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You can just use the Popular Category widget or the CPT categories widget for easy links to all category pages.
The search bar can never pre-select the categories, only the CPTs.

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Also add the URL of the problem listing.
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But when a New User sees the Sub-CAtegory ‘Select Option’ they will automatically assume the page has already Selected All.

Why do you think that? Why would they think that a Listings page would display search results if they have not even clicked the Search button?
I think most visitors would realize that to get any search results they would actually need to complete a search.

From New Users prespective… What I am looking for to be displayed is:
For page link: https://wpgeo.directory/docs/places/hotels/
How can the Search Bar Sub-Category display ‘Hotels’?

It cannot, see earlier comment “Only the CPT drop down will change depending on the Listings page you are visiting.”

Visitors will never end up at Listings pages after completing a search. But because they have navigated to /hotels/ etc. So why would they expect anything else than hotels on that page.

You can always remove the Search widget or put it at the end of a Listings page if you think it is confusing. And only add it to the search page.

https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/searching-and-browsing/

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Only the first link is correct. As explained there, search is always by relevance.
Any sorting is only for Listings pages, not Search pages.

Because search results will always be ordered by relevance to the search criteria, any featured listings will be included in the search results using the same relevance to the visitors keywords used.
But you can add a Popular Post widget, filtered for featured listings only in the top section or sidebar etc.

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I just exported and imported without any problems.
What are the exact errors you get and if you can post a sample CSV file we can check that too.

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Like I said:

Be aware that there is a difference when using the suggestions and not using the suggestions, see https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/gd-search/#near

From that page:

The default GD search is not an IN Ontario (for your example) search, but a search NEAR THE CENTER OF Ontario (for your example).

I also still suggest to add the Location Switcher to the menu as I linked earlier:

To add the drop down selector, see https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/multilocations/#main

Yes, see https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/search-filters-overview/#near
Turn that option off at GD > Advanced Search > Enable Near autocompleter:

Be aware that there is a difference when using the suggestions and not using the suggestions, see https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/gd-search/#near

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