People decide with a phone in their hand and in about two minutes: what you serve, opening hours, photos, and whether they can book or order. Hiding the menu inside a PDF loses you exactly those two minutes.
The occasion matters more than the cuisine: weekday lunch, a birthday, the terrace, gluten free, a family Sunday. Each one is a separate search and deserves its own paragraph on the site.
A menu from two years ago costs more than no menu at all: the prices are wrong, half the dishes are gone and the impression is of a place that has closed. What is on the page has to be what is on the pass tonight.
Allergens and dietary options deserve a page, not a footnote. The person who has to check is usually the one choosing for the whole table, and a clear answer wins the whole group rather than one order.
Make direct booking obviously better. Same price and no fee is a start; a bottle on arrival, a later checkout or a discount for a second night is what actually moves somebody off a portal.
Answer the rural logistics. Distance to the nearest shop and pub, signal and broadband, parking, and an honest description of the access road: guests forgive a track, they do not forgive a surprise.
List what the price includes and what it does not. Heating, wood, linen and the end-of-stay cleaning fee cause more bad reviews than anything about the property itself.
State minimum stays and changeover days plainly. A two-night minimum in August and a Saturday changeover are normal, and burying them wastes the time of somebody who was ready to book.
Every booking taken through a portal costs fifteen per cent or more. The entire purpose of the website is to be the place where somebody who found you there books directly instead — and that only happens if booking direct is visibly easier and better.
What is included has to be spelled out. Heating, firewood, linen, towels and the cleaning charge at the end are the difference between a price that looks fair and one that feels like a trick.
The site exists to win the direct booking: a real reason to book here rather than through a portal, the rural practicalities answered, everything included listed, and a live calendar that matches reality.
The page that saves the commission is simple: the same nights, the same price, and something extra for booking direct.
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