Level 75
Start with looking over past discussions, like
https://laracasts.com/discuss/channels/eloquent/hotel-rooms-booking-system
From what I saw they were more.
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May 20, 2021
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Level 1
Hotel Management System
Hi i am working on a hotel website where i need to implement a booking system such that when customers book a room, only free rooms will be displayed. Also I want a notification to be sent to an employee/ administrator, when a booking request has been made, so as a user can confirm bookings.
the system will include the follow;
Customer, Employee/User, Room Categories/Types, Rooms, Bookings/Reservations
so anyone can browse the website as a guest but a guest become a customer when they book a room, Also the website will display only available rooms, if a type of room is not available system will give notification
any advice is welcome and i will like to know how I should proceed please, I tried using https://rinvex/laravel-bookings
This is my tables at the moment; Rooms
'room_id',
'name',
'room_type',//Types here are categories//
'rooms_available',
'description',
'status',
'created_at',
'updated_at',
'deleted_at',
Customer
'Customer_id',
'name',
'email',
'phone',
'status',
'created_at',
'updated_at',
'deleted_at',
Booking
'room_id',
'customer'
'departure_time',
'arrival_time',
'is_booking_open',
'created_at',
'updated_at',
'deleted_at',
any step by step details as to how my model, controllers and views should be are welcome. Thanks in advance. God Bless you.
Level 80
@hackroot What exactly would a “guest” account contain? Why would you create a record for this?
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Level 1
yeah thanks i just noticed i might not have a use for a guest account, however i want the customer details to be collected upon succesfully booking a room. Thanks again
Level 80
@hackroot Well yes, you’d need to create some form of customer record when a room is booked. But you’d do that when processing the booking; not as soon as someone lands on your site.
Like I say, what information would you collect for a “guest” account? You don’t know their name, email address or anything until they’ve entered it.
Level 1
yes exactly
Level 75
Have you searched Github for booking type packages, even if you don't use one you can get some good ideas of how things are done.
Level 1
yes I came across https://github.com/Rinvex/Laravel-Bookings which actually looked good but the documentation wasn't very good for me. However i am currently following a tutorial ('https://youtu.be/SXXys8xBbtM') by Povilas Korop of Laravel Daily where he teaches creating a booking system for buses, here is the github: https://github.com/LaravelDaily/Laravel-Bus-Bookings. I am trying my best to relate it to my hotel booking scenario.
Level 75
@hackroot I normally don't bother with a tutorial, I see how things were done in code. Say something is used in a controller from a vendor folder, you can always study the vendor code as well to see the why that's used, etc.
But of course if a tutorial helps, that's good too.
Level 1
Thanks
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