Holiday home, Walberswick, Suffolk

Walberswick Holidays

A direct booking system for a three-bedroom holiday home by the sea: live availability, nightly prices and secure online payments through Stripe, so guests book and pay without an agency in the middle.

Booking systemStripeOnline paymentsSEO
Visit the live site
walberswickholidays.com
BookingsDirectNo agency taking a cut
PaymentsStripeSecure card payments online
CalendarLiveDates block as soon as a stay is paid
The brief

What they needed

No.1 The Martins is a three-bedroom holiday home a short walk from the beach in Walberswick. The owners wanted guests to book direct: see what’s free, see the price and pay there and then, instead of going through an agency and losing a share of every stay.

  • Show live availability and nightly prices
  • Take payments online, with no invoices to chase
  • Stop double bookings
  • Be found by people searching for a holiday on the Suffolk coast
What we did

How we built it

Booking calendarTwo months of availability at a glance, with nightly prices, minimum stays and check-in times.
Stripe paymentsGuests pay by card through Stripe as they book. Money goes straight to the owners and confirmation emails go out automatically.
No double bookingsA stay is only confirmed once it’s paid, and its dates block straight away.
A little SEOAn SEO audit and 90-day plan, with page titles, descriptions and local content for Walberswick and Southwold searches.

The website

On a laptop and on a phone

walberswickholidays.com
Walberswick Holidays website, desktop
Walberswick Holidays website, phone
Availability. Two months at a glance, with nightly prices
Facilities. What guests want to know, up front
Guest reviews. Reviews close to the booking form
Results

What changed

67%Of bookings now made direct
£5,450Taken online through Stripe
+78%Organic search traffic

We have used SunnDeck for a couple of projects. Walberswick Holidays was the more involved one: we needed guests to see live availability and prices, book and pay securely online, and never be double-booked, all on a site that’s easy for us to run. SunnDeck were very responsive and forthcoming with ideas for the design and structure of the new website. The project ran smoothly and on schedule. Highly recommended.

Robert S., owner, No.1 The Martins

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