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  • jtb260

    Here are just a few things to try, note my opinion I'm far from an expert.

    I think the Map and Current Weather should just show on the home page, assuming the weather is ALWAYS (or nearly always) nice. To anyone living through the snowpacalypse that would have been a nice reminder of what to do. Don't make me click anymore than I have too. Then get rid of it from the rest of the site.

    That said move the trip advisor somewhere else, You haven't sold the visitor on anything yet and your already sending them away.

    I think you really need to consider what the function of the site is. I would assume it is to get bookings, so with that in mind I would make the links to rates and to book a central call to action somewhere on the home page.

    When i click on the room rates page, DON'T make me click again to see the room rates. Put them right on that page, and add another call to action to book a reservation. Simply the room rates if possible. Check out this site:
    http://www.lightcms.com/pricing
    Totally unrelated to what you are doing, but a ok example of how to handle something like that. See if you can get the client to put together and handful of really simple packages to use as general price points. Lead with those and then go into the more complicated breakdowns. Really put some design thought into those charts they are nasty as is, but something your visitor will need to go through if they are serious. This is a very important feature of the site, and it looks like it was an afterthought. This is the SALE, and if the site gets sales your client will LOVE you.

    Rethink your entire photo gallery, its too slow, and its not intuitive. The wedding photos are tiny? The pop ups change size for every photo, I found this to be particularly annoying. Make the photos bigger - and use a better system for displaying them, IE not a light box. I know they're cool and easy to implement, I have to break my fingers to keep myself from using them sometimes, this requires something different.

    Your activities page is ok, but could be more engaging. If your going to put a call to action at the bottom of the page make it sing, to just use hyperlinked text.

    That's as far as i got.

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    • boy my first sentence is screwed.Note: it's just my opinion,jtb26
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