Backick.com, first social hotel booking site
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Preamble
backick.com was the first social hotel booking site launched in December 2011 and retired March 2013
Although it was later discontinued and integrated into Expedia, it received quite a lot of traction and was definitely a success from a technical and user experience perspective
This presentation is a showcase of how the site worked.
Concept
The original idea was to reward users who share the site with their friends in order to create viral traffic and avoid expensive marketing channels e.g. SEM
When user shares the site with their friends, their friends get a 10% coupon, and for every booking that they make, the referer gets 5% of the amount of the booking as reward that can be used on future bookings
Home Page - Description
1. User can enter keyword and search for location (auto suggest dropdown is used in this page)
2. Select dates for booking3. More Options- have additional filters for
searching4. Then click on Search Hotels button will
redirect to search results page.
Search Results - Description
1. Sort options: sorts search results based on selection
2. Search filters: filter results by price, star rating, amenities, etc.
3. Message to login for additional 10% discount
4. Search Bar at the top of the search results page. Can be used to initialize new search
5. List of search items
Hotel Details Page - Description
1. Hotel image preview2. Hotel image gallery with image carousal 3. Room type and rates search bar4. Location of hotel using maps5. Trip advisor rating for hotel6. Room types and options available in hotel
for booking
Make Payment - Description
1. Payment and discount related calculations2. Complete Booking button to confirm
booking3. Guest user details form 4. Payment details
Subscribe Newsletter
1. Even if user is not logged in user can subscribe for newsletter using the subscribe to email
Subscribe Email - Description
Subscribe form has field which should be filled in with correct information
Click on Join Form to subscribeUser can also use facebook account option
Login : Description
1. Click on login button 2. It will open new browser window. 3. Provide facebook credentials here4. Click on Log-in button
Logged In - description
1. Once logged in page is updated with user status and users information
2. Also on main page area user details are updated
Search For Location – Description
1. Enter search term for searching. Search suggest feature is used on the UI to help user.
2. Once options for search are selected click on search button.
Search Results Page - Description
1. Sorting options2. Search hotels are displayed on the search
results page. Click on any hotel for selecting it and getting to Hotel Details page.
3. Filter options to filter search results4. Once user is logged in using account
information user also get to see Backicks and Coupons as well. Which can be utilized for additional discount on bookings.
Hotel Details Page - Description
1. Images for Hotel which is currently selected2. Hotel location using Map location3. Available options in selected Hotel4. Available Backick’s and Coupon’s for logged
in user
Manage Savings - Description
1. Use Coupons: Allow user to use one of the existing coupon for getting discount
2. Use Backicks: Allow user to use desired backick account for getting discount
3. As per use of Coupon and Backick prices are updated on this section of page
4. Once done click on Continue button to continue with the booking workflow
Make Payment - Description
1. Guest Details: Provide necessary details2. Payment Details: Enter details for payment3. Click on complete booking to finish booking
Your Account Page - Description
1. User can keep track of recent booking done under this account
2. User can check available backicks3. Also available coupons are displayed 4. Send coupons help share coupons with
friends to earn more backicks. Click on send coupon will allow you to share message on you wall and share 10% discount to friends.
Send coupons - Description
1. Customized message to be shared on wall2. Share on wall button lets you share this post
on you wall
Invite Friends - Description
1. If user is logged in then user can invite his friends using this option. Click on the invite friends link
2. It launches popup window with facebook friends list where user can invite friends
3. Click on send requests button to send the request
Your Account’s Page – Recent Booking
On this page user can see all the past and future bookings. User can select any future booking and cancel it as well.
1. Click on the link to see the booking details2. Cancel booking list displays any bookings
which are recently canceled
Future Booking – Cancel Button
1. Cancel Button to cancel booking. Click on this button to cancel booking
2. Future booking details
Cancel Booing Page - Description
1. Details of hotel booked2. Cancelation details 3. Booking Details4. Click on the Confirm button to cancel the
booking