This might be helpful as well. http://www.databaseanswers.com/data_models/hotels/index.htm
olinux --- Dan Sabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a huge potential project and I'm fairly new > to PHP. I've been > managing shopping carts for years for people, Miva > Merchant, doing sites, > etc., but would like to try my hand at a custom PHP > cart if possible. I Was > wondering if for the project requirements below ... > > a.) Any PHP ready made scripts already exist for > the something similar to > the below requirements, for sale or free, that I > could modify, customize, > etc. Something with a GUI admin page like PHPbb > would be great. Or > > b.) If any PHP coders reading this might be > interested in quoting this job, > or > > c.) Can anyone point me towards any books, sites, > etc that would have a how > to, or sample scripts, snippets of code, etc geared > towards the below > project that I myself could use to do this project > myself? > > > > What I'm looking for is a hotel reservation system, > just for a small bed and > breakfast, six rooms. It would enable a potential > hotel guest to rent a > room on either one or a consecutive block of dates. > Using a click able > calendar tied to the payment system. Once the > renter is ready to pay via > credit card, the code would generate a price and > then go into a simple > shopping cart where the customer can enter in his > billing info and pay by > credit card. > > Maybe the same customer could rent more than one > room with the same date > ranges, or on the same order rent different rooms > for different dates, and > date ranges, etc., with discounts available for > quantity purchases of either > rooms, or extended date ranges, or both. Also with > the ability (for me) to > set discounts differently (in the code) depending on > if a customer rents > more than one room, or more than one day, and extra > discounts for renting > multiple rooms only, multiple days only, and also > additional discounts for > renting both multiple rooms and multiple days, like > for a convention. With > ability to set my own discounts in various ways, i e > depending on length of > stay, number of rooms rented, number of days, etc > etc, etc. > > I'd like it so that a customer could place a deposit > on a room or group of > rooms for the reservation, with the administrator > (me) able to set the > required deposit depending on what the price range > is for the reservation, i > e, a percentage of the purchase price of the total > order. This option is > not absolutely necessary but it would be a very nice > feature. > > I need a service fee for cancellations, with > variable cancellation fees > settable by me, which depend on both the closeness > of the reserved date to > the cancellation and the amount of the sale, > independently. The > cancellation would be automatic, so that if a > customer cancels a > reservation, they are auto refunded on their CC > either their deposit or paid > in full price, minus a pre cancellation fee which is > variable, with the > ability to set that cancellation fee depending on > the total sale price. > > Is this do able by a newbie with lots of gumption > and the right books, > snippets? I already have Wellings PHP and MySQL web > Development and > Professional PHP 4 Wrox. I read on another forum > that there is a book > written for Dreamweaver MX and a sample project is a > hotel reservation > system in PHP, but I use Go Live 6 and don't want to > waste the money on that > one. > > Thanks. > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
