Location Codes

In situations where a Destination may sell multiple If you are offering Destinations that sell Hotels and Transfers that are located in a different locationlocations, such as different parts of an island, or a city, the Location Code using Location Codes in the Service set up will allow the user users to link Hotels those accommodations and Transfers their transfers together to ensure the passenger is booking these two Service Types in the same location during the shop processservices in the same region.

For Example:

A Destination is selling Hotel A, Hotel B, and Hotel C. However, Hotel A and Hotel B are located in Location 1 and Hotel C is in Location 2.

By assigning the same Location Code to Hotel A, Hotel B, and the transfer for Location 1, Softrip will automatically offer that transfer service when either Hotel A or Hotel B is selected. If Hotel C is selected, Softrip will offer the transfer service for Location 2.

This ensures that the correct transfer options are being presented based on the selected accommodation’s location.

Now let’s see how we setup Location Codes in the system to ensure the correct services are booked.

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Setting Up Location Codes

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• If a Transfer Service has a Location Code that does not match any of the Hotels in the Shop the Transfers will not return

• If a Transfer Service does not have a Location Code it will return, but it will be able to be booked with any Hotel that is selected

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Demo

In the example demo below the user is shopping this Passenger is using the Vacation Builder to shop for Hotels and Transfers in Cancun, Mexico. Because Cancun has a is a City Code, CUN, built in the FIT Cities menu the system will shop Hotels in Product Code: MX-CUN-HTL and Transfers in Product Code: MX-CUN-TRANSFERSImage RemovedImage Removed

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Product Code: MX-CUN-HTL has 2 sets of Hotel Services, the Beach Hotel Supplier and the Sandy Beach Hotel Supplier:

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The Sandy Beach Hotel Services are set up with a Location Code of Zone2:

In the below Transfer Product, MX-CUN-TRANSFERS there are 2 sets of Transfer services, designated by their Service Description as Zone 1 Transfers and Zone 2 Transfers. This will make it easier to decipher when using a large Product List of Services . For example’s sake “Zone1” and “Zone2” have been added into the Service Description to demonstrate how the system will display these options based on which Hotel is selected by the Passenger

When the Passenger attempts to shop for these Hotel and Transfers services the Transfers will filter out and change depending on which Hotel service is selected in the results. In the below image the Beach Hotel (Zone1) service is selected and the Transfer menu will now only show the Transfer Services that also have the same Zone1 Location Code:

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