The motels that end up with a great website fast almost always have one thing in common: they showed up ready. Not with everything figured out — that's our job — but with the raw material a designer actually needs. Here's the short pile to gather before the work starts. Get this together and you've cut the timeline in half.
Photos, first and most important
Nothing holds a build up like waiting on pictures. Before you start, get the core shots: the sign at dusk, one made-up room from the corner, the pool at golden hour, one detail that's only yours, and a clean shot of the bed. Our shot list keeps it to five, and a decent phone is plenty. Hand these over on day one.
The basics, written down
A short document beats a dozen scattered texts. Include:
- Exact name, address, and phone as you want them shown.
- Room types and what's in each — beds, amenities, roughly what they run.
- Policies — check-in and out, pets, cancellation, parking.
- What's nearby — the park, the exit, the lake, the fairgrounds, in plain words.
Your story, even rough
A few honest sentences about the place: who built it and when, who runs it now, what's original, why you keep it going. It doesn't need to be polished — we'll shape the words — but the truth has to come from you. That story is your best amenity, and we lean on it hard.
How you take bookings now
Tell us how reservations happen today — phone only, a booking engine, the apps — and whether you want to change that. If a new booking setup is part of the job, knowing early keeps the project moving.
You don't need to design anything or write anything polished. You need to hand over the truth about your motel, in photos and plain notes. We do the rest.
What you don't need to bring
You don't need a logo you paid for, a color scheme, or opinions about fonts. You don't need to know what pages the site should have. That's the part you're hiring out. Bring the real material — pictures, facts, story — and let the studio turn it into something that books rooms. If you want the full intake list for your property, just ask.