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Keep your travel website secure, fast and taking bookings

A managed Website Care Plan for WordPress and WooCommerce travel sites. We handle updates, security, backups, uptime and speed, so your website stays a booking asset instead of quietly becoming a liability between projects.

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Why maintenance matters

A travel website is not a once-off. It needs looking after.

A site launches fast, secure and current. Left alone, it drifts. WordPress, themes and plugins release constant updates, and the ones that go unapplied are exactly where sites get hacked, slow down and break. The travel sites that keep working, and keep ranking and booking, are the ones that get maintained.

What is website maintenance?

Website maintenance is the ongoing work of keeping a live website secure, updated, backed up, fast and functioning. For a WordPress travel site that means regular core, theme and plugin updates, security and uptime monitoring, off-site backups, performance optimisation and technical support, carried out on a schedule rather than only when something goes wrong.

Why it's not optional

Outdated software is one of the leading causes of hacked websites. Regular updates, backups and monitoring are the difference between a travel website that reliably takes bookings and one that quietly becomes a liability. Prevention costs far less than an emergency clean-up or lost bookings from downtime.

Why Kijo Digital

A long-term travel website partner, not a break-fix number

We’ve designed, built and maintained travel and tourism websites for over eight years. Maintenance isn’t an afterthought for us, it’s how we keep client sites ranking and taking bookings long after launch.

We maintain sites we didn't build

Most websites we care for were built by another agency or developer. We start with a technical review to understand how the site is set up, flag existing risks, and bring it into a stable, monitored routine. You don't need to have built with us to be looked after by us.

Real WordPress expertise, not a dashboard reseller

We understand WordPress, WooCommerce, hosting, security and performance at a technical level, so when something needs judgement, an update that could break a booking flow, a speed problem, a security alert, you have people who can actually fix it, not just forward a ticket.

  • Proactive, not reactive. We prevent problems on a schedule rather than waiting for the site to break.
  • Careful updates. We test important updates, so a routine plugin update never quietly breaks your booking flow.
  • Clear monthly reporting. You always know what was done and what's worth improving next.
  • Fixed monthly price. Predictable cost, no surprise invoices, no hourly guesswork.
  • Month to month. No long lock-in. We keep you by looking after your site well.
  • Built for travel. We understand seasonality and booking windows, and protect uptime when it matters most.
What's included

What's in the monthly Website Care Plan

Nine things we handle every month to keep your travel website secure, fast, online and improving. Each one earns its place by preventing a specific, costly problem.

Updates

WordPress core updates

Why it matters: core updates patch security holes and keep the site stable. We apply and test them so your site stays protected without breaking.

Updates

Plugin & theme updates

Why it matters: plugins are the most common entry point for attackers. We review, update and check each one, rather than letting risky auto-updates run unchecked.

Data

Off-site backups

Why it matters: if the worst happens, backups are your safety net. We store them off-site, separate from your host, so the site can always be restored quickly.

Security

Security monitoring

Why it matters: WordPress is a top target for hackers. We monitor and harden your site, watch for threats, and act before a small issue becomes a breach.

Reliability

Uptime monitoring

Why it matters: a site that's down is losing enquiries and bookings. We monitor uptime around the clock and are alerted the moment it goes offline, often before you notice.

Speed

Performance optimisation

Why it matters: speed affects rankings and conversions. We keep images, caching, scripts and the database healthy, so Core Web Vitals and load times stay strong.

Support

Technical support

Why it matters: things come up. You get a real team to handle questions, issues and fixes, with response times matched to your plan tier.

Content

Minor content updates

Why it matters: small edits pile up. Your plan includes an allowance for text changes, image swaps and small tweaks, so tours and rates stay current without a separate quote each time.

Reporting

Monthly reports

Why it matters: you should know what you're paying for. Each month you get a plain-language report of the updates, backups, security, uptime and work carried out.

Care plans

Website Care Plan pricing

Simple, fixed monthly plans with no long lock-in. Every plan is scoped to your site after a short review, so the price you see is the price you pay.

Essential

For brochure & smaller travel websites

R2,000 / month
Fixed monthly · no lock-in
  • Core, plugin & theme updates
  • Regular off-site backups
  • Security & uptime monitoring
  • Performance monitoring
  • Support & minor content edits
  • Monthly report
Enquire about Essential
Most popular

Business

For enquiry-led operators, lodges & DMCs

Custom scoped to your site
Fixed monthly · no lock-in
  • Everything in Essential
  • More frequent backups
  • Priority support & response
  • Staging-tested major updates
  • Larger monthly content allowance
  • Ongoing speed optimisation
Enquire about Business

eCommerce

For WooCommerce & booking-driven sites

Custom scoped to your store
Fixed monthly · no lock-in
  • Everything in Business
  • Daily backups
  • Checkout & payment gateway checks
  • Urgent response for downtime
  • Booking & integration updates
  • Store performance monitoring
Enquire about eCommerce

All plans are month to month. Hosting is separate and can be arranged if needed. Larger changes and new features are quoted separately from your plan.

The honest comparison

Doing it yourself vs. a managed Care Plan

Doing it yourself

  • × Updates get delayed, then pile up into risky big-bang changes
  • × A plugin update quietly breaks a booking form, unnoticed for days
  • × No off-site backup when you actually need one
  • × Security issues found only after the site is compromised
  • × Downtime during a booking window, discovered late
  • × Your team's time spent on upkeep instead of the business

A managed Care Plan

  • Updates applied and tested on a routine, before they become risks
  • Booking flows checked so an update never silently breaks them
  • Off-site backups ready, so the site can be restored fast
  • Security monitored and hardened, issues caught early
  • Uptime watched around the clock, often fixed before you notice
  • A real team on call, so you can focus on travellers
Our honest advice

If you have the technical skill and time, some of this can be done in-house. For most travel businesses, the real cost isn't the plan, it's the lost bookings, emergency clean-ups and team hours when maintenance slips. A Care Plan turns an unpredictable risk into a small, fixed monthly cost.

FAQ

Website care questions, answered

A travel website care plan is the ongoing work of keeping a live travel website secure, updated, backed up, fast and functioning. For a WordPress site that means regular core, theme and plugin updates, security and uptime monitoring, off-site backups, performance optimisation and technical support, carried out on a schedule rather than only when something goes wrong.

A travel website is a booking channel that runs every day, often serving international travellers around the clock. Outdated software is a leading cause of hacked, slow and broken sites, and downtime during a booking window means lost enquiries. Regular updates, backups and monitoring keep the site earning instead of quietly becoming a liability.

Yes. Most sites we care for were built by another agency or developer. We start with a technical review to understand how the site is set up, flag existing risks, and bring it into a stable, monitored routine. You don't need to have built with us to be looked after by us.

Plans are simple, fixed monthly fees with no long lock-in, starting from R2,000 per month for the Essential plan. Business and eCommerce plans are scoped to your site and quoted after a short review, so the price you see is the price you pay. Hosting is separate and can be arranged if needed.

Indirectly, yes. Speed, uptime and security all affect rankings and conversions, and a site that stays fast and online keeps ranking and taking bookings. A care plan protects the visibility and enquiries your website already earns, and higher plans include ongoing speed and content work that keeps improving them.

Hosting is separate from the care plan and can be arranged if you need it. The care plan covers the ongoing maintenance, security, backups, monitoring and support that keep your site healthy, whether it's hosted with us or elsewhere.

No. Care plans are month to month with no long lock-in. We keep you by looking after your site well, not by tying you into a contract. Larger changes and new features are quoted separately from the monthly plan.

Let's keep it running

Keep your travel website secure, fast and booking

Tell us about your site and we'll recommend the right care plan. We'll review how it's set up, flag any risks, and keep it protected, updated and online, so it keeps ranking and taking bookings. No long lock-in.