DETAILS

Choose from the streamline option to fully bespoke

Exquisite websites delivered and maintained professionally by hospitality experts

Choosing a company to create a new website for your holiday accommodation is a big decision. There are so many web developers as well as DIY options out there. ACT Studios is a small, professional team that work closely with serious holiday accommodation owners to find a website solution that’s right for you (and your budget).

You can choose to have a completely bespoke website designed just for you. Or opt for our proven, hand-crafted, streamline design. Either way, we’ll deliver a website that looks fantastic, is easy to use (for both you and your guests) and drives direct bookings.

Website features:

  • Fully responsive, mobile-friendly web design
  • Branded with your colour choice, font style and logo
  • SSL certified – safe, secure and reliable
  • Easy and intuitive to use
  • You can edit the text and update the content
  • It’ll grow with your business – add more pages as required
  • You’ll own your domain name and professional email addresses

Including:

  • Booking software: embedded PMS (of your choice) so people can book and pay online
  • Guest reviews: we can add widgets or a feed so they stay current and build trust
  • Social media: links or a feed to your socials

Hosting, maintenance and support

  • 24 x 7 x 365 operations team and local customer support
  • Fast and reliable dedicated hosting
  • 256 bit security encryption
  • Weekly testing of your website’s performance, speed and appearance
  • Scheduled plug-in updates to ensure optimum performance

Add-on packages
You can choose to provide us with your own content and copywriting. But we also offer add-on packages to ensure the best results:

The Price

Prices start from £1095 + VAT /$1375 USD / €1275 EUROS for a streamline website for one property.

Bespoke websites will be quoted individually depending you the number of pages, design and feature requirements.

There is also a monthly fee payable that covers hosting, support and maintenance (detailed above) based on the size of your site (starting at £40+VAT per month).

What’s the difference between a Streamline website and a template one?

If you buy a DIY template website off-the-shelf (or use a free website builder included with your PMS) there is little or no flexibility. Plus it is up to you to add all of the content and photographs and try to get the colours right for you.

When you choose an ACT Studios streamline website, it’s different. Because it is all put together by an experienced, professional designer. And if you want to change the PMS software you use to take bookings, you can.

You tell us your font choice and colour preferences, and supply us with all the content for your website. That’s all the copywriting, images and text for the search engine optimisation (SEO) fields. We provide guidance on this.

Then we add in the content that you give us, carefully re-sizing and positioning images as required. That means that the design can be adapted to work with your material. There is some flexibility.

It’s this final touch that adds the magic.

Then our team thoroughly tests your website before putting it live; and ongoing, we continue to monitor and maintain its performance. Training material is provided so you can make tweaks and changes yourself going forward. Plus we’re still at the end of the phone if you need any help or want to add more pages to your website.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I get a business email set up to match the domain name?

Yes you can. Just let us know which ones you need and we will set them up. There is no extra charge for this.

Which PMS (Property Management Software) do your partner with?

In theory any PMS that has provides an embed code. We have built websites that use SuperControl, OwnerRez, Bookalet, Freetobook, Streamline VRS, InnStyle, Smoobu and more.

Can ACT Studios help me to set up my own PMS account?

No, this is something you will need to set time aside to do. Once you’ve done this, we ask for a login so that we can set up your availability calendar theme to match the design of your website. Then we take the HTML code and embed the availability calendar and booking pages to your website.

 

What’s the process if I ask ACT Studios to do the copywriting for me? Do you use AI?

We will spend time talking to you to find out who your target guest is and get to know a bit about you. That way we can ensure that the copywriting has the right tone and feel to both accurately represent you and appeal to your audience. During this process we look at your current listings, social media and other sources to gather all the required information. Then our experienced and skilled copywriters create the content for you. We don’t use AI or ChatGPT. Whilst it can have its uses, it’s not always accurate. And since Google’s March 2024 core algorithm update, sites made with AI generated content are being penalized. Our copywriters create content that is tailored to the holiday experience you offer and optimised for search engines.

 

Can I update the words on my website myself after it goes live?

Yes. We use WordPress to build your website and provide a training video showing you how to do this when your website goes live.

 

I’m not confident making changes to the website myself, can ACT Studios do this for me and is there a cost?

Yes we can make text changes for you. We don’t charge for small edits. However if whole pages of content need updating (and the SEO meta titles and descriptions as well), an hourly charge will apply.

 

Can I change the photographs on my website after it goes live?

You can (we will advice the image size and resolution to set to ensure your website’s speed and appearance isn’t affected), however we can also do this for you. Again there is no charge for replacing the odd image. But if you have have a complete re-shoot and want to replace all of the images, an hourly rate will apply.

If we want to host our website with someone else, can we?

Yes. Whilst we prefer to host the websites we design and build (that way we can ensure they are properly maintained and updated), if you want to switch to another hosting option you can. If you do, then any further website support required by the ACT Studios will be charged at an hourly rate.

Does the hosting and maintenance support include renewing the SSL certificate?

Yes it does.

Can I add more pages to my website after it goes live?

Yes. As your business evolves or your property portfolio grows we can add as many pages as required. Again an hourly rate is charged for the developers time.

What if there’s a problem with my website?

We have a UK-based technical support team who are available 7 days a week. Simply send an email to our suuport team and we will pick it up. Because we have an operations team, you have peace of mind that even if someone is out of office or on holiday, any issues will be addressed quickly.

If a technical issue occurs, how quickly will it be investigated?

Because we test websites weekly, the risk of any technical issues is reduced. However, should there be a problem we will always reply to your email within 24 hours and one of our team will be assigned do identify any issue and fix it.

Testimonials

Burlton Cottages

From start to finish NOTHING was too much trouble for ACT. Their photographer took amazing shots of all our facilities.

The new website was then created which was fresh, appealing, easy to use with all the right technical gizmo's (not my area of expertise) to ensure that it ranked well on search engines.
Guests love the website and I love it as it has everything I need on there to promote my cottages and I can make minor changes myself.
ACT listened and did exactly what I wanted. ]
A brilliant team. Thank you!

Rachel, Burlton Cottages

Luccombe Farm Holidays

We have been aware for a while that our website and photos looked very dated and have tried, unsuccessfully, to use a few people to update both aspects over the past few years. Until we came across ACT Studios. I can honestly say that they were by far the best people for the job – they ticked every single box and nothing was ever too much trouble; the photos taken of our cottages are stunning, their customer service is outstanding and the end result, our website, is better than we ever imagined. Jo and the team at ACT took everything we said from the start onboard - we would 100% recommend them and can’t thank them enough for creating such a beautiful website that we love!

Louisa, Luccombe Farm Holidays

Cae Madog Barn

We had had our website for several years and it was looking, to be frank, very tired. We researched a suitable Company to work with to reinvigorate our site and bring it into the 21st Century and are delighted with our choice of ACT Studios!

ACT Studios has created a website that has given life to our aspirations and ideas, as well as injecting many brilliant touches that we hadn't thought of. From the first contact they have listened, advised and encouraged us to present our holiday property to its best advantage. The ability of ACT Studios to showcase a property to best appeal to its target market has been a masterclass in excellence.

Gemma & Simon, Cae Madog Barn

Upper Rectory Farm Cottages

A big thank you to ACT Studios! We asked them to do the impossible. We gave them the job of designing a website to explain - without boring the pants off everyone - how our multiple cottages with multiple combinations of rooms can work for any number of guests from 2 to 28, starting on any day of the week! They'll never do it we thought, as over the last 20 years many web designers have said yes, no problem, gone away, scratched their heads, shuffled back and admitted defeat. ACT is made of stronger stuff than that! They looked. They listened. They photographed - a lot. They questioned. They tried things out. They went back to the drawing board. They emailed - a lot. They chatted. Then, ta-daa!
A new and shiny website had been created! Thank you ACT for advice, encouragement and understanding all the background issues at the time. Thank you Marcin for the photos - those night shots are fantastic!
Thank you to the whole ACT team for your endless patience and steely determination to get to grips with the complexity of it all. Thank you Jo and all the other people in the office for more advice and backup. We are very grateful to ACT who produced a beautiful website to our very demanding specifications.
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Jean Corbett, Upper Rectory Farm Cottages

Sextons Place

I came to ACT Studios not really knowing exactly what I wanted, but from the very start they listened to my ideas and went on to create a website which far exceeded my hopes and expectations.
Every member of the team has such an in-depth knowledge of their subject matter and they were always on hand to provide guidance and advice in the most patient and kind manner, which made for a very enjoyable experience.
They will tell you that they're not happy with the end result until you are, and it's true. I am hugely grateful for all the time and effort they put into making my website and one that I am extremely proud of. Thank you to everyone at ACT Studios, your service is without fault and I cannot recommend you highly enough to anyone thinking about creating their own website.
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Ilonka Lenzen, Sextons Place