A website that books your tours direct. Built for you, live in two weeks.
Site in a Suitcase is a complete website for your tour business: your booking flow wired in and tested on real phones, your copy written from your own answers, your name on everything. Your part takes about two hours. I do the rest.
3 founding builds at $499 $1,497 — when they're filled, the rate is gone.
- Works with FareHarbor, Peek Pro, Rezdy & Checkfront
- You own it outright
- You approve every page before launch
Viator takes 25% of every booking. Your website takes nothing.
Every guest who books you through Viator or GetYourGuide hands them a quarter of the ticket price — for travelers who searched for tours in your town and would have booked you directly, if your website had shown up and worked on their phone.
Your website is the only booking channel that never takes a cut. It just has to be good enough to do the job. That is the whole idea behind Site in a Suitcase.
Drag the sliders to your season and watch what the OTAs cost you.
The OTA tax, in your numbers
At a typical 25% commission:
- Paid to OTAs every year
- ~$20,600
- This website, once
- $499
That's 41 of these websites' worth of commission. Every single year.
Three steps. About two hours of your time.
Pack
Answer a guided questionnaire about your tours, your guests, your photos, and your booking setup. Finish it over one big coffee, or save and come back whenever.
Build
I build your site on a structure proven for tour businesses. Your copy is drafted from your own answers, and you review every word. Your FareHarbor booking flow gets wired in and tested on real phones.
Unpack
Your site goes live about two weeks after your questionnaire is done. You get a walkthrough, the keys, and a website you own outright. WordPress, your hosting, your name on everything.
Everything a tour business needs to take direct bookings.
Every page, done
Home, tour pages, about, reviews, and contact. Structured around your signature tour, because one tour drives most of your revenue.
Booking built in
FareHarbor "Check Availability" flows wired in and tested on the phones your guests actually book from. Other platforms link straight to your booking page.
Copy written for you
Tour descriptions, itineraries, and your story, drafted from your questionnaire answers in your voice. You approve every word before launch.
Search-ready structure
Clean headings, fast pages, and tour pages built for the searches travelers type right before they book.
Easy to update
Change a price, swap a photo, or add a tour without calling a developer. The parts you need to touch are simple. The rest is protected.
Yours, outright
WordPress on hosting in your name. No platform can lock you out, raise your rent, or hold your website hostage.
Meet Blue Ridge Paddle Co.
The demo is a complete build for a fictional paddle outfitter in Asheville — not a mockup, a real live site. Everything on it ships with yours: the booking flow, the tour pages, the itineraries, the reviews, the mobile menu.
Open it on your phone. Try to break it.
Every way to get a tour website, side by side.
No straw men. Here's honestly where each road leads.
| Feature | DIY builder Wix, Squarespace | A template you fill in | Custom agency build | Site in a Suitcase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs | $200–$400/yr, forever | $50–$300 + your time | Typically $5,000+ | $499, once |
| Who builds it | You, on weekends | You | Their team | Me, for you |
| Who writes the copy | You | You | Often costs extra | Written for you, from your answers |
| Booking flow tested on real phones | Only if you remember | No | You'd have to ask | Before every launch |
| Built around how tour guests book | Generic | Generic | If they know tours | It's the whole point |
| You own it | You rent it | Yes | Usually | Outright, in your name |
| Live in | Whenever you finish | Whenever you finish | Typically 2–3 months | About two weeks |
The honest caveat: if you want fully custom design, e-commerce, or a forty-page site, hire an agency — that's a different job. This is for tour operators who want the site that books, without the agency price or the DIY weekends.
Hi, I'm Alyssa.
Site in a Suitcase is built and run by me — the web designer behind Key Lime Web Design. There's no ticket queue and no account manager. I read your questionnaire, I build your site, I write your copy, I click your booking flow all the way through on a real phone, and when you email after launch, I'm the one who answers.
The founding cohort is small on purpose: 3 builds, each one done properly, each one earning the case studies this page doesn't have yet. That's the honest trade — you get the $1,497 build for $499, and I get the proof.
Want to hear a human first? Book a quick call.
One price. Packed with everything.
Complete website build: pages, copy, booking integration, launch. Nothing goes live until you've approved every page. Add the Safe Travels care plan for $39/mo and never think about updates, backups, or small edits again.
The ones everyone asks first.
Do I need FareHarbor?
No. FareHarbor gets the deepest integration, with availability checks right on your tour pages. Peek Pro, Rezdy, Checkfront, and others link guests straight to your booking page. And tours without online booking can use a built-in inquiry mode instead.
Why is the founding rate so much lower?
Site in a Suitcase is new, and the first 3 sites earn the case studies. Founding buyers get the complete build for $499 and lock in Safe Travels at $39/mo for life. Once the founding spots are filled, the price moves to $1,497.
Do I actually own the site?
Yes. It is WordPress, on hosting in your name, on your domain. If we never speak again after launch, you keep everything and it keeps working. No subscriptions required to keep your own website.
Ready to unpack?
3 founding builds at $499, regularly $1,497. A site launched now is booking direct before next season's calendar fills.
Not sure yet? Book a quick call and we'll figure out if it's a fit.