Case Study

Galavante
Luxury Travel Booking, Review and Magazine WordPress Site

We developed a unique website for this travel boutique agency, with a strong positioning to provide fully customized travel services and to create every single travel experience. Once the new website was ready, we migrated data from Drupal to WordPress. We continuously add new feature such as an Expedia Booking API integration and TasteMaker reviews. 

Key Outcome

New website using the popular WordPress CMS

Website Traffic (YoY)

New Users

466K

Increase %

69.3%

Project Overview

Industry

Travel & Hospitality

Duration

Since 2018, ongoing

Team Size

4 developers: front-end developers, WordPress back-end developer, API integrating professionals, content manager, server, and infrastructure engineer

Tech Stack

WordPress (Migrating from Drupal), PHP, jQuery, JavaScript, MySQL, Drupal, APIs, and GravityForms

Services Provided

Galavante, Travel Agency Website

Project Story

We were very fortunate to cross paths with Christine and her team from Galavante in 2020 when they reached out to IDL Web with a request to migrate their outdated Drupal website to the more popular WordPress CMS. The Galavante team had provided with the various designs to be implemented. 

Galavante also chose to host with IDL Web Host on our Silver Plus package which includes free monthly minutes and WordPress maintenance as part of the monthly hosting cost. We actively monitor the site for any issues, including an active malware scanner. As a Plus host client, we proactively find and address issues, often times without the client’s knowledge. 

Over the years we have worked with the Galavante team developing new features such as the Expedia Booking API integration right into Galavante, this task was 100% complete custom. We have also completed a new feature for TasteMaker reviews, allowing users to submit restaurant and hotel reviews. We integrated Google Places API to pull location names and address leaving no room for user error.

Key Features

  • Mobile friendly
  • Travel Blog
  • Social media page connection
  • Customized search across the website
  • Subscription (newsletters)
  • Reviews for hotels, restaurants, and travel locations
  • Expedia API integration
  • Google Maps & Google GEolocations API integration
  • Contact forms
  • Login access for users
  • Podcasts and YouTube integrations
  • Customized WordPress template

Wishlist

Challenges

Outcome

Why IDL

Ongoing Tasks

Why clients trust IDL Web
“He gives me advice that is in my best interest, even when it means less work for him. That kind of honesty is not easy to find.”

Margot S.
Artist

Google Reviews
5.0

★★★★★

Average rating from 56 client reviews on Google.

★★★★★

Jacob at IDL Web Inc has made my life much easier. He answers promptly, understands my issues, and creates great solutions quickly for my nonprofit. We are in good hands with this company!

Anna Withers

★★★★★

IDL Web is always quick to respond. They fulfill our web site enhancement requests quickly. They do a great job and I have no hesitation in recommending them.

Chris Hindley

★★★★★

Our experience with IDL Web Inc. has, and continues to be excellent. They are experts at what they do, they are efficient, and they are exceedingly helpful.

Popular Book Company Canada Ltd

Project Team and Roles

Jacob Hodora

Founder, Senior Developer

Jatin

Senior Web Developer & Server Admin

Alex Rakhmilevitch

Alex Rakhmilevitch

Marketing Manager

Marina Joseph

Web Designer

Janneth Gadiano

Project Manager
Client Success

Mandeep

Senior Web Developer

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Frequently Asked Questions

Travel Agency Website

A travel agency website should have a clear and UI/UX friendly design. From features, the must-haves are a booking system, ticket booking API integration, a smart system to analyze clients’ requirements and choose from the huge amount of trips the best match with affordable destination information, customer reviews, secure payments, mobile optimization, high-quality visuals, and social media integration.

Yes, Expedia has an API, Expedia Group Developer Hub, and provides access to a wide range of travel data, including properties, rates, and availability. This API is the easiest way to integrate Expedia’s services into travel agencies’ websites and platforms.

The WP Travel Engine is one of the best and most popular travel booking plugins for WordPress. It offers comprehensive features like tour creation, booking management, payment integration, and customer management. Also, some other plugins with close functionality can be useful: Travel, MotoPress Hotel Booking, and WooTour.

To connect your website to TripAdvisor, claim your business listing on the platform. Verify ownership by following TripAdvisor’s guidelines. Once claimed, you can add your website URL to the business profile. This helps potential customers find your website easily.

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