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From first impression to a real visit

Hospitality websites.
Help people picture the visit.

A hospitality website needs to make the place feel real and make the practical details easy to find. I build websites that combine genuine imagery with clear room, food, location and booking information, so visitors can decide what to do next.

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Sam Jay Heaton, web designer and full-stack developer in WiganSam Jay Heaton
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Show the experience without hiding the essentials

Good photographs can communicate a room, a view or a meal quickly. The content still needs to answer practical questions: what is offered, when it is available, how to get there and how to book or enquire.

I plan the imagery and page structure together. Visitors on a phone should be able to find a menu, contact route or booking link without working through a long animation or oversized gallery first.

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Make the booking route understandable

Some businesses use an established accommodation or table-booking service; others need a straightforward enquiry route. I review the actual provider’s link, embed or integration options and make the journey clear within the agreed scope.

Availability, payment and cancellation information must reflect the business and the booking system’s real arrangements. A website should not imply an instant confirmed booking when the process is actually an enquiry awaiting a reply.

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Use genuine work and useful search content

My portfolio includes The Lookout Bequia and Henry’s Smokehouse, giving relevant examples of accommodation and restaurant presentation. Their websites should be shown with genuine captures and client imagery, with each story limited to the work and facts we can verify.

Search content can explain the accommodation, food, location and visitor questions in useful detail. It should avoid invented awards, ratings or facilities. Seasonal changes also need a practical editing and maintenance process.

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A website you can keep current

Business website builds start from £800 plus VAT for an agreed scope, including design, development, on-page SEO and twelve months of website and email hosting. WordPress builds include the managed Pro toolkit; specialist booking services and subscriptions are identified separately.

Tell me what guests need to know, which booking tools you use and which photographs are available. We can plan the right pages and a straightforward way to keep menus, offers or accommodation information accurate after launch.

  • Genuine accommodation, venue and food imagery
  • Menus, facilities and visitor information
  • Clear booking or enquiry routes
  • Search foundations and ongoing content support

A clear starting point

From £800

Plus VAT · per project

  • Website design and development
  • On-page SEO foundations
  • 12 months website and email hosting
  • Managed Pro toolkit on WordPress builds
  • Compatible AI/MCP connection setup as agreed

Starting price for an agreed business website scope. Larger content, bespoke software and external subscriptions are quoted separately.

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Relevant work

Real briefs.
Different starting points.

The case studies explain the brief, the website and my role. Starting prices describe the service offer, not what an individual client paid.

The Lookout Bequia desktop homepage with a beach backdrop and apartment enquiry routes

Hospitality & holiday accommodation

The Lookout Bequia

An island stay. A personal welcome.

Two apartments, remarkable sea views and hosts who know their island. For The Lookout Bequia, I brought the accommodation, the practical details and the people behind the welcome into one connected website.

  • Web Design
  • Web Development
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Henry’s Smokehouse desktop homepage with bold Texas barbecue branding

Hospitality, food & e-commerce

Henry’s Smokehouse

Real fire. A website with character.

Henry’s is a family-owned Texas-style smokehouse in Lancashire. I brought its bold personality, restaurant experience, catering offer and smokehouse store together in a website that gives each customer a clear route.

  • Web Design
  • Web Development
  • E-Commerce
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Before we get started

Good questions.
Straight answers.

Can you integrate our booking provider?

I check the provider’s supported links, embeds or API options before agreeing the integration.

Can you keep menus and seasonal content updated?

I can provide suitable editing arrangements or agreed ongoing support, depending on how you want to manage the site.

One person to talk it through with

Your next move.
Let’s work it out.

A first website, a search problem or a system that needs to work harder. Tell me what you want to achieve.

Tell me about your business

Good things start with a conversation

Your next good
idea starts here.

Tell me about your business, your goals and what you need your website to do. I’ll help you work out the next step, from a first build to improvements and ongoing care.

07759 829 208[email protected]4 Bridgeman Terrace, Wigan,
Greater Manchester, WN1 1SX

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