For the sake of consistency Wikitravel has created listing tags that can be used to list hotels and other establishments. Accommodation listings should use the '''<nowiki><sleep></nowiki>''' tag, which makes it easy to ensure that formatting is perfect. The '''<nowiki><sleep></nowiki>''' tag can be inserted by clicking the "add listing" link within the Sleep section of an article or by clicking on the "Hotels:" link at the bottom of the edit page. Existing hotel listings may be updated by clicking on the "edit" link next to the listing. The format of a '''<nowiki><sleep></nowiki>''' looks like the following:
<nowiki>* <sleep</nowiki> name="''Name of Place''" alt="''Local script''" address="''Address''" directions="''extra directions if necessary''" phone="''Phone''" email="email@example.com" fax="''Fax number''" checkin="''Time''" checkout="''Time''" price="''$lowprice-$highprice''" url="''http://www.hotel.example.com/''"> ''One to three sentences about the service, atmosphere, view, rooms, what have you.'' </sleep>
The fields used in this tag are:
; name : The name of the place. Don't include the city name unless it's needed for clarity. ; alt : If the place has a significantly different name in the local language, add it here. Non-Latin scripts like Japanese, Devanagari, Cyrillic etc can be used. ; address : Street and number of the place, plus district if applicable. No postcode, and don't repeat the city name. If the city is different (for example, in a suburb), add that, too. ; directions : Additional directions for how to find the place (if necessary). ; phone : Direct telephone number of the place. Phone numbers should be in international format with the non-local calling part in italics (like "''+1 514'' 555-1000" or, for areas with 10 digit dialing: "''+1'' 514-555-1000"). ; e-mail : E-mail address of the place. ; fax : Fax number of the place. ; checkin : Earliest allowed check-in time. Days should be abbreviated (M Tu W Th F Sa Su), times should be AM and PM. ; checkout : Latest allowed check-out time. ; price : The rack rate/standard price of a typical double room in the currency in which payment must be made. If there are substantial differences in room types (e.g. dorms bed and single rooms) list brief room descriptions and their respective costs. Do not give a per person cost when twin share is necessary to obtain that rate, i.e. $20 per person, when a double room costs $40. ; url : Link to the official website for the hotel or accommodation. Include the ''http://''. If there's no official Web site, just leave that part out. ; description : One to three sentences about the service, atmosphere, view, rooms, what have you.
All fields above are optional except for "name". If you don't know some information, just leave in the empty field, so somebody else can fill it up later.
This listing:
<nowiki>* <sleep</nowiki> name="Hotel Eldorado" alt="" address="Rue des Dames 18" directions="17th, metro: Place de Clichy" phone="'''+33'' 1 4522 3521" email="eldoradohotel@wanadoo.fr" fax="''+33'' 1 4387 2597" checkin="" checkout="" price="23/39 Eur. - ?49/79. (singles/doubles)" url="http://www.eldoradohotel.fr"> 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. </sleep>
...shows up like this:
This listing:
<nowiki>* <sleep</nowiki> name="Yinbo Hotel" alt="___g_____X" address="135 Tiantong Road" directions="across the bridge on the north side of the Bund" phone="+86 21-63566288" email="" fax="+86 21-63257555" checkin="" checkout="" price="¥338" url=""> Typical nondescript mid-range hotel. </sleep>
...shows up like this:
Owners of apartments, condos, and vacation homes sometimes arrange with a rental agency to rent out their place when they aren't using it. In order to list an agency in Wikitravel, it must meet the following conditions: # The agency must have a 'real world' office with a phone number and physical address (not a PO box) where the keys will be picked up, and that information must be included in the Wikitravel listing and on the agency website # Rentals of less than 1 week must be available # The lodgings must not be available to rent directly through the owner # Must be in a location where travellers frequently rent cabins/apartments
Images of accommodation, including hotels and their bedrooms, are generally not used. The only exceptions are if the hotel is a '''well-known attraction''' in its own right, or if the type of accommodation is '''unusual and unique''' to the region. In the second case, identifying the lodgings where the picture was taken by name is not necessary.
If the '''Sleep''' section of a destination articles is unfilled even after the other sections are complete, you might consider compiling material from external sources.
The name and contact details should be obtained from the official web site.
The description can be derived from an impression of the reviews that you have read, together with some facts from the official page, but you '''should not copy''' somebody else's words into Wikitravel. Avoid listing establishments where the reviews are overly negative.
Here's an idea of what a listing compiled from reviews might look like:
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.
Wikitravel is a travel guide, not the yellow pages. A long undifferentiated list of hotels is only marginally useful to the traveler. A general rule of thumb is that lists should contain 5-9 items, and when they exceed that length it is time to consider breaking them up or pruning them.
Once these strategies have been taken, it may be time to start pruning the list.
'''Alphabetical order''' should be the norm within each section. If another standard is used, it should be clearly stated so any new listing can be added to the appropriate place.