Hotelwize Liquid Plugin is a integrated booking engine user interface seamlessly integrating the booking engine flow into the website, achieving an enhanced user experience and high conversion rates.
All canvases support the Hotelwize Liquid plugin, however currently three booking engine vendors are supported: Bookwize, BookOnlineNow and Webhotelier.
First you need to get your API credentials from your booking engine vendor.
Webhotelier
- Hotel Code
- Booking Engine URL
- API Username
- API Password
Bookwize
- Hotel Id
- API Key
To configure the Hotelwize Liquid Plugin:
- Activate Hotelwize Liquid Plugin in your website
- Select your Booking Engine Provider
- Enter the API Credentials
- Save the configuration
- Go to mapping and map room pages with booking engine room types
- Continue to create mappings for special offers and rate plans
- Save the configuration and publish the website to view your changes
Room Photos
Liquid plugin allow to map room photos with specific booking engine room codes. This information allows to display rates and availability information on the photo gallery.
To assign a room code in a room photo, go to the Media Gallery and click on Edit on a room photo. When Liquid Plugin is enabled on a website, a new Field is visible to select the booking engine Room Code.
To mass update the room photos booking engine codes, go to Media Gallery, select view Table List and select filter to display All Rooms. Use the Room mapping feature in each room photo section to quickly apply the booking engine room code in each room type.
Display Settings
Search Results Columns
The number of columns to display the room results in a grid
Rooms Results Layout
Default: The room card contains the rate prices and a CTA
Radio: The room card contains a single CTA and radio options for rate plans
Room Sorting
Sort room results by rate, availability
Defaults to availability, rate
Hide Rates with Status
Hide rates with the given status (multi-select)
Include All Taxes
Include all taxes and extra charges in the displayed fields
Enable Coupon
Activate when the booking engine has a configured coupon code. This will activate the coupon field in the booking form
Offers Feed
Dynamically display special offers from the booking engine provider.
Do not include: (Default) Do not render dynamically offers from booking engine
Append: Display the offers from the booking engine after any offer pages
Prepend: Display the offers from the booking engine before any offer pages
Guest Selection Mode
Control the display of the guest selection in the booking form
Select Box: (Default) Display a drop down for each guest type
Buttons: Use + and - buttons to increase / decrease the number of guests for each guest type
Max Check-Out Date
Control the max date in the booking engine form date-pickers
Maximum Number of Guests
Set the maximum number of guests for the booking engine form
Maximum Number of Children
Set the maximum number of children for the booking engine form
Hide Age Ranges
Do not display guest type (children and infants) ages on the booking form
Display Accept Terms Checkbox
Display Accept Terms checkbox to continue in booking
Display Cost per Night
On the rate listing include the cost per night in the room rate
Display Rate Description On Rates List
Include the booking engine rate extended description on the rates list.
Display X Rooms Left
Show a badge with "X rooms left" on the room card
Display Closed Dates
Display a custom message when the hotel is closed
Closed Dates Information Message
Custom message to display in room and rate results when the hotel is closed
Include Rateplan Info
Display extended rate plan information on the room and rate info. This may increase the response time of the booking engine
Rate Extended Description
Control where do display the rateplan extended information
Rateplan Grouping
Group rateplans by meal supplement
Mealplan Upgrade Prompt
Display a special prompt for meal supplement upgrade
Mealplan Upgrade Option
Control the upgrade path for the Mealplan Upgrade prompt
Transfer Supplements
Select the transfer supplements (or extras) to display them in a different section on the booking process
Reservation Telephone Numbers*
Set the phone number for "Call Us" CTA buttons
Welcome Member Message
For membership and loyalty systems, set the welcome message to display
Member Signup Extra Content
For membership and loyalty systems, set the welcome message footer to display after the login/register form
Custom Loader Image
Set a custom image to use as a loader when waiting in the booking process
Connect your preffered loyalty platform to Liquid to activate guest profile and special benefits.
Platform: Verity or Webhotelier SmartGuest
SmartGuest Message Position: Available only for Webhotelier SmartGuest
Confirm Email Template ID: Configuration for the email template
Payment Gate
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You may connect your payment gateway to Liquid to accept online payments.