WordPress Hotel Booking Website

My hotel needs a fresh WordPress site that lets guests find a room, book it, and pay without ever leaving the page. The core of the project is a booking system, so the design must revolve around a clear availability calendar, secure online payment flow, and a public area where recent guests can leave ratings and comments.

You are free to recommend the best-fit WordPress theme or build a custom child theme if that speeds things up, but the final result has to be easy for my staff to update—rates, room photos, seasonal offers, and policy text should all be editable from the WordPress admin panel.

Key deliverables
• Responsive WordPress site styled for a single-property hotel
• Booking engine configured with:
– Real-time room availability calendar
– Integrated payment gateway of my choice (Stripe or PayPal preferred)
– Front-end customer review and rating display
• Optimised page load speed and basic on-page SEO setup
• One-hour hand-over call or video recording showing how to add rooms, change prices, and refund a booking if needed

Acceptance criteria
1. Test booking shows on the calendar instantly and triggers confirmation emails.
2. Payment completes without console errors in both desktop and mobile browsers.
3. A guest review submitted from the front end appears after manual approval.

Please outline the plugins or custom code you intend to use, a rough timeline, and any past hotel or accommodation sites you have launched.