What Pages Does a Vacation Rental Website Need?
A guest opens your site on their phone. They want to know whether the cabin sleeps four, whether there’s a bedroom downstairs, and whether it’s free the weekend they’re looking at. If they can get those answers from the homepage and cabin page, your site is doing its job.
Most vacation rentals can start with a homepage, a page for what guests book, somewhere to check dates, a contact page, and clear booking terms. Several of those jobs can share a page. The best place to put something depends on how many places you rent and what guests need to compare.
Start with a menu that fits your property
For a single cabin, a simple menu could read Home · The Cabin · Location & Contact · Check Dates. Put the calendar and booking form on The Cabin, then send the Check Dates button straight to that part of the page. Keep a link to the booking terms in the footer and make the terms easy to reach from the form. The Cedar Hollow demo shows this kind of setup, with its Book Now button leading to the cabin page.
For a guesthouse with different rooms or a site with several villas, try Home · Rooms or Villas · Availability · Location & Contact. The Rooms or Villas page helps guests compare, and each option gets a detail page. A shared Availability page lets people start with dates if their trip is already fixed. In the Ocean Villa demo, guests can browse both villas and open a separate availability page.
Homepage
Use the first photo and a short line of text to tell guests what they’ve landed on. “Two holiday cottages near Whitby, each sleeping four” answers more than “Welcome to our little corner of the world.” Put View the Cottages or Check Dates nearby. If you rent several places, give each one a photo and a line that explains why someone might choose it. A couple can then skip straight to the smaller cottage, while a family can find the one with the garden.
The homepage can carry a few reviews and a quick introduction to the area. Save the full list of facilities and the details about beds for the accommodation page, where guests are ready to look at them.
Accommodation pages
Make one page for each place guests choose by name. Show the bedrooms, bathrooms, and living spaces. Put guest capacity, bed sizes, and any details that affect the stay close to the top. If one room is reached by stairs, give the layout plainly. If the outdoor space is shared, say who shares it.
An owner with four identical double rooms can describe the room type once, with the booking system tracking the number available. If one room has an entrance without steps or a different bed layout, give guests a way to choose it specifically. Each LodgeWP accommodation page has space for photos, room details, amenities, and a calendar with a booking form. See what goes on a LodgeWP accommodation page.
Availability and booking
With one rental, the calendar can live on the accommodation page so guests can check dates while the details are fresh in their minds. With several, a search across calendars can save them from opening each property one at a time. WP Booking System offers this through its Search Widget. See how the availability search works.
Use a label that tells the guest what will happen. Check Availability takes them to dates. Request to Book tells them you’ll review the request. Show the price and any fees before guests commit, and explain when they’ll know the stay is confirmed. Keep the main booking button easy to find on a phone.
Location and contact
Give guests enough information to judge the location before they book. Name the nearest town, explain how long it takes to get there by car or on foot, and mention anything that affects the trip. A line like “The last stretch is gravel and there are no streetlights” earns its space. Send access codes and any private arrival details directly to confirmed guests.
Put a contact form, email address, or phone number on the same page if you run one property. Tell guests when you usually reply. It helps someone who needs a quick answer decide whether to call or send a message.
Booking terms and common questions
Give your booking terms a permanent home and link to them near the booking form. Explain when payment is due, what happens if a guest cancels, and which house rules matter before they book. Put rules that could change someone’s choice on the accommodation page too. A guest bringing a dog should be able to find your pet policy without opening a separate document.
Add an FAQ if the same questions come up repeatedly. For one cabin, a short section on the cabin page may be enough. For a guesthouse, a shared FAQ can cover breakfast, parking, and arrival times. Keep facts that differ by room on the relevant room page.
What can wait until after launch?
A separate gallery is worth adding once you have enough photos to show guests something they haven’t already seen. An About page makes sense if your story is part of the stay, such as a farm run by the family that lives next door. A local guide is worth writing when you can give directions or advice a guest could actually use, like where to buy food after the village shop closes.
Before adding another page, ask someone to use the site to find a place for four people, check whether dogs can come, and see what a weekend would cost. If they have to ask you for an answer, put it on the page where they first went looking.
