Hotels/Accommodation extension

We have made the decision to create a Hotel/accommodation extension which was originally conceived to suit just one Hotel. Below are the original rough design notes. We quickly realised that we actually need to create a whole new type of Service because the for accommodation, quantities of rooms need to be organised at the resource level, not at the service level as is currently the case.

As a result of the change, we are going to add support for hotel chains. This is just a matter of adding search for the hotel before search within the hotel.

The Rough specs are listed below. Here are the images.

Freeway Hotel Extension components

Single Hotel	Frontpage search box with no location elements
Chain of hotels/ portal	Frontpage search box with location element Sorted Results Posibility to select different location Posibility to select different hotel
Room selection Calendar	2 Months forward view Change month possibility Clear dates/ clear all buttons Cell states based on date selection (available / not available / selected) Error description / legend Calendar tool tip
Rooms	Rate type selection and short description Room type selection list + description (photo and text) + price Room list 2 views - compact + extended
Room packages	Calendar same as Room Selection Packs pack listing with 2 states, available / not available depending on the selected date / year interval list cell contains: title, picture for room, date of availability (if neccesary), seleced state (if selected of default list view) extended list view / selected pack contains: Description Availability dates Minimum stay What it includes (Extras, etc)
Room selection (type of room)	Title price picture description
Extras (Enhance yout stay)	Listing (title, price, description) Extended view + customisation (picture and customisation form) Subtotal
Checkout details	Details listing Check in / out, Nights, Rooms, People, Room rate and type Financial (Price and Tax) + Detail listing / day option, expandable or pop-up Extras + / - customisation Total Cost Form Returning customer login option Form elements Name, address, billing address, contact address, payment selection (various payment methods), comments, Agree with terms checkbox
Inteface components	Errors/ Warnings (Too few rooms, Default adults = 1, 0 not posible) Total Price next to Checkout button Pictures slideshow Possible dynamic lists, linked with the date selection so only available rooms/extras are displayed for the selected period Currency selection ?
Other info	User should have the option to track their booking with ability to Edit or Cancel Group Reservation Special form (not yet described) Travel Agent Probably only discounts Promos (optional) Might go into a tabbing component
Backend	Hotel - Booking Main attributes are: Find (listing with search form) Edit Delete order Create order
Hotel Admin	Manage Rooms Packages Extras Special offers, (optional) Discounts Define calendar Customise checkout form (ellements and payment engines) User management Confirmation mail composition