Create a direct-booking website for one property or your whole portfolio, without a web designer. Guests book and pay on your site, with no OTA commission.
Go to Marketing → Web Studio and click + Create New Site. The wizard walks you through Guests, Tone, Languages, Style, Listings, Details and a final Review. Each step has Skip, I'll set this later.
1. Guests
Who stays with you: Couples, Families, Business, Groups, Lifestyle or Mixed. This shapes the texts and layout.
2. Tone
How the site talks: Luxury, Warm, Friendly or Minimal.
3. Languages
Pick the languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Indonesian, Chinese. The starred one is the main language. Tick Auto-detect visitor language to show each visitor their own language. Click Continue.
4. Style (Look & Feel)
A style preset: Minimal (clean and precise), Warm (inviting and soft), Bold (high contrast) or Airy (light and spacious).
Your primary colour.
A font pairing: Playfair (classic and luxury), Poppins (friendly and modern), Inter (clean and neutral) or Cormorant (editorial).
5. Listings
Pick the properties and rooms to feature: one for a dedicated property site, several for a portfolio. Search or filter by tags.
6. Details
Website Title and Website URL. Your site gets a free address ending in .elev8-stays.com; click Check to see if it's free. Have your own domain? Tick I have my own domain.
Logo and Favicon.
Hero Media: the big image at the top, as a Carousel, a Static photo or a Video. Add JPG or PNG photos.
Contact: phone/WhatsApp and email.
Reviews: pick the reviews to show on the home page and reviews page. Filter by channel, newest first, or only reviews with a written comment.
SEO & AI Search: the title and description shown in Google and AI search. They're pre-filled for you; click Suggest with AI for a new version. Add a social share image (1200 × 630) and keywords.
Legal & Privacy: your company name, VAT or registration number, address and privacy email. Elev8 creates the legal notice (Impressum) and cookie policy; paste your own text if you prefer.
Analytics & Tracking: add Google Analytics or other tracking with its ID, or paste custom code for the page head or body.
Tip: the SEO title and description matter most. Name the town and what makes the property special, for example "Family villa with pool in Canggu, 5 min to the beach".