DemoHomestay
Direct booking without commission
Guests see free rooms and the full price, and request a stay directly, without a booking site taking a cut.
Demo business: Eleven Bends, a fictional family homestay near Mukteshwar
The problem
Small homestays get most of their guests through booking sites, which take a commission on every night. Guests who already know the homestay still end up booking there, because there's no easy way to check dates and prices directly, and asking on WhatsApp means waiting for a reply.
What we built
- A calm, photo-led website where guests pick their dates and see which rooms are free
- The full price for the stay, with weekday and weekend nights, extra guests, dinner and a station pickup
- A stay request sent to the owner as one WhatsApp message, with an instant reply, advance link, directions before arrival and a thank-you after the stay for the guest
- A page for owners that works out what booking-site commission costs them
What it's built to change
- Built so returning and word-of-mouth guests can book directly
- Aims to cut "is a room free?" chats, at any hour
- Designed so every request arrives with the dates, room, guests and total in one message
- Built so guests get directions and updates without the owner typing them every time
In this demo, availability is sample data and the WhatsApp messages are shown on screen. On a real project they come from the homestay's own calendar and WhatsApp Business account.
See it working
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