Hello Mark,
You can easily override any default GetText language definition, but you will need a plugin to do that. There are plenty of free plugins that let you override the default translations, and all you need to do is to locate the exact, case-sensitive, original string to override.
In your case, you need to override the exact string “Search” to anything else you would like to display.
Alternatively, you can create an override of the default layout file of the widget of Vik Booking and change directly the HTML code by using your preferred language string or code.
Vik Booking follows the MVC pattern of PHP, and so any output is generated through a template file that supports overrides. It is fundamental to not modify the core files of the plugin, or you will lose the modifications by installing an update.
You can find more details on our website about how to create overrides.
We hope this helps!
The VikWP Team