Booking Engine General Settings - Booking Engine Customization

Created by Julianna Pinto, Modified on Wed, 16 Oct at 11:48 AM by Julianna Pinto

There are various ways to enhance your Booking Engine based on the settings you choose to allow, permit, or restrict. Below are examples on how these configurations will appear in the Booking Engine.

Click on the titles (links) for more details as well as the instructions for enabling the settings from the Extranet.

Groups

Decision to allow Group Bookings.

With:
Without:

Flexpay

Decision to enable Flexpay and allow guests to choose financing options.

With:
Without:

Travel Agencies & Travel Agent Commission

Decision to allow Travel Agencies to be able to add their IATA/ARC/CLIA code. If you don't want to pay commissions to travel agencies select 'No'.

With:
Without:

Loyalty Code & Loyalty Rewards Program Name

Decision to allow your customers to add their loyalty code and ability to name the loyalty rewards program.

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Without:

Language In Header

Decision to allow customers to select other languages.

With:
Without:

Currency Calculator

Decision to show a currency converter or change currency.

With option to allow client to change the booking engine to display currency of their choice.
With option to show a currency converter but page remains in hotel currency.
With option not to show a currency converter or allow clients to change currency.

Rate Display Format

Decision to change the display format of the rates. (This option is for Hotel-Only. All Hotel+Air packages will be quoted per person/ per package)

With Per Night View:
With Per Person/ Per Package View:

Decision to display pretax subtotal, tax and grand total in the travel summary pane.

With:
Without:

Show Strike Through Price from Discounted Promotions

Decision to display the original price with a line through it.

Showing savings by total:
Showing savings off nightly rate:
Not showing the savings:

Allow customers to be able to select number of adults and set default starting amount or force customers to book 2 adults per room only.

With default to 2 adults and changeable:
With default to 1 adult and changeable:
With force 2 adults per room only:

Decision to choose the max number of adults allowed on the booking engine.

Example:

Decide to allow customers to select the number of children or disable the child selection box.

With:
With:

Decision to select what the max number of children can be displayed on the booking engine.

Example:

Decision to choose to allow customers to select the number of rooms, as wel as enable multi-bookings, or disable the room selection box.

With option to allow number of rooms:
With option to allow number of rooms with multi-booking:
Disabled room selection box:

Decision to enter merchant name that will appear on clients' bills/statements.

Allow Modifications & Cancellations inside Cancellation Penalty

Decision to allow modifications and/or cancellations inside the cancellation penalty period.

Allow Booking Modifications on Non-Refundable Rates

Decision to allow modification on non-refundable rates.

Allow Bookings to Remain on Hold (for Hotel Only)

Decision to allow customers to place their reservation on hold for up to as many hours as you decide.

With:
Without:

Decision to enable a Call Me button on the menu bar on the booking engine for a customer service agent to call back the customer.

With:
Without:

IBE5 Rooms Page Version

Decision to choose a version for the IBE5 Rooms Page.

Horizontal = 1 Column:

Vertical = 2 Column:

New Horizontal = 1 Column Larger Images:

Show "Notify me about special offers" checkbox on Checkout

Decision to allow customers to select on a checkbox allowing the hotel to save the guests email for marketing purposes.

With:
Without:

Enable Sorting by Price for Rooms & Rates Page

Decision to sort the room options by price.

Sorted by Price:
Sorted Random:

Custom Error Message on Calendar Page

Decision to have a customized error message on the calendar page.

Default Message:
Custom Message:

Hide Fields on final Booking Engine Step

Decision to hide specific fields on last step of the booking engine

With all fields open:
With all fields hidden:

Session Expiration for Hotel Only

Decision to set up a 30-minute booking timer on the booking engine.

With:

Calendar Minimum Length of Stay for Promotions

Decision to set a minimum length of stay for promotions.

Booking Engine Menu Bar

Decision to have Header Bar Centered or Full-Page.

Centered:
Full-Page:

IBE5 Phone Numbers

Decision to have contact phone numbers listed on the booking engines menu bar.

With:
Without:

Travel Agency: Show commission and email input to unverified agencies

Decision to show the travel agent commission amount on the booking engine with an email input for unverified agencies.

With:
Without:

Change Travel Agent Commission Amount

Decision to change the travel agent default commission from 20% to whatever decided.