The project
Baobabstay is an accommodation booking platform for Africa, modelled on the major international platforms but designed for local realities. The project is built methodically — architecture and API contracts specified before the code — because on a booking platform, calendar reliability IS the product.
What users will find
- Search — destination, dates, travellers, with price/type/capacity/amenity filters
- Listing pages — gallery, amenities, availability calendar, online booking
- Overbooking-proof by design — bookings are transactional: two guests cannot book the same dates, the calendar is authoritative
- Three dedicated areas — traveller (bookings, profile, reviews), host (listings, calendar, pricing, requests, earnings) and administration (moderation, supervision, disputes, statistics)
- Automations — confirmations, arrival reminders and review requests sent automatically
Foundations first: calendar reliability is worth more than any visual effect.