Vacation rental website template
Skip the template. Start from your own place.
A template is someone else's cabin with your photos dropped in. We start from your property and design outward.
The short answer
A vacation rental website template is a pre-designed layout with placeholder property pages, galleries and a booking area that an owner fills in with their own content. Templates are quick and cheap, but every owner using the same one ends up with the same site. The alternative is a custom build, which VacayDirect provides for a flat monthly fee rather than an agency project price.
Where templates fall short
The template itself is rarely the problem. The problem is the weekend you lose filling it in, the booking widget that doesn't quite fit the layout, and the blank blog that never gets a first post. A template gives you a starting line. Most owners need a finish line.
What we do instead
We take your current site or listing, extract the photos, copy, amenities and policies, and build a complete site from them. You review a finished preview rather than a blank canvas. If you like the look of a particular site, send it to us and we'll apply that direction to yours.
Questions
What owners ask us
Is a custom site more expensive than a template?
With us it's $99 a month with no setup fee, which is in the same range as template-based builders once you add their content and booking add-ons.
Do I own the site?
Yes. The site is a standalone codebase in its own repository. If you ever leave, we transfer it and the hosting to you.
Can I still choose the style?
Of course. Send us sites you admire, or let us propose a direction from your photos and location.
Let's get your place its own front door.
A 20-minute call. We'll look at your current site or listing, tell you what we'd build and answer anything. No pitch deck.