    function initializeDates(){
        var d = new Date();
        d.setMonth(d.getMonth(), d.getDate()+14);
        
          document.forms['myForm'].elements['dateField'].value = getFormattedMonth(d.getMonth()) + "-" + getFormattedDay(d.getDate()) + "-" + d.getFullYear();
        
    }
    
	function travelNowize() {
		// travelnow provided this code which takes the "dateField" and "numberOfNights" and does the math
		// to get a checkin and checkout date

		var intNight = document.forms['myForm'].numberOfNights.value;
		var dt = new Date(document.forms['myForm'].dateField.value);
          var adt = new Date(dt.getFullYear(), dt.getMonth(), dt.getDate()+(document.forms['myForm'].numberOfNights.selectedIndex+1) );

        document.forms['myForm'].departureDay.value = adt.getDate();
        document.forms['myForm'].departureMonth.value = adt.getMonth();
        document.forms['myForm'].arrivalDay.value = dt.getDate();
        document.forms['myForm'].arrivalMonth.value = dt.getMonth();
	}
     

    function group() {
        if (document.myForm.numberOfRooms.selectedIndex == 8) {
            window.location="http://go.gethotelprice.com/index.jsp?pageName=groups&cid=304685&locale=en_US";
            return false;
        } else {
            travelNowize();
            return true;
        }
    }
function getFormattedMonth(themonth) {
	if (themonth < 9) {
		switch(themonth) {
		 case 0: return '01';
		 case 1: return '02';
		 case 2: return '03';
		 case 3: return '04';
		 case 4: return '05';
		 case 5: return '06';
		 case 6: return '07';
		 case 7: return '08';
		 case 8: return '09';
		}
	}
	return themonth+1;
}
function getFormattedDay(theday) {
	if (theday < 10) {
		switch(theday) {
		 case 1: return '01';
		 case 2: return '02';
		 case 3: return '03';
		 case 4: return '04';
		 case 5: return '05';
		 case 6: return '06';
		 case 7: return '07';
		 case 8: return '08';
   		 case 9: return '09';
		}
	}
	return theday;
}
function update(themonth,theday,theyear){
     
     document.forms[fName].elements['dateField'].value = getFormattedMonth(themonth) + "-" + getFormattedDay(theday) + "-" + theyear;
     
    testWindow.close();
}

function loadCalendar(viewMonth) {
	testWindow.document.close();
	testWindow.document.open();

	var day_of_week = new Array("Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat");
	var month_of_year = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");

	var dateObj = new Date();
	var year = dateObj.getFullYear();	 // Returns year
	var month = dateObj.getMonth();  // Returns month (0-11)
	var today = dateObj.getDate();   // Returns day (1-31)
	var weekday = dateObj.getDay();  // Returns day (1-31)

	var DAYS_OF_WEEK = 7;   // "constant" for number of days in a week
	var DAYS_OF_MONTH = 31; // "constant" for number of days in a month
	var cal;                // Used for printing

	if (viewMonth < month) {
		year = year + 1;
	}

	if(year < 1900){
		year += 1900; //done to solve the problem of netscape and mozilla returning year in form 10X for years > 2000
	}

	month = viewMonth;
	dateObj.setDate(1);      // Start the calendar day at '1'
	dateObj.setMonth(month); // Start the calendar month at now
	dateObj.setFullYear((year));

	// VARIABLES FOR FORMATTING
	var TR_start = '<TR>';
	var TR_end = '</TR>';
	var highlight_start = '<TD WIDTH="30"><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=1 BORDERCOLOR=CCCCCC><TR><TD WIDTH=20><B><CENTER>';
	var highlight_end   = '</CENTER></TD></TR></TABLE></B>';
	var TD_start = '<TD WIDTH="30"><CENTER>';
	var TD_end = '</CENTER></TD>';
	var prevM = month - 1;
	var nextM = month + 1;

	if (nextM == 12) {
		nextM = 0;
	}

	if (prevM == -1) {
		prevM = 11;
	}

	// BEGIN CODE FOR CALENDAR
	cal =  '<html><head><title>Calendar</title></head><body>';
	cal += '<style>a{cursor: hand}body,table,td{cursor: default;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:black;}p.masterHEADER {background: gray; color:white; font-weight: bold; font-size: 13px;margin:0;padding:5px;text-align: center;}</style>';
    cal += '<div style="border:black 1px solid;">';
	cal += '<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="2" width="100%">' + TR_start;
	cal += '<TD COLSPAN="' + DAYS_OF_WEEK + '"><p class=masterHEADER>';
	cal += month_of_year[month] + '   ' + year + '</p>' + TD_end + TR_end;
	cal += TR_start;

    ///////////////////////////////////
    // DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS POINT  //
    ///////////////////////////////////

	// LOOPS FOR EACH DAY OF WEEK
	for(index=0; index < DAYS_OF_WEEK; index++) {
        // PRINTS DAY
        cal += TD_start + day_of_week[index] + TD_end;
	}

	cal += TD_end + TR_end;
	cal += TR_start;

	// FILL IN BLANK GAPS UNTIL TODAY'S DAY
	for(index=0; index < dateObj.getDay(); index++) {
	    cal += TD_start + '  ' + TD_end;
    }

	// LOOPS FOR EACH DAY IN CALENDAR
    for(index=0; index < DAYS_OF_MONTH; index++) {
        if( dateObj.getDate() > index ) {
            // RETURNS THE NEXT DAY TO PRINT
            week_day =dateObj.getDay();

            // START NEW ROW FOR FIRST DAY OF WEEK
            if(week_day == 0) {
                cal += TR_start;
            }

            if(week_day != DAYS_OF_WEEK) {
                // SET VARIABLE INSIDE LOOP FOR INCREMENTING PURPOSES
                var day  = dateObj.getDate();

                // PRINTS DAY
                cal += TD_start + "<span onclick='window.opener.update(" + month + "," + day + "," + year +")' style='cursor:pointer'>" + day + "</span>" + TD_end;
            }

            // END ROW FOR LAST DAY OF WEEK
            if(week_day == DAYS_OF_WEEK) {
                cal += TR_end;
            }
        }

        // INCREMENTS UNTIL END OF THE MONTH
        dateObj.setDate(dateObj.getDate()+1);

    }// end for loop
	cal += '</td></TR></TABLE></div><br>';
    cal += '<div align="center"><a href="javascript:" onClick="window.opener.loadCalendar(' + prevM + ');">&lt;&lt;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;';
	cal += '<a href="javascript:" onClick="window.opener.loadCalendar(' + nextM + ');">&gt;&gt;</a></div>';
	cal += '<a href="javascript:window.close();" style="float:right">close</a>';
	cal += '</body></html>';
	//  PRINT CALENDAR
	testWindow.document.write(cal);
}

var testWindow;
var fieldName;
var fName;

function openCalendar(formName, field) {
	fieldName=field;
	fName=formName;
	testWindow = window.open('','dates','width=300,height=225,resizable=1,status=1,menubar=0,location=0');
	var month = document.forms[fName].elements[fieldName].value;
     
     
     
	     var dateRegExp = new RegExp("^(([1][0-2])|([0]?[1-9]))/(([0123]?[0-9])|[0-9])(/((20)?[0-9]{2}))?"); //looks for mm/dd
        if (month.match(dateRegExp)) {
            month = document.forms[fName].elements[fieldName].value.split("-")[0] - 1;
        } else {
            month = new Date().getMonth();
        }
     
	loadCalendar(month);
}

    function setChildAge(room, child, age) {
        if (childAgesPerRoom[room] == null) {
            childAgesPerRoom[room] = new Array();
        }
        childAgesPerRoom[room][child] = age;
    }
    function setNumAdults(room, numAdults) {
        adultsPerRoom[room] = numAdults;
    }
    function setNumChildren(room, numChildren) {
        childrenPerRoom[room] = numChildren;
        refresh();
    }
    function setNumRooms(x) {
        numRooms = x;
        for (i = 0; i < x; i++) {
            if (adultsPerRoom[i] == null) {
                adultsPerRoom[i] = 2;
            }
            if (childrenPerRoom[i] == null) {
                childrenPerRoom[i] = 0;
            }
        }
        refresh();
    }
    function renderRoomSelect() {
        var x = '';
        x += '<select name="numberOfRooms" onchange="setNumRooms(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value);">';
        for (var i = 1; i < 9; i++) {
            x += '<option value="'+i+'"'+(numRooms == i ? ' selected' : '')+'>' + i;
        }
        x += '<option value="9"'+(numRooms == 9 ? ' selected' : '')+'>9+';
        x += '</select>';
        return x;
    }
    function refresh() {
        maxChildren = 0;
        for (var i = 0; i < numRooms; i++) {
            if (childrenPerRoom[i] > maxChildren) {
                maxChildren = childrenPerRoom[i];
            }
        }

        var x = '';
        if (adultHelp.length > 0) {
            x = adultHelp + "<p>\n";
        }
        if (numRooms > 8) {
            x += textRooms;
            x += renderRoomSelect();

        } else {
            x += '<table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">\n';
            x += '<tr><td'+cellStyle+'>'+textRooms+pad+'</td>';
            if (numRooms >= 1) {
                x += '<td'+cellStyle+'>&nbsp;</td>';
            }
            x += '<td'+cellStyle+'><nobr>'+textAdults+pad+'</nobr></td><td'+cellStyle+'><nobr>'+textChildren+pad+'</nobr></td></tr>\n';
            for (var i = 0; i < numRooms; i++) {
                x += '<tr><td'+cellStyle+'>';
                if (i == 0) {
                    x += renderRoomSelect();
                } else {
                    x += '&nbsp;';
                }
                x += '</td>';
                if (numRooms >= 1) {
                    x += '<td'+cellStyle+'><nobr>'+getValue(textRoomX, i+1)+pad + '</nobr></td>';
                }
                x += '<td'+cellStyle+'>';
                x += buildSelect('room-' + i + '-adult-total', 'setNumAdults(' + i + ', this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)', 1, 4, adultsPerRoom[i]);
                x += '</td><td'+cellStyle+'>';
                x += buildSelect('room-' + i + '-child-total', 'setNumChildren(' + i + ', this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)', 0, 5, childrenPerRoom[i]);
                x += '</td></tr>\n';
            }
            x += '</table>\n';

            var didHeader = false;
            for (var i = 0; i < numRooms; i++) {
                if (childrenPerRoom[i] > 0) {
                    if (!didHeader) {
                        x += '<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2">\n';
                        x += '<tr><td'+cellStyle+' colspan="'+(maxChildren+1)+'">';
                        x += '<img src="/images/p.gif" width="1" height="5"><br>';
                        x += childHelp;
                        x += '<img src="/images/p.gif" width="1" height="5"><br>';
                        x += '</td></tr>\n<tr><td'+cellStyle+'>&nbsp;</td>';
                        for (var j = 0; j < maxChildren; j++) {
                            x += '<td'+cellStyle+'><nobr>'+getValue(textChildX, j+1)+pad+'</nobr></td>\n';
                        }
                        didHeader = true;
                    }
                    x += '</tr>\n<tr><td'+cellStyle+'><nobr>'+getValue(textRoomX, i+1)+pad+'</nobr></td>';
                    for (var j = 0; j < childrenPerRoom[i]; j++) {
                        x += '<td'+cellStyle+'>';
                        var def = -1;
                        if (childAgesPerRoom[i] != null) {
                            if (childAgesPerRoom[i][j] != null) {
                                def = childAgesPerRoom[i][j];
                            }
                        }
                        x += '<select name="room-'+i+'-child-'+j+'-age" onchange="setChildAge('+i+', '+j+', this.options[this.selectedIndex].value);">';
                        x += '<option value="-1"'+(def == -1 ? ' selected' : '')+'>-?-';
                        x += '<option value="0"'+(def == 0 ? ' selected' : '')+'>&lt;1';
                        for (var k = 1; k <= 18; k++) {
                            x += '<option value="'+k+'"'+(def == k ? ' selected' : '')+'>'+k;
                        }
                        x += '</td>';
                    }
                    if (childrenPerRoom[i] < maxChildren) {
                        for (var j = childrenPerRoom[i]; j < maxChildren; j++) {
                            x += '<td'+cellStyle+'>&nbsp;</td>';
                        }
                    }
                    x += '</tr>\n';
                }
            }
            if (didHeader) {
                x += '</table>\n';
            }
        }
        document.getElementById("hot-search-params").innerHTML = x;
    }
    function buildSelect(name, onchange, min, max, selected) {
        var x = '<select name="' + name + '"';
        if (onchange != null) {
            x += ' onchange="' + onchange + '"';
        }
        x +='>\n';
        for (var i = min; i <= max; i++) {
            x += '<option value="' + i + '"';
            if (i == selected) {
                x += ' selected';
            }
            x += '>' + i + '\n';
        }
        x += '</select>';
        return x;
    }
    function validateGuests(form) {
        if (numRooms < 9) {
            var missingAge = false;
            for (var i = 0; i < numRooms; i++) {
                var numChildren = childrenPerRoom[i];
                if (numChildren != null && numChildren > 0) {
                    for (var j = 0; j < numChildren; j++) {
                        if (childAgesPerRoom[i] == null || childAgesPerRoom[i][j] == null || childAgesPerRoom[i][j] == -1) {
                            missingAge = true;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            if (missingAge) {
                alert(textChildError);
                return false;
            } else {
                return true;
            }
        } else {
            return true;
        }
    }
    function submitGuestInfoForm(form) {
        if (!validateGuests(form)) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }
    function getValue(str, val) {
        return str.replace(/\?/g, val);
    }

function getQuerystring(key, default_){
  if (default_==null) default_=""; 
  key = key.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
  var regex = new RegExp("[\\?&]"+key+"=([^&#]*)");
  var qs = regex.exec(window.location.href);
  if(qs == null)
    return default_;
  else
    return qs[1];
}

//var city_value = getQuerystring('userCity');
//document.getElementById('hyFrame').src = 'http://www.gethotelprice.com/hotel/weather.php?'+city_value;