A SMARTER BOOKING STRATEGY FOR CARIBBEAN PROPERTIES
Build a booking strategy you own.
Use OTAs for reach while building direct-booking options, repeat-guest relationships and revenue channels you control.
Build a healthier mix of OTA and direct bookings
Hospitality experience since 2010
Over 15 years designing websites exclusively for hotels, guesthouses and villas across the region.
Built for Caribbean properties
Built specifically for Caribbean hospitality properties and payment methods.
Website ownership available
You hold the domain and hosting login outright, no agency lock-in.
Training and support included
Step-by-step training plus ongoing support after launch.
Trusted by Caribbean hospitality businesses
THE COST OF A WEAK BOOKING EXPERIENCE
Your property deserves more than another online listing.
Guests may discover your property on a booking platform, but your own website should give them the confidence and convenience to book directly.
Too dependent on booking platforms
Commissions reduce the value of every reservation and place another company between you and your guests.
Losing guests on mobile
A slow, confusing or outdated website makes it harder for interested travellers to complete their booking.
Waiting for enquiries
When guests cannot check availability or reserve easily, they may choose a property that makes booking simpler.
Every missed enquiry is revenue already earned, slipping to another platform.
Every difficult booking experience creates another opportunity for a guest to leave.
YOUR DIRECT-BOOKING FOUNDATION
Everything your property needs to look credible and take bookings online.
Your website should do more than display beautiful photographs. It should answer guests’ questions, build trust and guide them towards a completed reservation.
Mobile-first hotel website
Give guests a smooth browsing and booking experience on phones, tablets and computers.
Online reservations
Guests check availability and pay directly through a Caribbean payment gateway or PayPal, with Airbnb calendar sync to help prevent double bookings.
Property and room pages
Present your rooms, amenities, rates and policies clearly.
Your own branding
Create a memorable experience that reflects the character of your property.
Website ownership
Choose Build & Handover or Full Independence to own your website outright, content and direct guest relationship included.
Training and support
Learn how to manage essential content and receive support after launch.
SEE THE GUEST EXPERIENCE
The Direct Booking Journey
From discovering your rooms to confirming a booking, explore what your guests actually experience.
Discover the property
A guest lands on a page built around your property, not a generic template, real photos and real character from the first screen.
REAL PROPERTIES, REAL WEBSITES
Imagine your property here.
A look at real hospitality websites built and launched for Caribbean properties, across hotels, guesthouses, villas and resorts.
HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCE YOU CAN RELY ON
We understand how much depends on your website.
Running a hospitality property already demands your attention. Building a booking website should not add unnecessary complexity.
Since 2010, Vivid Consultant has helped hotels, villas, resorts and guesthouses create professional online experiences designed around their guests and business goals.
We guide you through the content, design and launch process so you are never left wondering what happens next.
Since 2010, Vivid Consultant has helped hotels, villas, resorts and guesthouses create professional online experiences designed around their guests and business goals.
We guide you through the content, design and launch process so you are never left wondering what happens next.
- Hospitality specialists since 2010
- Caribbean payment experience
- Training and support included
A REAL HOSPITALITY RESULT
A clearer direct-booking experience can change what your website contributes.
CLIENT RESULT
3× revenue in the first year
After launching a new booking website, Le Chateau Tobago reported that its revenue tripled during the first year.
“Joshua was an absolute pleasure to work with. He is knowledgeable, professional, and did a fantastic job creating a new booking website that tripled our revenue in the first year. I highly recommend him.”
Erin Santana · Property Manager, Le Chateau Tobago
“Vivid Consultant is absolutely the best. This team has a very professional yet relatable approach to dealing with and understanding our needs. Since our involvement with this company, our booking revenue has increased substantially.”
Nola Adams · Owner, Bayleaf Suites
“It definitely was a pleasure working with you on this project. Glad we can finally go live and make our dreams a reality for our wonderful customers.”
Marcsons Hotels and Resorts · Facebook, April 2023
A CLEAR PATH TO LAUNCH
Your booking website in three guided steps.
1. Choose your starting design
Review the available website styles and select the direction that best reflects your property.
2. Send us your property information
Provide your photographs, room details, amenities, rates, policies and booking requirements. We guide you through what is needed.
3. Launch and welcome direct bookings
We prepare, test and launch your website, then provide training and the agreed support.
Not sure whether the service fits your property? WhatsApp us first.
WHY THIS COSTS LESS THAN ASSEMBLING IT YOURSELF
How it stacks up against the alternatives
Assembling this yourself means a MotoPress licence, a theme, a page builder and a Caribbean payment gateway, plus the time to configure and test all of it together. Prices checked July 2026.
Lodgify | Little Hotelier | Cloudbeds | HotelRunner | Do it yourself | Booking-Ready Website | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Commission | 0-1.9% | 1% + fees | 0%, add-ons stack | 0.75-1.25% | 0% | 0%, always |
Monthly cost | $14-59 | $179-269+ | $100-1,000+ | $19.95-39.95+ | ~$34 licences | $0-547 by tier |
Website ownership | No, rented | No, rented | No, rented | No, rented | Yes, if you build it right | Yes, on request |
Caribbean payment support | No | No | No | No | You configure it | Built in |
Training | Not included | Onboarding only | Onboarding only | Not included | None | Included |
Direct guest relationship | Platform-dependent | Platform-dependent | Platform-dependent | Platform-dependent | Yours | Always yours |
YOUR DIRECT-BOOKING WEBSITE, READY FOR GUESTS
One flat price, however many rooms you run.
Every build runs on a proper hotel booking engine (property listings, live calendar, direct booking, Airbnb iCal sync) with a checkout built for how Caribbean guests actually pay: a Caribbean payment gateway processes each guest’s own local currency, with PayPal in USD alongside it for everyone else. Choose how you want to hold it below.
- Full booking engine: calendar, direct booking, Airbnb sync
- Professional template site, styled to your brand
- Caribbean payment gateway & PayPal checkout, configured and tested
- Performance and caching pre-tuned
- One round of training on managing bookings and rates
- Hosting and domain set up in your name; you hold the login
Build & Handover
Built once, handed to you outright. You bring your own MotoPress licence; no ongoing fee, no contract.
$1,497
one-off, Tier 1 (1-5 units)
- 6-10 units: $1,997 one-off
- 11-15 units: $2,497 one-off
- 16+ units: from $2,997 one-off
RECOMMENDED
Managed Partnership
We hold your MotoPress licence and handle hosting, updates and support while you stay. After your first 12 months, you also get your own booking dashboard to manage rates and reservations directly.
$147/mo
Tier 1 (1-5 units), $1,764 over 12 months
- 6-10 units: $197/mo
- 11-15 units: $247/mo
- 16+ units: from $297/mo
Full Independence + Support
Runs on your own MotoPress licence from day one, with a full year of our support included upfront.
$1,764
one-off, Tier 1 (1-5 units), first year of support included
- 6-10 units: $2,364
- 11-15 units: $2,964
- 16+ units: from $3,564
All prices in USD. Tier 4 is a starting point, not a ceiling; larger portfolios are quoted once scope is known. Build & Handover and Full Independence require your own MotoPress licence, purchased directly from MotoPress.
Compare the three paths at a glance
Build & Handover | Managed Partnership | Full Independence + Support | |
|---|---|---|---|
Upfront cost | From $1,497 | None | From $1,764 |
Ongoing cost | None | From $147/mo, locked at your tier | None (support optional after year 1, same rate) |
Software licence | Your own, direct from MotoPress | Included while active | Your own, direct from MotoPress |
Your access | Full, from day one | Booking dashboard from month 13 | Full, from day one |
Updates & support | Handover only | Included for as long as you stay | 1st year included |
Best suited for | Owners who want it done once | Owners who want it managed | Owners who want full control |
BOOK A TIME THAT WORKS
Book your free strategy call.
A focused 30-minute call to see a live demo, talk through your property and figure out together whether this is the right fit. Available Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00-4:00pm.
The Direct Booking Website Checklist
15 essentials, one checklist
15 things every hotel website needs to turn more visitors into guests.
- What every booking page needs above the fold
- The details guests check before they trust a direct booking
- Common mistakes that quietly send guests back to OTAs
We’ll only use this to send your checklist. No spam, unsubscribe any time.
QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Most properties launch within a few weeks of sending us photographs and property information. Build & Handover projects tend to move fastest since there’s no licence coordination involved; Full Independence adds a short activation step for your own MotoPress licence. We’ll confirm a specific timeline once we understand your property’s scope.
Yes. Checkout runs on a Caribbean payment gateway for guests paying in their local currency, and PayPal for guests paying in USD. There’s no forced currency conversion, and no commission taken from the booking.
With Build & Handover and Full Independence, yes, the website is yours outright from day one, with no ongoing fee. With Managed Partnership, we manage hosting, updates and support for your 12-month term, and you can move to full independence afterward.
It depends on the path you choose. Build & Handover and Full Independence are one-off payments with no ongoing fee. Managed Partnership runs on a 12-month term with a flat monthly rate covering hosting oversight, updates and support. There are no hidden charges beyond what’s agreed upfront.
It synchronises with Airbnb specifically through iCal calendar sync, which helps prevent double bookings. It is not a full multi-channel manager connecting to every OTA at once. If your property needs broader channel management, tell us and we’ll discuss what’s possible.
Every package includes initial post-launch support. Managed Partnership includes ongoing support, hosting oversight and rate changes for the full term. Full Independence includes a full year of support while you get settled on your own licence.
You’ll need clear photographs of your rooms and property, along with room details, amenities, rates, policies and booking requirements. We guide you through exactly what’s needed during the property information step, so nothing is left to guesswork.
Every website runs on MotoPress Hotel Booking, a dedicated booking engine built into your site. It replaces spreadsheets and manual tracking, and it does not connect to third-party property management systems. It does sync with Airbnb through iCal, so your calendar stays accurate across both.
Yes. If you already have a website, we review what’s there and rebuild it as a ready-to-launch booking website, carrying over the content that’s still relevant to your property.
Yes. Every launch includes training so you can manage essential content yourself, such as rates, photos and property details. For anything beyond that, ongoing support is available.
Give more guests a clear path to book directly.
Launch a professional booking website built around your property, your guests and your growth.
Tell us about your property and we will recommend the most suitable next step.