What's New at www.jasons.com
Welcome to the new and improved jasons.com. We hope you find our comprehensive accommodation and sightseeing information for New Zealand, Australia and the South Pacific helpful to your travels.
Please contact us at
feedback@jasons.com if you would like to send us any suggestions, error reports, or functionality issues, and any other changes you would like to see in the future.
Here's what's new at jasons.com:
www.jasons.com is a Hitwise Top 10 Award Winner
Jasons is proud to learn that our website,
www.jasons.com is a Hitwise Top 10 Award winner for the quarter ending October - December 2008.
During this period,
www.jasons.com ranked no. 4 based on market share of visits among all New Zealand websites in the Hitwise Travel-Destinations and Accommodation industry.
Jasons have moved up 3 places from the previous quarterly ranking.
New Television Campaign
Jasons has launched a new campaign promoting jasons.com.
In a nationwide television advertising campaign, four different advertisements highlight the features and benefits of online booking, My Places and travel planning.
View the commercials
here.
Instant Online Bookings
You can now book online at Jasons.com, giving you instant confirmation at hundreds of our New Zealand properties. See prices across all room types at a glance. Our booking system is secure, and you pay no booking fee. Our online booking service has been launched in New Zealand and will be rolled out in Australia and the South Pacific later in the year. Search
New Zealand Accommodation now.
For more information on how to book online,
click here.
For advertisers, Jasons online bookings provides a unique commission-free booking tool that is easy to update. Contact
sales@jasons.com for more information.
Easy Hot Deals Searches
Jasons new hot deal listings make it easy to find a bargain in a particular location. All you need to do is select your location on the map or using the destination search box, then choose the hot deals option from the 'Find' drop down menu and click GO! View hot deals now for
Australia,
New Zealand or the
South Pacific.
New Integrated Print Guide Ordering
Jasons have released an updated system for ordering our comprehensive range of
free travel guides on Jasons.com. Just add the guides you want to your shopping cart, and if you’re logged into My Jasons your delivery details will automatically appear.
Jasons free travel guides include accommodation and activity directories, visitor guides, maps and routeplanners for
New Zealand,
Australia and the
South Pacific. Delivery is free to all New Zealand and Australian addresses. Orders to international addresses will be charged for postage.
New My Jasons Section
It's all about YOU when you sign up to our upgraded My Jasons section. My Jasons members can sign up to our newsletters Explore! and Business Traveller, order printed travel guides and maps, and enter exclusive competitions. Enter your details only once and property enquiry forms will pre-populate automatically.
Sign up today!
Save and Sort Your Favourite Listings with My Places
With My Places you can save your favourite places to stay and visit, shuffle them around, email the list to your friends or print it out for when you are on the road. My Places is available to My Jasons members.
Jasons launches Video Listings
Now you can get closer to many of New Zealand's spectacular experiences, with the addition of video to Jasons listings. Our high quality videos featuring accommodation as well as activities and attractions, give you an in-depth look at must-visit locations.
Click here to see some videos and find out more.
If you are a Jasons client who has yet to arrange your video listing, please email us.
New Jasons Fast-find Search Tool
With the new simple Jasons Fast-Find search tool, you can find the information you need about the area you are travelling to in a minimum of clicks, whether it’s within Australia, New Zealand or the South Pacific.
Just click on the country tab, start typing in the name of the location you are searching, select from the options you are presented with, and press Go.
You can then switch between destination information, accommodation or activities in super-quick time by using the drop boxes on the search tool.
Interactive Map Search
If you prefer a map-based search, that’s simple too. Click on a country tab, click on a region or city on the country map, and you’ll be taken directly to that region or city. If it is a region, you can then choose between some of the most frequently-searched towns in the region.
Once you have chosen your destination, you can once again vary the type of information you are searching for, using the drop boxes on the search tool.
Listings Results Display Information and Maps
Most websites give you either a map-based results display, or a text-based results display. On the all-new Jasons.com you can read the details of properties that meet your search requirements, and see where they are on the map, all at the same time.
We’ve adopted a new wider page standard which allows us to fit both these critical pieces of information on the one page to make browsing properties quicker and easier.
Filter Your Accommodation Searches
Once you have a set of accommodation search results you can filter them further by checking the boxes on our filter, and hitting the filter button. If Satellite TV, or a swimming pool, is a “must-have” for you, filter the property results so that only properties with those amenities will be displayed.
Click through to more detailed and colourful information
We’ve given our listing detail pages an extreme makeover. Now they display more information about each property, including larger photos, easier-to-read text and bulleted point lists of information about each property. Every property listing locates the property on an easy-to-use map, which you can navigate around on.
New Send-to-a-Friend Feature
Now you can easily forward a listing of interest to your friend, colleague or partner. Just click on the Send button, fill in their email, your own email, and an optional message - and its in their inbox.
Ring the Property or Link Through to the Property’s website
Many websites jealously guard your access to the property you are interested in because they want a commission from any bookings you make. On those website you won’t find the property’s phone number or links through to the Property’s website for more information.
At Jasons we work alongside the property, and we want you to have as much information about the property that we can provide. So look for the phone numbers, and the link through to the property’s website – they’re all there and easy to find.
Commission Free On-line bookings
Just click on our booking button and we’ll take you through to the property’s preferred Commision-Free booking engine.
The big difference between Jasons and most other on-line travel sites is that we don’t charge any commission to our operators when you make a booking through our website. They just pay one simple annual fee to advertise on our site. That means the operator collects all the money that you spend on their property, and it’s in their best interests to supply their Jasons customers with their best possible service.
In many case, we click you through to the property’s own on-line booking system – which guarantees you the most up-to-date cheapest possible rates that the property can provide.
Make an Enquiry
Our very popular Enquiry Form has been amended to allow you to provide more information more quickly to each property you are interested in. A couple of key drop-boxes let you choose your dates of stay, and the number of people staying. The enquiry is then sent to the property, and they respond directly to you.