained below in detail.
| Name | Type | Values | Required | Example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Page | Int | 19 | Yes | Page=19 | Fixed value = 19 |
| lan_id | String | Yes | lan_id=en-US | Selected Language see Appendix 1 | |
| src | Int | No | Booking Source | ||
| promo | String | No | Promo Code or Agent Code | ||
| arrival | Date | Yes | arrival=29/05/2013 | Format dd/MM/yyyy | |
| departure | Date | Yes | Format dd/MM/yyyy | ||
| rooms | Int | Yes | rooms=1 | Number of Rooms | |
| adults | Int | Yes | adults=3 | Number of Adults | |
| kid1 | Int | Yes | kid1=1 | Number of kids of the 1st kid category | |
| kid2 | Int | Yes | kid1=-1 | Number of kids of the 2nd kid category | |
| kid3 | Int | Yes | kid1=-1 | Always -1 | |
| selectedroom | String | No | Room Type Abbreviation | ||
| Extra | Int | 0 | Yes | Fixed value = 0 | |
| cot | Int | 0 | Yes | Fixed value = 0 |
The booking form is linked with the booking engine with two kid categories.
The kid1 parameter is the number of kids of the 1st kid category (i.e. infants 0-2) The kid2 parameter is the number of kids of the 2nd kid category (i.e. kids 3-12) kid3 is always -1 ( kid3=-1)
Below is an example of the booking engine URL with all needed parameters:
https://demov3.book-onlinenow.net/index.aspx?Page=19&lan_id=&arrival=22/03/2020&departure=26/03/2020&
rooms=1&adults=3&kid1=1&kid2=1&kid3=-1&extra=0&cot=01.3 Wordpress sites - Installation Instructions (suggested)
For installation of the mask (horizontal or vertical) in a Wordpress website the following steps should be followed:
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Copy the /css in your main directory of your website
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In Wordpress Admin, go to Plugins and install the plugin RAW-HTML (https://wordpress.org/plugins/raw-html/ (opens in a new tab) ) or any similar plugin
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In Wordpress Admin, go to Appearance-> Widgets and add a text widget to your Page Widget Area.
a. Inside the text widget , do copy paste the code from the file " Booking.html ".
b. Add in the first line the following command:
<!--raw-->
And after the last line add the following command:
<!--/raw-->
So the text area should start with <!--raw--> and end with <!--/raw-->.