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Introduction

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Dear Hotelier, Firstly Many Thanks for looking at our site.  The site has been totally redesigned, uses the latest Google maps technology, allows you to maintain your establishments own web presence like never before, and to prove it ….   

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… YOU CAN SIGN UP FREE

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That’s right FREE no catches.  Sign up and you get $CAN 10 worth of search result Credits.

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At any time you can buy more credits or simply let your credits expire.  As the system is credit based, you are guaranteed to get return on investment as the credits don’t expire in terms of time.  That’s why we are confident you will continue to use our system.

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Signing up and getting your listing live takes as little as 5 minutes.

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Creating a Hotelier Account

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Right you have made a great choice.  Go to http://canada.bedandbreakfasts.net

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Click <B&B Hotel Owners Advertise Here> from the left hand pane.

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Enter “Your First Name”, “Your Last Name”, Email Address”, “Create a Username” (You Choose), “Create a Password” (You Choose) and click <Submit>

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You have now created a http://canada.bedandbreakfasts.net Hotelier Account.  There are several sections within this.  We will look at each of these individually.

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Hotelier Account Functionality - My Account

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This is the Hotelier Start Page.  Scroll down it gives an overview on your account from which you can get to all areas of the site.

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Hotelier Account Functionality - My Listings

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Click My Listings, from here you can create and edit your listings.

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You do not yet have any Listings.  So Click <Add a Listing>

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Add details

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Enter a description.  Click <Browse> and locate an image.  Click <Submit>

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Your listing is displayed.  Congratulations!

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Hotelier Account Functionality - My Listings – Edit

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Click <Edit Listing>

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You are returned to the previous Edit Screen.  From here you can amend your listings and also change your photograph.

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Hotelier Account Functionality - My Listings – Delete

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Click <Delete Listing>

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Click <Yes> to Delete or <No> to Return

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Note:  If you do delete a property your credits still remain as they were leaving you to enter another property or re enter the original property details.

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Hotelier Account Functionality - My Credits

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When you sign up we give you $CAN 10 worth of credits FREE. 

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Click <My Credits>. 

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Many sites use a fixed fee, however if you are a large Hotel in Central London or a popular tourist spot you are likely to generate more traffic than a small guest house in a tiny village, therefore we use a credit system so you can pay for as many or as few results as you like.  The more you buy the better value it is.

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When your property is returned in search results by a user searching, it can be clicked on to Send you an Email or To view you website.  When this occurs a credit is deducted from your Credits.

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The amount of credits you have is displayed in “My Credits”

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From this page you can buy more credits (Remember you have 50 free).  For larger amounts you can pay using a cheque.  For the 2 smallest amounts this is simply not cost effective due to admin and banking costs.  We use a secure payment server which encrypts traffic when paying online so its safe.

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Hotelier Account Functionality – My Credit - Pay with Credit Card

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Click “1k Credit Pack” Credit Card Link

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The above screen is displayed indicating that the transaction is Secure

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Click <Save and Check Out>

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Click <Continue>

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Scroll down and Click <Complete Order Now>

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Click <OK>

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Payment is authorised and you are returned to the http://canada.bedandbreakfasts.net system

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Your credits have been updated.

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Hotelier Account Functionality – My Credit - Pay with Cheque

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Click “1k Credit Pack” Cheque Link

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The payment opens with the details you entered pre filled in

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Enter “Billing Country” and any other mandatory fields not filled in.  They are marked with a *

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Click <Submit>

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An email is sent to the email address in the form.

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Note:  Credits are added to your account when the Cheque has been processed which may take up to 28 days.

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Click <Account> which will return you back to “My Account”

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Above shows the invoice that is emailed to you

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Click <Account> which will return you back to “My Account”

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Hotelier Account Functionality - My Transactions

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Click <My Transactions>

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As transactions are paid for they will be displayed in here.

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Hotelier Account Functionality - My Traffic

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Click My Traffic

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The system shows 50 credits

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In another window I have searched upon

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I click the “Link to website” (mimicking a user which counts as a credit)

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Now I return to My Account and click “My Traffic”

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The credit use is now displayed

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Note:  The “Suggested Number of Credits for 1 Years Traffic is a calculated indicator of how many credits you will require based upon forecasted credit use.

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I can now go to My Credits which will show 49 credits (50 minus the 1 we just used simulating a user)

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Hotelier Account Functionality - My Profile

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Click “My Profile”

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From “My Profile” you can edit your Name, Email Address and Password.

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Note:  You cannot edit Username

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To demonstrate we will change the Password Enter

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Current Password and a New Password and click <Submit>

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Click “My Account” to return to My Account

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Logging On

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Enter Username and Password and Click Submit

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You are now at the My Account page from here you can access all the Hotelier functions

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Forgotten Password?

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Forgotten Password? Enter your e-mail address, tick this box, press submit and we will send it to you on an email

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Above is the email that is sent by http://canada.bedandbreakfasts.net

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Simply now enter your credentials and click <Submit>

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Logging Off

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Click Log Out

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The system then logs you out.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Can I have multiple properties from 1 account?

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Yes, there is no maximum, all managed from one account.

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If I have more than 1 property do I have to buy separate sets of credits?

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No your credits can be used by all the properties in your account.

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I have registered with http://canada.bedandbreakfasts.net How can I help to ensure the site performs well in terms of Search Engine Placement

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2 Ways
1st Use our site yourself to book accommodation.
2nd Create a link on your website to http://canada.bedandbreakfasts.net Search engines score sites on content and the amount and quality of other sites that link to them.  By doing that you ensure everyone on the site will get more traffic.