Points of Interest feature - how to create location pins and manage this feature

The feature is a great compliment to the Google Map display. If you have a public beach, golf course or restaurant you would like to highlight on the map, use this default feature to create a new POI.

Log into the Booking Engine Admin - ex - https://websiteURL.com/vacation-rentals/admin

Navigate to Points of Interest on the left side

Create New POI

• Select the "New POI" button (see screenshot below):
• Follow the steps below.

  

Details tab

• Point of Interest: Add the name of the item.
• Slug: Add the slug name, using (-) between words to be displayed as a pin on the map.
• Type: from the "Type" drop down, select the type of pin that it is. This determines the default pin used. The current types are as follows (see screenshot):
  • Bar/Lounge
  • Beach Access
  • Grocery
  • Office (your office location)
  • Restaurant
  • Shopping/Entertainment

Contact tab

• Address: Fill in the address of the location
• Site URL: If there is a website address you would like to add, insert the website address.
• Menu URL: This pertains to a restaurant. If there is a website address for the restaurant, enter it here.
• Phone #: Fill in phone number for the location if applicable.
• Email: Fill in email address for the location if applicable.

Page tab

• "Show this POI as a page" check box: Check the box if you want to have the POI to have a separate website page.
• Excerpt: If you checked the box above, include an excerpt for this page.
• Page Text: If you checked the box above, include details for this page description

SEO tab

• Complete these details ONLY if you want to open it up as a separate page (see check box above), otherwise you can ignore this page
• Click here to read more about how to fill in this page

Map tab

• The POI icon will be displayed on the Google map based on the address from the "Contact" tab.
• If this is not correct, you can drag and drop the POI icon to where it should be.
• The Latitude and Longitude will be updated based on where you drag and drop the icon.
• Click "Save".