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[[Category:Booking_Engine]]<div class="heading">Booking Questions</div> This page is about the menu {{#fas:cog}} (SETTINGS -> ) PROPERTIES -> BOOKING QUESTIONS Here you can collect information from your guests. 

== Standard Questions == *Guest Title *First Name *Surname *Email *Telephone *Mobile *Fax *Company*Address *City *State*Postcode *Country (text ) *Country (selector - recommended)*Arrival Time *Guest Comments For each question you have these options: *'''not Not used''' - This field will not appear on your booking page.*'''compulsoryCompulsory''' - A manual booking or a booking on the booking pace can not can not be completed without entering this information.*'''Compulsory' Booking Page'' - Your guests can not proceed the booking on the booking page without entering this information.*'''optionalOptional''' - Show the field on your booking page but leave it to your guest to enter information or not.*'''internalInternal''' - This field will not appear on your booking page but is still available in the control panel to collect and store internal information about each booking.

*'''Multiple List''' - This creates a list of choices with radio buttons. See below for usage.Format: Question [option 1][option 2][option 3]*'''Multiple Select''' - This creates a drop-down list of choices. See below for usage.Format: Question [option 1][option 2][option 3]*'''Tick Box'''- You can assign values to your tick box. Format: Question [Yes][No]. If ticked, 'Yes' is saved. If not ticked, 'No' is saved.

==Use custom questions on the Dashboard==For the Dashboard components "Arrivals", Multiple choice options ('''Multiple List''' "Departures" and '''Multiple Select''') must be entered in square brackets after your "Current Guests", "Modified Bookings", "Latest Bookings" you can add "CQ editable" custom question, like this:<br>Question[option 1][option 2][option 3]columns. These columns show the questions which are activated and are editable.

*== Question Order ==You can change the order in which the fields appear on your booking page. Just drag and drop or use the arrows. =Usage Examples for Custom Questions===Agreement to Terms and Conditions==If a tick box '''Tick Box''' question is made compulsory the booking cannot proceed until the guest has ticked the box. This can be used for example with a link to your terms and conditions in the question.Optionally you can add values to the tick box:

For example: *I agree to the terms and conditions [yes][no] - this will print out yes if the guest ticks and no if the guest did not tick.

The questions can contain HTML for formatting purposes or *I read the <a href="<nowiki>http://my_terms.com</nowiki>" target="_blank">Terms and Conditions</a> and agree to embed links to other pages. them [yes][no]

For example: I read the <==Creating a hreflist for arrival and/or departure times="http://mylink.com" target="_blank"> You can control the terms </a>format of the arrival and departure times using custom questions.

In REPORTS->CUSTOM REPORTS you can create custom reports which include the answers to the custom questionsMake it Type = 'Multiple Select'.

== Question Order ==You can change the order in which the fields appear on your booking page. Just drag This creates a drop-down list and drop leaves no room for formatting errors or use the arrowsinconsistencies.