Hospitality · Freelance website
Homestay Shimah Jay
A welcoming place to find your next family stay.
A bilingual website bringing eight homestays in Umbai and Telok Mas, Melaka into one easy-to-explore collection. Guests can compare houses, browse real photos and move from discovery to an enquiry.
The brief
Present the houses, facilities and location clearly, and give Malay- and English-speaking guests a straightforward way to contact the hosts.
What I built
Built a responsive Next.js App Router site with a dedicated page for each house, photo galleries, a trip planner, FAQs and a rule-based guest assistant. Malay uses the root URL; English uses /en, with permanent redirects for older /ms links.
UI / UX decisions
Warm natural colours, architectural curves and a clear visual hierarchy create a family-friendly feel. Two-column house cards help guests compare on mobile; touch galleries and prominent WhatsApp links support the enquiry journey.
Engineering
Typed house data feeds the cards, detail pages and assistant. Canonical URLs, hreflang, structured data and a sitemap support discoverability. Booking enquiries hand off to WhatsApp and external booking platforms; this is not an availability or payment engine.