One website for each place?

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One website for each place?

Post by allisaidwas »

Hello, I have just joined the site, and I am in the process of building a website for our place(s). My wife and I have a newly built villa in Mauritius and my sister-in-law has started a B & B right next door to the villa. We are trying to help her promote the B&B while also offering the B & B as 'overflow' for bigger groups in the villa.
My question is do I create a website for each place and put links to cross reference or 1 website for the villa with a page dedicated to the B&B?
It's been a dilemma already as to how to promote the two places as they have slightly different customer bases I feel, so any thoughts and advice would be very welcome.
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Post by SandyBeaches »

I think I would have two separate websites but reference the other one in each. So with the villa make a point of mentioning the B&B next door and put copious links everywhere, and the same from the B&B.
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Post by Casscat »

Hi allisaidwas and welcome! :D

I agree with the other two - develop separate and individually tailored web sites for each business as you are appealing to different markets but reference each other and offer links.
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Post by kevsboredagain »

+1

Unless they share common facilities, they should be separate. You can always save development costs by making one website first and using that as the template for the second one.
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Post by Bunny »

Casscat wrote:Hi allisaidwas and welcome! :D

I agree with the other two - develop separate and individually tailored web sites for each business as you are appealing to different markets but reference each other and offer links.
+1 I have two websites.
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Post by allisaidwas »

Thanks for the advice, I was leaning that way.
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Post by Vince »

+1 For two different websites. Imagine the problems if they thought they were renting one place and got the other by accident.
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