CTA: URLs, Direct Booking Links - Booking Link Generator
This guide is oriented to create "incoming links" to be used in Newsletter (mail-list), social media sharing, chat, and other forms of communication with Links so that the guest can directly reach the offer you want to communicate, reducing steps and clicks.
You can use this guide for SiteLinks and SiteMaps in SEO and SEM context: If you want to configure your XML Sitemap for Site links, see the Search Engine Call to Reservation with Sitelinks guide.
Do not use this guide to install reservation buttons on your Web page. To configure booking buttons, see the guide: Booking Buttons - Action Calls Description
This manual is for intermediate users. It is ideal to have at least a notion of the concept of "Link" ("hyperlink", URL, link).
The objective of this functionality is to allow the hotelier to formulate specific links to be used in mass communications such as: Newsletter (mail-list), sharing in social networks, Chat and other forms of communication with Links (URL).
The generated link will automatically open the booking engine by entering the parameters to the engine, pre-loading the information in the engine.
The parameters for URL or link building are described below.
We suggest jumping to the Link Builder section to quickly generate a link and test.Link Base
Parameters
The objective of this functionality is to allow the hotelier to formulate specific links to be used in mass communications such as: Newsletter (mail-list), sharing in social networks, Chat and other forms of communication with Links (URL).
The generated link will automatically open the booking engine by entering the parameters to the engine, pre-loading the information in the engine.
We suggest jumping to the Link Builder section to quickly generate a link and test.
Link Base
The base of the Link is the URL or address of your hotel's web page, or of a landing page of your hotel. This page must have the hotelrsv.min.js library installed (see installation guide).
Parameters
The parameters of hotelRSV are passed, as indicated by the Web standard, after the character "? "And are separated by the " & " symbol.
Parameter | Possible Values | Use | Explanation | Example |
f_name | hrsv_launcher | Required | This parameter is the one that executes the hotelRSV application. | f_name=hrsv_launcher |
lead_src | See Using the lead_src parameter for source statistics. | Optional | To keep statistics on the origins of leads, use this parameter with the values specified in Using the lead_src parameter for origin statistics. The correct use of this parameter allows you to have statistics on the effectiveness of your campaign. | lead_src=newsletter_1 |
lcode | en | es | it | pt | … ISO 639-1 | Optional | Language selection, if this parameter is not passed, it will take the language set as explained in Language Selection and Determination. | lcode=en |
currency_code | ISO 4217 Currency Code according to the currencies configured in your hotel. | Optional | Currency code to be preselected. You must use the ISO 4217 codes that are registered in your extranet. Check in your control panel / extranet. If in doubt, submit a ticket. | currency_code=USD |
dt_arrival | Date in format YYYYYMMDD | Optional | YearMonthDay representing the desired check-in date. | dt_arrival=20140105 |
dt_departure | Date in format YYYYYMMDD | Optional | YearMonthDay representing the desired check-out date. | dt_departure=20140107 |
id_room_type | Room or product identifier according to the types of rooms or packages configured in your hotel. | Optional If you use room_type_abbrev you should not use this parameter. | Identifier of the room to be preselected. The ID can be found in your control panel / extranet. If you do not know how to get the room id, use the room_type_abbreva parameter below. If you are using the dt_arrivale dt_departure parameters, you must include this parameter. | id_room_type=3000 |
room_type_abbrev | Customizable alphanumeric identifier of the room or product according to the types of rooms or packages configured in your hotel. | Optional | Identifier of the room to be pre-selected. The ID can be found in your control panel under Configurations → Configuration Operations → General → Room Type and Photos in the ABBREVIATION field. More information in Room Types The abbreviation may NOT contain spaces, accents, accented letters, special characters, or punctuation. Alphanumeric characters only. If you are using the dt_arrivale dt_departure parameters, you must include this parameter. | room_type_abbrev=SGLLUX |
show_other_rooms | 1 | 0 | Optional | 1 = Will show other rooms in addition to the preselected one. 0 = Will show only the preselected room. | show_other_rooms=0 |
show_multihotel_selector | 1 | 0 | Optional | 1 = Will display the hotel selector when starting the application in case of group hotels. 0 or empty = will not display the hotel selector.Only for hotel groups. | show_multihotel_selector=1 |
promo_code | Splendidus Promotional Code Promos Generator | Optional | The code can be found in your control panel under Sales → Define Promotions. | promo_code=ROME30 |
hotelRSV will automatically redirect the parameters to the mobile application to provide a complete user experience.
Use of lead_src parameter (Lead Source)
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Booking Link Generator
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Call to Reservation Generator - Buttons
Please note that the One-click launcher functionality should not be used for booking buttons INSIDE your website. If you want your booking buttons to have this type of functionality (pre-select room types or dates) visit: Booking Buttons - Action Items#ActionItems-ActionItems-AdditionalParameters your Web master will be able to assist you better or else post a ticket.
If you want to generate a button within your Web page, see Book Buttons - Calls to Action.
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