Websites for inns, B&Bs, hotels and resorts | SiteValet » Uncategorized http://www.sitevalet.com Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:55:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Small Hotels: Expenses Rising Faster Than Revenuehttp://www.sitevalet.com/blog/small-hotels-expenses/ http://www.sitevalet.com/blog/small-hotels-expenses/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:52:58 +0000 davehyndman http://sitevalet.com/?p=671 Fort Lauderdale’s Sun Sentinel has a story on how revenue at small hotels is not keeping up with expenses.

dollarsWhen times get tough (even when times are good) it’s critical to invest money where it will help your business. But as this article makes clear, you don’t want to be spending more than you should. Uncontrollable items like property taxes and huge cable TV bills make it all the more important to make smart decisions in areas where you’re in control of what you spend and what you get.

We created SiteValet with this in mind:

  • We think your website is absolutely critical to your business and you shouldn’t simply be getting by on “I already have a website,” when that website is outdated and ineffective.
  • But you also shouldn’t be wasting thousands of dollars on custom website design and development. The return on that investment is just too questionable.

We give you a great, modern, effective website that’s better than most custom sites. And instead of charging thousands of dollars, we charge a low monthly fee and no up-front costs.

Spend smart!

]]> http://www.sitevalet.com/blog/small-hotels-expenses/feed/ 1 The Guardian (UK) on the State of Restaurant Websiteshttp://www.sitevalet.com/blog/guardian-restaurant-websites/ http://www.sitevalet.com/blog/guardian-restaurant-websites/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 18:02:42 +0000 davehyndman http://www.sitevalet.com/?p=556 Tony Naylor has a good article up on The Guardian about the poor state of restaurant websites. Many of his complaints and his feedback apply equally to the websites of inns, B&Bs and hotels.

Rare is the restaurant that doesn’t have a website these days. Even rarer is finding a good one.

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More damaging, to my mind, are websites which whether by omission or clunky design lack basic information.

Other problems he discusses include:

  • lack of clean, logical overall design
  • use of gimmicks like background music
  • lack of interesting, fresh content (particularly blogs)

I’ve given my thoughts on some of these problems in this series of posts.

If you read the article, be sure to read through the comments to get an idea of how certain things on websites can really irritate your site’s visitors.

]]> http://www.sitevalet.com/blog/guardian-restaurant-websites/feed/ 0 "And when you have a choice between using the product of a small company or a large one, give the small one a chance."http://www.sitevalet.com/blog/smallcompanies/ http://www.sitevalet.com/blog/smallcompanies/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:19:15 +0000 davehyndman http://www.sitevalet.com/?p=331

And when you have a choice between using the product of a small company or a large one, give the small one a chance. This helps protect choice and diversity. And if someone creates something new, and they are not working for a big company, celebrate that, make them famous, make sure everyone knows. The myth is that the only new stuff comes from big companies. That’s never been true. The only way to change that is to make sure people hear about the new stuff that comes from individuals.

A great quote from Internet pioneer, Dave Winer.

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