Form to a tour operator

Hi,

I recently started a tour guide website and would like to find a way to my clients to book their tours.

I would need the following fields:

*Name of the tour (automatically filled once pressed on a book now of specific tour)
*Date of the tour ( is it possible to only allow booking some days of the week, restricting the others?? i dont do each tour every day)
*Number of people/Price (display price according to the number of people selected)

Then some personal information like
Name
Age
Email, etc.. ( these ones i know how to do 😀 )

After submiting it should have the possibility to pay ( does it have extra charges?? i read in chronoengine (paypal trial and extra costs maybe be aplied)

Send email to me and to the person that just bought the tour

Is this all possible with chronoforms? Can a humble "drag and drop" expert like me ( have really litle knowledge of code) do it?


Thank u soo much for ur help in advance

David

Hi David,

Yes it's all possible with ChronoForms. And you can probably do most of it with a little patience and not too much coding expertise. Setting up the options on the calendar will probably be the most complicated bit and you'll probably need some help with that when the extact spec is clearer.

The PayPal Pro, 2CO and Authorize.net are 'paid' - I think about $25 each but you can do all of your development on the Trial version. You an also do basic PayPal using the basic ChronoForms component and this may be sufficient for your needs (if you plan to use PayPal) as you will always know if you've been paid or not before the tour starts.

Bob

Thank u for ur fast answer.

Ok.. glad to know its possible to do it! Now.. any sugestion where/how i should start/learn?

Regarding the paylal.. i only care to receive the money somehow... and to be able to track as soon as its payed by an email confirmation.. i dont really know the differences between pro.not pro..
What do u mean with "u can also do basic PayPal using the basic ChronoForms component and this may be sufficient for your needs"?? this is an option where i dont pay?

Thanks for the help

Hi davidganco ,

Start with this series of videos here to help you get started with CFv4.

Start with a very simple form - maybe just name and email - until you get used to how ChronoForms works.

Come back here and ask when you need to configure the datepicker.

Yes, you can do basic PayPal with just the standard ChronoForms using the ReDirect URL and ReDirect User actions.

Bob

Hi,

So, the basic fields are donne (removed upon user's request*** )

Now comes the ones i dont know how to do it:
* I would like the existing field "Name of the tour" to be automatically filled, when i would press in the link "book now" of the respective tour in other pages.

*Add a field:
-Number of adults (and the respective price)
-Number of children
-And be able to calculate the total of adults/price

*Be able to pay
*Receive a confirmation of payment and send voucher

Thank u soo much for the help and quick replies

David

Hi David,

Please see this post to get the page title. Just how to add this will depend on how you are creating your 'book now' buttons.

To do the calculations you will need to have either JavaScript to do them in the brower, or PHP in a custom code action to do them after the form is submitted (and probably you should double-check the JavaScript in any case).

Being able to pay needs a payment method of some kind . . . what are you planning to use?

Bob

The book now buttons i have are simple pictures (used in different pages ) linked to the page where i created the form. (can i do it this way?)
I must be doing something wrong, i followed ur instructions and didnt show any title of the form.

Regarding the payment methods, i basically want to use whatever is possible to adapt in the form. I would like to receive in my paypal acount, and that people could pay with any major credit card and paypal.

David

Hi David,

The link your buttons use needs to include the ID or the article title so that ChronoForms know where the request came from and you will need to add a little code to read this and add it to the form in a hidden input.

You can use PayPal with your form - which kind of PayPal set up do you want to use?

Bob