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Resorts and homestays · Website

Your own website is where a guest books without the app's fee, so make it bookable.

A website for a resort or homestay is the property's own site, where a guest sees every room, the food, the route and the rules, and books or enquires direct. GullySales builds it to open on a phone with a weak signal, gives it a booking or quick enquiry path, and keeps its facts in line with your listings.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What website means

A website is the page a customer lands on after searching, clicking an advert or scanning a code, and it decides whether they call or leave. GullySales builds and maintains sites that load quickly, explain the offer plainly and make the enquiry form or phone number easy to find.

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Sales and marketing for resorts and homestays, the overview.

Last updated 6 Oct 2026.

For resorts and homestays

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “A gallery with no way to book”

    Lovely photographs, then a contact page with an email address. The guest goes back to the app to book, and you pay the commission anyway.

  • “Rates that differ from the apps with no reason given”

    A guest sees one rate on your site and another on MakeMyTrip, and trusts neither. Decide what booking direct gives the guest and say it on the page.

  • “Built on a laptop, opened on a phone in a car”

    Guests plan on phones, sometimes from the highway. A video header and full-size photographs fail on that signal before the first room appears.

What we do

What we deliver for resorts and homestays.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A page per room or cottage

    Bed type, how many sleep there, the bathroom, the view, the steps to reach it, and photographs taken at the property.

    Result: A family with grandparents can see which cottage has no stairs.

  2. Booking engine or dated enquiry form

    A booking engine linked to your channel manager where you have one, or a short form for dates and guests that opens WhatsApp.

    Result: A direct booking is possible from any page.

  3. Food and meal-plan page

    What the plan includes, veg and non-veg, the cook's own dishes, and whether guests may bring their own food or drink.

    Result: Food questions are settled before the guest asks.

  4. House rules and policies in plain words

    Check-in times, pets, music after dark, alcohol, the ID needed at check-in, the advance and the cancellation terms.

    Result: Guests who book know what they agreed to.

  5. Speed for a hill-station signal

    Compressed images, no autoplay video at the top, and pages that work on a slow mobile connection.

    Result: The page opens for a guest planning from the road.

  6. Domain and hosting in the owner's name

    The domain and hosting registered to the property owner, with the logins held by you, not by the developer.

    Result: The site stays yours if you change agencies.

How the result is measured

  • Page load time
  • Bounce rate
  • Enquiries from the website

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

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What the page must show

What a guest checks on a resort or homestay website before paying an advance.

The room they will sleep in
Show each room or cottage on its own, with bed size, bathroom photographs and whether there are steps. Guests travelling with grandparents or toddlers decide on this.
How to get there, honestly
Give the drive time from the main city, the road in the rains, whether a sedan reaches the gate, and the map pin of the gate itself.
What the stay includes
State the meal plan, the activities that are free, the ones that cost extra, and whether the bonfire, plantation walk or pickup need booking ahead.
Proof that it is a real place
Show the state tourism registration where you hold one, links to recent guest reviews, and the host's name and photograph.
The advance and the cancellation terms
Say what advance is taken, by which payment method, and what happens if the guest cancels or a landslide closes the road. Vague terms stop a booking.
A way to ask at night
Put a WhatsApp button on every page with a message ready for dates and guests, and say when someone will reply.

Who it is for

This is written for these resorts and homestays.

  • Coffee and tea estate homestays
  • Jungle lodges near tiger reserves and national parks
  • Hill-station resorts and cottages
  • Beach cottages and villas in Goa, Gokarna and the Konkan coast
  • Heritage havelis and farm stays
  • Private villas rented as a whole
  • Backwater and lakeside stays
  • Wellness and ayurveda retreats

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the website work runs

  1. 1

    Confirm structure and content

    We agree the site's pages and content needs before design begins, drawing on website strategy where it exists.

  2. 2

    Design the site

    Every page is designed against your brand identity and checked for how it should convert a visitor.

  3. 3

    Build and test

    The site is developed and tested across devices and browsers before anything goes live.

  4. 4

    Load real content

    Actual copy, images and information about your business replace placeholder content before launch.

  5. 5

    Launch and hand over access

    The site goes live with domain, hosting and content management access clearly handed to you.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Do we need a website if Airbnb and Booking.com already list us?
Yes, if you want direct bookings and repeat guests. The apps own the guest relationship and set the order guests see you in. Your own site is where a returning guest books without a fee.
Can guests pay the advance on our own site?
Yes, through a payment gateway or a UPI link. Show the payment step clearly, send a receipt and keep the refund terms on the same page. Guests wary of fake homestay listings want to see exactly who they are paying.
Should the site also be in Hindi or the local language?
English covers most domestic and foreign travellers. Add a Hindi or regional page if your WhatsApp chats show guests asking in it, starting with the rooms, the route and the rules.
Our developer registered the domain. Does that matter?
Yes. Whoever holds the domain controls the site and the email on it. Ask for it to be moved to the owner's name and keep the login yourself, even if the developer still manages the site.
Ours is a family homestay, not a resort. Is this worth it for us?
Yes, if you want more direct bookings and fuller weekdays. A small property needs fewer pieces: a clean listing, a proper WhatsApp reply and a past-guest list. We can show which of those is missing before you spend anything.
Should we come off Airbnb and Booking.com?
No. The apps bring guests who would never find you otherwise. The aim is that a guest who already knows you books direct the second time, and that the apps fill the dates you cannot fill yourself.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.

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