Italy Rome Tour
A WordPress/WooCommerce tour booking platform for Italy Rome Tour. Built custom booking system with tiered pricing, multi-location pickups, participant management, and branded PDF vouchers.
The Project
A comprehensive tour booking platform for tourists visiting Rome and Italy. The platform enables customers to browse guided tours, select dates and participants, customize pickup locations, and complete secure payments – all with automated booking confirmations and professional PDF vouchers.
The Challenge
- Build a flexible booking system handling complex tiered pricing (adults, children, infants)
- Support multiple pickup scenarios (hotels, airports, cruise ships) with context-specific requirements
- Collect participant details for ticketed attractions (museum entries require ID-matching names)
- Generate professional branded PDF vouchers with customizable notices
- Enable easy content management for tour operators without technical knowledge
The Solution
A custom WordPress/WooCommerce implementation with:
- YITH WooCommerce Booking Premium for availability and pricing management
- Custom child theme with 539 lines of tailored functionality
- Advanced Custom Fields Pro for tour specifications and itinerary management
- 74+ template overrides for booking forms, emails, and PDF vouchers
- Custom REST API for real-time Rome weather integration
Technology Stack
| Frontend | Backend | Infrastructure |
|---|---|---|
| Elementor Pro | WordPress 6.x | Cloudways (DigitalOcean) |
| Custom Theme | WooCommerce | GitLab CI/CD |
| ACF Pro | YITH Booking Premium | W3 Total Cache |
| Stripe Payments | iubenda (GDPR) |
Key Features Delivered
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Dynamic Tour Specs | Icon-based specification display with 10 configurable fields |
| Smart Pricing | Tiered pricing with automatic “best price” calculations |
| Pickup Management | Context-aware forms for hotel/airport/cruise pickups |
| Participant Collection | Name collection for ticketed attractions with validation |
| PDF Vouchers | Branded booking confirmations with custom notices |
| Weather Widget | Real-time Rome weather via custom REST API |
| GDPR Compliance | iubenda integration for consent management |
Technical Highlights
| 539 | lines of custom PHP |
| 74+ | booking template overrides |
| 4 | ACF field groups |
| 6 | custom shortcodes |
| 1 | custom REST API endpoint |
| 7+ | years of continuous development |
Major Milestone: 2024 Platform Migration
Successfully migrated from a custom-built booking plugin (2019) to YITH WooCommerce Booking Premium, resulting in:
- Improved long-term maintainability
- Better WooCommerce ecosystem integration
- Enhanced security through managed payment processing
- Simplified content management for operators
Skills Demonstrated
- WordPress Development – Theme customization, hooks, filters, shortcodes
- WooCommerce Integration – Custom form fields, cart/order data flow
- Plugin Customization – YITH Booking template overrides
- REST API Development – Custom endpoints with caching
- Data Architecture – ACF field groups, post meta management
- PDF Generation – Template customization with branding
- Third-Party Integration – Stripe, OpenWeatherMap, iubenda
- Performance Optimization – Transient caching, scheduled tasks
A 7-year ongoing project demonstrating deep WordPress/WooCommerce expertise and the ability to build, maintain, and evolve complex booking systems.