function LTrim(str)
        {
               var whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");
               var s = new String(str);
                if (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(0)) != -1) {

                    var j=0, i = s.length;
                    while (j < i && whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(j)) != -1)
                        j++;
                    s = s.substring(j, i);
                }

                return s;
        }
function RTrim(str)
       {
                var whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");
                var s = new String(str);
                if (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(s.length-1)) != -1) {
                    var i = s.length - 1;       
                    while (i >= 0 && whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(i)) != -1)
                        i--;
                    s = s.substring(0, i+1);
                }

                return s;
        }


function Trim(str)
        {
                return RTrim(LTrim(str));
        }
function Validate(theForm) {
	
		if (Trim(theForm.FirstName.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter your first name.");
    theForm.FirstName.focus();
    return (false);
  }

 if (Trim(theForm.LastName.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter your last name.");
    theForm.LastName.focus();
    return (false);
  }  
 
    if (Trim(theForm.Email.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter your email address.");
    theForm.Email.focus();
    return (false);
  }
	var checkStr = theForm.Email.value;
	var ch = checkStr.indexOf('@');

	if (ch==0 || ch==-1) {
		alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
		theForm.Email.focus();
		return (false);
	}
	var checkOK = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzƒŠŒŽšœžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþ0123456789@.-+_'!#$%&()*,/";
	var checkStr = theForm.Email.value;
	var allValid = true;
	for (i = 0;  i < checkStr.length;  i++) {
		ch = checkStr.charAt(i);
		for (j = 0;  j < checkOK.length;  j++)
			if (ch == checkOK.charAt(j))
				break;
				if (j == checkOK.length) {
					allValid = false;
					break;
				}
	}
	if (!allValid) {
		alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
		theForm.Email.focus();
		return (false);
	}
	  if (Trim(theForm.Phone.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter your phone number.");
    theForm.Phone.focus();
    return (false);
  }		
	  if (Trim(theForm.ConfirmationNumber.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter your confirmation number.");
    theForm.ConfirmationNumber.focus();
    return (false);
  }	
 
  if (Trim(theForm.HotelName.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter hotel name.");
    theForm.HotelName.focus();
    return (false);
  }	
 
  if (Trim(theForm.ArrivalDate.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter arrival date.");
    theForm.ArrivalDate.focus();
    return (false);
  }	
 
  if (Trim(theForm.DepartureDate.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter your departure date.");
    theForm.DepartureDate.focus();
    return (false);
  }	
  
  if (Trim(theForm.Adults.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter number of adults.");
    theForm.Adults.focus();
    return (false);
  }	
   if (Trim(theForm.Children.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter number of children.");
    theForm.Children.focus();
    return (false);
  }	
  if (Trim(theForm.Rooms.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter number of rooms.");
    theForm.Rooms.focus();
    return (false);
  }	
    if (Trim(theForm.RoomType.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter room type.");
    theForm.RoomType.focus();
    return (false);
  }
     if (Trim(theForm.RoomRate.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter competing rate.");
    theForm.RoomRate.focus();
    return (false);
  }
  
    var myOption = -1;
for (i=0; i < theForm.CompetingRateSame.length; i ++) 
{
	if (theForm.CompetingRateSame[i].checked) 
	{
		myOption = i; 
		break;
	}
}
  if (myOption == theForm.CompetingRateSame.length || myOption == -1) 
{
	alert("Are the currencies the same?");
	theForm.CompetingRateSame[0].focus();
	return false;
} 
 
		return (true);
}