RJJalosjos

in the Philippines

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A travel consultant's website

A personal site that turns visitors into inquiries, with every inquiry landing in a tracked, protected sheet.

For
A travel consultant in the Philippines
My part
Design, build, hosting and email, end to end
Status
Completed
Year
2026
An illustration of how it works, not the client's real screen.

The problem

A travel consultant had two goals: get booking clients and recruit new affiliates. Inquiries came through social media messages, which are easy to lose and hard to follow up on. And a website couldn’t come with a monthly bill.

How it works, in 5 parts

  1. A visitor reads

    One fast page that explains who the consultant is, what they book, and how affiliates earn.

  2. They send an inquiry

    A short form with a consent tick box and a plain privacy notice.

  3. Saved to a sheet

    Apps Script writes the inquiry to a protected Google Sheet with a status column (new, contacted, booked).

  4. An email goes out

    The consultant gets a formatted notice, with reply-to set to the visitor.

  5. Follow up

    Only Status and Notes can be edited, so nobody breaks the record by accident.

What I built

A one-page site, designed and built from scratch, that explains what the consultant does and makes inquiring easy. The form saves every inquiry to a protected Google Sheet with a status for each lead, and emails the consultant straight away. The site runs on Cloudflare’s free hosting with its own domain and email address, so the only cost is the domain, about ten US dollars a year.

The hard parts

Design that doesn’t look like a template. We went through nine design versions. Some were too editorial, some too busy, some looked like every other travel site. The final one is bright and photo-led and actually looks like the person behind it.

Small details that make it trustworthy. HTTPS everywhere, a Data Privacy Act notice, a consent box, and a sheet where only the status and notes can be edited.

Where it is now

Live since October 2026. Every inquiry lands in the sheet, ready to follow up.

What I learned

A small website is still a whole system: design, hosting, domain, email, a form, data, privacy. Getting all of it right for close to zero running cost was the fun part.