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Sunset Heights Bookings
How to use the slider.
The datepicker slider is easy to use, click on any of the links below to view an animation of its use.
- Overview
- About the default selection
- How to select a month
- How to select a date range
- Expanding a selection
- Decreasing your selection
- Long stay selection
- Changing your selection dates
- More about invalid selections
- Unselecting invalid dates
- Making a booking enquiry
- Apartment and booking info
- About discounts
The default selection:
When the page loads, a default selection appears on the calendar. This is the minimum number of days for which a booking may be made for this unit. Days coloured grey represent the selected area. Available days have a green hue, pending days (days that has been set aside, pending payment/confirmation by another user) have a yellow hue and days that are booked, have a red hue.
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Select a month:
Select a month by hovering your mouse over the month names. Select the desired month by clicking on it. You will see the selected month highlighted in a dark grey colour.
You may also drag the months across the screen as per illustration, and then select the desired month.
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Select a date range
After selecting the correct month, you can simply click on the day you wish to be your arrival date. Click and drag the slider to see more dates. Remember that the default selection for each unit is set and the date range will be automatically set from the day you picked as your arrival date. You need to expand the selection to the day that you wish to be your last day for the booking.
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Expanding a selection
Once you clicked on the start date (arrival date), you may want to expand the selection to the last day you wish to book the unit for (the day before departure). You will note a dark grey strip on the right hand side of the selected area. When you hover your mouse over it, you will see the cursor changing to an arrows symbol. Click and drag your selection to the right to expand the selection. Let go once you are satisfied with the selection. In the same manner you can decrease the selection by dragging it to the left.
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Decreasing a selection
Similar to expanding a date range selection, you may decrease your selection by hovering over the dark grey strip on the selected area untill the cursor changes to an arrow icon. Click and drag the selection to the left, making the selection smaller.
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Long stay selection
Depending on your device, the number of days across the screen may not be enough to cover your entire booking selection. To select more days, follow these easy steps: Select the start date and start to expand the selection by clicking and dragging the dark grey bar of the selection area to the right. Release the mouse button when you get towards the end of the screen. Hover over unselected days, click and drag the slider to the left to reveal more selectable days. Continue by expanding your selection like before and continue in this way untill you have reached your desired date range.
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Changing a date range selection
After selecting a specific date range, you might want to change that to a completely new range of dates. You may do this by simply scrolling to the new date that you wish to select. Click on the first day you wish to select and your previous selection range will automatically be updated. Please note that the same number of days will be selected and that you need to adjust the new selection should this not be correct.
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Seeing an invalid selection
When the calendar loads, you may see "Invalid Selection" appear below the calendar. This happens because the default selection of the calendar falls on dates that are booked or reserved. Click on any selectable days (in green) to be able to select a date range you may wish to book.
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Correcting an invalid selection
While selecting a date range, you might notice that it is possible to drag a selection across booked or pending dates. You will also notice that the words "Invalid selection" will appear bewlow the calendar. This means that you will not be able to make a booking enquiry for the selected dates. Please select available dates (green colour) to make a valid booking enquiry.
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Making a booking enquiry
When you are satisfied with making your date range selection, you may proceed to making a booking enquiry. Simply click on the Enquire Now button and your date range selection will be added to the enquiry form on the enquiry page. Please navigate to the enquiry page to fill in your details and send off your enquiry for processing.
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Apartment info
Each unit (apartment) has unigue information directly below the image. Below the slider some extra text appear with valuable information. In the first column you will see information about the minimum days for a booking required for that unit. The second column contains information regarding any discounts available when booking that specific unit. The third and fourth columns have information regarding standard cleaning fees and a breakage deposit that is required on all bookings.
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About discounts
You may notice that while selecting a date range, text may appear under the Enquire Now button. This is an indication that you have received a discount on your booking for booking a specified number of days or more. See information regarding this below the date range slider.
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Overview
Book your holiday at Sunset Heights holiday apartments: 1. Choose the dates you want to book. 2. Select the month by clicking on the months section of the calendar. 3. Select the day you wish to be your 1st day (arrival day) and click on it. The default selection will select a range of dates. 4. Adjust the selection to the dates you need. 5. When you are satisfied with your selection, click on the Enquire Now button and your selection will be added to the Enquiry form on the Enquiries page. Fill in your details on this page and send off the enquiry to be processed. You will be notified of the process by email or by telephone.
Click on the additional help topics for details on each activity.
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