Short answer: most booking, ordering, and website platforms charge $150–500 per month, billed indefinitely, plus setup fees and per-order or per-booking charges on top. Cayo charges a flat $149–249/month for six months only, then hosts the site free for life — no ongoing subscription.
A website's price depends on three things: whether it just displays information or actually takes bookings and payments, whether it needs to rank in local search, and whether you're paying a platform monthly forever or paying once for something you own.
BASIC
Just hours, menu, or services listed — no booking. Freelancers and template builders typically run $500–2,000 one-time, or $20–50/month for a DIY platform. Cheapest option, weakest for actually converting a visitor into a customer.
BOOKING-ENABLED
What most tourism and hospitality businesses actually need. Full-service platforms typically charge $150–500/month, forever, often plus a per-order or per-booking fee on top of the subscription.
CAYO
$149/month (Launch) or $249/month (Growth with bookings) for six months only — then the site stays live and hosted for free, for life. No commission on bookings, ever.
Building a custom site, booking flow, and SEO setup takes real work up front. Cayo spreads that cost over six monthly payments instead of one large invoice — and because it's a project cost, not a rental, the payments stop once the build is paid for. Most competitors keep billing because the site never stops being "theirs."