They can't book direct
A guest who searched specifically for your name was ready to book with you. With no booking button, they go back to the platform — and you pay commission on a customer you brought in yourself.
For guesthouses and restaurants
Every booking through a platform costs you 15 to 20%. Direct ones cost nothing.
For guesthouses, cabins and restaurants. Booking platforms bring you guests — and take a commission on every night's stay. Your own site, with direct booking, does not replace them, but it recovers precisely the guests who would have chosen you anyway.
- Direct booking, no commission
- Rooms and menu shown properly
- Guests find you by name
The problem
What you are losing right now
Most often a guest discovers you on a platform, then searches for the guesthouse by name to see more. What they find at that moment decides whether they book direct or go back to the platform.
The rooms or the menu don't show well
Three dark photos and a price list in a PDF. Accommodation and food sell on images; without them, nothing sells.
There's no sense of what to do in the area
A guest is not just choosing a room, they are choosing a weekend. What there is to see nearby, how far away, what can be done with children — that is what turns a visit into a booking.
The solution
What a website for guesthouses and restaurants includes
Direct booking, on your own site
The guest chooses the dates and the room, you receive the request by email. No commission to anyone. It can connect to a booking engine if you already use one.
The rooms, presented properly
Each room with its own gallery, amenities, capacity and seasonal price. Not one page with everything lumped together.
A menu you can update yourself
For restaurants: a menu by category, with prices you change yourself, without re-uploading a PDF. It reads well on a phone.
A gallery that sells
Large, good-quality photographs of the place, the rooms, the food and the surroundings. This is where it is most worth investing.
What to do in the area
A page about the surroundings, distances and attractions. It helps the guest decide and brings in searches your competitors ignore.
Map, contact and one-tap calling
With real directions, not just a dot on a map. Many guesthouses get lost down country roads.
Examples
What it actually looks like
Two working demos: a guesthouse with direct booking and a restaurant with a menu and table reservations. Try them.
These are demonstration demos, built to show what I can do. They are not presented as client work.
Indicative price
Where a site like this starts
The prices are starting points, not final quotes. The configurator gives you a range in three minutes, without leaving your email, and the firm quote comes after we review your requirements.
The right option in most cases
Business
from 599€
Five pages, with a separate page for rooms, menu, surroundings and contact. The booking system is added from €239 — less than the commission you pay in a single season.
Do you already have a site?
We don't rebuild it just for the sake of rebuilding. We'll send you, free of charge, three concrete things that are probably costing you enquiries. If you then want the full analysis, the audit costs €119 — and is deducted in full from the project if you give us the implementation within 30 days.
Get the free mini-auditQuestions
What people in your field ask us
Does booking on the site replace the platforms?
No, and it shouldn't. The platforms bring you new guests who did not know you. The site recovers the guests who are already searching for you by name — the ones you are paying commission on for nothing.
Can the deposit be taken online?
Yes, card payment can be added, to reduce cancellations. The quote will tell you what it involves in paperwork and fees, before you decide.
Who updates the seasonal prices and the menu?
You can change them yourself, from a simple panel. Or you send them to us and we do it — the Active subscription at €69/month is designed for exactly this kind of frequent change.
You work directly with the person building the site
No salesperson, no project manager, no middlemen. A written quote, the final price before work starts, two rounds of revisions, full access to the domain and the files. The site stays yours.