Maachli is an eco friendly farmstay nestled in the tropical forests of Maharashtra's Konkan coast. Built with local materials and rooted in sustainable living, Maachli offers guests an immersive escape with fresh forest air, organic farm produce, traditional Konkani cuisine, and a peaceful experience away from modern mechanical living.
To complement this unique guest experience, Maachli needed a website that could do more than showcase the property. Its previous WordPress website relied on a contact form, with every booking handled manually.
Kaizen 360 Branding Pvt. Ltd. developed a responsive website with an integrated booking management system, allowing guests to explore the property, check availability, calculate prices and submit booking requests online. The dedicated backend also gives the owner greater control over reservations, pricing, payments, guest information and website content.
Maachli's previous website served primarily as an enquiry channel. Guests had to contact the property and wait for the owner to manage each booking manually.
The objective was to develop a responsive website with a complete booking workflow that would simplify the guest journey and make daily operations easier for the owner.
Rather than developing only an informational website, we focused on building a dedicated booking platform directly into Maachli's own website. Our approach centred on three priorities.
The goal was to bring the guest facing website and booking management functionality together in one system designed around Maachli's requirements.
We designed and developed a responsive website that brings Maachli's property information and booking functionality together. It includes:
We developed a booking workflow that allows guests to:
The system calculates prices automatically according to configured rates and applicable charges, including the additional charge for a third adult in a room.
Booking requests do not block dates until the owner approves them. Booking safeguards help prevent the same room from being promised to multiple guests. Unpaid bookings expire automatically according to the configured payment deadline, so dates are not held indefinitely.
The website and booking system were tested before and after launch, covering the booking workflow and key system functions.
Alongside the guest facing website, we developed a dedicated backend that gives the owner control over essential booking and property management functions.
Booking Management: Create, view and edit bookings, approve or decline requests, assign cottages and monitor booking statuses.
Availability and Calendar Management: View the booking calendar, room availability, new requests, upcoming arrivals and departures, and guests currently staying.
Dynamic Rate Management: Configure regular rates, seasonal rates, date ranges, applicable days and rate priorities.
Guest Management: Maintain guest records and associated booking information.
Payment Management: Track payment statuses, record payments, resend payment links and manage refunds.
Coupon and Offer Management: Create and edit discount coupons, configure validity periods and usage limits, and manage offers.
Blackout Date Management: Block specific dates or date ranges to control availability.
Website Content Management: Create and edit blog posts and website content, including URL slugs, featured images, SEO meta titles and meta descriptions.
Dashboard Overview: View booking information, room availability, upcoming arrivals and departures, expiring payment links, and monthly revenue and booking trends.
A key aspect of the project is that the booking engine is integrated directly into Maachli's own website instead of relying on a rented third party booking platform.
Together, these advantages give Maachli greater control over its website, booking experience, pricing and guest information.
Figures below are for the period following the website launch.
Note: Figures are rounded and presented for illustrative purposes to maintain client confidentiality. October figures reflect performance from 1 to 10 October 2026 only. Actual results may vary.
Used for website development and the custom booking management system.
Used for the responsive interface and interactive booking functionality.
Integrated payment gateway to process online payments within the booking workflow.
The Maachli Farmstay project demonstrates how website development can go beyond visual design to address practical booking and operational requirements.
Kaizen 360 Branding Pvt. Ltd. developed a responsive website with a custom booking management system that allows guests to explore accommodation, check availability, request bookings and complete online payments after approval. The dedicated backend gives the owner control over reservations, room rates, guest records, offers, payments, availability and website content through one centralized system.
By integrating the booking engine directly into Maachli's own website, the solution reduces dependence on a separate booking platform and provides greater control over the booking process and day to day operations. The result is a dedicated digital platform designed around Maachli's requirements, combining a responsive guest experience with practical booking and property management functionality.
