Discover Lefkada
Places to stay visited in person, beaches and experiences, in a guide that sells travel advice.
Context
TravelAnyone looking for a place to stay on Lefkada finds the offers scattered across several booking platforms, all of them with the same generic listings. The questions that actually decide the choice — which beach is close, how you get there on that particular road, which property really suits you — went unanswered, and the local hosts only reached the visitor through a middleman. It had to be a selection made by someone who knows the island, with availability visible and a direct road to the host.
Architecture
The selection is made by a host who lives on the island all year, not pulled in from an aggregator.
The questions that decide the choice — which beach is close, how you get there on that road — only have an answer if somebody has been there.
Every property has its own calendar, visible before a request.
The visitor no longer sends a request for a period already taken, so nobody waits on an answer for nothing.
The request goes straight to the host, on the channel she actually uses.
The local host reaches the visitor with no middleman, so without his commission and his rules.
What I built
Stays chosen by a local host
Every property in the “Stay” section is described by a host who lives on the island all year, not pulled in automatically from an aggregator.
Availability calendar per property
Every stay in the list has its own availability calendar, visible before you send a request.
A guide to the beaches
The “Beaches” section lays out a list of the island's beaches, with notes on access and the kind of shore.
Direct contact, no middleman
Requests for a stay or for advice go straight to the host, on WhatsApp, on Instagram or through the contact form.
How it looks
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Result
- The offers scattered across several platforms, all with the same generic listings.
- The middleman between the local host and the visitor.
- Each property's availability is visible before a request is sent.
- The guide to the beaches answers the questions of access and kind of shore, on the same site as the stays.
- Requests reach the host directly, on WhatsApp, on Instagram or through the form.
- Stay requests come in through the site steadily.
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