<p><strong>Signing up:<br /></strong><br /><span>Creating an account as a Traveler is totally free. To create an account, click <strong>Sign Up</strong></span><strong>&nbsp;</strong><span>in the upper right corner of the platform and enter all relevant information when prompted. Once you complete the signup, go directly to the e-mail account you provided during registration to locate an email that we sent you regarding your new Halalhosts.com account.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span>You may also check your Spam box, if you can&rsquo;t find it in your In-Box. Click the link inside the email to activate your account and return to the site to complete your profile.</span><br /><br /><strong>Searching for a Property/Room, Experience and Adventure:<br /></strong><br /><span>Searching for a property/space to stay <span>or experience and adventure </span>when travelling is very easy on Halalhosts. To begin, you can use the Search tool on the front page or the property view page on the platform, by entering the name of the area, town or&nbsp;city where you are going any in the world; Check-in and Check-out dates and the number of guests (if any) and clicking the&nbsp;</span><strong>Search</strong><span>&nbsp;button when you&nbsp;finish to see the properties listed by hosts in that area or&nbsp;city. </span></p>
<p><span><span>Property or Room search tool is also available to travelers after logging in to the site, by clicking on the&nbsp;</span><strong>Traveling</strong><span>&nbsp;drop-down menu on top-right corner of the site and clicking&nbsp;</span><strong>Properties</strong><span>.</span></span></p>
<p><span>For Experience and Adventure search, simply click on the category link on the front page and do a search in the search box in the upper part of the page.</span><br /><br /><br /><strong>Your Profile:<br /></strong><br /><span>Creating a profile with information about yourself and uploading a photograph of yourself and getting online and offline ID verifications of your identity on the platform is very important as a traveller and also enhances your chances of getting faster responses to your booking requests from prospective hosts. To do this, click on your User Name or Profile icon on the top-right corner of the site after you&rsquo;ve logged in to the site. Click&nbsp;</span><strong>SETTINGS</strong><span>&nbsp;in the drop-down menu and click&nbsp;</span><strong>EDIT PROFILE</strong><span>, enter your name in the name fields and other information as requested, write something about yourself in the&nbsp;</span><strong>ABOUT ME</strong><span>&nbsp;field to enable your prospective hosts to learn about you. Upload a recent photograph of your self by clicking&nbsp;</span><strong>UPLOAD PHOTO</strong><span>. Enter your address and your contact phone number(s) under&nbsp;</span><strong>CONTACT DETAILS</strong><span>. Please note that your full name, address and phone number(s) will not be revealed to your host until your booking request has been approved.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><strong>Online ID Verification:</strong><br /><br /><span>The platform is based on trust&nbsp;and&nbsp;allows you to connect your account to Social Networks such as Facebook, Google, Linkedin or Twitter for online identity verification. To do this, go to the&nbsp;</span><strong>Dashboard</strong><span>, if you are not already there. To get to the&nbsp;</span><strong>Dashboard</strong><span>, click on your&nbsp;</span><strong>Profile</strong><span>&nbsp;icon or&nbsp;</span><strong>Profile</strong><span>&nbsp;picture on the top navigation bar and highlight&nbsp;</span><strong>My Account.</strong><span>&nbsp;Once</span><strong>&nbsp;My Account&nbsp;</strong><span>is highlighted, you will find the</span><strong>&nbsp;Dashboard&nbsp;</strong><span>link on the left side&nbsp;of it.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong>Booking a Property/Room, Experience and Adventure:</strong>&nbsp;</p>
<p><br /><span>Once you find the property or space you like, you can proceed to booking or reserving the property by clicking on the </span><strong>Request to Book</strong><span>&nbsp;or <strong>Instant Book</strong> button, depending on the option provided by the Host next to the property on the Property View Page. This enables you to enter specific reservation dates and payment information. &nbsp;However, If you use <strong>Request to Book</strong> option, you will not be charged unless and until the host accepts your booking request. Thereafter, Vacason will hold your payment until after your checkout date when it is then released to your host as your payment. If you use the <strong>Instant Book</strong> option, you will be asked to provide your payment information at checkout. <strong>Instant Book</strong> enables the Guest or Traveler to make a reservation instantly, without the interference of the Host who owns the property.</span><br /><br /><span>Furthermore, you will find details of the listing, such as&nbsp;features and amenities available at the property in the listing. You will also find information and tourist attractions such as Restaurants, Parks, Shopping Malls, Grocery Stores, Coffee Shops and&nbsp;Entertainment to mention a few&nbsp;that are available in or around&nbsp;that town or city, by clicking the&nbsp;</span><strong>Attractions&nbsp;</strong><span>tab and the&nbsp;</span><strong>Tourist Attractions&nbsp;</strong><span>tab that is third to the right in the&nbsp;</span><strong>Attractions</strong><span>&nbsp;screen. To see more tourist attractions in that location, click&nbsp;</span><strong>More Places</strong><span>&nbsp;below&nbsp;and click&nbsp;</span><strong>Search Nearby</strong><span>&nbsp;and enter the word&nbsp;</span><strong>Attractions</strong><span>&nbsp;in the search box to see Historical Sites, Beaches, Museums, Zoos, Safari, Game Reserves, Ancient Walls, Lakes, Hills, Mountains and other attractions available in that area.</span></p>
<p>For Experience and Adventure booking, simply click on the <strong>See Dates</strong> button on the Experience and Adventure view page and click Choose Date button on the next page to select a date and time for the Experience and Adventure. <br /><br /><strong>Payment Authorization:</strong><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span>Halalhosts or its payment partners may authorize traveler&rsquo;s Debit or Credit card. When authorization is done on a user&rsquo;s debit or credit card, a little amount of money is deducted from that user&rsquo;s card to ensure that there is money on the card. The deduction is thereafter returned to user&rsquo;s account automatically.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><strong>WishList:</strong><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span>For Property Wishlist, the Wishlist can be found in the property view during property search, while Experience and Adventure Wishlist can also be found on the Experiences and Adventures view pages right below the Experience and Adventure pictures to the right of the page. Wishlis enables travelers to save any Property, Social Dining, Experiences and Adventure they like for future booking or reservation. Saved properties in Wishlists can be found under WishLists in Profile after login.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><strong>Reviews:</strong><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span>The platform enables you to post a review of your host and your stay on the platform. It also enables your host to post a review of you and your stay after your checkout date. To post a review after your stay at your host's property,&nbsp; experience and adventure, make sure you are logged in and go to the Dashboard to select the appropriate property, social dining, experience and adventure that you want to post review on.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><strong>Halalhosts Wallet:</strong><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span>The platform also has a built-in Wallet. Wallet enables a Traveler to transfer and store some money in his Vacason online account, which will be available for property bookings and other purchases on the platform. To fund your wallet, you can transfer money from your Paypal, Bitpay, Debit or Credit or your Bank Account to our Bank Account number provided during booking.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><strong>Security Deposits:</strong><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span>A host may require security deposit from his guest to cover accidents that may occur during hosting, such as broken door or window, unreturned keys or spills on rugs etc. Host usually adds this type of deposit before any booking by traveler. If everything goes well during the trip without any damages to the property, your security deposit will be automatically refunded to your account.</span><br /><br /><strong>Currency Conversion:</strong><span>&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span>Our currency conversion tool can be found at the lower left corner of the site in the footer. To convert &nbsp;to your local currency, click on the currency drop-down menu and select the currency to be converted to in the list of available currency. Once selected, the listing currency will show the price of the listing in the selected currency.</span><br /><br /></p>