How much does a Xola website cost?
Xola doesn’t publish the price.
It asks you to talk to its sales or support team, and says a Xola website is valued at $8,000 to $10,000. Hosting, SSL and nightly backups are included.
Xola alternative
Xola vs Happy Websites
Xola hosts your site only while you’re a Xola customer. Ours is yours, with any booking tool.
Xola, booking software for tour and activity operators founded in 2011, has its in-house team build and host WordPress websites for its customers, at a price it doesn’t publish. Its booking software has no subscription, taking a fee on every purchase instead, and it hosts the site only while you’re a Xola customer.
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Happy Websites
- Price
- Not published
- Price
- $99 or $199/mo
- Copy
- Built from your current site’s content
- Copy
- Written for you
- If you leave Xola
- Hosted only while you’re a customer
- If you leave Xola
- You keep the site
- Time to launch
- 2–4 weeks
- Time to launch
- About two weeks
- Booking
- Xola only, checkout built in
- Booking
- Links to any booking tool
No contracts ✦ No setup fees ✦ Unlimited edits ✦ Your site, your domain ✦ Cancel anytime
Xola, quickly
What do you get with a Xola website?
A WordPress site built from your current content.
It takes about 2 to 4 weeks, with feedback rounds before launch. Xola installs your Book now buttons, sets up on-site SEO and makes changes for as long as you’re a customer.
What fees does Xola charge?
A 3% or 6% service fee on bookings.
Depending on your plan, guests pay it at checkout or it comes out of your payout. Card processing is separate, at 2.39% plus 30 cents in the US.
What happens to a Xola website if you leave?
Xola hosts it only while you’re a customer.
Your domain stays yours; it points at the Xola site through a DNS record. Xola’s terms don’t say who owns the site, and your access ends when the contract does.
How do you cancel Xola?
By email, anytime.
Its terms let you end the contract for any reason with written notice to support@xola.com. Fees owed become due at once, and you get one free data download within 30 days.
What Xola customers say
4.7
Capterra
575 reviews of the software
A+
BBB rating
Not accredited, 0 complaints in 3 years
Xola’s website makes sense if you already sell through Xola and want its team to build and host a site with its checkout and booking tools built in.
What people like
- Fast, knowledgeable 24/7 live chat
- Easy for staff and guests to use
- Regular updates and new features
What people complain about
- A 6% fee passed on to guests
- Guide and staff scheduling that needs workarounds
- Rescheduling and blocking out times takes extra steps
Switching from Xola? We do the heavy lifting.
01
Say hello
A 15-minute call about your business and what you want the site to do.
02
We rebuild your site
Designed and written for you, included in your plan. Live in about two weeks.
03
We move your domain
And take hosting off your plate. The site and the domain are yours.
Before you cancel Xola
- Keep Xola for bookings if you like it. We link to its checkout.
- Email websites@xola.com for your site’s text and photos.
- Point your domain’s DNS record at your new site.
What your site could look like
See client sites →Example homepage designs for an Everglades airboat tour, a Charleston harbor cruise and a Louisiana fishing and swamp charter. Tap one to see the whole page.
Airboat tours
Harbor & dinner cruise
Fishing & swamp charter
Xola FAQ
Is Xola legit?
Yes. Xola, Inc. makes booking software for tour and activity operators and was founded in 2011 by Scott Zimmerman and Anush Ramani. It has an A+ rating from the BBB, though it isn’t accredited, and no BBB complaints in the past three years. Its Trustpilot profile has no reviews.
How much does a Xola website cost?
Xola doesn’t publish a price for its websites and asks you to talk to its sales or support team. It says a Xola website is valued at $8,000 to $10,000. Its booking software has no subscription; instead a 3% or 6% service fee applies to bookings, paid by your guests or by you depending on your plan.
Do I own my Xola website?
Xola doesn’t say. It says it will build, host and maintain your website for as long as you’re a Xola customer. Your domain stays yours: you point it at the Xola site with a DNS record, so you can point it somewhere else later.
How do I cancel Xola?
Xola’s terms let you end the contract for any reason with advance written notice by email to support@xola.com, or by simply stopping using it. Any fees owed become due straight away, and you can download your data free of charge within 30 days.
Is Happy Websites a good Xola alternative?
For the website, yes, if you want a published monthly price, copy written for you and a site you keep whichever booking tool you use. Xola’s site comes with its checkout, abandoned-booking recovery and upsells built in, which we don’t offer. Keep Xola for bookings; we link your Book now buttons to it.