Examples of websites for Gîtes and Chambres d'hôtes
Why your website is the gateway to your guest house
Imagine your home on a summer's morning: the shutters ajar, the light caressing the stones, the smell of coffee and warm bread wafting through the kitchen, the laughter of a family preparing for a walk. But as vivid as this picture is, most of your future visitors haven't seen it yet. Before they come through your door, they'll type your name into a search engine or come across a photo on an Instagram post. So their first impression is not made at the foot of your driveway, but on the bright screen of their smartphone, often hundreds of kilometres away.
The figures speak for themselves: almost 90 % of passengers prepare their stay online before even booking an overnight stay. The challenge is clear: your website becomes the official showcase of your hospitality, the place where you can already feel the friendliness, charm of the rooms and authenticity of the region. It's not just a digital business card, it's an immersive experience that should make you want to put down your suitcases, right from the first click.
To achieve this objective, four pillars are essential:
- Speed A traveller on the lookout won't wait. More than three seconds to load, and already 40 % of visitors have moved on to the next address.
- Credibility SSL certificate, clear terms and conditions, reliable payment gateway. Trust is the key to any online booking.
- Visual immersion Your rooms, your garden, your breakfasts all tell a story in pictures. A well-thought-out gallery is worth more than a long speech.
- Simplicity A visible calendar, transparent fares, and bookings just two clicks away. One less obstacle means one more booking.
These principles guide all our creations at Hotel Web Design. But beyond the rules, a successful website for a gîte or B&B is above all the promise of an encounter: between your world and the traveller in search of authenticity. So let's move on to some concrete examples, where each project tells a unique story.
Examples of gîte and B&B websites
Below are some examples of sites for gîtes and sites for guest rooms. Click on the image to go to the website. Contact us if you have any questions!
Flats with jacuzzi in Bordeaux
Better than a hotel
A relaxing spa/luxury environment designed for a immediate visual immersion The site is simple, with scrolling images and a booking button that is always visible. The site also features a tourism and leisure section to inspire your holidays.
- Very fast loading
- Sobriety, black, white, brown
- Reservation button always visible
- Lots of scrolling images
- Integration of a booking engine
- Integration of a tourism & leisure page
- Created by Hotel Web Design
Luxury property in CUBA
Santa Ana Trinidad
A breath of the Caribbean captured in a three-hundred-year-old colonial house - Time seems to slow down between the ochre walls of Trinidad. Tropical patio, singing fountain and sunny comfort: here, bohemian soul meets discreet luxury, and every sunrise promises an adventure full of light.
- Dark and golden colours, luxury typeface
- External booking engine integration
- Integration of a tourism & leisure page
- Created by Hotel Web Design
Castle in Occitania
Château de Jonquières
A jewel in the heart of the Occitanie region, refurbished online to enhance its timeless elegance. With a bilingual website, online booking and secure payment, this new creation emphasises refinement and ease of use.
- Entrance animation
- Formal typography
- Booking system with Etransactions payment
- Translations
- Creation of our agency
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Villa in St Paul de Vence
Azur Loft Design
A southern atmosphere in design bright and warm Mediterranean colours, large photos and an elegant interface. All enhanced by a clear price module to make booking easier.
- Southern colour code, graphic reminders
- High-quality photos and media
- Translations
- Tariff module
- Creation of our agency
Flats for rent in the south of France
The Cavet House
five renovated, comfortable flats in the heart of Sanary sur mer, the jewel of the south coast.
- Vibrant colours of the Mediterranean
- External booking engine integration
- Integration of a tourism & leisure page
- Created by Hotel Web Design
Atypical manor house in Burgundy
Manoir de la Croix Saint Louis
A noble manor house modernised to tell its story: hand-written typography, meticulous photos, refined graphic charter. The site also offers an interface aimed at international visitors, thanks to translations.
- Noble colour code
- Handwritten typography
- Work on photos and graphics
- Translations
- Booking module
- Creation of our agency
Hotel Web Design is a Google partner with the Google Hotelsincluding our customers enjoy every dayGoogle search: information about your accommodation, availability and prices is sent continuously to the search engine, which displays free booking links from the Google search directly to your booking page. These free links represent around 15% of additional commission-free bookings for our customers in 2022! Read our article on free booking links from Google
Estate in Côtes-d'Armor
The cloister estate
The Domaine du Cloître is a charming residence built in the middle of the XIXᵉ century, It has been carefully restored to combine the elegance of yesteryear with contemporary comfort.
- Lots of content, lots of entry points
- Highlighting the date selector
- Multi-activity: holiday rentals + wellness centre
- Local referencing
- Created by Hotel Web Design
Grandes demeures Normandes
Normandy rental
Between apple trees and thatched cottages a site that smells of the countryside after the rain. Each photo is an invitation to get lost in the greenery of Normandy.
- Booking bar accessible from the home page
- Anchored booking button, conversion objective
- Neat photos
- Translations
- Module de non-commissioned booking
- Created by Hotel Web Design
Guest house in Provence
Domaine de Muscapeau
Muscapeau is a ode to suspended time - mirror ponds, misty hills and birdsong under century-old plane trees
- Large presentation video
- Tailor-made graphics
- Optimised keywords
- Attractive photos
- Creation of our agency
Wellness centre in Finistère
Espace Acu Nature
Between nature and relaxation, the site showcases the many activities and attractions on offer. well-being breaks, with fluid navigation, a visible date selector and a strong local visibility strategy.
- Lots of content, lots of entry points
- Highlighting the date selector
- Multi-activity: holiday rentals + wellness centre
- Local referencing
- Created by Hotel Web Design
Gîtes, flats and B&Bs: the choice of communication
The "systematic commission" approach
You agree to systematically pay 10 to 25% in commission to OTAs: Booking, Trip Advisor, Expedia, etc.
There are many challenges involved in managing holiday lets, for both professionals and private individuals. Visit In a market dominated by online travel agencies (OTAs), the options for standing out from the crowd are limited. The first option is to depend entirely on online booking portalswhich often charge high commissions.
Although this approach reduces initial costs - by avoiding the need to invest in a website - it quickly becomes expensive as bookings increase. What's more, any attempt to improve property listings independently is impossible, as listings on platforms such as Booking or Airbnb don't belong to you and are buried amongst other offers. Hidden costs also mount up.
Some of these platforms offer greater visibility in return for additional commission, but this only increases dependency on the platform. This option can be considered as a way of getting started, particularly if you have a limited budget, but it is not a permanent solution.
The second option involves a slightly higher initial investment, but quickly pays off: your site becomes an independent showcase for your business, builds up natural referencing over the years and has its own booking engine, with no commissions and no potential loss of customers to other listings.
Hotel Web Design supports the managers of small, medium and large accommodation establishments in their digital communications by creating websites with a strong emotional dimension, that are easy to use and feature independent reservation systemsThis will enable hoteliers to maximise their return on investment (ROI) and implement specific commercial strategies: Google Ads campaigns, natural referencing campaignsetc.
Discover our PMS, channel manager and booking engine for tourist facilities100% is an independent solution, hosted and managed from your site, with all the essential features for your hosting structure.
The "proprietary booking site" option
You are investing in your brand image for the long term, with a non-commissioned booking site
Our creations for gîtes and guest rooms
Opting for a proprietary booking site means opting for independence and enhancing the profile of your establishment. Unlike traditional booking platforms, you retain control of your image, your costs and your visibility strategy.
The main advantages:
- A unique brand image, A professional, coherent image that reflects the identity of your gîte or B&B.
- Zero commission on bookings made via your site (excluding any bank charges), enabling you to optimise your margins.
- The possibility of setting up a natural referencing strategy (SEO), in particular through targeted and sustainable link-building campaigns.
- The freedom to deploy a online advertising strategy (Google Ads, Facebook Ads, etc.) with a totally controlled budget. Properly configured and adjusted, these campaigns offer immediate visibility, ideal for launching a new site or strengthening your presence at a strategic time.
Consult our explanatory brochure to find out more about our referencing methods.
With a proprietary site, you invest in a durable tool that belongs to you, and that evolves with your needs and your clientele. It's a long-term, professional and profitable solution.
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Example of a site for a bar and café
The essential ingredients of a bar or café website
Immersive photography
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Go to natural lightShoot before the serve to capture the depth of field.
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Vary the scale: wide shots of the room to show the setting, macro shots of hands and materials to create a sense of proximity.
Information hierarchy
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A visitor must find the opening times and address without scrolling (header or hero).
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La reservation must remain accessible (sticky button) on mobile; 64 % of bookings are made from a smartphone.
Technical performance
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Image size < 200 kb, WebP format, lazy-loading.
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CDN hosting, server caching, CSS/JS minification.
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Monthly Core Web Vitals audit; above 90/100, otherwise Google downgrades.
Conversion and reinsurance
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Bank deposit or card imprint to reduce the no-show from 30 to 50 %.
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Secure Payment" badge visible near the validate button.
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Multilingual chatbot for allergen questions or group requests.
Content marketing
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Monthly blog, long-tail keywords "homemade cold brew recipe".
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Short video (vertical) reusable on Reels and TikTok, integrated silent autoplay.
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Segmented newsletter: local residents vs. visiting tourists, for targeted offers (local happy-hour, discovery brunch).
Each ingredient must be measured out like a cocktail: too much sugar kills the alcohol, too much animation kills the conversion. The art lies in marrying visual sobriety with sensitive storytelling.
This service includes the integration (of your choice) of our booking engine or a external booking engine (such as Reservit, D-Edge, Availpro, etc).
When the website is delivered, training is provided to give you total freedom to modify the texts, photos, prices, seasons and pricing rules of the booking engine.
Our tailor-made services for bars and cafés
We're not just selling a "website", we're selling an entire complete digital experience tailored to the reality of a public house:
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Home page immersive: full-width photo, incisive slogan, call to action.
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Contact form or booking module synchronised with your diary, automatic reminder by email or SMS.
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Online shop The new website: an integrated e-commerce solution for coffee beans, cocktail boxes and gift cards.
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Filtered Google reviews we select your best reviews and present them in the most engaging way.
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Listing of your services happy hours, live concerts, Sunday brunch, sports broadcasts - each service is optimised to appear in Google Maps.
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Local referencing amplified: management of the Google Business Profile, hyper-geolocalised netlinking, optimisation of internal linking.
More pages? A blog section to share your cold brew recipes? A calendar of live events? Anything is possibleWe build your project like a barman composes a signature cocktail: with precision, creativity and a sense of showmanship.
