Everything your
tourism website
needs to do better
Your First Hello is a refreshingly honest guide to getting your website right.
Written for Irish tourism operators: boat trips, food tours, falconry,
kayaking, walking tours, and everything in between.
From Splash, a Kerry web design agency building
websites for Irish tourism businesses since 1996.
Most website advice is written by agencies for agencies. Your First Hello is written for the person who actually runs the experience: the one who answers the phone, leads the tour, and wonders why a good product is not getting more bookings online. Every chapter is practical, plain-English, and directly applicable to your specific type of business.
Find out
where to start
Four quick questions about your experience and your biggest challenge. We will point you straight to the tool or chapter most relevant to you.
Seven calculators
and audits
Each one takes under five minutes and gives you a specific result you can act on straight away. No sign-up, no jargon. Just a score, a number, or a shortlist that tells you exactly where to focus first.
Five sections.
Twenty-eight chapters
Each one takes under five minutes and gives you a specific result you can act on straight away. No sign-up, no jargon. Just a score, a number, or a shortlist that tells you exactly where to focus first.
Every chapter,
on audio
Every chapter of Your First Hello is also an audio episode. The same advice is given in plain English, with no screen required. Listen on the way to work, between tours, or whenever you have ten minutes to spare.
Read it, act on it,
then come back
Your First Hello is a free guide written for Irish tourism operators. It covers everything from your first impression to your Google ranking, your photography and your quiet months. Read it in any order, use the free tools alongside it, and come back to it whenever something on your website needs attention.
Get the full PDF free or read each section on the website. Every chapter is self-contained; you do not need to read in order. Go to the section that is most urgent for you right now.
After reading a chapter, or instead of reading one, ask Ask Hello directly. Tell it what you run, and it shapes the advice around your specific experience rather than giving you a generic answer.
When you are ready for someone to look at your actual site, Splash offers a free website review with no obligation. Real eyes on your real website, with specific things to fix.
Ask Hello is an AI assistant
trained on your business
Ask Hello is an AI assistant for your website, trained on your specific experience: your prices, your policies, your FAQs, your seasonal availability, and anything visitors typically ask before they book. It knows your business the way a great member of staff would. It answers questions, handles objections, and guides visitors towards booking. All on its own, at any hour, on any device.
What Irish operators say
about working with Splash
Splash has been building websites for Irish tourism operators since 1996. In the past thirty years, we have worked with thousands of businesses across every county in Ireland. These are a few of the operators who have shared their experience.
This is what the
difference looks like
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Your experience is worth
a website that does it justice.