Overview
Area Descriptions are used to describe an area, i.e. a stop within an itinerary, where the customer can overnight and choose from a selection of optional activities.
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Explaining the Usage of Areas Descriptions
Creating Areas Descriptions
Steps to create Area Descriptions
Note: In order to create an Area Description, the area, i.e. its location, must be created beforehand.
Please refer to the following article for more information: Areas
Go to Inventory
Click on Package Builder
Click on Area Description
Use the text search to find the desired area description, such as Berlin, and open the corresponding row.
If the Area is already created, click on Create Area Description and select your desired area from the drop-down menu.
On the Description tab, review or complete the visible fields: Area, Source, Key Sentence (mandatory), Short Description (optional), and Long Description (optional). Use the available tabs to maintain the complete area description content: Description, Pictures, Highlights, and Translate.
Upload a representative, high-quality picture of the area (we suggest at least 3)
In order to add pictures, they need to be uploaded first into the picture library. Please refer to the following article: Pictures
Add Highlights
In order to add highlights, they need to be created first. Please refer to the following article: Highlights
The Integration tab can be ignored for a manual creation process. Particularly for area descriptions, the external reference can indicate the data source used in the automatic area creation in TripBuilder (e.g. Wikivoyage) and the internal ID at that platform (e.g. 40481).
Add Translations
Note: Area Description changes are cached and can take up to 10 minutes until visible on the platform. The area description is still in draft mode and needs to be set to Published. Area descriptions that are set to Draft do not appear in the drop-down menu when adding stops to an itinerary.
Area Actions & Publishing
Remove | Deletes the area description, which cannot be retrieved. |
Translate | Opens the area descriptions on the tab Translations, which allows translating the content easily in the Cockpit. |
Publish | Will publish the product and set the status on Published. |
Set to draft | Sets the published version back on status Draft and allows to alter the content. |
Note:
Unlike products, modules and templates, Area descriptions and Highlights do not have any revision numbers.
Setting these options to draft, results in them not being considered or presented.
The published version will no longer be live until the draft is published again.
Equally, removing a draft will also result in the description being deleted.
Display in Discovery, Planner and on the Travel Documentation
The Area Descriptions are displayed in different locations.
Discovery Overview
In Discovery Overview, all of the most important stops/areas of the Template will be indicated:
Click on Show Details to display the detailed overview of the trip. The area description will then be displayed in short...
... and in full after clicking Read more
Planner
In the Planner, the stop/area is listed and its accommodations and activities displayed.
Clicking Show Highlights will direct you to more information on the area.
Note: Clicking on Show Highlights will open the same view as in the screenshot above, i.e. after clicking "Read More" on Discovery Overview.
Travel Documentation
In Planner, click on Itinerary & Services to be directed to the itinerary overview.