More direct bookings. Less commission.
You built a place guests love coming back to. I help hotels, lodges and villas in Watamu get those guests to book with you directly, instead of handing 15–20% of every booking to Booking.com, Airbnb or an agent.
better enquiry-to-booking rate
Prawns Lake, a hospitality business in Watamu, had strong social engagement but few bookings. A funnel from social content to WhatsApp booking, with automated follow-up, improved their enquiry-to-booking rate by 60%.
Every booking through Booking.com costs you twice.
What you're tired of
Handing 15–20% of every booking to Booking.com, Airbnb or an agent
Never getting the guest's contact, so you can't invite them back next season without paying commission again
Quiet rooms in the low season while the platforms decide who sees you
A website that looks fine but almost never brings a direct booking
Competitors showing up first on Google Maps for 'hotels in Watamu'
Answering the same WhatsApp questions about rates and availability late into the night
What you actually want
Guests who find you on Google and book with you directly
A list of past guests you can invite back, without paying commission twice
Rooms that fill in the low season too, not only in peak season
A website that takes enquiries while you look after the guests already here
To know where every booking came from, so you stop guessing
You're a host, not a marketer.
You know your regulars by name and you care how every guest feels when they leave. You'd rather spend your time making their stay special than fighting algorithms, and that care is exactly what direct guests come back for. My job is to make sure they can find you and book you without a middleman.
A digital system built to fill your rooms directly.
I build conversion-focused hotel websites with integrated booking systems, local SEO foundations that put you on page 1 for 'hotels in Watamu', and content strategies that give travellers a reason to book with you directly. The goal: reduce your OTA dependency and grow your direct revenue.
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Not a generic package.
High-Performance Hotel Website
A mobile-first, fast-loading website built to convert visitors into enquiries. Includes room showcases, booking integration, gallery, and trust signals.
Local SEO for Watamu Hotels
Rank on Google for 'hotels in Watamu', 'beach lodges Watamu', 'best accommodation Watamu' and related searches tourists use before they travel.
Google Business Profile Optimisation
A fully optimised Google profile with photos, reviews strategy, and Q&A, so you appear prominently in Google Maps results.
Guest Review System (Google & Tripadvisor)
A QR card at reception and a WhatsApp message after checkout that take guests straight to your Google and Tripadvisor review pages. More recent reviews means better rankings and more trust.
Social Media → Bookings Funnel
Content strategy and posting that moves Instagram and Facebook followers from admiring your property to actually enquiring and booking.
Before working with Wanje, we were posting every day and getting likes but zero bookings from it. Within 90 days of launching our new website and funnel, our direct bookings increased by 70%.Prawns Lake, Manager, Watamu
Common questions
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Ready to grow your hotels & lodges business in Watamu?
Start with a free 20-minute digital audit. I'll show you exactly what's holding your business back online and what to fix first. No obligation.
Based in Watamu · Serving the Kenya Coast
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