IOSR Hotels v2.0

[jesusto]

Hello Datahell,

I have an issue with emails sending that perhaps you can fix in the upcoming release.

I know it is not a bug but I think it is something that can be improved...

Now, when a new booking is made by the customer, emails for reservation are sent BEFORE the payment is really made, so, hoteliers get the email but perhaps the payment will never be done. The booking can be automatically canceled after some days (I would prefer some hours or minutes) but it creates confusion and the hotelier is bothered with no reason.

I supposed this way of working has been thought for hoteliers that need to confirm every booking, but for most of them (those using just autoconfirm methods) it is a problem...

The ideal scenario for me would be the emails (fax and so on) to be sent after the payment and not before.

Could you please add a switch to choose sending the emails before or after the payment, please?

Thanks a lot.

[datahell]

The booking is separated from the payment.

When you make a reservation you immediately get the notification email before the customer pays because he might never pay and you must get informed that there is a new reservation. When he finally makes the payment you get informed by a second email not by the booking process but by the payment module.

So the procedure is like this:

1. New reservation -> Email to admin/hotelier/customer
2. Payment -> Reservation status changes, email to person responsible (configurable, depends on the payment method)

After payment the reservation status has been change, you can see the PDF again or use the track url to see the updated status.

Note: IOSR Hotels v2.2 is ready and will become available soon!
New features in this version: Discount coupons, Full amount discount, Affiliates tracking/code system, Statistical graphs

[jesusto]

Yes,

I understand, but what about if hotelier is only interested in paid reservations and the system has been set to delete automatically not paid bookings after 1 day to get that?

I also would like a way to limit the number of rooms a customer can book in one booking proccess or being able to set automatic cancelations in minutes. Imagine someone books 20 rooms and never pay... hoteliers can´t be checking all day and if this happens lots of rooms of the hotel will be unbookable for other people...

My idea is to get a more automatic system, bothering the hotelier as less as possible and focusing in sales.

Thanks again

[jesusto]

One more question...

Is there a way to show a module in hotelier panel?

I would like to be able to leave messages like "You will get an email with your invoice on monday 11" and it would be very easy with a content module... perhaps you can add a inside module also, like in hotel and location pages...

Personal messages will be great but I would be happy just showing a module for all the hoteliers right now.

Thanks

[juanon]

I disagree with the automatic cancellation but I can add it as an option for those want to use it like that. I will see if I can implement it in the upcoming IOSR Hotels upgraded release.

The way of picking rooms/guests designed like that for better user experience with touch devices.

Hi,

I have already had a look to the new manual Won´t this feature be finally in IOSR?

Thanks

[datahell]

They are already in IOSR Hotels, but the new version has not yet been released. It is ready but pending for possible last minute changes.

[jorgenunes]

Hi datahell

Is it possible to have one space available for hoteliers to put the System Policy and other information?
contractual terms
alerts
....

Note: Private information only for hoteliers

Jorge Nunes

[datahell]

The "Hotel terms" area is not good for you?

[jorgenunes]

In the "Hotel terms" it is good and works well to communicate with those who make reservations for the hotel.
My suggestion is an area identical to communicate terms with the hoteliers.

[jesusto]

Hello,

I know I´m for sure asking too many improvements lately but if you have some time I would love to have an hotel heading like the one I attach (with thumbnails and beautiful transitions) from bookingarab, that I think is a custom job.

I have tried hidding the hotel heading with css and using iosslider in iosh_hotel position instead (althoug it only shows bullets), but I can only show the first picture, of course.

I think it wouldn´t be very hard to hack iosslider to get what I need, could you please tell me how?

Thanks a lot.

[wieyoga]

 8)Display local currency based on Country - May consider to develop it in the future as almost Online travel agent do it
example : when somebody open in
Indonesia = the currency automatic display in Rupiah.
when open in UK = the currency automatic display in USD.
                                 

[datahell]

@wieyoga: Are you sure? I think that the visitor will be confused if the currency change from page to page without the user to change it. Also the currency change is a way to make the site more familiar to foreign visitors. If I, for example, want to visit India I dont want to show the prices in Rupiahs because I will not understand how much I have to pay. I want to display them into EUR regardless destination. The same for a visitors from India that wants to visit London. Isn't it more familiar to him to see prices in Rupiahs than GBP?

[wieyoga]

@datahell  Sorry for unclear information 
the currency is not change every page but change base on web visitor location or may based on IP ( I'm not sure the mechanism )

Example
if somebody want to visit India &  their base country in Europe the system will automatic detect it as EURO.
if somebody want to visit Australian &  their base country in Indonesian the system will automatic detect it as Rupiah.

when they book n Pay using they currency based country
on the back-end the system will calculate it based on default currency

[juanon]

Hi,

Is  there a release date now for the new version or are you still accepting suggestions?

Thank you

[fbookin]

Hello! It is possible to make the new version created currency to world. Exemple hotel in Russia currency Rub. Estonia - EURO.