Travelaxe Getting Started Guide

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Travelaxe Pro Getting Started Guide

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Get Started With Travelaxe

Travelaxe Pro is a Windows program that must be downloaded and installed on your computer.
To download, click here or go to the Download page.
Choose "Open" or "Run" (whichever appears) to download and start the installation program.

Note: If clicking the link to download the program does not give you the option to run or open the file, then right mouse click the link and select "Save Target As..." from the menu that pops up. Select your Desktop from the drop down menu at the top of the window as the location to save the TravelaxeSetup.exe file to. After the download completes, double click the TravelaxeSetup.exe file on your Desktop to start the installation wizard.

Click I Agree to continue.
Follow the step-by-step installation wizard to install the Travelaxe program on your computer.

Now that the Travelaxe program is installed you can log in using the email and password you used to create your account.
You may run Travelaxe from Start->Programs->Travelaxe or by double clicking the optional shortcut on your desktop.
Enter your email address in the login window and click the Verify Email button.
A verification email will be sent to your email address. Click on the link in the email to activate your account. Email verification only needs to be done once.

Note: Some AOL users have reported that the verification emails are in their spam folders. Please check your spam folder if you do not receive a verification email.
Note: If you have not created an account, you can log in anonymously by leaving the email and password fields blank.

Run Travelaxe from Start->Programs->Travelaxe or by double clicking the optional shortcut on your desktop.
Enter your email and password in the login window.
Check the Save login information box to have the Login window remember your email and password.
Click the Log In button

Now that you are able to log in, you can perform a search with Travelaxe.
Select the Calendars button to set your travel dates.
Select your location and the number of adults, children, beds, and rooms you need from the drop down menus.
Travelaxe currently only searches for 1 room at time, as some websites don't have the ability to book multiple rooms, and we wouldn't want you to miss out on a great room rate. You will need to make multiple reservations if you want to book more than 1 room, and thus you will have multiple confirmation numbers.
Click the Search button to begin your search.

As the search finds hotel rooms, the information will be displayed in the lower portion of the hotel rates tab.

The Hotel column shows you the name of each hotel found. Clicking the column will sort the results in alphabetical order. Clicking again will sort it in the opposite direction.
The Book It! column contains booking buttons for each hotel. When you click on a Book It! button you will be taken to the booking page for the hotel at the travel website with the lowest price for that hotel.
The Rating column shows the class rating (1 star to 5 stars) of each hotel.
The City column shows you the city each hotel is located in.
The Distance column shows you the distance each hotel is from the center of the map.
The Best Price column shows you the best price found for each hotel.
The Savings Potential column shows you how much money you can save by using the cheapest travel website to book the room compared to the most expensive website.
Each travel website has its own column where its results are displayed for each hotel.
The cheapest price found will be highlighted in yellow.
Click a hotel to see its details, including nightly charges, subtotal, taxes & fees, and total price, and a button to display the hotel's location on the map

Note: The prices shown in the grid are total prices, with taxes and fees included. Some sites may add additional fees not included here.

When you find a hotel that you want to stay at, click the Book It! button for that hotel.
Follow the instructions on the booking page to reserve your room.

It is possible to book a room through a travel website other than the one with the cheapest rate.
Select the hotel you want to stay at.
Double click the travelsite's row in the upper right details frame.

The Travelaxe features can be accessed from the Options menu, and the buttons above the summary grid.

The Distance Filter allows you to specify the maximum distance a hotel can be from the center of the map. To use the distance filter, select the maximum distance you want from the drop down menu and click OK.

The Hotel Filter allows you to specify which hotels are displayed in your search results from your selected destination. To use the hotel filter, select the hotels from the list and click OK.

The Name Filter allows you to specify which hotel names are displayed based on keywords. To use the name filter type in the keywords you want to filter the search results by and click OK.

The Price Filter allows you to limit your search results to a set price range. To use the price filter, enter the highest price you want to see and click OK.

The Rating Filter allows you to limit your search based on hotel rating (4 star, 2 star, etc.). To use the rating filter, select which ratings you want to see and click OK.

The Website Filter allows you to select which websites you want to use in your searches. To use the website filter, select which websites you want to use and click OK. The default settings have all sites selected. Not all websites have hotels in every city.

The Currency setting lets you specify which currency you want to use. To use the currency setting, go to Options->Currency and select which currency you want.

The Network Connections setting lets you specify how many sites to simultaneously search based on your connection speed. To use the network connections setting select your connection speed from the drop down menu and click OK.

Note: Your selected settings for the Travelaxe features will carry over to future searches.

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