How to create a Deep Link/Promotional URL for Direct Booking Manager (DBM)

The following article will take you through the different types of URLs that you can create for your DBM to be used on an offers page on your website or perhaps within a mailshot. 

PROMOTIONAL CODE DEEP LINK

These URLs are used when you have got a 'Rate Access Code / Promo Code' set up within Distribution Hub that is hiding the rate from a general search. 

The following points can be amended specifically for each offer/promotion.

• Date - a date must always be included. You can change this to be the first stay date of your offer. (if the date has passed the DBM will default to ‘today's’ date)
• Nights - You can change the number of nights if required useful for promotions such packages that require a specific number of nights. 
• Adults/Children - you can change the number of adults and children to suit the package – children will always be required but leave as zero if not being used
• Promo Codes – this will need to be as per what has been created within Distribution Hub under Rate Access Codes
• Group ID and Site ID - these are specific to each hotels DBM and these can be found by launching the booking engine from your website and using areas highlighted in the example below to find out your Group and Site IDs

Using the URL below and the information provided above you can now move forward in creating your Deep Links to be used on your website or within email mailshots.

https://GROUPID.dbm.guestline.net/availability?hotel=SITEID&arrival=2020-02-14&nights=1&adults=2&children=0&promoCode=ROOMLYNXRATEACCESSCODE

Once you have created your link always give it a test before publishing live to make sure that this is working correctly.

FILTER URLS (RATES NOT BEHIND PROMO CODES)

The DBM now gives you the flexibility to link straight to rates not behind promo codes and to specific room types, so you can have this rate displaying on your offers page but also any guest that is completing a general search on your DBM can also see and book that offer if their search has met the criteria of your offer. Please note that these URLs will not work if you are wanting to direct people to a Group DBM they will only work when directing people straight to the hotel DBM page.

Rate Filter;

The section after ‘filters[rates]’ within the URL is the rate code from Rezlynx

https://GROUPID.dbm.guestline.net/availability?hotel=SITEID&arrival=2019-02-27&nights=1&adults=2&children=0&filters[rates]=REZLYNXRATEPLANCODE

You can filter multiple rates by separating the by a ‘;’ as shown below

https://GROUPID.dbm.guestline.net/availability?hotel=SITEID&arrival=2019-02-27&nights=1&adults=2&children=0&filters[rates]=REZLYNXRATEPLANCODE;REZLYNXRATEPLANCODE

Room Filter;
The section after ‘filters[rooms]’ within the URL is the room code from Rezlynx

https://GROUPID.dbm.guestline.net/availability?hotel=SITEID&arrival=2019-02-27&nights=1&adults=2&children=0&filters[rooms]=REZLYNXROOMTYPECODE

You can filter multiple rates/rooms by separating the by a ‘;’ as shown below

https://GROUPID.dbm.guestline.net/availability?hotel=SITEID&arrival=2019-02-27&nights=1&adults=2&children=0&filters[rooms]= REZLYNXROOMTYPECODE;REZLYNXROOMTYPECODE

Once you have created your link; always give it a test before publishing live to make sure that this is working correctly.