Direct Booking · Website Design
Designing a direct-booking website for a Grenada rental
Start with who lands at Maurice Bishop International Airport. Grenada Tourism Authority figures put 2025 at 186,395 stay-over visitors, 4.4% fewer than in 2024, and 101,271 of them were American, more than half of everyone who spent a night on the island. Britain sent 27,026. This year is running ahead: January to August 2026 brought 140,602 stay-over arrivals, 9.9% up on the same months of 2025, and 75,117 of them came from the United States. So a Grenada direct-booking website is written first for an American choosing a winter week, then for the British, Caribbean and Canadian guests behind them, and every design decision below follows that order.
Who a Grenada site speaks to, and in which currency
English is Grenada's official language, and the Tourism Authority's visitor FAQ adds only that you'll hear French-African Patois spoken. Your guests read English too. A fuller split from the authority's 2019 figures had the United States at 47.0%, the wider Caribbean at 18.2%, the UK at 15.8%, Canada at 11.0% and Germany at 1.6%, which makes a German or French edition hard to justify. If you add a second edition, make it British: an en-GB version, linked by hreflang tags, with pounds, UK spelling and the London routes, so a search from Manchester lands on prices it understands. Charge in one currency, usually US dollars, and say so beside the price. The island's own money is the Eastern Caribbean dollar, the US dollar is accepted, and the FAQ quotes banks at EC$2.67 to US$1.00 for cash, so a small EC$ line helps regional guests who budget that way. Americans also expect the total up front: since May 12, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission's fee rule has required US hotel and short-term rental adverts to lead with a price that includes every mandatory fee, with any tax left outside it shown before payment. A Grenada villa that quotes the same way feels familiar to the largest market it has.
What a Grenada site must show, and who checks it
The Grenada Tourism Authority licenses tourism businesses in three categories (accommodation, tourist vendors, and enterprises such as taxis, tour operators and car rentals) and takes first-time and renewal applications online. Its licensing page says nothing about showing the licence on adverts, but put your accommodation licence status in the site footer and on each property page anyway; it's the one line a cautious guest, a platform or an answer engine can quote. Tax belongs to the Inland Revenue Department: confirm how VAT applies to your rental, state whether the nightly rate includes it, and fold it into the total before the payment step. The authority's FAQ tells visitors that most hotels add a 10% service charge, so guests arrive expecting extras; if you charge one, show it in the first quote, and if you don't, say that too. Write cancellation terms as dated steps, with a separate clause for named storms, a fair question for any Grenada stay since Hurricane Beryl. Grenada enacted the Data Protection Act, 2023: name it in your privacy policy, and hold analytics and ad pixels until the guest agrees to them. Have a Grenadian attorney and accountant confirm all of it for your property before launch.
Pages and photos that sell Grenada
Give each place guests search by name its own page: Grand Anse, Morne Rouge, Lance aux Épines, True Blue, St. George's and the Carenage, Gouyave on the west coast, and Carriacou with Petite Martinique. Each one states the minutes on foot to the sand, the drive to the airport and to St. George's, and what's within walking distance. Those numbers are the raw material for SEO and AI search alike, so measure them once and repeat them exactly. A getting-here page earns its place because Grenada's airlift changes with the season: Delta, for one, scheduled a daily Atlanta nonstop from December 20, 2025 to April 12, 2026, so date every route you list and recheck it each autumn. Add a driving section, since traffic keeps left and a visitor needs a local permit, issued for EC$60 by the traffic department at the Central Police Station on the Carenage. In the photo set, lead with the pool and the view toward St. George's or the Grand Anse arc, then show what backs the house up in storm season, the generator and the water storage, and caption the air conditioning room by room.