In just 2 minutes flat, really! The advantage of this wizard is that it lets you enter the basic details about your first room or service in just a few seconds (one or more photos, a description with or without the help of AI, the main facilities on offer to your future guests, etc.). Using this basic information, you’ll be able to quickly test how your new website and booking engine will look (how your listing and prices will be displayed, etc.).
Step 1: Follow the wizard’s guidance
This (essential) step comes straight after you’ve created your account. It allows you to enter the basic information you’ll need to immediately test how your listings will look on your booking engine and your Magic website.
Click on ‘Let’s get started!’ and follow the instructions.
Step 2: Enter the key details
This screen is divided into two parts:
on the left, you enter your basic details
on the right, you’ll see an instant preview of how this information will be displayed to your future customers
Here are a few recommendations:
The name of your room or service (you can change this freely here at a later date),
Price per night: enter a base price (e.g. €150) but bear in mind that you’ll be able to adjust your pricing as you wish (for example, by specifying ‘weekly’ rates or setting prices ‘per person’ or by ‘age group’),
Description of your room or service: write your own description of your accommodation and its surroundings.
☕️ Let the AI write it for you!
Sit back, click on “AI, write for me!” and discover (thanks to a custom prompt developed by the elloha team) a bespoke description of your listing. Do you like it but want to tweak it slightly or add to it? No problem: place your mouse in the text input field and make your changes. Would you like to add one or more foreign-language versions of this text? That’s no problem either. You can do this later, either manually or automatically, by clicking here.
Your comfort amenities: choose from the most popular amenities for accommodation. At this stage, the list is deliberately limited to speed up the setup of your first listing. However, you’ll be able to add to your comfort amenities and facilities at any time in this section of your account.
Your photos: at this stage, you can upload a photo of your room or service by clicking on ‘My image’ or, if you want to test your account in quick mode, choose a sample photo provided for illustrative purposes. Of course, you can add, delete or edit your photos at any time by accessing this menu.
Now that you’ve seen (on the right-hand side of your window) what your listing will look like, click Next.
Step 3: Confirm the creation of your basic listing
Check that the information you’ve entered is correct, then click ‘Confirm’ to finalise the creation of your first listing.
Good news: as soon as your basic offer is created, elloha automatically sets default availability and rates for the next 21 days (i.e. the entire duration of your trial period). This means you can immediately see how your booking engine will look under real-world conditions.
❗️ Important: Before publishing your booking engine or your website, or activating a sales channel, check and update your calendar. An open channel is immediately available for bookings. A guidance message will appear directly in your calendar to help you through this step.
Don’t forget that you can edit or add to the basic details of your listing at any time. This wizard allows you to quickly create a personalised listing to test in your elloha account.
Your basic listing has now been created. You can now: