StayOne Exclusive Rental Platform
Luxury holiday rental platform for the finest one percent of homes
StayOne: the finest one percent of holiday homes
StayOne is a luxury holiday rental platform that only lists the finest one percent of holiday homes. It’s a community of like-minded owners and guests, with villas and homes across France, Spain, Italy, Greece and the USA, including family favourites like Mallorca, Ibiza, the Algarve, the Dordogne and the French Riviera.
Every home is chosen for quality, so guests can trust where they’re staying and owners know their property sits alongside others of the same standard.
Designing the fine details
Guests expect booking a luxury villa to feel as polished as the villa itself, so the design was UX led from the start.
I mapped out every step and every click, from the first destination search through to map based results, the property page and the booking itself, and tested the flows with wireframes and prototypes before moving into UI design. I wanted to strip out anything that got in the way and let the homes do the talking.
The UI is clean and understated, with plenty of space and big photography to suit the brand. Behind it is a well organised design system, which keeps new features consistent and lets the team build faster.
Several years with the StayOne team
I worked with the StayOne team for several years, designing across the desktop site, the web app and the mobile apps. That covered everything from the guest booking journey to the dashboards owners and guests use to manage their trips, reservations, homes and messages.
Working closely with the product team and engineers made it easier to weigh the brand and commercial goals against what was practical to build.
You can see the platform for yourself at stayone.com.
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“We turned to Mike to design a premium user experience for StayOne, a luxury holiday rental site, and were delighted with the results. He meshed well with our product team and engineers, grasping the brand and commercial objectives quickly, and producing a well-organised design system that set us up well for future product development.”
William Medling CTO, StayOne
