Travel website Product Experience Hotel Map Search

Before writing a "travel website product experience Hotel Panorama Video" article, today continue to share the next online travel site hotel Map search function. Or continue to take "Art Dragon Travel Network" "Ctrip" "Mango Nets" three tourism industry TOP3 do comparison.

One: Art Dragon Hotel Map search

Yi Long Hotel Map search more features, and Ctrip and the mango are not the same. Ctrip and Mango Hotel map focus on the main target hotel's surrounding search. And the art Dragon is the target location of the surrounding hotel search. If Ctrip and mango is more suitable for the people to visit Beijing, that Art Dragon Hotel map search is more suitable for business trip to Beijing people.

1: Art Dragon Hotel Map "box select Search Function"

For example, you from the field to Beijing, to the CBD center of the trade near the bridge. In order to complete the work smoothly, I definitely hope to find a hotel which is closest to the office. But you don't know. There are cheap and affordable hotels near Guomao Bridge, at this time, the "box select Search function" of the Art Dragon Hotel map is playing a role.

Figure 1: Select "Box Search" at the top of the right and use the mouse to circle around the trade.

Figure 2: Box selection effect

The hotels that have just been circled are all coming out in Arabic numerals, and by visually knowing the approximate location and distance of these hotels near their destinations, we can make more flexible choices. More intuitive than the way the traditional text shows you how many roads you are.

Then randomly use the mouse to point an Arabic numeral 14 on the map, the detailed information of this hotel appears. For example, hotel name, hotel grade, specific location, hotel description, and the last two days of house prices. If you feel satisfied, you can also book directly, really is too convenient, have to sigh now the network magic power.

2: Yi Long hotel Map "click Search Function"

November Beijing has a number of star concerts, such as Emil will be in the "Capital Stadium" to open a concert. Some fans from out of town may come to see the concert. In order to arrive at the meeting in time, will try to choose "the capital Gymnasium" nearby hotel. This has the clear target location, the Art dragon "the spot chooses the search function" to be able to play the role.

Figure 1: Find a hotel within 2 km of the Beijing Capital Stadium.

Select the spot search above the hotel map, enter "Beijing Capital Stadium" and then the dropdown box to select the range of search. There are 2 kilometers, 3 kilometers, 5 kilometers to choose from. When you find a hotel, the surrounding hotel will be displayed in Arabic numerals, as in "box search" above. The left side also shows the lowest prices for these hotels. This allows the user to make the wisest choice in the first time.

Yi Long also has such an electronic map of Ctrip search, in the art of the first direct entrance to the dragon. It's just not as obvious as the "hotel Map search" feature. Feel the art of more attention to this product, look at the picture on the bottom left side has a Google annotation, it seems this function is and Gooogle map cooperation, blame said not so strong. It's just a person who thinks it's even more perfect if you can get the hotel map search and the two features of the map together. Hope that the Arts dragon in this respect after some improvement.

II: Ctrip Map

Figure 1: "E-Map" page entrance (in the first screen of the hotel details page clear position)

Figure 2: Ctrip "electronic map" product experience

Ctrip's electronic map is centered on the hotel. When the user determines what hotel to live in. The function of the left side of the electronic map can be used to inquire about the facilities of the hotel. There are 10 categories, users can according to their own needs, to know some places near the hotel. In addition to the characteristics of Ctrip electronic map can be queried bus lines, and Baidu map search function almost.

Figure 3: The page after the new window opens

But the only way to feel the user experience is not to use the function on the left, but also to open a new window, if you can finish on the current page better. I query the "entertainment", but open to the new window, the left side of the range has shown as "tourist attractions" so I did not respond to the beginning of what is going on, but also thought that the product appeared a bug. The most depressing is to open the new page, although the surrounding facilities are clearly found out. But I do not know where the "target Hotel" went, there is no particularly obvious annotation and description, I compare the front and back two map, it seems to have become a different place, very different.

Three: the electronic map of Mango net

Figure 1: "E-Map" page entrance (in the first screen of the hotel details page clear position)

I personally think that the "electronic map" name of Mango Network is very strange, called "location traffic" to see the literal understanding, is to describe the location of this hotel, some of the bus routes. But the point went in and found that this is not the case, only a simple surrounding building search function.

Fig. 2 Mango NET "electronic map" product experience

Click to find the same as Ctrip's electronic map, to the hotel as the center, to check the hotel surrounding the location of living facilities. And it's on the current page, which I think is stronger than Ctrip. But there is no "bus query" this very practical function, more regrettable. Mango's electronic map feels like its own development, not particularly handy. Not like Ctrip (and MAPBA cooperation) Art Dragon (and Google Map cooperation) are looking for mature map Service site cooperation.

Figure 3: Select category and Range to open on current page

My choice of Hotel 500 meters range of catering Service category, out of a lot of restaurants, click on the left one. The map goes straight to the restaurant-centric page. I don't know where the target hotel is, if it can be like a love network search, can directly detect the hotel to the restaurant specific distance and route perfect. In short, experience mango this electronic map products, feeling very chicken, a lot of features flashy, really want to find a place, it is not convenient.

IV: Composite Index comparison (representing personal opinion only)

Hotel Map Capability Index

Site

Find a hotel

Find a route

Reliability/Partners

Perimeter Lookup

Response speed

Feature visualization

Functional integration

Composite Index