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Quick search helps you find accommodation for a specific travel date or date range as well as filtering results by allowing you to search on preferred accommodation criteria. You can swop between quick search and the availability calendar while you are building your itinerary by clicking the respective tabs or using any of the shortcut keys.
Use this option when you know your exact arrival and departure dates. This is ideal for travelers who know exactly when they need to be accommodated.
| Arrive: | Enter the date you would like to check-in |
| Depart: | Enter the date you will be checking-out |
| Nights: | This is determined by the departure date you set |
| Rooms: | Indicates the number of rooms you need to book (note: use the Advanced Search if you need specific accommodation e.g. family rooms) |
Use this option to display availability within a date range you set. This is ideal for travelers who want to plan a multi-destination itinerary or find accommodation within a travel date range.
ResRequest searches for accommodation availability (for the number of nights you request) within the start and end dates you provide.
| Arrive: | Enter the date from when you are looking for accommodation. |
| Depart: | Indicates the end of the date range. |
| Nights: | Enter the total number of nights you are looking for accommodation. |
| Rooms: | Indicates the number of rooms you need to book. |
The name of your agency — if you do not have an agency, this will default to Direct. In most cases the Agent determines: contact particulars, payment plan and what rate types you can access.
The Rate Type button (to the right of the agent field) displays a list of rates the agent can use. The rate type can be applied by clicking on the respective item from the pop-up. Internal users can change the Agent by clicking the Search button and selecting from the list.
The contact person for the reservation. This information is preset for logged in users, public users can enter these details when they are ready to ‘Make the Booking’. Internal users can change the Contact by clicking the Search button and selecting from the list.
Rate type determines the currency that the quote/reservation is in. Select a rate type from the pop-up (click the Rate Type button) or from the Rate Type drop down menu. Internal users have access to all system rate types from the drop down menu (the Rate Type pop-up only displays rate types available to selected Agent).
The advanced search allows you to set more detailed filter criteria such as: property, room types and attributes.
Click the 'Search' button
To start a new search, click the ‘New Search’ button (created itineraries will remain displayed — this allows you to continue building your itinerary/quotation when you click the ‘New Search’ button)
When the results are displayed, 3 icons are shown to the right of each result. Each of these icons represent an action (the description label will display by hovering over the respective icons):
| Add to booking | This opens the Room Numbers pop-up for details of the itinerary. After closing the Room Numbers pop-up the itinerary is created and you can:
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| Add to Itinerary and Go to Calendar | This opens the Room Numbers pop-up for details of the itinerary. After closing the Room Numbers pop-up the itinerary is created and the availability calendar is displayed with the new itinerary item created. From here you can continue building your itinerary by clicking and dragging on the calendar. |
| Add to Itinerary and Make Booking | This opens the Room Numbers pop-up for details of the itinerary. After closing the Room Numbers pop-up the itinerary is created and the next step to make the booking is displayed. |