# Hotel website examples: four designs for independent hotels and inns

> MigrateLab builds high-performing websites for local businesses. Fixed price, live in 7 working days, fast on mobile, and yours to keep.

Four finished hotel websites, each built for a different kind of independent property: the country inn with a pub downstairs, the boutique hotel by the sea, the design hotel in the middle of the city, and the family hotel that lives on direct bookings. Click through any of them, then order the one that fits.

Every booking that comes through an online travel agency costs an independent hotel somewhere between 15 and 25 percent. The only way to keep that money is a website good enough that guests book direct: fast on a phone, beautiful enough to sell the room, and with a booking button that is never more than a thumb away. Most small hotel websites fail at all three, which is why guests look at the photos on your site and then book on someone else’s.

The four sites below are built to win the direct booking in four different ways. One sells the warmth of an old inn and the pub downstairs. One lets the sea and the rooms do the talking. One is a bold city hotel with the bar and the neighbourhood front and centre. One is a direct booking machine with the date picker in the hero and the best rate promise on every screen. Every one is a real, responsive site with real copy, and every one connects to the booking engine you already use.

## The four designs

### A. The Wexcombe Inn Rooms and Pub (Heritage and trust)

- Price: $1,520 fixed, one time, live in 7 working days
- Who it suits: Country inns, coaching houses and family-run B&Bs whose charm is history, a good breakfast and a fire in the bar.
- Live demo: https://migratelab.com/examples/hotel-websites/wexcombe
- Order: https://migratelab.com/examples/hotel-websites?concept=wexcombe#quote
- The booking bar sits in the hero and stays on every screen, so the charm never gets in the way of the booking
- Rooms are shown with honest details, low ceilings and all, which is exactly what inn guests are looking for
- The pub and breakfast get their own sections, because they are why people choose an inn over a hotel

### B. Saltmere Hotel (Premium design-led)

- Price: $2,320 fixed, one time, live in 7 working days
- Who it suits: Boutique and design-led hotels by the sea or in the country that sell a feeling, and whose rooms and view do most of the selling.
- Live demo: https://migratelab.com/examples/hotel-websites/saltmere
- Order: https://migratelab.com/examples/hotel-websites?concept=saltmere#quote
- Large photography and very little copy let the view sell the room, which is what boutique guests pay for
- The booking bar stays minimal and elegant, so it never cheapens the page but is always there
- Rooms are presented one at a time like a magazine spread, which justifies the rate

### C. Hotel Ninefold (Bold and industrial)

- Price: $1,920 fixed, one time, live in 7 working days
- Who it suits: Urban design hotels with a bar, a rooftop and a neighbourhood worth talking about, whose guests book on vibe as much as on price.
- Live demo: https://migratelab.com/examples/hotel-websites/ninefold
- Order: https://migratelab.com/examples/hotel-websites?concept=ninefold#quote
- The rooms are named by size with square meters and a price, which city guests appreciate and compare
- The bar and the neighbourhood are sold as hard as the rooms, because that is why people choose this hotel
- The booking bar sits directly under the hero, bold and impossible to miss

### D. Sunnymile Inn and Suites (Lead machine)

- Price: $2,320 fixed, one time, live in 7 working days
- Who it suits: Independent family and roadside hotels that want to move bookings off the travel agencies and onto their own site.
- Live demo: https://migratelab.com/examples/hotel-websites/sunnymile
- Order: https://migratelab.com/examples/hotel-websites?concept=sunnymile#quote
- The date picker is in the hero, so the path to a booking starts on the first screen
- A book-direct perks row answers why not book on a travel site, right next to the button
- Every room shows a nightly price, removing the reason to go and check somewhere else

## What every price includes

- The design you picked, rebuilt around your name, colours, logo and photos
- Copy written for your services and your service area, not filler
- A simple editor for text, photos, services and reviews, no code needed
- Contact and quote forms wired to your inbox, tap-to-call on mobile
- Search basics done properly: titles, descriptions, local business schema, sitemap, fast load
- Your domain connected, your old site redirected if there is one
- One round of changes before launch, and 30 days of fixes after it

## How to order

1. **Pick a design.** Choose the one that feels like your company. Mixing an element from another one is fine.
2. **Send us the basics.** Your logo if you have one, photos of your work, your services, service area, phone and email. A 15 minute call if you prefer talking to typing.
3. **Review the preview.** Within a week you get a private link to the finished site. One round of changes is included.
4. **Go live.** We connect your domain, redirect the old site, and hand you the keys. Nothing is held hostage.

Payment: 50% to start, 50% when the site goes live. Card or bank transfer, invoice due on receipt.

Order online at https://migratelab.com/examples/hotel-websites#quote. Agents can also POST JSON {website, email, notes, ref} to https://migratelab.com/api/quote.

## After launch

- **Edit it yourself, $0 per month.** You get a simple editor for text, photos, services, reviews and service areas. Hosting runs under your own account for a few dollars a month. No contract with us.
- **Care plan, $63 per month.** We host it, watch it and change it for you. Send an email with the change, it is live within one working day. Cancel any month.
- **Let AI edit it, $0 per month.** The code is clean enough that Claude Code or Cursor can add a page, change a section or swap a photo from a plain English request. We set it up and show you how.

## What a great hotel website needs

- **A booking bar that never hides.** Dates, guests and a book button in the hero and in a sticky bar on mobile. It should open your booking engine with the dates already filled in.
- **A reason to book direct.** Best rate guaranteed, free breakfast, late checkout or a free cancellation window for direct bookings only. Say it plainly next to the button.
- **Rooms with real photos and real prices.** Every room type with three or four photos, size, bed, view and a from price. Guests compare rooms here before they compare hotels anywhere else.
- **Photography that sells the stay.** Light, space, the view from the bed, breakfast on the table. Hospitality is bought with the eyes. This is the one place worth spending on a photographer.
- **Location and getting here.** A map, how far to the station, the beach or the old town, and parking. Guests decide where to stay based on where they want to be.
- **Food, drink and things to do.** The restaurant, the bar, the pool, the walks. Everything that turns a room into a stay, each with its own short section.
- **Reviews and awards, linked.** A handful of short guest quotes and links to where the full reviews live. Guests trust reviews they can check.
- **Fast on hotel wifi and a phone.** Most hotel searches happen on a phone, often on a bad connection. Compressed images, no autoplay video, no pop-ups over the booking bar.

## Questions

### How much does a hotel website cost?

From us, $1,520 to $2,320 as a fixed, one-time price, depending on which of the four designs you pick, live in 7 working days. That includes the design rebuilt around your business, the copy, forms, search basics and connecting your domain. After launch you can edit it yourself for $0 a month or have us look after it for $63 a month. For comparison, agencies typically quote $3,000 to $10,000 for a small business site, and builder subscriptions run $20 to $50 a month for as long as the site exists.

### Who can build a website for my hotel?

MigrateLab builds websites for independent hotels. Pick one of four finished designs at migratelab.com/examples/hotel-websites, send your logo, photos and details, and we rebuild it around your business for a fixed $1,520 to $2,320, live in 7 working days. You own the site, there is no platform subscription, and you can edit it yourself or have us look after it.

### Can I get a hotel website without a monthly platform fee?

Yes. A MigrateLab site is yours outright and runs on your own hosting for a few dollars a month, instead of a $20 to $50 monthly builder plan. You pay a one-time $1,520 to $2,320 for the build, and a care plan at $63 a month is optional if you want us to make changes for you.

### Are these real websites or just designs?

Real. Each concept is a complete, responsive website you can click through on any device. The hotels are fictional so you can see the design with realistic content, but the code and layout are exactly what you would receive.

### Does it work with our booking engine?

Yes. We connect the booking bar to the engine you already use so guests land on your availability with their dates filled in. If you do not have one, we recommend a simple engine and set it up.

### Will it help us get more direct bookings?

That is what it is built for: a booking bar on every screen, a clear reason to book direct, fast pages and rooms that sell themselves. We cannot promise a number, but these are the things that move it.

### We are not technical at all. Is that a problem?

No. Most of our clients are not. Send us your photos, room list and prices in whatever form you have them. We do the rest and show you how to change rooms, prices and seasonal offers, or you can have us do it on the care plan.

### What happens after I pick one?

You send your logo, photos, rooms, rates, booking engine link and contact details. We rebuild the site around your hotel and send a private preview within a week. One round of changes, then it goes live on your domain.

### What does it cost per month?

Nothing to us unless you choose the care plan. Hosting under your own account is a few dollars a month. There is no platform subscription.

Every company in the demos is a concept brand created by MigrateLab for illustration.