
Wikitravel:Accommodation listings Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Accommodation listings should be of the form below:
- Name of Place, Address (extra directions if necessary), phone number (email, fax, other contact if possible), [1]. Days and times open. One to three sentences about the service, atmosphere, view, rooms, what have you. $lowprice-$highprice (extra price info).
Here's the wiki markup:
*'''Name of Place''', Address (''extra directions if necessary''), phone number (''email, fax, other contact if possible''), [http://www.hotel.example.com/]. Days and times open. One to three sentences about the service, atmosphere, view, rooms, what have you. $lowprice-$highprice (''extra price info'').
Here's an example from Paris:
- Hotel Eldorado, Rue des Dames 18, 17th (metro: Place de Clichy), +33 1 45 22 35 21. The Eldorado, a former maison de rendez-vous, was once home to the kept women of the 19th century bourgeois. Now a very cute no star hotel, its charm more than makes up for what it lacks in amenities (who needs a TV in Paris anyway?). The staff is super friendly, the decor is garage sale chic, and there’s a lovely courtyard that fills with neighbourhood hipsters on warm evenings. It also has a very good location & you can easily avoid the noise of Pigalle or Montmartre's high prices, but they’re within stumble distance if you decide to explore. For early risers breakfast (€5, until 10 am) is served in the attached restaurant/bar. Some English spoken, especially for those who pet the cat sprawled across the reception desk. 23/39 Eur. - €49/79. (singles/doubles)
Some notes:
- Addresses should just be the street and number, not a full postal address.
- If the city is different (for example, in a suburb), add that, too.
- Phone numbers should be in international format with the non-local calling part in italics (like "+1 514-555-1000").
- Days should be abbreviated (M Tu W Th F Sa Su), times should be AM and PM.
- Prices should be in the local currency.
- URLs should point to the official Web site for the hotel or other accommodations, and should conform to Wikitravel guidelines for external links. If there's no official Web site, just leave that part out.
Compilation
Since many Wikitravelers find ways to get by without paid accommodation the Sleep sections of many destination articles tend to go unfilled even long after other sections are stuffed. For this reason contributors are encouraged to compile material from reviews. Obviously you shouldn't copy somebody else's words into Wikitravel, but should rather give your impression of the body of reviews you have read.
Here's an idea of what a listing compiled from reviews might look like:
- Hotel del Sol, 44 Ramblas del sol, 55 555 55 55. This hotel receives mostly good reviews with a few people noting that the water pressure could be a bit stronger in the shared showers. The rooms facing the sea are said to have wonderful views, but for #29 which is behind the neighboring building's television aerial. 30-50€.
Note that the origin of the ideas in the listing are clearly from reviews, but that the words are not. The detail about the TV antenna could be a close call, but only if the words are copied. The presence of the antenna, and its marring of the view from a particular room, would be facts which are free from copyright.