[/boc_accordion][/boc_accordion_section][/boc_tab][boc_tab title=”How can we use the Smart Trip Tool” icon=”icon icon-star2″][boc_accordion_section with_bgr=”yes” border=”yes”][boc_accordion title=”To add Smart Trip Planning to your Event Landing Page” is_open=”yes”]Ideally, you will get the highest conversion on hotel bookings from the trip offer being in the buying path. Since you don’t control the buying path, this would be something that you would request of TicketNetwork.
The second best conversion comes from placing the widget above the fold. It can fit in a right rail column and you can precede it with a marketing message, such as Make it a Weekend (if the event is on Thurs, Fri or Sat) or simply “Do you need or want a hotel room?”
The third option is a button (we recommend using an easy to spot graphic such as this one), which would sit next to your Ticket Packages graphic.
When invoked, it would display the widget in a window.
The instructions for installing this tool can be found in the Event Widget section.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”To be installed on your corporate website as a VISIT US page”]Seatslink can add the Smart Trip tool to your website as a VISIT US page. This will allow anyone that is traveling to your offices, whether driving or flying to get driving directions and book a hotel nearby.
The instructions for adding this static widget to your corporate site can be found in the VENUE WIDGET section below.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”To plan travel to any event venue”]The Smart Trip tool can be added to your venue landing pages on any of your sites to allow anyone traveling to an event at that venue to find a hotel nearby. This can be useful when someone already has a ticket to an event, but still needs to find a hotel nearby.
The instructions to load the dynamic venue widget to your venue landing pages can be found in the VENUE WIDGET section below.[/boc_accordion][/boc_accordion_section][/boc_tab][boc_tab title=”Key Features” icon=”icon icon-new”][boc_accordion_section with_bgr=”yes” border=”yes”][boc_accordion title=”Address lookup” is_open=”yes”]If the user wishes to travel to a different destination, they can type in their destination using the pencil.
[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Social Sharing”]Once the Smart Trip Tool is displayed, the user can choose to share the widget with friends/family. The widget can be linked back to the ticket purchase page.
[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Smarter Driving Directions”]TripProximity now handles multi-day trip planning by allowing the user to define the number of hours per day that they would like to drive. This then calculates the actual driving time, versus the driving straight throughmethod that Google uses.
[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Smarter Car Rental”]TripProximity now allows the user to specify whether they want to drive or fly to their destination, which changes where you would pick up your car rental.
[/boc_accordion][/boc_accordion_section][/boc_tab][boc_tab title=”Event Widget” icon=”icon icon-flag2″][boc_accordion_section with_bgr=”yes” border=”yes”][boc_accordion title=”The Event Widget” is_open=”yes”]The Event widget is one of our Smart Trip tools. It allows you to dynamically embed trip planning in any event in your system.
It is distinct from the Venue widget in that it has a specific date range for the event and a location where the event is held.
The next section includes your snippet. Then you will find the instructions for our Dynamic tool, which shows you how to substitute your data for our variables in real time, so that you only have to install the widget snippet once. Once it is installed, if you wish to make changes, you can edit the base elements of the widget in the Portal and you do not have to reinstall the snippet. See the defaults in the last section.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Your dynamic code snippet for Seatslink (use with variable fields outlined below)”]
[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Dynamic Tool – Customizing with variables from your system”]Add the dynamic variable elements that you wish to pass at display time to the appropriate widget snippet. They should be preceded by the following two lines. Follow the variables with the closing code segment.
We’ve included the recommended variables for Seatslink (shown encased in %VARIABLENAME% signs, which you will strip out in your actual entry):
| <script type=”text/javascript”> |
| tripWidget({ |
| eventStart: ‘YYYY/MM/DD’, |
| eventEnd: ‘YYYY/MM/DD’, |
| headerText: ‘Plan your trip to ‘, |
| appendPOI: ‘Y’, |
| lookupvenue: “Y”,
venuename: “%VENUENAME% poiName: ‘%EVENTNAME%’, |
| address: ‘%CITY%,%STATE%’, |
| trackingCode: ‘%CUSTOMERTRACKINGINFO%’, |
| imageUrl: ‘%IMAGEURL%’, |
| imageLink: ‘%IMAGELINK%’, |
| }) |
| </script> |
| Once you have the code installed, contact us with the test link and we will help to test on multiple platforms and on multiple browsers. |
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[/boc_accordion][/boc_accordion_section][/boc_tab][boc_tab title=”Venue Widget” icon=”icon icon-flag2″][boc_accordion_section with_bgr=”yes” border=”yes”][boc_accordion title=”The Venue Widget (dynamic)” is_open=”yes”]The Venue widget is one of our Smart Trip tools. It allows you to embed trip planning on any page in your system or on your site or blog where there is a contact with an address. A venue can be a physical place, like a company or a museum, or it can be a location like a park or a beach. As long as we can pinpoint a latitude/longitude, we can “trip enable” any landing page.
This tool is distinct from the Event widget in that the dates of travel are relative to the date that the tool is displayed, e.g. travel 7 days from today for 1 night.
Click the HDQ widget above to see the widget for the Seatslink corporate website for people traveling to see you.
The next section includes your snippet. Then you will find the instructions for our Dynamic tool, which shows you how to substitute your data for our variables in real time, so that you only have to install the widget snippet once. Once it is installed, if you wish to make changes, you can edit the base elements of the widget in the Portal and you do not have to reinstall the snippet. See the defaults in the last section.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Your code snippet (paste in as Text or in a Raw HTML container) for HDQ”]
[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Your dynamic code snippet for Venue (use with variable fields outlined below)”]
[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Dynamic Venue Tool – Customizing with variables from your system”]Add to the widget snippet the dynamic variable elements that you wish to pass at display time, preceded by the following two lines (your snippet). Follow the variables with the closing code segment.
We’ve included the recommended variables for TicketNetwork (shown encased in %VARIABLENAME% signs, which you will strip out in your actual entry):
| <script type=”text/javascript”> |
| tripWidget({ |
| daysFromToday: ‘7’, |
| numberOfDays: ‘1’, |
| headerText: ‘Plan your trip to ‘, |
| appendPOI: ‘Y’, |
| poiName: ‘%CONTACTNAME%’, |
| address: ‘%STREET%, %CITY%,%STATE%,%POSTCODE%’, |
| trackingCode: ‘%CUSTOMERTRACKINGINFO%’, |
| imageUrl: ‘%IMAGEURL%’, |
| imageLink: ‘%IMAGELINK%’, |
| </script> |
| Once you have the code installed, contact us with the test link and we will help to test on multiple platforms and on multiple browsers. |
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[/boc_accordion][/boc_accordion_section][/boc_tab][boc_tab title=”Brand Choices” icon=”icon icon-heart3″][boc_accordion_section rounded=”yes” with_bgr=”yes”][boc_accordion title=”What brands can I choose from for the booking system that the traveler sees?”]Depending on how you implement the widget, you may have a different need for targeted messaging in the booking system. For example, for a calendaring implementation, you may want to use TheHotelsNearby Companies. Or for a contact management system, just TheHotelsNearby. Or if you are designating all of the upside from using the widget to your favorite charity, you can use TravelingToGive. The next selection shows you all of the possibilities.
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| The default refid is 5135 and the default brand is The Hotels Nearby. | |||||
| To change the brand to one of our niche brands, you must use the combination of the refid and reflickid2 below. | |||||
| These can be overridden at transaction time by using the refid and refclickid2 variables | |||||
| refid= | Brand | refclickid2= | |||
| 5135 | The Hotels Nearby | ||||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Amusement Parks | hotelbyattractions | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Assisted Living | hotelsbyamusementparks | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Attractions | hotelsbyassistedliving.com | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Bloggers | hotelsbybloggers | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Companies | hotelsbycompanies | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Convention Centers | hotelsbyconventioncenters | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Cruise Ports | hotelsbycruiseports | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Doctors | hotelsbydoctors | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Embassies | hotelsbyembassies | |||
| 6856 | The Hotels Nearby Events | hotelsbyevents | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Festivals | hotelsbyfestivals | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Funeral Homes | hotelsbyfuneralhomes | |||
| 6988 | The Hotels Nearby Golf Courses | hotelsbygolfcourses | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Hospice | hotelsbyhospice | |||
| 6855 | The Hotels Nearby Hospitals | hotelsbyhospitals | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Military Bases | hotelsbymilitarybases | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Museums | hotelsbymuseums | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Nursing Homes | hotelsbynursinghomes | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Places | hotelsbyplaces | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Prisons | hotelsbyprisons | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Racetracks | hotelsbyracetracks | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Spas | hotelsbyspas | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Theatres | hotelsbytheatres | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Trainstations | hotelsbytrainstations | |||
| 6857 | The Hotels Nearby Universities | hotelsbyuniversities | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Wineries | hotelsbywineries | |||
| 6832 | The Hotels Nearby Zoos | hotelsbyzoos | |||
| 7028 | TravelingtoGIVE | ||||
[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Private Label Branding”]Can we use our own brand? Absolutely!
For a one time fee of $1500 you can provide your own header artwork to us for the booking back end.[/boc_accordion][/boc_accordion_section][/boc_tab][boc_tab title=”Unique Aspects of the Integration” icon=”icon icon-plugin”][boc_accordion_section rounded=”yes” with_bgr=”yes”][boc_accordion title=”Tech Tips” is_open=”yes”]Following are tips for the technical integration of TripProximity.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”External System Interaction”]The TripProximity widget interacts with the following systems:
- Google Places for lookup of the venues and addresses in the address field
- Google Maps for lookup of the latitude/longitude of any address
Once the input from the widget is received, we pass a search string to our booking system. It contains:
- Brand to be displayed in the booking system
- Travel parameters
- Tracking information to provide reporting back to you for each client
[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”CSS”]The widget has its own style sheet that governs the display of the widget within a container.
[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Rules for Display”]The widget can be populated with event and venue information. Ideally, the widget needs the full address to do an accurate proximity lookup of the hotels nearby.
The date fields for events can be coupled with a business rule. For instance if you have an event that begins before noon, you may want to set the date of arrival to 1 day before the event begins. If the event ends after 3pm, you may want to set the date of departure to 1 day after the event.
Just a reminder, even if there is no address or a partial address (city/state), our new widget with the Google Places lookup can find the precise address of the venue or company that they are visiting (even a Starbucks or TopGolf! or finding a hotel near someone’s house that works from home). The user controls this by using the pencil tool on the address field to do their own lookup.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Static Widgets versus Dynamic Widgets”]The static widget contains the following:
async onload=”tripWidget()”
The dynamic widget does not load asynchronously. If you turn on the dynamic flag in the portal in the widget editor, it removes that line from the code snippet that is generated. If you try to install a dynamic widget directly into an HTML container on WordPress, it will NOT render.[/boc_accordion][/boc_accordion_section][/boc_tab][boc_tab title=”Marketing Smart Trip Planning” icon=”icon icon-lightbulb-o”][boc_accordion_section rounded=”yes” with_bgr=”yes”][boc_accordion title=”Press Release Draft”]We will work with you to craft a press release for your implementations of TripProximity. You will be the first ticket reseller site to launch smart trip planning.[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Update your About Page with smart trip planning”]
We recommend these changes to your About Us page.
[/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Recommended Help Text”]We will assist you in drafting the help text for your clients, including the FAQs.
[/boc_accordion][/boc_accordion_section][/boc_tab][boc_tab title=”Terms and Conditions” icon=”icon icon-book”][boc_accordion_section rounded=”yes” with_bgr=”yes”][boc_accordion title=”Click the button below to review the Enterprise Terms and Conditions and then REGISTER as an Enterprise Client” is_open=”yes”][boc_button href=”http://www.tripproximity.com/legal-enterprise” btn_content=”Read Terms and Conditions” target=”_self” size=”btn_medium” color=”btn_theme_color” btn_style=”” border_radius=”btn_rounded” icon=”” icon_pos=”” icon_effect=””][/boc_accordion][boc_accordion title=”Portal Invitation”]Once you have registered as an Enterprise Client, we will send you an invitation to the beta version of our Portal.
From our portal you can modify your widgets, create new ones and see your usage statistics. We are still in the process of rolling this portal out, so over the next few months you will see many new features. It is important to note that if you update a widget you do NOT need to reinstall it. The changes will be live immediately. The script that you write to augment the code snippet that is generated by the portal will override the fields that are included in your script. We have put them in as %VARIABLENAME% into the Event and Venue widgets. We have also built a few sample widgets for you that are included at the top of this page. These are static widgets.
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For any other details regarding widget customization, please access the Support Center.