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Few months late but if still wondering the plugin Really Simple SSL makes switching to https:// very simple (just requires a properly installed SSL certificate). https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-simple-ssl/ All websites really should be fully https now especially given how cheap (or free...

A bit late seeing this, but I recommend HawkHost for cheap but fast & reliable hosting. Black Friday through Cyber Monday is generally the best time to buy with recurring discount of at least 50%. This year is 55% which gets you hosting for as little as $32.29 for two years...

As others suggested using airbnb to take all online reservations would likely be good enough although to maximize occupancy I would definitely still have a website so you can also be found easily through search engines. If you want to consider other options: ThinkReservations is $10/room per...

I did recommend spending a little to have a designer take a theme that is relatively close but putting their own personal touch on it. However, for someone who can only put in a minimal investment of say under $100 taking a good hotel theme and simply changing out the content can result in a...

$5,000 is very reasonable for a really nice site with a decent amount of custom design/features as that requires a good amount of time and expertise to do. One of the more well known lodging website design companies starts around $25,000 for some perspective (not in any way recommending that...

Their website is quite limited, yes. Their documentation is located at https://secure.thinkreservations.com/help. One of the benefits with ThinkReservations is that they are a lot more involved. They will do demos of their system through screensharing and then do training sessions with you...

We are in the process of switching to Think Reservations and expect to go live within the next few days. We were mostly looking at them and ResKey. While you can access the credit card number to process manually with ResKey, that is not possible in Think Reservations. However, in our case we...

Yes it is custom. It is not difficult for a web developer to make something like that though. Personally I use slider plugins for WordPress and then customize them to accomplish this layout or whatever I am looking for at the time. This still requires knowledge of HTML & CSS to do though. A...

I don't think they were doing responsive until relatively recently. This site is using WPtouch, converting the site to a mobile theme when a mobile device is detected.

That website was designed by White Stone Marketing as you can see in the footer if you scroll to the bottom of the page. They design custom Wordpress sites, so it did not start from any theme you could buy. edit.. Looks like someone else beat me to it by a few seconds :)

There is little reason to believe it was related to either Shutterfly or KMart. I'd suspect a site you have used in the past got hacked recently much more than your e-mail address being sold. Hacks are very common these days. I started using my own domain @[myname].net with a ton of e-mail...

You probably won't make much money, if any, directly from listings on BBOnline or BnBFinder. Personally our biggest benefits from these two sites are: BBOnline: Ability to insert your own links back to your site within your listing. Having links from bigger sites helps with SEO (Search Engine...

We don't get all that many bookings on their site, most click through to our website and book through us. However, we do get a good amount of reservations from the sites they send our availability to after we sync with them. I don't think it should be too difficult to set up an alternative...

Is anyone aware of any online booking engine or software that syncs availability with b&b.com other than their own products (Webervations & RezOvation)? Up until about a year ago we were happy enough with Webervations to continue using it. Our only major complaint was no mobile version, so on...

Microsoft Security Essentials was quite good many years ago. But now it is really poor software and I strongly recommend replacing it as it does not provide adequate protection.