Set Up Redirect when clicking the Check Availability button

For some reason, you don’t want to use our booking system but still use the search form. So you want to redirect to another website when clicking the Check Availability button.

I’ll guide you on how to custom this:

Setup Child theme

Hotel WP provides a child theme after you import demo data. Install Hotel WP Child in Dashboard > Hotel WP > Child Themes.

Why a Child Theme? Using a child theme is crucial for safe customization. It inherits the appearance and functions of the parent (Hotel Booking) theme but allows you to make changes without directly editing the plugin’s original files. This way, your modifications won’t be overwritten when the plugin is updated.

Deploy In the Child theme

In Hotel WP child theme:

Copy the search.php File:

  • Locate the original search.php file within the Hotel Booking plugin’s directory (usually in wp-content/plugins/hotel-wp/templates).
  • Make a copy of this file and place it inside the search folder you just created in your child theme. The path should look like this: wp-content/themes/your-child-theme-name/wp-hotel-booking/search/search.php

Edit the search.php File:

  • Open the copied search.php file in a text editor.
  • Find line 56 (or line 67 if you’re using Hotel Booking version 1.9.7.x).
  • Replace this line: <button type=”submit”><?php esc_html_e( ‘Check Availability’, ‘hotel-wp’ ); ?></button>
  • With this line: <a target=”_blank” href=”link-website”><?php esc_html_e(‘Check Availability’, ‘hotel-wp’); ?></a>

Make sure to replace link-website with the actual URL you want the “Check Availability” link to direct users to and Save your changes.

Deploy In Plugin Hotel Shortcodes

Locate the file:

  • Go to your WordPress website’s plugin directory. You can find it by navigating to /wp-content/plugins/.
  • Look for the “thim-hotel-wp-shortcodes” folder.
  • Inside this folder, go to hb-rooms-search/tpl/.
  • Open the file named default.php.

Find and edit line 179:

  • Around line 179, you’ll see this code: $html .= ‘<button type=”submit”>’ . esc_html__( ‘Check Availability’, ‘hotel-wp’ ) . ‘</button>’;
  • Replace that entire line with this modified code: $html .= ‘<button><a target=”_blank” href=”your-link-here”>’ . esc_html__( ‘Check Availability’, ‘hotel-wp’ ) . ‘</a></button>’;

Be sure to replace “your-link-here” with the actual web address you want the button to link to and Save the default.php file.

Now your site will redirect to another website when click the Check Availability button.

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