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Hostfully website design

A custom Hostfully website, designed around your direct bookings.

Keep Hostfully for reservations, pricing, payments and guidebooks. I build a custom WordPress website with Hostfully's booking and search widgets built into the design, and page content written to rank.

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Can I use Hostfully with a custom WordPress website?

Yes. Hostfully provides a booking plugin for WordPress plus a booking widget and a search widget that can be added to a website. Each property's widget is linked to that listing in Hostfully, so guests see live availability and pricing and book through Hostfully's checkout. The rest of the page, including the content search engines read, is yours to design.

Hostfully direct booking site vs a custom website

The built-in option is quick to launch. A custom website connected to Hostfully is for when you want a site that stands out, holds more content and gives you full control over SEO.

Comparison of the Hostfully direct booking site and a custom website connected to Hostfully
FeatureHostfully direct booking siteCustom website + Hostfully
Design and branding Hostfully site templates Custom design around your brand
Pages and content Listing-focused pages Listings plus area guides, experiences, blog and landing pages
SEO control Limited technical control Full control of URLs, schema, headings and speed
Bookings and payments Hostfully checkout Still Hostfully, through its booking widget

How I connect Hostfully to your website

The right method depends on your portfolio, your Hostfully setup and your budget. Platforms change their integration options often, so I confirm what your account supports before quoting.

  1. Hostfully booking plugin for WordPress

    Adds Hostfully's booking widget to property pages, each one linked to the matching listing in your account.

  2. Search widget

    Lets guests search dates and party size across your whole portfolio from the homepage or area pages.

  3. Property content in WordPress

    Descriptions, amenities and photos are written as page content in WordPress, with the widget handling dates and payment.

  4. Guidebooks and guest experience

    Your Hostfully digital guidebooks can be linked from the site so guests find local tips before and after they book.

SEO for Hostfully websites

The booking tool converts. The page around it ranks. Here is what I do on every Hostfully build so Google, Bing and AI assistants can understand and recommend your properties.

  • The widget converts, the page ranks: unique property copy, an HTML amenity list, neighbourhood context and FAQs on every property page.
  • The Hostfully-hosted property site redirected or deindexed so one URL per property remains.
  • Search results pages from the widget kept out of the index.
  • VacationRental, BreadcrumbList and FAQ schema that matches the page text.
  • Image filenames and alt text describing the actual rooms and views.
  • Local content (restaurants, beaches, trails) that earns links and answers the questions guests ask AI assistants.

From first call to launch

You review everything on a private staging link. Nothing goes live until we've tested a real booking through Hostfully.

  1. Discovery call

    We go through your properties, your Hostfully setup, your brand and the guests you want to reach.

  2. Design

    I design your homepage and property pages and share them for feedback before building.

  3. Build and connect Hostfully

    I build the site in WordPress, write the page structure for search and connect your Hostfully booking tools.

  4. Test and revise

    We make a test booking together, check it lands in Hostfully, and adjust anything you want changed.

  5. Launch and SEO setup

    Launch on your domain, redirects from any old site, Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools, sitemap submission and a walkthrough.

Hostfully websites from $750

Starter from $750 for a few properties, Growth from $1,500 for growing portfolios. Every quote is fixed before work starts.

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Hostfully website questions

Something else about your Hostfully setup? Send me a message and I'll answer within a day.

Yes. Hostfully offers a booking plugin for WordPress that adds its booking widget to your pages. I install and configure it, match it to your design and test a booking.

Yes. Hostfully's search widget lets guests search your whole portfolio, and I build a properties page and area pages around it.

Not if the move is planned. I map existing URLs to the new pages, then redirect or deindex the old site after launch.

Yes. Checkout, payments and confirmations run through Hostfully and your connected payment processor.

Yes. It's standard WordPress, and rates and availability update from Hostfully automatically.

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Let's build a Hostfully website worthy of your properties.

Tell me how many properties you manage and what you'd like the site to do. I'll reply within 24 hours with a free, fixed quote.

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