A booking website for guesthouses and hotels
A guest picks dates on your own site and asks you directly, with no portal commission. 2 900 PLN, ready in 14 days. For guesthouses, hotels, hostels and apartments.
Who it is for
For places where most bookings come through portals, and the own website is old, does not work on a phone, or gives no way to ask about a date.
The site does not replace the portals. It adds a route you pay no commission on: for returning guests and for people who search for you by name.
What you get
- a website for the property: rooms, prices, photos, directions and contact
- a form where the guest picks dates and sees the price of the stay straight away
- every enquiry in a spreadsheet and on your phone
- a message to the guest that the enquiry arrived, sent at once, evenings and weekends included
- a room availability calendar
- a tidied-up Google listing
- a review request sent after the stay
- measurement: how many people visited and how many asked about a date
- the domain and the site registered in your name
How booking works
The form takes an enquiry about a date. The guest picks dates, sees the price and sends the enquiry. You get it on your phone, check the calendar and confirm. Only then does the guest receive a booking confirmation.
It is safer this way. The same room can sell through a portal at the same moment, and when you confirm you see that before promising it to a second person.
What it costs
| What you get | Price |
|---|---|
| Booking website | 2 900 PLN |
| Care: changes to prices, photos and text, keeping the site and the form running, a monthly note on visits and enquiries | 200 PLN / month |
| Portal and website bookings in one calendar | from 1 500 PLN |
| Photo session of the property | from 1 200 PLN |
| Mark and visual identity | from 2 000 PLN |
| English version | quoted after I see the content |
The deposit is 30%. The rest is due on handover or in three instalments, at no extra charge. Care can be cancelled with one month's notice.
When it pays for itself
A portal usually takes between ten and twenty percent of a booking. At a 15% commission, a 2 900 PLN site pays for itself after about 19 300 PLN of bookings that came in directly.
How I know it works
Parking Panorama by Katowice Airport is a family-run car park I built the brand, the website and the booking system for. The customer picks dates and the price works itself out.
- 12–14% of people who saw the site in Google clicked through. The average is 3–5%.
- More than half of the visits come from search, with no paid advertising.
See how it was built or visit parkingpanorama.com.
Patera Auto Spa also has a site with a price list and booking: a car park, a car wash and a garage under one name.
How we work together
- A conversation, 30 minutes, free. Prices, rooms and where bookings come from today.
- A sketch. The first screen and the form to look at before you decide.
- Build, 14 days from the day I get the photos and the price list. Two rounds of changes are included.
- Launch and care. The site runs and I make sure it stays that way.
From you I need half an hour of talking, the price list and the photos. I do the rest.
What this offer does not include
- card payment at booking; the guest pays by transfer or on arrival
- running your profiles on booking portals
- paid advertising
Common questions
Will the site replace the booking portals?
No. A portal still brings guests who do not know you. The site is for those who have stayed before or type the name of the property into Google. You pay no commission on their bookings.
What if someone books the same dates through a portal in the meantime?
That is why the form takes an enquiry and you confirm the date. If you want portal bookings to land in the same calendar as enquiries from the site, that is a separate add-on, from 1 500 PLN. I first check which portals you use and what can be read from them.
Will I pay a subscription for a booking system?
No. Enquiries go into a spreadsheet and a calendar on your own Google account. Apart from care, the only recurring cost is the yearly domain fee.
What if I cancel care?
The site and the domain are yours and stay with you. Care is cancelled with one month's notice.
I do not run accommodation. Is this for me too?
Yes. The same setup runs on the site of a car park, a car wash and a garage: a price list, a choice of dates and an enquiry that goes straight to you. Write and tell me what you do.
Want to see a sketch for your property?
Send me the name of the property and the address of the current site, if there is one. I will prepare the first screen and the form for you to look at. You decide once you have seen the sketch.