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Hotel booking process design & usability
Travel UCD – February 2003
9.1.2 Test #2 – Focus on Phase 2 - Selection
In the second usability test we focused on completing an entire reservation, but with different
combinations
of rooms, rates and occupancy levels.
9.1.2.1 Tasks
used
The second usability test involved the following standard task:
You are travelling to London and are looking for a hotel for two
nights, 20
th
to 22
nd
of
[INSERT FUTURE MONTH]
Book two hotel rooms in any hotel
[INSERT room information from table below]
(A double room is a room with a double bed. A twin room is a
room with two single beds or two double beds)
TABLE 19: Tasks used
Task
Purpose
Room A
- Double Room,
two adults
(Note, the text for the task read ‘Book a hotel room in any hotel’,
rather than two rooms, for this task)
Standard requirement
Room A –
Double room, one adult
Room B – Double room, two adults
Same room / rate type
Different
occupancy level
Room A – Double room, two adults
Room B – Twin room, two adults
Different room / rate type
Same occupancy level
Room A – Double room, two adults
Room B –
Any room, one child (15 years old)
Reservation with child
Different occupancy level
Source: Travel UCD Research, January 2003
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