A cabin rental website, from the track in to the fire
People booking a cabin are after a particular kind of break: privacy, a wood burner, a hot tub with a view, the woods right outside. Before paying they want to know how much of the next cabin they’ll see, whether the track is fine in winter and what’s inside — and on a listings site every cabin sits in the same grid of photos.
Forest tells a getaway at your cabins in six of your photos: the cabins among the trees in the morning, four moments — arriving at the porch, inside with the bed or the fire, the afternoon on the deck, the sunset — and a cabin lit up at night. From each photo comes an image with volume, and the colour of its light follows its moment’s hour.
At the end comes the booking card, with your nightly rate, arrival time, a typical stay and how many each cabin sleeps, and a button to your booking system, which carries on handling availability, payments and cancellations.
What your site shows
The cabins at first light
The opening is your photo of the cabins seen from the track just after dawn: among the trees, by the river or on the hillside. Your name and headline go over it, with a sentence on what people look for before anything else — how many cabins, for how many people, and where.
Up to the porch
Moment one is the porch of a cabin, or the track up to it. Say how arrival works: what time, who meets guests or where the keys are, where the car stays and how far bags have to be carried.
By the fire
The photo from inside: the bed facing the window, the wood burner lit. In the text, what each cabin has — a bathroom, a kitchen or a breakfast basket, heating — and what it doesn’t, like a television or phone signal.
Afternoon on the deck
Third photo: the deck, the hot tub or the hammock mid-afternoon. Say whether the hot tub is private, inside or out, how warm it’s kept and whether it runs all year.
Sunset from the cabin
The fourth moment is the view from the cabin as the sun sets; give it a sunset hour and its light turns golden. Tell how the day ends: supper on the porch, the fire, how little you can hear.
A cabin lit up
The booking card rests on your last photo, a cabin with its lights on among the darkened trees: rate per night, arrival time, your usual length of stay and the number each cabin sleeps. The button opens your booking system or your listing, and whatever you leave blank stays hidden.
Have this ready
- Six photos, every one required: the cabins from outside in the morning, the track or porch, the inside, the deck or hot tub in the afternoon, the view at sunset and a cabin lit at night. Best if the long side measures 1,600 px or more.
- The name and a short tagline, which open the site and give the page its title.
- A sentence or two on how many cabins you have, who they suit — couples, families — and where they are.
- What each cabin has and hasn’t: bathroom, kitchen, fire, hot tub, wifi, signal.
- Four moments of the getaway, each with its hour, its title and a few sentences.
- For the card: nightly rate, arrival time, your usual length of stay and how many each cabin sleeps.
- Your booking link: your booking system, your listing on a rental site, or a Stripe payment link for the deposit.
- A few lines on who welcomes guests, for the footer, and your details for the legal notice: name, tax number, address and email.
Worth knowing
Privacy, in words
A couple booking a cabin wants to know who can see them. Say how far apart the cabins are, whether any share a view or a hot tub and what’s communal. If two cabins can see each other, better they read it on your site than find it when they open the door.
The track in winter
If there’s snow or ice some months, say so in the arrival moment: whether the track is paved, whether chains or a high car are needed, where to park when you can’t drive up. It saves a worried phone call on a January evening.
The hot tub, explained
If there’s a hot tub or a wood-fired bath, explain how it works: always hot or heated on arrival, how long that takes, until what time it can be used. If it’s the reason for the trip, nobody should get a surprise.
From inside, towards the woods
For the inside photo, shoot from the door with the bed or the fire in front and the window beyond, trees outside. Depth shows as soon as there’s something near and something far; a timber wall shot head-on comes out nearly flat.
Questions
- Can I give each cabin a moment of its own?
- Yes. The four moments can show four different cabins, each with its photo, hour and text, and each cabin’s rate inside its text. The card carries the cheapest; its button opens the page where guests choose.
- Can the site show the cabin in 360 degrees?
- No. Each photo gains depth, but it can’t be turned or looked around in: people see what the photo shows. If you have a 360° tour, link it from the footer under whatever name you like.
- Can I have winter and summer photos?
- One set of six at a time. When the season turns, open the wizard in the same browser, swap the photos that need it — snow for green, the fire for the deck — and download the site again; each new photo’s 3D is made on the spot, and there’s nothing more to pay.
- Can guests pay the deposit on the site?
- The button can open a Stripe payment link for the deposit. A payment link doesn’t know the dates or the cabin, though: if you take bookings that way, confirm the dates yourself before or after the payment.
- I only have one cabin. Is it still worth it?
- Yes. With one cabin the four moments tell a whole day in it: arriving, inside, the afternoon, the sunset. The card carries its rate and how many it sleeps.