Larch & Alder

A website that turns lookers into direct bookings, without paying commission on every night.

Larch & Alder is a warm, colourful website for owners of cabins, cottages, B&Bs and small inns. Every stay gets its own colour room, so your site feels like walking through your place, not scrolling a listing. It's designed to look premium with your own everyday photos, not only professional shoots.

How guests book

Guests send an enquiry with their dates, stay and number of guests, or follow your own booking link. Choose once for the whole site, or give one stay its own booking link.

Built for small stays

• Colour rooms: each stay has its own colour, from the hero to its own page

• Stay pages with photo gallery, at a glance facts, seasonal rates and house rules

• Stays page with filters for guests and pets

• The area: places nearby, travel times and how to get there

• Guest guide: arrival, rules and local tips, hidden from search engines

• A "why book direct" block to win guests from listing sites

What's included

• 9 pages: Home, Stays, Stay, The area, About, FAQ, Book, Guest guide and 404

• Add a stay once in the CMS and it appears across your site

• Change colours and fonts once, and they update everywhere

• Layouts for desktop, tablet and phone

• Works for one stay too, with a guide for setting it up

• Step-by-step guides written for Framer beginners

Good to know

• There's no live availability calendar or online payment: guests enquire or use your booking link

• Works with any booking service that gives you a link to your booking page

• Connect the form to your email before going live. On Framer's Free plan it sends to one address

• Demo photos are placeholders to replace with your own

• Uses 2 CMS collections: Stays and Places