Your own package tours are created according to the common scheme and begin with choosing the necessary category and entering general information about the package tour.
Information
Info
To create a new package tour,
On the Self-operated products menu click Package Tours.
On the Package Tours page, click Create. The New package tour page appears:
On the New Package tour page, specify the following information:
Name: type the name of a package tour.
Supplier: select the service supplier. Here you can choose either your own company (if you organize the package tour by yourself) or the supplier, from whom you get this package tour product.
Duration (days): type the numbers days which the package tour includes.
Short description: enter a brief tour description. The description will be displayed on the Search results page.
Description: enter a package tour description. This description will be displayed in the window with the detailed description of the package tour.
Included: enter the list of services that will be included in the package tour.
Not included: enter the list of services that will not be included in the package tour and will be paid additionally (the optional service).
Tags: Every new product has a “public” tag by default. This means that they are available for search and booking for all customers. However, you can create additional tags. In this case, if a products contains at least one additional tag along with the “public” tag, the conditions of the additional tag are applied to them.
Itinerary description
After fill-in in the Info tab you should specify the itinerary description that are offered for tourists.
Go to the Itinerary description.
On the Itinerary description tab you can see the number of bars that are equal the package tour duration.
Click each bar to expand the form and fill in the day itinerary.
As soon as the required information is specified, click Save to continue.
Photo
You can demonstrate the package tour itinerary by showing it with the images. To add the images to the description of your itinerary, go to Photo tab and do the following.
Uploading images from your PC
To upload an image from your PC,
On the Photo tab, in the Upload File group click Add.
Browse to the image you want to upload, and click Open.
Click Upload.
Select the respective image category from the drop-down list below the
image.
Click Save.
Uploading an image from the Internet
To upload an image from the Internet,
On the Photo tab, click Upload via link to expand the form.
Locate mouse pointer into the box and enter the web source where the required image is stored.
Click Add if you need to add several images.
Click Upload. The image is uploaded and displayed on the Search results, as well as in the Detailed hotel description window.
Click Save.
Destinations
To insert destinations that will be included to the Itinerary,
Go to the Destinations tab.
In the Add destination window, locate mouse pointer into the box and start typing. After you type 3 characters the system will display the list of suggestions containing the defined characters. The items on the list are arranged by the alphabet. If you do not see the required item in the list. type some more characters - it may appear later.
Alternatively, click Select from the list to select the destination place from the drop-down.
Click Add.
Do the same step to add additional destinations.
The list of destinations are in the table above the Add destination window.
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To remove the destination click Delete opposite the necessary name.
Itinerary
The itinerary is included of 4 components:
Hotel;
Transfer;
Activity;
Flight.
They can be used All mandatory or partly optional.
Hotel
To create new tour component
Go to the Itinerary tab and click Create.
The New tour component window appears:
Choose Hotel check-box and click Add.
The hotel component page appears:
Specify,
Entry code: specify the component code.
Name: enter the hotel name.
Day number: choose which day this services is started from the drop-down list.
Include component as:
Mandatory: This service is included in the tour and cannot be removed.
Optional service: This service is not included in the tour and is additionally offered during the booking.
Product: locate mouse pointer into the box and start typing. After you type 3 characters the system will display the list of self-operated hotels. The items on the list are arranged by the alphabet. If you do not see the required item in the list. type some more characters - it may appear later.
Number of nights: choose how many nights the tourist will stay in this hotel from the drop-down list.
Tags: Every new product has a “public” tag by default. This means that they are available for search and booking for all customers. However, you can create additional tags. In this case, if a products contains at least one additional tag along with the “public” tag, the conditions of the additional tag are applied to them.
6. Click Save and then Close to finish this step.
Transfer
Activity
Flight
Availability
With the availability you can specify the dates of service booking.
To set up the availability,
Select the following parameters:
Period (from - to): the period of time when the conditions are applied.
Days of the week: select All to choose the allotment conditions for the whole week. If you need to limit the availability of the service, for instance, set allotments for week-ends only, select the respective check boxes manually.
Click Add.
The list of periods appears:
4. To remove the list click Delete opposite the period.