Greyton is a popular holiday village in the Riviersonderend mountain range in the Western Cape South Africa. At the entrance to the village what was once a thriving tourism information office that existed on accommodation bookings commissions was pretty much bankrupt by Airbnb taking over most accommodation bookings in our village. Like many places in the world, houses were being bought by outsiders to put on Airbnb.<p>Significantly lower income for the tourist office meant it had to reduce its marketing activities for the village, offer shorter opening hours which affected the service it offers providing hiking & mountain biking maps and advice on routes, accommodation & events info & booking and helping many a traveler out who has run out of petrol (there is only one petrol station that is often empty, same story with ATMs)<p>We decided to make a Wordpress site in our spare time and we're pretty happy with it.<p>Take a look - would appreciate any comments, suggestions, insults, etc<p>https://greytontourism.com
Some quick feedback:<p>* The website is slow in general<p>* These links gives 404: <a href="https://greytontourism.com/directory-categories/food-drink/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://greytontourism.com/directory-categories/food-drink/</a> <a href="https://greytontourism.com/directory-categories/retail/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://greytontourism.com/directory-categories/retail/</a><p>* A link to the Admin dashboard is visible on some pages<p>* Your e-mail doesn't have a mailto link<p>* Your telephone doesn't have a tel link<p>* Your address doesn't have a map link<p>* Your search interface is very heavy<p>* The calendar for booking any accommodation is extremely slow and cumbersome. You will loose many of your potential bookings because of this. Always make it as easy as you possibly can for customers to spend their money. Don't get in their way.<p>* The green on white text is hard to read<p>The website design is nice and friendly, and inspires confidence. It seems like a nice town to visit!<p>WordPress is not a good platform for your goals, you will probably be better served by a normal HTML/CSS page and using Surreal CMS or similar for day-to-day updates.<p>Good luck!
What a chance!<p>Greyton was one of our favourite spots on the SA road trip.<p>I randomly picked some airbnb I liked on the route and that's how we ended up there.<p>We were surprised how charming little town we found. Sadly we didn't have time to stay longer.<p>I highly recommend it to anyone visiting South Africa and I recommend SA in general. Apart from like 3 spots we didn't feel unsafe. Top beaches, amazing wildlife, mountains, food, nice people. I would like to return some day and explore west coast more.