===wp_easybooking=== Contributors: Panos Lyrakis Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=L8SHL3M7CYVCJ Tags: booking, reservation, hotel, multihotel, multilingual, billing management Requires at least: 3.4 Tested up to: 3.5 Stable tag: 1.0.0 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html wp_easybooking plugin adds hotel and booking management features. == Description == The **wp_easybooking** plugin gives you the ability to create and manage hotels, hotel owners and bookings. It supports any language with the help of the free qTranslate plugin. Also provides an area at the administration area so you can translate every message of the widget, for each language enabled. No .po files, and no .mo files, so no need for Poedit... Gets currencies rates from the European Central Bank and converts all prices automatically. The wp_easybooking widget is included so users may search for hotels and make their bookings. The search form includes an ajax pop up window with suggestions of Cities, Countries or Hotels that match the search term. Users that have completed a booking receive a 4 digit PIN by email so that they may view their booking on-line. Users do not need to register in order to make a booking. Five booking statuses : Pending, Confirmed, Canceled, Completed and Expired. Hotel owners (and the administrator) may change the statuses of each booking, and confirm payed amount. Users get informed about any balance (if they have not payed the full booking amount) from the booking's page. Guests (users) may pay through bank and paypal. A premium version also provides package deals (or business packs). In this way the administrator knows the amount that each hotel owes to him. Charges get calculated automatically, based on the package deal, which can be a periodical charge (e.g each month), a percentage of bookings cost, or a combination of both of these charging methods. In short the free version provides the following features: 1.Unlimited Hotels, 2.Unlimited Hotel Owners (each owner can owe unlimited hotels), 3.Hotel Owners have a separate role (Businessman) to log in to the administration area, and manage their hotels and bookings, 4.Multilingual, with a translation menu for all messages of the widget (no .mo or .po files needed!), 5.Currency conversions (Automatically), 6.Unlimited bookings, 7.Bookings management (Statuses and payment balance), 8.Unlimited room types for each hotel, 9.A list of countries, regions and cities is included, 10.The admin can add ass many new cities needed, fast and easy and also translate it at once, 11.Search and booking widget (Users can search by location or hotel name), 12.Search by date only for available rooms depending on the number of adults, children and babies, 13.No need for users to register in order to make their booking, 14.Booking number and PIN sent for each booking for on-line access to the booking view page (which displays the booking's details), 15.Guests may pay through Bank or Paypal (paypal payment gateway is included!) For detailed documentation please read the instructions.pdf file or visit the plugin's website . For any questions contact us at support@wp-easybooking.com == Installation == 1. Unzip the file you downloaded (wp_easybooking). 2. Upload the 'wp_easybooking' folder to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory. 3. Activate the 'Easy Booking' plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress. 4. Activate the 'Easy Booking Widget' widget through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress. *Please make sure that you first activate the plugin and then activate the widget.* == Screenshots == 1. The list of Hotels (Businesses). The admin has immediate access to each business's area. 2. Business edit area. 3. Booking management page 4. Availability page 5. Search form. 6. Guests can view their booking detail and status on-line by adding their booking number and PIN. 7. Search results. 8. Hotel page. 9. Booking page. == Frequently Asked Questions == = I can't add new cities from the quick add form, located at the business's (Hotel's) page = To enable this feature you have to install the qTranslate plugin, it's one of the best translation plugins and it's free. The qTranslate plugin should be installed in order the wp_easybooking plugin to function properly. = I can not select any owner for my hotel = To add an owner, go to the wordpress 'Users' menu and press 'Add New'. Fill in the details and select the role "Businessman". = I have created a new business (hotel) and added room types, but it doesn't show up at the results page. = After creating a new business, you have to: 1. Set the location information from the 'Contact information' tab. 2. Set the operating period or seasons of the hotel, from the 'Seasons/ Operating period' tab. 3. Fill in the payment details of the hotel at the 'Payment Accounts' tab. You have to fill at least the bank details or the paypal account. 4. You have to publish the hotel by pressing the 'Publish' button at the top of the business's page. == Changelog == = 1.0 = * Fixed search result links to include date ranges and number of guests. * Added google map feature. = 0.5 = * Business man role added. * Currency conversion added. == Upgrade Notice == = 1.0 = Version 0.5 and previous can not be downloaded any more or supported. = 0.5 = This version fixes a security related bug. Upgrade immediately.