Dom Fogel

Dom Fogel is a modern house with panoramic windows next to the Prioksko-Terrasny nature reserve near Moscow, let for short stays. Guests are families with children and small groups looking for quiet.

The house used to have a page on a site builder and listings on rental platforms. We moved it to its own server and built a website with photo galleries, an availability calendar, booking and a console from which the owner runs everything on the phone.

How a guest books

The first screen depends on the season: snow and warm light in the windows in winter, forest and long evenings in summer. The site picks the season from the calendar, a guest can switch it, and the copy changes along with the photos.

Then come seven galleries by area of the house: bedrooms, the living room with kitchen, the terrace and fire pit, the children’s corner, the bathroom, things to do nearby. Below are the terms: two nights minimum, check-in and check-out times, cleaning, deposit, extra guest fee, no smoking and no loud parties. Half the questions are answered before anyone writes.

Booked nights are closed in the calendar. The guest picks dates and the number of guests and leaves a name, phone and a comment such as “coming with a toddler, we need a cot”. The request reaches the owner in Telegram at once. A WhatsApp button with a ready message is always there for those who prefer it.

What happens next

The owner confirms, declines or reschedules the booking right under the request message. Once confirmed, the dates close in the site’s calendar and are sent to Avito and CIAN, and bookings from those platforms close dates on the site the same way.

A day before arrival the guest receives the address, time and lock code. A day after departure, a request for a review. If there are no reviews yet, the block simply does not appear.

The owner’s console

The console is password-protected and built for the phone. It holds a summary, a how-to, photos for winter and summer, seasonal copy, requests, prices and terms with the lock code, reviews, the privacy policy with version history, the guest base with mailings and the status of the sync with listing sites.

The site also opens inside Telegram as a mini app: the name is filled in automatically and the phone number is sent with one button.

Who else this fits

Guest houses, glamping sites, holiday bases, bathhouse complexes and short-let apartments: anyone who wants direct bookings and their own guest base, keeping listing sites as one channel among others.