Create a Tour Website in Your City (with a Booking Plugin) in 15 Minutes — for $50

If you’re still sending people to platforms because “a website is expensive,” you’re leaving the cheapest leads on the table.

In 2026, a tour website isn’t a “nice-to-have.” It’s your insurance policy. It’s where you send hostels. It’s where you send concierges. It’s what you put on your guide’s WhatsApp status. It’s the only place where the lead is truly yours.

This guide shows you how to build a simple, high-converting tour website for your city using Lovable — and how to add a TourDash booking plugin so every website booking appears in your dashboard next to your platform bookings.

What You’ll Get (In 15 Minutes)

• A clean one-page tour website (made for conversions, not “design awards”)
• A working booking flow travelers can actually use
• Bookings visible in TourDash so operations + reporting stay clean

Budget: The “$50 Website” Reality

The $50 is not magic. It’s a practical starter budget: a domain + a basic site plan for a month, or a small upfront setup cost depending on what you already have. The point is: you don’t need a web agency to start owning demand.

Step 1: Pick Your City Positioning (2 Minutes)

Before you build anything, choose one sentence that makes the traveler feel safe. Example:

• “The #1 free walking tour in Barcelona — daily, English & Spanish.”
• “Meetpoint guaranteed. Small groups. Local guides.”
• “Book in 10 seconds. Cancel anytime.”

Your website doesn’t need 20 pages. It needs one promise that removes anxiety.

Step 2: Build the Site with Lovable (8 Minutes)

Open Lovable and prompt it like a performance marketer, not like a designer. You want one page:

1. Hero section: city + promise + “Book now” button
2. Tour highlights: 5 bullets (duration, meeting point, languages, route vibe, what’s included)
3. Social proof: “Trusted by travelers” + 2–3 short testimonials
4. FAQs: “Is it really free?”, “What if I’m late?”, “How do tips work?”
5. Booking section: the booking plugin embed

Keep it simple. The goal is not to show “everything.” The goal is to get a booking.

Step 3: Add the TourDash Booking Plugin (3 Minutes)

This is the part that makes your website operational, not just “pretty.”

The TourDash booking plugin gives you a ready-to-use booking form for your website. You place it on your Lovable page (usually as an embed block), and travelers can book directly from your site.

The payoff: those website bookings show up inside your TourDash dashboard — in the same place as your platform bookings — so you can plan guides, track attendance, and keep reporting clean.

Step 4: Make the Website Convert (2 Minutes)

Most tour websites fail for one reason: they hide the booking.

• Put “Book now” in the hero (top of page)
• Repeat it after highlights (“Book your spot in 10 seconds”)
• Answer the fear questions (“What if I’m late?” / “Do I have to pay?”)
• Make the meeting point obvious (map pin + photo)

Step 5: Your Cheapest Lead Source: Manual Distribution

Now that you have a real booking page, you can do the highest-ROI marketing in free tours:

• Hostels: give them one link, one QR, one promise
• Hotels: “This is the tour we recommend to guests”
• Concierges: “Book here, we handle the rest”
• Guides: put the link in WhatsApp + Instagram bio

This is the only channel that’s truly free: no ranking, no platform fees, no algorithm panic. Just one link that turns trust into bookings.

Call to Action: Own Your Bookings with TourDash

If you want to get off the platform treadmill, start with the simplest move: a website that books, and a system that collects those bookings.