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| Advert Manager | Close window |
| Eight easy to use advert management screens | |
| This area of Holiday Rentals World, is where registered Property Owners manage their advertising. It provides screens to create, amend and preview adverts, order services, update bookings, rates and contact details etc. | |
| Property Owners must log in using their username and password to access this area, thus protecting the integrity of their data. | |
| Click any button to see examples of these screens. PLEASE NOTE: For demo purposes only. Some functions and buttons are disabled. | |
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| Property Folder | Close window |
| No more lost properties! | |
Property Folder allows Property Seekers to store basic details of properties that interest them. They may:
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| Storage method for registered Property Seekers who have logged in. | |
| The details are saved to the online database and are therefore available across different browsing sessions. The details are available to them until they choose to remove them or they empty their Property Folder. | |
| Storage method for unregistered Property Seekers or registered Property Seekers who have not logged in. | |
| The details are stored in memory. Their Property Folder is emptied automatically when they close their web browser. | |
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| True Calendar Availability Update Screen | Close window | |||
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| Familiar calendar layout | ||||
| To make the job of updating a property's availability as quck and easy as possible, our update screen uses a familar calendar layout as shown in the partial example on the left. | ||||
| Quick and easy updates | ||||
| Property Owners may mark individual days or complete months as available or unavailable, simply by clicking the appropriate boxes and saving the updates to the database. | ||||
| Please try the live demonstration above | ||||
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| True Calendar Booking Enquiries | Close window |
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Familiar calendar layout |
| To make it as easy as possible for Property Seekers to make booking enquiries, our True Calendar Booking System uses the familiar calendar layout as shown in the partial example on the left. | |
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| Available days are indicated by a yellow rectangle. Unavailable days are indicated by a grey rectangle. Mouse-overs confirm the date in dd/mm/yy format. | |
| Click here for a demonstration PLEASE NOTE: Some of the buttons are disabled in demo. | |
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| Auto-Forwarded Booking Dates | Close window |
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| Easy first and last dates selection | |
| Property Seekers select the period of their proposed booking by clicking the yellow rectangles on the calendar (see previous feature) representing the first and last nights of their proposed booking. The dates they have selected are entered into the 'dates to carry forward' section of the page. | |
| Error detection | |
| Once the dates have been selected, Property Seekers click the 'To Booking Form' button. The dates are carried forward to the Booking Enquiry screen. | |
| The dates they have selected are checked for any errors, for example, where they choose one or more dates that are unavailable. If there is an error they are returned to the calendar and asked to change their selection. | |
| If there are no errors, the dates are automatically entered into the Booking Enquiry Form. | |
| Click here for a demonstration PLEASE NOTE: Some of the buttons are disabled in demo. | |
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| Auto Completed Booking Forms | Close window |
| No more tedious forms to complete! | |
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When Property Seekers register with us, we store their basic contact details in our database.
If they are logged in, we can recall these details and automatically enter them into the booking enquiry form. This facility speeds up the booking enquiry process for Property Seekers. This facility together with our automated booking enquiry system, ensures error free enquiries for Property Owners. | |
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| Extensive Print Facilities | Close window |
| For Property Owners | |
| Our auto-completed forms save Property Owners time and eliminate possible errors. | |
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| For Property Seekers | |
| Our comprehensive printing facilities allow printing with or without photographs. | |
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| Form Input Box Character Counters | Close window | |||
| Simple time saving device | ||||
| Any database must set a limit for the maximum number of characters that may be stored in any of its fields. | ||||
| All our text input boxes have a counter alongside them to inform the user of the maximum number of characters they accept. The counter is updated as you type to show how many characters are still available. | ||||
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| Price Tracker | Close window |
| Guaranteed prices | |
| When you order a standard page advertisement, we store a price code that identifies the price list that was current at the time. We guarantee, that any orders for additional services you place during the current advertising period, will be based on that price list. Any price rises will not come into effect until you renew you advertising. | |
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| Property Already Viewed Indicators | Close window |
| Simple time saving device | |
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There is nothing more frustrating for Property Seekers, than to open a property details page that they have already
viewed. We overcome this by tracking their progress and indicating previously viewed properties with an icon.
The indicator is only shown during any given browser session and is removed when their visit to the site ends. | |
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| No more lost booking opportunities! | |
| To avoid the possibility of an email booking enquiry being lost in the depths of the internet for any reason, we have provided Property Owners with a facility called the 'Email Enquiries Store. | |
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Every time a Property Seeker sends an email booking enquiry, we save the content of the email to our on-line database.
The Property Owner can then access all the emails that relate to their property via the 'Read Emails' button in Advert Manager.
The emails are displayed in date order, with the most recent at the top of the page. The the information displayed includes:
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| Clicking on the Property Seekers email address allows the Property Owner to immediately respond to any email. | |
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| Loyalty Discounts | Close window |
| Save money on repeat advertising | |
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Holiday Rentals World would like to build mutually beneficial, long term relationships with Property Owners like you. We have therefore, put
in place a 'Loyalty Discount' scheme, which will benefit you when you renew your advertising with us.
The discounts loyalty we offer are as following: When renewing your advert after one years continuous paid advertising: 10% OFF the price of our standard one page advertisement, at the time of your renewal. When renewing your advert after two years continuous paid advertising: 12.5% OFF the price of our standard one page advertisement, at the time you renew. When renewing your advert after three years continuous paid advertising: 15% OFF the price of our standard one page advertisement, at the time you renew. For all subsequent renewals: 15% OFF the cost of our standard one page advertisement, at the time you renew. | |
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