Booking Calendar Contact Form

Hospedagem WordPress com plugin Booking Calendar Contact Form

Onde hospedar o plugin Booking Calendar Contact Form?

Este plugin pode ser hospedado em qualquer provedor que tenha WordPress instalado. Recomendamos fortemente optar por uma hospedagem seguro, com servidores adaptados para WordPress, como o serviço de hospedagem da MCO2.

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The Booking Calendar Contact Form plugin allows you to create a powerful and flexible booking form for your WordPress website. Easily create a reservation form with a booking calendar where users can select start and end dates (such as check-in and check-out) or single dates.

It is the ideal solution for hotels, property rentals, service providers, and anyone needing to accept bookings and payments online. The built-in PayPal integration (which is SCA-ready) allows you to securely process payments for reservations.

The reservation calendar is completely optional, so you can also use the plugin to create a general-purpose contact form or payment form.

🌟 Key Features of the Free Version

• PayPal Integration: Securely accept payments for your bookings. Fully compatible with SCA (Strong Customer Authentication) / PSD2.
• Reservation Calendar: Allow users to select:
  • Start and end dates (e.g., check-in / check-out)
  • A single date
• Flexible Booking Types: Supports full-day bookings (the entire day is blocked) or partial-day bookings (hotel-style, where check-out and check-in can happen on the same day).
• AI-Assisted Booking Replies: Reply directly to customer reservations from the Bookings List using a built-in AI assistant to draft polite, context-aware email responses in seconds, with all sent replies automatically logged in the booking record.
• Modern Administration Interface: Intuitive, tabbed settings dashboard, manual booking entry screen, and one-click shortcode publishing wizard.
• Availability Management: Optional date verification prevents double-booking by automatically blocking dates as they are reserved.
• Seasonal Pricing: Configure different prices for specific date ranges (e.g., high season, low season, holidays).
• Flexible Pricing Rules: Define prices based on the number of days selected (e.g., weekly rates, 3-day specials) or add length-of-stay supplements.
• Fixed-Length Bookings: Enforce specific booking durations (e.g., weekly-only bookings).
• Responsive & Mobile-Optimized: The form and calendar look and work great on all devices and screen sizes.
• Bookings Management & Export: Search, filter, export to CSV, or print a list of all bookings from your WordPress dashboard.
• iCal Export Link: Easily export your bookings to external calendars such as Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, Airbnb, and more.
• Configurable Emails: Customize the notification emails sent to the administrator and the confirmation emails sent to the customer.
• Customizable Messages: Configure all validation messages, button labels, and date format settings.
• Block Dates: Mark holidays or specific dates as unavailable with a single click.
• Built-in Anti-Spam: Includes a customizable CAPTCHA security image to protect your booking form.
• Multi-User Support: Assign a calendar to a specific WordPress user (e.g., an editor) so they can manage their own bookings.
• Calendar Styling: Includes multiple color presets and a built-in custom CSS/JavaScript editor.

A Flexible Solution for Any Website

• Hotel & Room Booking: Use the partial-day booking mode to manage hotel, inn, or B&B reservations.
• House & Apartment Rentals: Use the full-day booking mode for vacation homes, cabins, or equipment rentals.
• Service Bookings: Allow clients to book multi-day or single-day services, classes, or events.
• General Payment Form: Disable the calendar to create a simple contact or payment form connected directly to PayPal.

Note: Payments processed through the plugin are SCA-ready (Strong Customer Authentication) and compliant with the EU Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2).

Looking for More Features?

This free version is packed with essential features, and our Commercial Versions unlock even more capabilities:

• Full Visual Form Builder: Unlock all field types, conditional logic (show/hide fields based on selections), file uploads, and multi-page forms.
• Two-Way iCal Sync: Synchronize with external calendars (Google Calendar, Airbnb, Booking.com, etc.) to both import and export availability.
• Flexible Payment Options: Allow customers to choose between “Pay Now” or “Pay Later,” plus integrate additional payment gateways.
• Coupons & Discount Codes: Offer promotional codes and special discounts.
• Optional Services & Add-Ons: Let customers select extra items or services (e.g., breakfast, cleaning, parking) that automatically update the total price.

For more details on the commercial versions, please visit the plugin’s website.

Language Support

The Booking Calendar Contact Form plugin is compatible with all character sets and supports translation through standard PO/MO files located in the /languages/ folder.

The following translations are included out of the box:

• Afrikaans (af)
• Albanian (sq)
• Arabic (ar)
• Armenian (hy_AM)
• Azerbaijani (az)
• Basque (eu)
• Belarusian (be_BY)
• Bósnio
• Búlgaro
• Catalan (ca)
• Central Kurdish (ckb)
• Chinese (China) (zh_CN)
• Chinese (Taiwan) (zh_TW)
• Croatian (hr)
• Czech (cs_CZ)
• Danish (da_DK)
• Dutch (nl_NL)
• Inglês
• Esperanto (eo_EO)
• Estonian (et)
• Finnish (fi)
• French (fr_FR)
• Galician (gl_ES)
• Georgian (ka_GE)
• German (de_DE)
• Greek (el)
• Hebrew (he_IL)
• Hindi (hi_IN)
• Hungarian (hu_HU)
• Indonesian (id_ID)
• Italian (it_IT)
• Japanese (ja)
• Korean (ko_KR)
• Latvian (lv)
• Lithuanian (lt_LT)
• Macedonian (mk_MK)
• Malay (ms_MY)
• Malayalam (ml_IN)
• Norwegian (nb_NO)
• Persian (fa_IR)
• Polish (pl_PL)
• Portuguese (Brazil) (pt_BR)
• Portuguese (Portugal) (pt_PT)
• Romanian (ro_RO)
• Russian (ru_RU)
• Serbian (sr_RS)
• Slovak (sk_SK)
• Slovene (sl_SI)
• Spanish (es_ES)
• Swedish (sv_SE)
• Tamil (ta)
• Thai (th)
• Turkish (tr_TR)
• Ukrainian (uk)
• Vietnamese (vi)= Bookings List & AI-Assisted Replies =

Accessible via the Bookings List button on the calendar management screen.

• Search & Filter: Filter reservations by calendar, keyword, date range, or sort order, and export the filtered results to CSV or print them.
• Reply with AI Assistance: Click the Reply button on any booking to open the email reply modal. You can write a manual message or provide brief instructions (e.g., “Confirm the reservation and let them know check-in is at 2 PM”) and click Generate with AI to draft a polished response in the customer’s language.
• Automatic Reply Logging: Every reply sent from the Bookings List is automatically appended to the booking’s description with a timestamp for your records.

Troubleshoot Area

Located below the booking calendars list.

Important: Only change these settings if you experience script conflicts with third-party plugins/themes or character encoding issues.

• Script Load Method: Switch to “Direct” if the booking calendar does not appear on the public website. Otherwise, keep the default “Classic” setting.
• Character Encoding: Update the database table collation if special or non-Latin characters display incorrectly in forms or emails. Note: You may need to re-enter affected text after updating this setting.

Booking Duration Limits (Global)

• Minimum Nights: Bookings must be equal to or longer than this value.
• Maximum Nights: Bookings cannot exceed this value.

Price Supplements

Apply automatic price adjustments based on the length of the stay.

• Supplement for bookings between X and Y nights: Adds a one-time fee (or discount) for bookings falling within the specified night range.

General Calendar Settings

Settings applicable to both admin and public views:

• Calendar Pages: Number of months to display simultaneously.
• Calendar Language: Automatically detects the visitor’s browser/site language, or allows you to select a fixed language manually.
• Start Weekday: Sets the first day of the week (e.g., Sunday or Monday).
• Date Format: Choose between mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy.
• Accept Overlapped Reservations: Setting this to “No” prevents double-booking (recommended).
• Reservation Mode: “Complete Days” charges the first and last days booked as full days. “Partial Days” charges them as half-days (ideal for hotel check-in/check-out).

Public Calendar Settings

Settings specific to the customer-facing calendar:

• Min/Max Available Date: Limits the selectable date range (e.g., 2026-12-31, today, or today + 3 days).
• Working Dates: Define which days of the week accept bookings (useful for disabling weekends or specific closing days).
• Disabled and Special Dates: Click specific dates on the mini-calendar to mark them as unavailable (e.g., holidays).
• Fixed Reservation Length: Restrict bookings to a specific duration (details below).

Fixed Reservation Length

Enable this option to require bookings to span an exact number of days (e.g., strictly 7-day rentals).

• Fixed Length (days): The required duration of the booking.
• Start Reservation Date: Restrict check-ins to specific weekdays (e.g., Mondays only).
• Disabled and Special Dates: When fixed mode is active, click twice on specific dates in the mini-calendar to mark valid start dates (useful for scheduled tours or courses).

Note: In fixed-length mode, customers only select their start date; the end date is calculated automatically.

Construtor de Formulários

The visual form builder included in the free version supports the most frequently used field types (“Single Line Text”, “Email”, “Text-area”, and “Acceptance Checkbox”). Commercial versions unlock the full set of field types, conditional logic, and multi-page forms.

Botão de Enviar

Customize the Submit, Previous, and Next button labels.

• Styling: Use the CSS class .pbSubmit. You can add custom CSS rules using the Customize CSS Styles editor on the main calendar list page.
• Advanced: See the FAQ for ready-to-use CSS samples: https://bccf.dwbooster.com/faq#q82

Validation Texts

Translate or customize the error messages shown when form validation fails.

Price Configuration

Define your booking pricing structure:

• Currency: PayPal currency code (e.g., USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, JPY).
• Default Request Cost (per day): The standard daily rate.
• Total Request Cost for Specific # of Days: Overrides the daily rate with a fixed package price for specific booking lengths.
• Deposit Payment: Optionally charge only a percentage or fixed deposit amount at PayPal checkout.
• Seasons Configuration: Define custom daily rates and multi-day package prices for specific date ranges. Season prices override the default request cost.

PayPal Payment Configuration

• Enable PayPal: The free version supports On/Off. Commercial versions also support optional PayPal payments (allowing customers to choose between “Pay Now” or “Pay Later”).
• PayPal Email: The PayPal account email address that receives payments.
• Product Name: The item name displayed on the PayPal checkout page.
• Return URL (Success): The URL customers are redirected to after a successful payment (also used as the “Thank You” page when PayPal is disabled).
• Return URL (Cancel): The URL customers are redirected to if they cancel payment at PayPal.
• PayPal Language: Sets the language of the PayPal checkout screen.
• Taxes: Enter a percentage to apply tax at PayPal (e.g., 10 for 10%).
• Discount Codes: (Commercial only) Create promotional codes to apply price reductions.

Optional Services/Items Field

Available in commercial versions. Create selectable add-on services or items with associated costs (e.g., Breakfast, Parking, Airport Transfer).

Notification Settings for Administrator(s)

Configure the alert email sent to the administrator when a booking is submitted:

• Notification “From” Email: The sender address used for outgoing notifications.
• Send Notification to Email: One or more comma-separated email addresses that receive booking alerts.
• Subject/Content: Customize the email subject and body. Keep the %INFORMATION% tag to automatically insert the booking details.

Email Copy to User (Auto-Reply)

Configure the confirmation email sent to the customer:

• Email Field on the Form: Select which form field captures the customer’s email address.
• Subject/Content: Customize the confirmation message. Keep the %INFORMATION% tag to insert the booking details.

Captcha Verification

Configure built-in anti-spam protection:

• Use Captcha Verification?: Enable or disable the CAPTCHA security code.
• Dimensions & Characters: Set the image width, height, and character count.
• Font Size & Styling: Customize the min/max font size, noise level, background color, border color, and font style with a live preview.