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BookingCenter offers 4 different Booking Engines templates, all of which= can be easily customized to your property. We have outlined the features o= f each below.
To see how each Booking Engine looks with your property, go to SETUP | B= OOKINGS | WEBSITE CODE.
There will be four options listed. Click on the custom link provided to = view your property in each Booking Engine.
The Booking Engine can be accessed using the custom URL assigned to your= property OR via QuickReservation link. See an example here if one were NOT to use= the Quick Reservation code for submitting dates, rather a direct link:&nbs= p; https://book.bookingcenter.com/02/?site= =3DMYPMSDO
The custom URL can be copied and pasted anywhere that you want a link to= your Booking Engine, i.e. on your website, "Book Now" buttons, emails, soc= ial media, etc Basically, anywhere that you want a link to your booki= ng engine.
For best practices, don't use a basic link to open up the BookingEngine,= rather use our 'Quick Reservation Code' you (or your webmaster) can learn = to place here.
To see how each Booking Engine looks with your property, go to S= ETUP | BOOKINGS | WEBSITE CODE. There will be four options listed.= Click on the custom link provided to view your property in each Booking En= gine. Please sample the booking engine options and consider the pros/cons o= f each in order to help make an informed choice about which one is best for= your property.
Booking Engine Template 01 and 02:&nb= sp; Hotel Description and Images This landing page can be cu= stomized with a Hotel Description and Images. To edit this information= , see Customize Front Page<= /p> |
Booking Engine Template 03 and 04:&nb= sp; Option 2: Availability Calendar Using an 'Calendar of Av= ailability' as the default 'introductory' page, this Booking Engine templat= e offers a visual calendar option of property availability (ie, showing whi= ch dates have rooms and which do not) and enables Guests to choose arrival = and departure dates. Note that BookingCenter support can enable the 'Lowest= Rate' option to appear on a calendar day if you request that from BookingCenter Support. |
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Once you have selected the Booking En= gine Template Front Page (Hotel Description or Availability Calendar), you = then have two options for displaying Rate Plans on the "Select Room" page: = Multiple Rate Plans and Single Rate Plans.
Multiple Rate Plans: This Booking Engine template = allows a property which has multiple Rates and Packages to offer a graphica= lly-rich Booking Engine to customers. Because more choices are available, t= he interface is more complex.
Booking Engine Template 02: Hote= l Description with Multiple Rate Plans: Use this URL = https://book.bookingcenter.com/02/?site=3DMYPMSDO
The fi= rst page of this Booking Engine Template displays the Hotel Description and= four images. This Booking Engine template offers a flexible option an= d contains many graphics and ability to write a lot of info about your prop= erty on the 'first page'. See an example here if one were NOT to use the Qu= ick Reservation code for submitting dates, rather a direct link: https://book.bookingcenter.com/02/?site=3DMYPMSDO<= /a>
Booking Engine Template 04: Availability Calendar with Multiple Rate Plan= s: Use this URL https://book.booki= ngcenter.com/04/?site=3DMYPMSDO
Using = an 'Calendar of Availability' as the default 'introductory' page, this Book= ing Engine template offers a visual calendar option of property availabilit= y (ie, showing which dates have rooms and which do not) and enables Guests = to choose arrival and departure dates. See an example here if one were NOT = to use the Quick Reservation code for submitting dates, rather a direct lin= k: https://book.bo= okingcenter.com/04/?site=3DMYPMSDO Note, if a webmaster uses the "04 Ca= lendar template', and a traveler clicks the breadcrumb to return to the fir= st page, they wil be directed to the 'calendar page' as the example link ab= ove shows and is documented at: https= ://docs.bookingcenter.com/display/MYPMS/Booking+Engine+%7C+Website+Code=
NOTE: This Booking Engin= e template is advertised at: http://www.bookingcenter.com/interfaces-and-modules/bookingengine-a= pi/ and allows a property who h= as multiple Room Types, with multiple Rates and Packages, to have a gr= aphically-rich Booking Engine accessed via a QuickReservation link. T= he URL parameter pass-through is a dynamic URL construction to hand off the= reservation request from an external website to get results from the = BookingCenter XML Server. It accepts these variables.
Single Rate Plan Booking Engine: This Booking Engi= ne template is similar to the Multi Room Booking Engine, but is designed to= enable a consumer to book only one Room at a time (ie, book only one Queen= room). Because the options are less, the user experiences is less co= mplex. This Booking Engine can be accessed via a basic URL = or a QuickReservation link as the Multi Ro= om Type Booking Engine above.
The fi= rst page of this Booking Engine Template displays the Hotel Description and= four images. This Booking Engine template offers a flexible option and con= tains many graphics and ability to write a lot of info about your property = on the 'first page'. See an example here if one were NOT to use the Quick R= eservation code for submitting dates, rather a direct link: https://book.bookingcenter= .com/02/?site=3DMYPMSDO
Note, = if a webmaster uses the '02 Info template', and a traveler clicks the bread= crumb to return to the first page, they will be directed to the 'info page'= as the example link above shows and is documented at: MYPMS:Booking Engine
Using = an 'Calendar of Availability' as the default 'introductory' page, this Book= ing Engine template offers a visual calendar option of property availabilit= y (ie, showing which dates have rooms and which do not) and enables Guests = to choose arrival and departure dates. See an example here if one were NOT = to use the Quick Reservation code for submitting dates, rather a direct lin= k: https://bo= ok.bookingcenter.com/04/?site=3DMYPMSDO Note, if a webmaster uses = the "04 Calendar template', and a traveler clicks the breadcrumb to return = to the first page, they wil be directed to the 'calendar page' as the examp= le link above shows and is documented at: https://docs.bookingcenter.com/display/MYPM= S/Booking+Engine+%7C+Website+Code
Legacy Booking Engine (http://requests.bookingcenter.com/enq= uiry.phtml?site=3Dxxxx)
Our *L= egacy* Booking Engine may be superior for some properties. It works for bot= h Multi and Single Room needs, but is targeted to both needs, thus focused = on neither. We provide sample code to facilitate HTML coding, and for folks= who want a Quick Reservation feature, the Legacy Booking Engine uses a Boo= kingCenter-hosted JavaScript file to assist with your date formatting. If t= he HTML is too complex for you - no worries! BookingCenter staff will do th= is work for you, or we'll assist your webmaster. Simply add a Support Ticket with the login ID and passwor= d for your website and we can place this code for you.
Making 'Quick Reservation' HTML for your website= span>
Web traffic analysis shows that each page of a property website ought to= have a clear 'call to action' accepting 'Arrival Date" and 'Departure Date= ' and, when submitted, the user gets availability results from the Boo= king Engine for those dates. This saves the User a click and pro= vides a 'Call to Action' on each page of your website. Because Bookin= gCenter supports three different Booking Engine technologies, the Quic= k Reservation code is a bit different among the Booking Engine templat= es we provide. For more details, see https://support.bookingcenter.com/index.php?/Knowled= gebase/Article/View/353