Holiday let website design
I design and build websites for UK holiday cottages, holiday homes and self-catering stays. Each one shows your place at its best, takes bookings directly and is set up to be found on Google.
Holiday let website design means building a website for your cottage, lodge or holiday home that guests can book from directly. That’s all Glamping Web Design does. I design, write and look after websites for UK holiday let and glamping owners, from one property to a handful, on plans from £19 a month.
Airbnb, Booking.com and the cottage agencies are good at putting your place in front of people. Your own website is where those people go when they want to know more, come back for a second stay or look you up by name. It’s the one place where you set the terms and a booking doesn’t pay a listing site’s commission.
Not sure what a good one needs? The holiday let website checklist covers it page by page.
The parts that turn a visitor into a booking, without you having to learn how websites work.
Your booking system sits inside the website, with online payments, so guests can check dates and book without being sent somewhere else.
Choosing a booking systemAvailability calendars sync with Airbnb, Booking.com, Canopy & Stars, CoolStays and others, so your own site shows the same dates as your listings.
How calendar syncing worksMost guests find you on a phone, often while planning with someone else. Every page is designed for a small screen first, then scaled up.
I write the copy with you, from the first line on the homepage to the local tips. Bring your own words, or start from your listing.
Writing a description that booksSEO foundations come with every plan, so the site is set up to be found by people searching for a stay in your area and by guests looking you up by name.
More on SEOBasic updates are included. Send new photos, prices or seasonal details and I’ll make the changes, so the site never goes stale.
Case study · Millie the Hut
Millie the Hut is a shepherd’s hut in the Welsh Marches. It already had a Canopy & Stars listing, but no way to take bookings directly. I built a website with local tips, a seasonal rate card and an availability calendar on one booking page.
Whatever your stay looks like, the job is the same. Show it honestly, answer guests’ questions before they ask and make booking easy. If you run a glamping site, there’s more on glamping website design on the homepage.
Builders like Wix and Squarespace, and the sites that come with booking platforms like Lodgify, will get you online. The catch is that you do the building, the writing and the upkeep, and you’re tied to what the platform allows. A designer does that work for you and builds around how your guests actually book.
Both routes can work. The website builder vs web designer guide compares them on cost, SEO and booking, and there are honest reviews of Wix, Squarespace and Lodgify’s alternatives if you’re weighing one up.
No perfect brief needed. A few photos and a chat are plenty to start with.
Tell me about your place, the guests you love welcoming and what you want your website to do. We’ll look at what you have already, what’s missing and which plan fits. A few photos and a chat are plenty to start with.
I’ll shape the design and write the words around what makes your place special. From the first impression to the local tips, it should feel like an invitation to stay. You’ll see a preview and we’ll work through your thoughts together.
We’ll check the photos, details and how it all feels on a phone. If your plan includes booking integration, I’ll connect your provider and check the route from browsing to booking. You get a chance to look everything over before launch.
Once you’re happy, we’ll put your website live and you can share your own link with guests. I’m still here for maintenance and the basic updates included in your plan. New photos or a change of details? Just send them over.
Per property, per month, with basic updates included. Or pay once upfront.
£19/ month
per property
A proper, custom website for your place, without another DIY job on your list.
Let’s talk about this planWhat’s included
£39/ month
per property
Your custom website, connected to your booking system so guests can take the next step.
Let’s talk about this planWhat’s included
£59/ month
per property
A website with booking integration, plus regular content and care to help people find you.
Let’s talk about this planWhat’s included
Plans start at £19 a month per property for a website of up to five pages. The £39 plan adds a more bespoke build and booking integration, and the £59 plan adds ongoing SEO with five blog posts a month. You can also pay upfront instead. Any booking-system subscription or transaction fees are separate, and I’ll talk them through with you first.
Yes, on the £39 and £59 plans. Your booking system is embedded in the site, including online payments, so guests book without leaving it. Tell me which system you use, or plan to use, and I’ll check what’s possible before we start.
Availability calendars can sync with Airbnb, Booking.com, Canopy & Stars, CoolStays and others. Your listings keep running as they do now, and your own site shows the same availability.
A website on the £19 plan is usually live within a few days to a week. A more bespoke build with booking integration on the £39 plan takes up to about two weeks.
No. Your website works alongside the platforms that already bring you guests. It gives returning guests, and people who find you elsewhere and look you up, a way to book with you directly.
No. Glamping sites are where I started, but I build websites for holiday cottages, holiday homes, lodges and other self-catering stays too, from a single property to a small collection. I’m based in Herefordshire and work with owners across the UK.