IOSR Hotels v2.0

[judelgado]

Thanks for the help Datahell.

Question:  Will be any integration with OTAs and Channel Managers in the near future for IOSR Hotels?

[datahell]

The only good integration I have found in the past is with expedia/EAN and if i remember correctly it doesnt provide bookings (only info/pricing read here the hotel search api). There are also many levels of integration. Some people think that an iframe of booking.com is an integration, I don't do such things. Also not all hotels are supported by each company. The whole thing is chaotic. There can be only custom solutions here. If you have detailed documentation and/or example for an API you want to integrate with send it to me to discuss it.

[judelgado]

Thanks for the prompt reply, some of my hoteliers are asking for SiteMinder (siteminder.com) and TravelCLick (http://www.travelclick.com/en/homepage).  Thanks

[datahell]

I see nothing related to what you ask at these sites. If you need an integration with your site and a booking site like booking.com, hotels.com, and similar provide me the documentation and describe me the exact integration type you need. The sites you show me don't provide bookings themselves. If you use a third party service for an indirect integration such as myallocator consider the high per hotel cost (50-60 EUR per hotel per month) and also note that such tools target on single hotels.

My opinion, after a lot of search, is that such an integration can be build only for a specific hotel and a specific channel manager. There is no a global plug-n-play integration. And even in this case the cost to retain the integration is very high.

[judelgado]

Thanks for the clarification.  Sometimes hotelliers want us to do whatever is easier for them.  For us is important to keep rates as low as possible.

Question regarding system:  Hotels has this promotions all the time like 3x2 (pay 2 stay 3 nights).  I tried to workaorund this, but the problem I'm facing is that I can limit minimum stay, but not maximum stay. ¿Is there a way I can limit the maximum stay per room?

Thanks a lot.

[judelgado]

Thanks for the clarification.  Sometimes hotelliers want us to do whatever is easier for them.  For us is important to keep rates as low as possible.

Question regarding system:  Hotels has this promotions all the time like 3x2 (pay 2 stay 3 nights).  I tried to workaorund this, but the problem I'm facing is that I can limit minimum stay, but not maximum stay. ¿Is there a way I can limit the maximum stay per room?

Thanks a lot.

Anyone?

[datahell]

You think of it wrong. If you put a maximum limitation then what if someone wants to stay 4 nights?

You can have the same, and better, affect if you set up a long stay discount at the hotel.
Long stay days: 3
Long stay discount: 33%

Example
Consider room price per day 50 EUR.
If someone books 3 nights he will pay just the 2 (3 X 50 - 33% = 100.5 EUR).
If someone books 2 nights he wont get discount (2 X 50 = 100 EUR).
If someone books 4 nights or more he will get 33% discount (4 X 50 - 33% = 134 EUR).

[judelgado]

Understood, but for example, if I apply 33% discount, this will apply the discount during the stay. In the case of 3x2.  The discount should only be applied during the first 3 nights and the client must pay the regular price during the 4th night

[datahell]

As this is too custom and not supported l can do that for you as a paid job.

[judelgado]

Thanks for the offering Datahell, I'll send you a PM with the request.

In this case scenario:  I have special discounts for Tour Operators, that is working perfectly, but in some cases some Hotels are listed only for logged Tour Operators, I haven't found an option to hide this hotels from the general user.  Is there a way I can hide hotels (or rooms) for non logged users? And vice-versa, hide hotels from Tour Operators instead?

I really appreciate your help with this matter.

Thanks

[judelgado]

In this case scenario:  I have special discounts for Tour Operators, that is working perfectly, but in some cases some Hotels are listed only for logged Tour Operators, I haven't found an option to hide this hotels from the general user.  Is there a way I can hide hotels (or rooms) for non logged users? And vice-versa, hide hotels from Tour Operators instead?

I really appreciate your help with this matter.

Thanks

Anyone can help me?  Thanks

[datahell]

You dont get any answer because the answer is obvious that what you ask is not supported. You must modify the source code in various places and add checks like this:

$iosr = eRegistry::get('icore');
$helper = $iosr->loadOnce('hothelper', 'hotels');

$helper->isTourOperator() {
    //the current user is a tour operator
} else {
    //the current user is not a tour operator
}

[judelgado]

Hello,

  Is there a way I can add a third option to Reservation status ('confirmed' in DB), since sometimes the guest just no show.

  So, the options here will be Confirmed | Not Confirmed | No Show

   Basically the question is how to add to the database a third option, since is just true or false right now.

   As always I really appreciate your help.

  Regards

 

[datahell]

The question: "Is the reservation confirmed?" Can be true or false because it asks for a true/false (boolean) reply and nothing else. When the reservation is marked as confirmed? When the customer pays the surety fee (automatically) or when you contact the customer, make sure that he will come and manually set his reservation as confirmed. So regardless if he finally show up or not the reservation is confirmed or not confirmed. If he doesn't finally show you can either set the reservation back to "non-confirmed" or delete (better) delete it.