Editorial websites
for places worth
visiting.
We build careful, considered sites for guesthouses, wine farms, farm stalls and venues. Mobile-first, fast, easy to update. No templates that look like templates.
Pick a starting point.
We tailor from there.
Each template is a full, mobile-first site you can preview live. We fork it, swap in your brand, your words, your photos and you have a real website by the end of the week.
Where your bookings
come from.
Most guests find a place the same way: a search, a few reviews, then a look at the property's own site to size it up. A listing on someone else's platform can't do all of that for you.
A site of your own does what a listing never can:
- Guests find you on Google, not just buried in someone else's listing.
- Bookings come direct, so no platform skims 15 to 20 percent off every stay.
- A fast, clear site earns the trust that turns a browse into a booking.
- It reads the way your place actually feels, in your own words and photos.
Four weeks, give or take.
No surprises.
We don’t do six-month rebuilds or quote-on-quote rounds. We start from a template, tailor it to your place and ship a finished site within a month.
Chat & plan
A phone call or a few emails to start. We get a feel for what makes the place itself and figure out what the site needs to do.
Words & pictures
We write your copy so it sounds like you, then either use your photos or organise a local photographer.
Build
We fork the right template, swap in the brand, build the pages and hand you a staging link to react to.
Launch & care
We deploy to a free, fast host and stay on call for the first month. Edits are billed by the hour after that.
Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.
One price, one studio, one person to call. We handle the technical bits so you can stay focused on running your place.
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Your domain name
We register it, point it at the site, keep it renewing. You stay the owner.
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Email on your domain
hello@yourplace.co.za, set up to land in the inbox you already use.
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Words for every page
We write the copy with you, in your voice. You don't stare at a blank page.
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Photos sorted
Use your own, or we arrange a local photographer for the day.
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Fast, free hosting
We set up the hosting, the security certificate, the lot. No monthly bill.
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Found on Google
Set up properly from launch so the right people can actually find you.
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A month of free edits
Small tweaks after launch are on us. Wording, photos, a new rate.
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One person to call
No call centres, no support tickets. You message us, we answer.
Small place,
small studio.
Vlei Studio is a small studio in the Western Cape. We work with owner-run hospitality businesses across the Cape, the kind run by the people whose name is on the gate.
Every site we ship loads in under a second, scores 95+ on Lighthouse and is yours outright the day it goes live. No subscriptions, no platform lock-in, no monthly fees.
- Honest, project-based quotes. No subscriptions.
- Hosted free on Cloudflare or Netlify
- Mobile-first, fast, accessible by default
- You own everything: code, domain, content
Got a place worth
showing off?
Send a few lines about what you do and where you are. We reply within a day.