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Help the Dummy!

Never used the internet before?

Scared to travel in Europe in high season because you are worried about sleeping on a bench in the station? Worried about possible unforeseen problems and no-one to advise you?

Scared to use the internet? Wary of booking online?

Then this is the site and hotel for you...

At long last, an information / reservation site for Dummy’s!

Travelling is good for the soul, stress is harmful for the health,

and the most stressful part of any vacation is of course the reserving and confirming of bedrooms in a strange country a long long way from the home front.

Just follow our easy guidelines to reserve accommodation in Amsterdam, Netherlands, be it Budget or Deluxe, and your world will open to more travel in other countries.

Before you know it, you will be an accomplished online traveller, booking not only your hotel room but also travel insurance and flight tickets for half the price online!

Allow me to be your guide in your very first reservation and confirmation of a room on the internet.

So let the lesson begin...

Imagine you are in your car, and driving on the highway
Consider the mouse (foto) your steering wheel.

With this mouse you are going to be steering your way throughout the web-site. The mouse usually has 2 buttons, on the left and right side.

When you move your mouse over any text, you are using the pointer… this is the mouse and shows itself in the form of a vertical line.

When the pointer suddenly changes into a hand (foto). This means that there is more information behind the text. So to read this information, we need to click on the line of text which shows the hand

Do this by quickly clicking on the left hand side of the mouse, rather like indicating that you are going to turn left on the road

Didn’t work? Okay, try again, this time click a bit quicker, staccato if you like.

Now we can see the text that was hidden behind the line. This is called a “link” because it is linking you to information.

To return to the previous page, just click on the GREEN arrow at the very top left hand side of the page, pointing to the left. Now you have returned to the previous page.
Okay, so far?
To return HOME at any point, just click on the box marked 'GO BACK HOME'.

On the right hand side of each web page you will see an arrow pointing downwards. This tells you that there is more information lower down on the page.

If you wish, you can move your mouse over to this arrow and click on it. Now you have just “scrolled” down the page. Good for you
You can also scroll up the page, just choose the arrow point heavenwards.

Right, now step into your imaginary car, buckle up and lets go do some travelling! We are going to begin with an extremely user friendly hotel site in Amsterdam, Budget Hotel Clemens, designed just for you and other internet beginners.

Once you are confidant to try another site, have a look at the cloud marked “Clemens Hotel other sites”, and here you can indeed click away to your hearts content!

Step 1: Decide on the dates you wish to arrive and depart from Amsterdam

Step 2: Decide on the price you wish to pay

Step 3: Decide on the type of accommodation you require, e.g. with Budget or Deluxe

Step 4: Decide on the hotel location, well, let us choose Budget Clemens Hotel, bang in the city centre, within walking distance to all major attractions in Amsterdam

Step 5: Look at a picture of all the rooms available in Budget Hotel Clemens. Do this by clicking your mouse on HOME. Now you are back in the Clouds page and are ready to decide on a room

Look at the Budget Rooms & Reserve, or
Look at the Deluxe Rooms & Reserve

Click on the button marked CLICK

You should now arrive in another page with photographs & information of all these rooms

Step 6: Decide on the room you wish to reserve

Step 7: Bring the mouse onto the photo of that room, and gently slide the mouse over the room you have chosen to reserve and again click on the button marked 'RESERVE THIS ROOM'

Step 8: You will now see a Reservation Form appear in a popup screen.

Step 9: Reserve this room online by filling in your details and special wishes on the form now provided  Double check you have filled in the form correctly, dates, room and your own reply e-mail address.

Step 10: Click now on the SEND button at end of the reservation form.

Step 11: You should receive immediately a return e-mail, providing you with all the information of your booking

Should the information be incorrect, NOT to Worry, go back to Step 7 by moving your mouse over the box provided at the top right hand corner of the page, clearly marked with the word HOME, click And begin again……happens to all of us!

Within 1 day, you should receive a CONFIRMATION of your booking. The reservation is only valid once you have received this Confirmation e-mail

Step 12: To return at any time to the Cloud Page, your guiding map, as it were, just move your mouse over to the box provided at the top left hand corner of any page opened, marked with the word 'close this window'….slide your mouse over this magic word, click, and Home you go!

Now we are back to the original home page and can start again.

Step 13: Decide before leaving home that which you wish to see and do in Amsterdam.

Step 14: Read the links provided in the clouds, just move your mouse over the text, look for eht hand, click, and you will arrive at the information hidden in the cloud you have chosen…

Easy peasy!

Step 15: The cloud links are provided for your convenience to gather some information and photos of interesting things to do and see in Amsterdam

Step 16: Want to print out all those lovely travel tips & hints on information about Amsterdam & Clemens Hotel?
Just slide your mouse over the word PRINT, click and go!

Congratulations! I look forward to welcoming you to the Clemens Hotel! Here at Clemens, we have laptops for rent  and I am only to happy to offer you some more instructions on how to use the internet, pick up e-mail, etc etc.