37 of the Best Web Designs from the Travel Industry
Published in GalleriesTravel websites often feature large, attractive photos because of their emphasis on visual appeal. This helps to get visitors thinking about traveling and visiting the particular destination. In this post we’ll look at 37 well-designed sites from the travel industry for your own design inspiration. Some are state or government tourism websites, and others are for hotels or business involved in the travel industry. If you’re working on a travel-related site of your own, I’m sure you’ll find some inspiration from these examples.
A beautiful design for a site from the state of Washington. The site gives information for those who are interested in visiting Washington.
This hotel site features a large background photo and a detailed header design.
A colorful website with an artistic background image, Jacksonville Landing makes a great first impression.
MacAllan Ridge’s site features a nice, big background photo. The content area uses textures and a nature-inspired color scheme.
The website for Trapp Family Lodge features a large photo of the lodge, and links to all relevant content.
This site will make you want to visit Monterey, CA! You can get info about top attractions, find accommodations, and do it all on a site with a great design.
This site uses a large, but subtle, background image. The slider displays photos of the inns, and links to specific location information is provided.
Club Manche Attractive’s site uses a lot of color, including the full-size background photo.
Visit Snowy Mountains naturally features a background photo of several skiers.
The site for Hotel Paradiso helps to set the mood of paradise by uses a bright blue sky as a background, and a large photo of the pool area and palm trees.
Trent Cruising uses a blue color scheme and attention to detail in the design. The home page features a large photo of a cruise ship on the river.
The background photo of Lanyon Holidy Cottages’ site shows a nice blue sky and a tree line. The sky serves as a background for the vertical navigation menu.
The background photo is the main design element in West City Hotel’s site.
Baja Vacations uses a colorful design, textures, and beautiful photos to get you itching to travel.
The Porches Inn uses a background pattern and a soft color scheme.
Vacation Rental Station’s site uses a colorful design. The vacation search function is highly prioritized on the home page.
The Idaho tourism site makes heavy uses of textures throughout its design.
GoHawaii uses a light color scheme, which is a good fit for this island state.
The home page for Bahamas.com features a large map showing all of the islands that are a part of the Bahamas.
Visit Maine uses a background image with beach grass and a sunburst.
The site of Visit San Antonio features a large photo of the famed Riverwalk.
Tennessee Vacation uses a colorful design with a lot of textures and a big background.
Signature Attractions uses a map as a background image which is of course fitting for a site in the travel industry.
Go Glamping uses a green, nature-inspired color scheme and a wood background.
Textures are an important part of the Alpine Meadows site design. A large home page photo is also featured.
Live Africa gets you excited to visit Africa by showing a photo of giraffes in nature. Since safari’s are a major draw for visitors this is an appropriate image to feature.
Ausmag uses a textured sunburst background image.
Like the other Tennessee travel sites, Fall for Tennessee is colorful and full of textures.
Summertime in Tennessee uses brighter colors as compared to the fall design, with a large background image also playing a significant role in the design.
Springtime in Tennessee uses a lighter, spring-inspired color scheme and some hand-drawn design elements.
Tennessee Winter’s site makes extensive use of blue.
Lanikai Properties has a colorful, textured design.
Continuing on the trend of colorful sites, Visit Cascadia has one of the most vibrant color schemes of any site showcased in this post. The header is especially memorable.
Lake Crackenback’s home page consists mostly of a photo slider and navigation options.
Textures and warm colors are prominent in the Adventure Trekking design.
Design Hotels has one of the cleaner designs showcased here. Its mostly a black and white color scheme with a large photo.
Assaroe Falls uses an attractive design to promote their vacation apartments.
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Some great inspiration here. I work in the travel industry myself as a web designer. If only my company wasn’t so damn corporate I’d be able to acheive things like this! Thanks for the post!
I also liked this list of sites.
Toursim Australia also have some pretty impressive designs for their web sites and portals.
Daus,
Looks good. I like that one too.
Some great examples of tourism web design, fantastic to see some alpine sites getting a mention.
Villa Bianca Hotel, Lanikai Properties, are my preferite! Are agood examples of tourism webdesign. And sometimes help those who must choose. Thanks for the sharing! Is in my bookmart!
Very nice, some great photography. American states have some awesome sites, wish English counties would follow their lead.
I’m a big fan of Go Glamping and it’s illustrated style, our site uses a similar look.
i really like which looks as web 2.0 designs, hope you share more beautiful stuff in future thanks.
Very nice – like the summertime in Tenesse site
Nice collection, thanks for including my site ausmag.de. Would have been nice to see my travel community http://www.globalzoo.de featured in here too
keep it up!
Great collection! Here’s my smaller collection to add to that… http://shicksdesign.com/onlifeanddesign/index.php/19/top-10-designed-travel-websites/
Thanks everyone for the feedback and the additional suggestions for inclusion. There are a lot of great sites that you have pointed out. Maybe they will be used in a follow up post at some point.
Nice collection!
I think one of the best travel-sites is tuifly. A cheap airline.
http://www.tuifly.com/
The majority of these show just how much of a difference a single, strong image can make to a design. Thanks, will bookmark in case I ever get any travel-related design work!
Great list, but is it just me or do you have the urge to travel now?
fantastic!
once again…
Pretty good list. That ‘Monterey’ website looks fantastic! I also liked the ‘Design Hotels’ website.
Nice post, but the list is a little US-centric. Have a look at http://www.dopplr.com, http://www.joobili.com and http://www.tourdust.com for some cool european travel designs.
Villa Bianca Hotel is by far the best model there. Not that the others aren’t good, they are all beautiful, but Villa Bianca Hotel has the perfect blend of colors to make the site seem calm, refreshing, and the place you HAVE to go to if you want to relax.
But then again, that’s what good designs are supposed to do. They convince you that you’re at the right place even before you read anything.
Great selections!
Peter,
Agreed, it is mostly US sites. Thanks for the additional suggestions.
Just want to say ‘thank you’ for including our Go Glamping site in your list, we’re really chuffed, especially given the fact our site originates from Europe
I love the Summertime in Tennessee site!
Killa web design bro, i’ll have to nick some ideas
I really do like the Villa Bianca Hotel web sight, especially the birds that fly across the screen when you open the sight. Full marks to the designers and thank you for bringing all there sight together.
how about A&K?? They have a gorgeous website, http://abercrombiekent.com
I really like this article. Gives a nice overview of the quality of tourism sites out there. Getting a great Website Development. company to develop a website that looks as good as any of these is essential.
Shouldn’t Motel6 be on this list? =) Great job on putting together the list.
what about http://www.masocorniolo.it, simple but good enough.
I’d like to add a new site we (the National Park Service) just launched about the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. The url is http://www.smithtrail.net. Check it out. I feel like it’s as good as some of the sites listed here.
Michael,
Wow, I really like that site. Thanks for leaving the link.
I agree with John Chen.
I really do like the Villa Bianca Hotel web sight, especially the birds that fly across the screen when you open the sight. Full marks to the designers and thank you for bringing all there sight together.
thanks for featuring our WestCity hotel website
Great to see Signature Attractions on there for Atlantic Canada Tourism Destinations, and Headspace Design as the design firm.
These are great…in the same vain is the new Anne of Green Gables tourism website just launched:
http://www.foreveranne.com for Anne fans, as PEI is perhaps best known for that!
A few more:
http://www.cruisewestreservations.com
http://www.celebritycruisesexclusives.com
http://www.silversea-cruise-discount.com/
Hi Everyone
Is there any designer out there with time to design a travel website for me, only one city. Very inspiring sites.
Some excellent sites here, I particlarly like the http://www.campr.co.uk site – very clean, clear and easy to navigate. We are flying the flag for the UK in a small way right now – with our local tourist guides – offering comprehensive detailed info.
Great article. Here’s one for your list:
Visit Telluride: http://www.visittelluride.com
In terms of pure design, http://www.themountaincompany.co.uk has to be up there. The site combines a custom typeface, designed specially for the brand, with stunning mountaineering imagery. Perhaps I’m biased though.
Great examples! I work with travel industry and I know how hard it is to design a good travel website, especially when it comes to conversions. Cheers!
I am looking for some full flash seite sample for my website ( http://www.irtouring.com )
@James Whitby – Thanks for bigging up Campr! Good work on the Whitby Guide too.
Hi,
Here is a nice website on the Kingdom of Bhutan. The website is http://www.lhayul.com
I designed the website and would love to hear from you’ll on it.
Cheers,
Jigme
Very inspiring website designs.
Full agrree that visual appeal is very important in travel websites.
Really great collection! Especially I liked “Villa Bianca Hotel” and “Live Africa”
I dig Campr as well, and Glamping too, I think that was it’s predecessor? I designed and built http://www.africanbudgetsafaris.com/ which I think may have something different to add to this list.
Great collection I also like the Jordan Tourism Board website http://www.visitjordan.com it is a beautiful website for an amazingly magical country
I am so proud of what Tennessee has done with its web design work. I was the Chamber of Commerce’s executive director for Perry County, before I decided to take the plunge and go fulltime with my own design business, and was heavily involved with tourism for our area. And enjoyed the privilege of learning a lot from the folks I got to know across the state. Look for some exciting websites coming from them as they open the websites for the new Trails that are being developed throughout the state for tourists! Here’s a little shameless plug for Perry County: http://perrycountytennessee.com
Hi,
LUKE, I’d love to be in touch with you and see more of your work. could you sen me your email?
thank you
@Marion
Hi, I have some portfolio bits up at my blog – http://newrelease.co.za/ – although to be honest I haven’t updated that in a while. Been super busy lately all kinds of development and UX design work.
You can reach me on designer [at] newrelease [dot] co [dot] za
Great post once again, these sites make me want to put the extra effort into my own… as time consuming as that is!
Another wonderful post, and to have this information in one place sure makes it convenient. For anyone in travel they should be able to find something here that will be tremendously beneficial.
Really beautiful collection of designs, It’s interesting they all seem to have natural, light colours like blues, greens and nude tones. These colours must evoke the traveller’s “itchy feet” emotion. Essentially the front page must be captivating but depending on the main function of the site, must be user friendly and be clear what the purpose of the site is. I find http://en.escapio.com/ does this well with striking colours and enticing pictures.
Some of the designs are really creative. They really make you wanna book a vacation now
but that’s the point anyways. It is really nice to have made a roundup with travel industry sites. Thanks for sharing these.
Thanks for sharing this compilation of nice travel websites and, of course, your other categories!Truly it is very inpirational to browse through your sites. Great work!
How about some more UK sites?! Check out:
http://www.yethouse.co.uk
http://www.edinburghcottages.com
http://www.eastsidecottages.co.uk
All from Scotland
I invite you to visit the website of Tourism of Per
http://www.pusaq.com/
Blog Of Peru Travel
http://www.pusaq.com/blog/
Those are pretty amazing designs. I just recently got into the travel industry. I tried to focus more on the user interface design than pretty bells and whistles.
http://www.savontravelonline.com
What do you guys think?
Great collection! I usually check out SiteInspire, but they don’t have much hospitality/travel stuff, so very happy I stumbled upon this one!
I’m a fan of the Nova Scotia site.
Those are pretty amazing designs. I just recently got into the travel industry. I tried to focus more on the user interface design than pretty bells and whistles.
http://www.fethiyede.com
http://www.gezgingozuyle.com
http://www.gezi.in
Great list and certainly enough to inspire me. I am designing a new layout for a hotel and hope to use some of these tips.
We have started a website at http://www.bestfrenchcampsites.com with our experiences of camping in France. These websites listed here are lovely too though ! Well done everyone !
Some awesome travel sites! Has given me some inspiration for a few ideas. Thank you so much.
Thanks for sharing these amazingly crafted sites! My favorites are the Nepal, and Villa Bianca sites.
Another wonderful post, and to have this information in one place sure makes it convenient. For anyone in travel they should be able to find something here that will be tremendously beneficial.
They have some really cool designs and navigation! thank so much.
Lovely small campsite on the Costa Brava with amazing De Waard tents for rent. Website is as cozy as the tent lodge.
Thanks for collection of inspirational sites. The best of them use great quality images to grab your attention. I especially like the design of Club Manche Attractive.
They have given me some great ideas to further improve my site.
Lovely! I specialize in tourism and travel websites Hope it won’t hurt to share a few of what I’ve made:
– http://www.traveler-to-kenyacom/
– diwakasafaris.com/
– penda-safaris.com/
Never-the-less keep up the good work. Will check from time to time to see what’s new.
Great list, but is it just me or do you have the urge to travel now?
Nice collection, some great inspiration here.
lovely collections. I would recommend http://www.tourismthamel.com, site on Nepal’s most sought after Tourist place called Thamel. Really cool one
definitely have to bring it to my friends via facebook and twitter.
some great examples there,I would recommend http://paraiso-jardim.com
Excellent designs… We also created one for our clients, please check – http://www.thinkatrip.com
Thanks for sharing these amazingly crafted sites! My favorites are the Nepal, and Villa Bianca sites..
this site I saw I think I like it hotel paradiso good job, take a look at this other one here http://www.tourismpotential.com
Great Designs, if you look at them well most of them are pretty similiar the diferences are in the photos and colors
These are just great looking sites. It is nice to see them all at one place and give idea of how a hotel website should be.
Amazing design collection~ Thank you!
wow amazingly brilliant sites… master piece collection
Immediately wanted to travel somewhere after seeing these sites and especially photos.
great list – as Sergey said you really want to travel after seeing one of these sites
Has anyone come across this one? http://www.sunsetvisitor.com
Clearly one of my favorite!
Just to add to my comment above, we recently launched DiscoverAfrica.com which we’ve had great feedback on from a design point of view. The scope of the site is quite big, and it was a big challenge to get the interface right for such a content-rich interface.
http://www.discoverafrica.com/
Hi, great gallery of sites. We are looking at a complete revamp of our website and I’m looking for some kind of inspiration for a holiday / travel based website. Absolutely love the Italian Hotel Paradiso site.
I’ve just launched Southern Africa Travel which has a luxury safari spin on the above list. We’ve used the latest design frameworks and have big plans for the site.
http://southernafricatravel.com
You all should check out http://www.cabq.gov. The City of Albuquerque website design features rich graphics and topical navigation. No more visitor, government, business, citizen navigation!
Great website designs, wanted to start bag packing after seeing this sites..