addHotelBooking

The addHotelBooking method passes information from your site to Monetate when a customer completes the purchase of a hotel. This method consists of 10 mandatory attributes and five optional attributes.

Required Attributes

These attributes are required with the addHotelBooking method:

• checkIn — A string that includes the check-in date for the hotel stay in YYYYMMDD format
• checkOut — A string that includes the check-out date for the hotel stay in YYYYMMDD format
• city — A string that includes the city where a hotel was searched for
• country — A string that includes the country where a hotel was searched for
• guests — An integer that includes the total number of adults and children staying in a hotel room
• rooms — An integer that includes the total number of hotel rooms searched for
• purchaseId — A string that includes the order ID for a purchased hotel
• pid — A string without spaces that includes an internal ID used to identify a hotel
• quantity — An integer that includes the number of hotel rooms booked
• unitPrice — A string that includes the price of the hotel in the format XX.XX

Optional Attributes

These attributes are optional for the addHotelBooking method:

• adults — An integer that includes the total number of adults staying in a hotel room
• children — An integer that includes the total number of children staying in a hotel room
• region — A string that includes the state, province, or region where a hotel was searched for
• type — A string that includes the type of hotel room searched for
• currency — A string in the ISO 4217 format (three capital letters and no spaces) that includes the currency used to book the hotel

Code Sample

// addHotelBooking Method
window.monetateQ = window.monetateQ || [];
var bookingObject = {
  // Required
  'checkIn': ['20160212'], // February 12, 2016
  'checkOut': ['20160224'], // February 24, 2016
  'city': ['London'],
  'country': ['United Kingdom'],
  'guests': [4],
  'rooms': [1],
  // Optional
  'adults': [2],
  'children': [2],
  'region': ['London'],
  'type': ['Double']
};
window.monetateQ.push(['addHotelBooking',
  bookingObject,
  'LON12345',
  'Regents',
  1,
  '400.00',
  // optional
  'USD'
]);
window.monetateQ.push(['trackData']);