Draft preview — Early Media Group · not public · 16 Aug 2026
For retreat venues

Own your bookings.
Stop renting them.

A directory owns the search result, takes a cut of the booking, and keeps the relationship. We build the site that wins the booking directly — and the engine that keeps the off-season lit.


Who your site has to convince

Your customer is the host, not the guest.

Someone is deciding where to run their retreat. They want capacity, floor plans, what's actually included, proof that retreats have happened here before, and real availability — not a mood board. A site built to charm a holiday-maker doesn't close that person.

A listing can't close

A directory can put you in front of someone. It cannot answer the eleven practical questions between interest and a deposit. Your own site can — and it doesn't take a commission for doing it.

Dark weeks are the real cost

The number that matters isn't what a website costs. It's what one recovered off-season week is worth. For most venues that single booking pays for the whole build several times over.

Availability is not an add-on

Live availability into an inquiry or deposit flow is part of every build we do here, not an upsell. We integrate the tool you already use — OwnerRez, Hostfully, SquadTrip — rather than rebuilding it.

Pricing

Flat fees. No retainer. You own it.

One-time projects, published prices, and the keys handed over at the end. Not a site you rent for $1,990 a year and lose the day you stop paying.

The simple one

Essential

$1,800

one-time · 1–5 pages

A real, small, well-built site for a venue that mostly needs to look and read like itself.

  • Design and build, responsive, launched
  • The spaces, capacity, what's included
  • Inquiry form into your inbox
  • Handover kit — docs and training videos
From nothing at all

The Full Stay

from $5,800

one-time · 50/40/10 milestones
à la carte $7,300

No brand, no content, no site. Everything in The Lit Calendar, plus the identity and the words.

  • Positioning & story
  • Brand identity — logo, palette, type, voice
  • All site copy, written for the host who's deciding
  • Everything in The Lit Calendar
The itemized menu

Or buy only the piece you're missing.

The bundles above are just these, grouped, with about ten percent taken off for buying them together. If you only need one, buy one.

Positioning & story — your niche, your ideal host, the messaging$600
Brand identity — logo, palette, type, voice, mini guide$1,000
Content creation — site copy and starter articlesfrom $800
Website build — Essential, 1–5 pages$1,800
Website build — Signature, 6–10 pages$3,200
Website build — Bespoke, 10+ pagesquoted
Content migration — move and reformat what you have$500–$900
SEO / AI-answer setup — report only$500
SEO / AI-answer setup — report + setup$800
Marketing automation — inquiry to email nurture$1,000
Booking & availability integration — live calendar to inquiry or deposit$900
Handover kit — on every buildincluded
The terms, before you ask

Nothing here is a surprise later.

How you pay

50% deposit, 50% on launch — or 50/40/10 across milestones on the larger builds. Net 30. The deposit is non-refundable once work begins, which is the only way a flat price can stay a flat price.

Revisions and fixes

Two revision rounds on every deliverable, then a 14-day window after launch where anything broken gets fixed at no charge. After that it's $75/hour, and we'll tell you before the clock starts.

What you own

The site, the domain, the words, the photos, the booking tool, the email list — all in your own accounts, in your name. When we hand over, we hand over everything, including how to run it.

What you keep paying

Hosting, domain, your booking software, your email platform — billed to you directly by whoever provides them, at their price. We don't resell them and we don't mark them up.

Start with the free audit.

We score the site you have now — how findable it is, whether an AI can quote it, and whether it answers what a host needs to know before booking. Yours to keep either way.

2026 pricing, locked at signing.