How to set up Traveler SMS?

What is Traveler SMS?

Twilio SMS is a platform that lets businesses use their own software apps to send and receive SMS messages. The platform gives developers a set of APIs that they can use to add SMS functionality to their own apps, websites, and other systems.

Traveler SMS is an extension that works with When a customer makes a reservation on a website, Traveler SMS uses the Twilio API SMS to send messages to the admin, the partner, and the customer. Let’s try it out.

Note: This plugin works with the default Modal Checkout only – not WooCommerce Checkout nor ST Form Builder

Installation

When you have purchased this Add-on, extract this and you will see 3 files folder

Click on “Upload plugin” in the WP dashboard and upload the file traveler-sms.zip

Activate the plugin

Registering Twilio Account

Access https://www.twilio.com/try-twilio and register an account
One confirmation email will be sent to you. Please check your inbox, and click on the link to confirm.
Then, the system will send a message or voice call to provide OTP to activate your account.
Access https://www.twilio.com/console to get Auth Tokens information.

Setting

Go to Theme Settings > Traveler SMS to set up this add-on

Turn On Send SMS: Turn on/off sent message feature
Twilio Phone Number: Enter Twilio Phone Number
Twilio Account ID: Enter account id
Auth Token: Enter token code
Message to Admin: The content of message that sent to Admin. Max 160 characters
Message to Partner: The content of message that sent to Partner. Max 160 characters
Message to Customer: The content of message that sent to Customer. Max 160 characters

We have provided some short-codes to add in message. It displays some booking information

[booking_id] – Display booking ID
[customer_name] – Display customer name – customer name fill in check out form.
[customer_email] – Customer email – fill in check our form
[st_country] – Customer Country
[check_in] – Check In date
[check_out] – Check Out date
[customer_phone] – Customer Mobile phone
[total_price] – Total Price
[created_date] – Date of booking

Checkout page

When you are using Twilio SMS plugin, the “Phone” field will have country area codes. Please select the area code then enter the phone number excluding the area code, the leading 0.