Website for B&Bs and holiday rentals

What should a B&B website contain?

Start with the rooms. One page per room or house, with good photos, the number of beds, the bathroom, the view and what is included. Guests compare carefully before they book, and every unanswered question sends them back to a platform.

Then availability. A calendar or a booking engine on every room page, with a clear button to book or ask for dates. Add a page on breakfast, if you serve it, and one on the house itself: its history, the garden, the quiet.

A page about the surroundings does double duty. It helps guests plan, and it matches what they search for: walks in the area, cycling routes, restaurants nearby. Ô Mont des R’nauds in Bertrix, with three holiday homes and a hall, sits in a landscape that sells the stay on its own.

Finish with practical information: arrival and departure times, parking, pets, the tourist tax, and how to reach you. Put all of it in English as well as Dutch and French.

How do customers find a B&B online?

Guests search by place first and by property second. They type “B&B near Ypres” or “gîte Ardennes with sauna”, compare the map, and open a few listings on platforms. The ones that look right are then searched by name, and that is where your own site must appear, ideally above the platform listing.

To get there, your Google Business Profile needs the same name, address and photos as your site, and reviews that you answer. Your site needs pages that name the area, the nearby towns and the things people come for.

AI assistants increasingly answer questions such as “quiet holiday home for six near Poperinge with a garden”. They draw on pages that state those facts in plain text. A site that lists capacity, garden, distance to town and booking terms in each language is much easier for them to recommend.

How does Atelier Web build a B&B website?

You describe your rooms, your guests and how bookings arrive today in a short request or a phone call. Then a quote: which pages, which languages, and whether a booking form is enough or you need a booking engine with platform sync. Once that is agreed, Louis comes to the house to walk through the rooms and note what guests notice first.

Huyze Basco in Reningelst shows the full version. Four holiday homes in a converted village café, Arthur, Lucie, Florent and Albertine, each with its own page, and an own booking engine synced with Booking.com. Owners Vanessa and Sam now take direct bookings without the high commissions.

Louis writes the copy in Dutch, French and English after talking with you, and you check it. After launch he helps with your Google Business Profile. The yearly maintenance package covers WordPress updates, backups and your Google Business Profile.

What does a B&B website cost?

The quote follows your request and a short exchange by email or phone, because the work varies a lot. The main factors are the number of rooms or houses, whether you need a booking engine with payment and platform sync or a simple request form, the number of languages, and whether new photos are needed.

The quote always includes design, copy in the agreed languages, the build, the link with Google and an explanation so you can update prices, photos and texts yourself.

Is a booking engine worth it for a small B&B?

For two rooms with mostly regular guests, a booking request form is often enough: the guest picks dates, you confirm by email. Once platforms bring in most of your stays and you spend evenings managing calendars, a booking engine starts to make sense. It shows live availability, takes a deposit and syncs with the platforms so double bookings stop.

Do not leave the platforms altogether. They bring guests who would never have found you. The goal is that a guest who already knows your name books on your own site. Tell Louis how your bookings come in today, and the quote will reflect the right choice.