Now, Directorate of
Estates has launched a new online reservation system for booking
Central Government Holiday Homes. This system is found to be very user
friendly. The earlier online system was slightly cumbersome since it
required additional installation of software such as Java run time environment
to be installed in the user computer.
Directorate
of Estates has also come up with detailed help file for this online
booking
We provide here a summary
of this how to guide.
Initial
screen
These are important links
in the vertical menu we find in the first screen.
Holiday homes
|
Complete details of Holiday homes such as location, room rent
per day, eligibility etc are avail here
|
CheckAvailability
|
Through this option you can check the availability and demand
for the
Holiday Homes / Touring Officers Hostels for the dates you want. This facility is available for the Holiday Homes / Touring Officers Hostels, booking registration for whom have been made online. This facility is available for maximum of 90 days from the current date. |
Apply Online
|
On clicking this option you will get the options to checks the
steps of
booking, Apply for registration of Booking, Check the status of application and Check the demand and availability |
Booking System
|
This is a link for internal system for Directorate of Estates
|
Check availability Screen
Select
the Guest Accommodation, Booking
Agency and Period for which you want to check the demand –
availability and press ‘Report’ Button. Booking Request From Date and Booking
Request From To dates are to be specified since these are mandatory columns.
Calendar for these dates are active for the allowed range of 90 days from the
current date, for the period you can check the status.
You will get the
following report in new window which can be printed by clicking a ‘Print’
Button at the bottom of the report page. Demand Availability Report
provides the following information:
·
Total No. of Rooms with their Types available for Online
Booking Request at Guest Accommodation /Touring Officers Hostel, with the
selected Booking Agency
·
Total no. of Rooms available and Booked with their Types on a
particular day
·
Total Pending Demand on a particular day
If you have intended to look for availability at Mussoorie
Central Government Holiday home for a given date and booking agency you get the
following screen.
Apply Online Screen
After
you have ensured using check availability option that you have got a vacant
room in a Holiday home you wish to stay, click apply online link
from the starting (initial) screen.
Apply for
Booking Screen:
To Book a room online,
select “Apply for Booking” button, which would take you to the following screen
after you click the formal “I agree” button.
Red marked fields are
mandatory. Though there are four sections provided to the user under this
screen but only 2 are visible by default and once you completely fills the two
shown on screen two more will appear.
These four sections to be
filled by the applicants are as follows:
Booking
Request Detail: You will have to select in the order of ‘Guest Category’,
‘Accommodation At’, ‘Booking Agency’, and ‘Unit Type’ then the fields ‘Check In
Date’, ‘Check Out Date’ and ‘No. of Nights’ will become active. You have to
select Check In and Check Out Date using the calendar attached and can clear
the dates using the button for clearing dates, attached next to calendar.
Applicant Detail section
will be enabled after all the fields of Booking Request Detail section has been
filled up.
Applicant
Detail: This section is for entering the Name, Designation, Mobile
No., Email Address, Identity/PPO No. ( Identity card no. in case of serving and
PPO no. in case of retired persons), Office Name, Office Address, Office Phone,
Office Fax, Grade Pay. Then you have to select whether Applicant will also be
visiting at Guest Accommodation or not, under the field ‘Applicant
Visiting’. If the applicant is not visiting, identity details of any of
the members visiting will have to be provided in the fields which appear when
we select “no” for “Applicant visiting”.
Members
Detail: After the completion of the entire above blocks ‘Members
Detail Block’ will be activated. In this block details of the members who will
be visiting, has to be entered. These details are Salutation, Name, Age, Sex
and Relationship. Clear Member button has been given to clear the details of
member. To add more members than the space available on form click button
‘Add Member’
Payment
Details: After the completion of the entire above blocks ‘Payment
Detail Block’ will be activated. This block is optional, you can fill the
details under this block if have the details of demand draft, otherwise you can
leave this block entirely empty. In case you decided to fill this block
then all the fields in this block are to be filled. If you are yet take
Demand draft leave this block empty yet system would reserve room for
you. The details of Demand draft can be filled up manually in the
reservation printout which you would be taking at the end for sending the same
to the booking agency selected for booking.
You have to take the print out of the application form and get
an authentication from your AO and submit it to the Booking Agency along with
requisite payment.
To check the status of
the form sent for booking along with the DD:
From the apply online screen select “Check status”
radio button. Then provide the booking request Id and your identity card
number used for booking.
If you forgot the booking request Id number same can be
retrieved using “Check lost Booking ID” link available in the home page
(initial screen)
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