Website audit & growth strategy

Find out where your travel website is losing direct bookings

A human-reviewed audit of your travel website and booking journey, with a prioritised plan of what to fix first. Choose a website audit in five business days, or a full brand audit, including SEO and AI visibility, in about two weeks.

  • Reviewed by a person, not a tool
  • Website audit in 5 business days
  • Travel & tourism businesses only

Request your audit

Tell us where to look

It takes about two minutes. We review every request personally and reply with a quote within one business day.

Every audit is quoted individually. Once we receive your request, we send you a fixed-price quote within one business day. We only use your details to prepare and discuss your audit (Privacy Policy). Prefer to talk first? WhatsApp us or email [email protected].

The short version

What is a travel website audit?

Definition

A travel website audit is a structured review of how well a tour operator, lodge, DMC or hotel website turns visitors into direct bookings. It checks the booking journey, speed, mobile experience, technical SEO, trust and tracking, and ranks every issue by its impact on enquiries.

Key takeaway

An audit is only useful if it tells you what to fix first. A long list of errors rarely changes your bookings. A ranked plan tied to enquiries and revenue does.

Two audits

Website audit or full brand audit: what each one covers

Both are carried out by a person, and every finding is ranked by its impact on bookings. The website audit focuses on your website. The full brand audit adds your search, AI and brand presence.

What the website audit and the full brand audit cover
AuditWhat it coversBest forTurnaroundYou receive
Website auditYour website itself: the booking and enquiry journey, UX and mobile experience, speed and Core Web Vitals, technical SEO (crawling, indexing, schema and internal linking), design, trust and accessibility, and tracking.Finding out why your website is not turning visitors into enquiries, and what to fix first.5 business daysA prioritised plan for your website, ranked by impact on bookings.
Full brand auditEverything in the website audit, plus SEO and Google rankings against competitors, AI search visibility (AEO/GEO), and your brand and content.Planning a rebuild, a rebrand or a bigger push for direct bookings, and wanting the full picture first.About 2 weeksA prioritised growth strategy across your website, search, AI visibility and brand.

What we find

The issues we find most often, and what they cost

These come up again and again in the travel websites we audit.

Slow, image-heavy pages

Large hero and gallery images slow pages on mobile. Travellers leave before they see a single tour or room, and Google ranks slow pages lower.

Enquiry paths that leak

Hidden enquiry buttons, long forms and unclear next steps send travellers back to the OTAs, where you pay commission on the same booking.

Pages Google cannot find

Crawl and indexing problems keep tour, room and destination pages out of search results, so they never reach the travellers looking for them.

Content AI tools cannot use

Without clear structure, direct answers and schema, Google and AI assistants struggle to understand your business and recommend competitors instead.

Tracking gaps

Without reliable tracking you cannot see which pages, channels or campaigns bring enquiries, so marketing budget is spent on guesswork.

Mobile friction

Most travellers plan on their phones. Menus, galleries and forms that are awkward on mobile quietly cost enquiries every day.

How it works

From request to a clear plan in five business days

  1. You request the audit

    Share your website, the audit you need and what you want to improve. It takes about two minutes.

    You get: a fixed-price quote within one business day.
  2. We carry out the audit

    A person reviews your website and booking flow, plus your search, AI and brand presence for a full brand audit, supported by specialist tools.

    You get: findings checked by a specialist, not a tool.
  3. You receive your plan

    Every finding ranked by its impact on bookings, with clear guidance on how to fix it.

    You get: a plan in five business days, or about two weeks for a full brand audit.
  4. We walk you through it

    An optional call to go through the findings and answer your questions.

    You get: a plan you can act on yourself or with our team.

The difference

A Kijo audit vs an automated report

A typical automated report

  • A tool scan with hundreds of generic errors
  • Everything flagged as equally urgent
  • No link to enquiries or bookings
  • Ignores AI search visibility
  • Leaves you to work out what to do next

A Kijo website audit

  • Reviewed by a person who knows how travel is booked
  • Every finding ranked by its impact on bookings
  • AI search visibility reviewed in the full brand audit
  • Clear guidance on how to fix each issue
  • A walk-through call to explain every finding

Client feedback

What travel businesses say

Real reviews from our clients, posted on Google.

Google review

Kijo Digital redesigned the Paul Polano Tours website and the difference is night and day. It now looks as professional as the tours we run, loads beautifully, and makes it easy for travellers to find and book the right Cape Town experience. Great communication and a genuine pleasure to work with.

Paul PolanoPaul Polano Tours
Google review

Trusting someone with both the design and the booking engine behind Chui Safaris was a big step, but Kijo Digital treated it as if it were their own. They took the time to understand our vision of extraordinary, tailor-made journeys across Africa and turned it into a website that finally feels like us: refined, warm and genuinely luxurious. On top of a beautiful design, they built an internal booking platform that works seamlessly for our guests and for our team. Talented, patient and reliable from the first call to launch. Thank you, Kijo Digital.

Andrew DewallsChui Safaris
Google review

We approached Kijo Digital wanting a website that felt as considered as the retreats, safari camps and holiday homes we hand-pick across Kenya and East Africa, and they delivered exactly that. From the hero through to the curated collections, every section was thoughtfully designed, beautifully written and genuinely reflective of our brand. They understood luxury travel, paid attention to the small details, responded quickly to our feedback, and made the whole process easy. The site builds trust the moment someone lands on it. We couldn’t be happier and recommend Kijo Digital without hesitation.

Thomas KaneKisiwa Stays

Questions

Questions about the audit

Ready when you are

See where your bookings are leaking

Request your audit and receive a prioritised plan of what to fix first: in five business days for a website audit, or about two weeks for a full brand audit.

  • Replies within one business day
  • Fixed-price quotes
  • Clients worldwide