Some TICs in Wales also operate an Advanced Accommodation Service where the centre can secure a booking for days or weeks in advance, usually over the telephone. Different booking conditions pertain to each scheme. You can check your registration for the scheme by contacting your local Tourist Information Centre or by calling TSWW on 01792 794644. It is your responsibility to telephone your local TIC at least once a week to let them know your vacancies or you will be deemed as full. In the first instance, staff will use properties that have rung in with their vacancies as this speeds up the booking for the customer.
All centres have details of participating operators in their area.
Additional information is displayed in an individual entry in the Vision Panel file and contains a photograph of the property, brief description of location and details of facilities available, together with price band. They will then consult their vacancy sheet and advise the customer of the available properties that match their requirements and show them the relevant entries in the Vision Panel File so the client can make a choice. If the booking is acceptable to you, then the TIC will confirm the client's details. The client will then be given 2 copies of the Bed Booking Form - one is for your records that should be handed in on arrival and one is kept by the client. Unfortunately the TIC will have to try another establishment unless you have supplied them with an alternative number.