Creating a website for your bed and breakfast
You have two choices when comes the time to create a website for your bed and breakfast : the «do it yourself» option or the «hire a pro» option. Each options has advantages and disadvantages :
Do-it yourself bed and breakfast website
This option implies that you know how to create a website. If you don't, you will have to learn it. When creating a website, you need hosting, marketing, web design, web marketing, etc If you have the time, this option can be low-cost, which is often appealing to bed and breakfast owners who are on a tight budget.
The dangerous aspect of this option is to create a non-professional looking website that will harm your business more then it will help it. What is the point of having a website if nobody sees it and if those who see it don't like it?
My recommendation : choose this option if you know what you are doing and help yourself buy using the right tools like SiteBuildIt that lets you create a complete website very quickly, with a professional look and built in marketing solutions, including your domain name and hosting.
Hire a pro to design your bed and breakfast website
Hire a pro, even if this options is often seen as a very expensive one, can be very rewarding for your bed and breakfast. I say "seen as very expensive" because people still think that it will cost them 5000$ for a few pages website, when it is not the case. If you shop around a little, you will see very low prices.
The trick is to find the best price for the highest quality. I see so many companies who paid only 500$ for their website butwhat they received was hopeless. You have to make sure, when you hire someone, that they know a lot about Internet marketing as well as web design and usability. If the person only knows about web design, they will create a very nice looking website for your bed and breakfast but it will probably not work well in the search engines, which mean nobody will find your bed and breakfast on the web!
If you need help finding a professional to create your bed and breakfast website, do not hesitate to contact me at s.hetu@usa.net . I can put you in touch with someone in your area or help you choose the right person between a few companies you have received a quote from.
