How to make a website for a hostel

With a student hostel, it is usually the parents who decide. Before they send a son or daughter to a new city for college or coaching, they want to know who the warden is, what time the gate closes, what the mess serves and what the year will cost. A website that answers this plainly gives them the confidence to call you.

Updated 2026-11-09

What people look for on a hostel website

Whether the hostel is for boys or girls, and which colleges or coaching areas are nearby
Room types: single, double, triple, AC or non-AC, attached or common bathroom
Fees for the year or term, the security deposit and what the fee covers
The mess: meals a day, veg only or not, and a sample menu
The warden's name, who is on duty at night, and the in-time for students
How parents can visit, call the warden and get updates
Study room, Wi-Fi, laundry, drinking water and power backup

The pages your website needs

Home: Boys' or girls' hostel, the area and nearby colleges, fees from, and a WhatsApp button for parents to ask about admission
Rooms and fees: Each room type with photos, the yearly or term fee, deposit, what is included and the instalment dates
Mess: Meal timings, a sample weekly menu, and how special diets or fasting days are handled
Safety and rules: The warden, night duty, in-time, leave and home-visit rules, visitor timings and rules on phones during study hours
Contact: Address, distance to the colleges and coaching centres nearby, the warden's number, WhatsApp and a Google Maps button

Sample words for your home page

A safe boys' hostel near Bhanwarkuan, Indore

Double and triple rooms with a veg mess, study hall and a resident warden. In-time 9:30 PM. Fees by the academic year.

Vidya Boys Hostel has housed college and coaching students since 2016. Our warden, Mr. Ramesh Tiwari, lives on the ground floor and talks to parents directly. Students sign in and out at the gate, and parents can call the warden any day between 8 AM and 9 PM.

Use these as a starting point and write them in your own words: AppCub can rewrite them for you in the chat.

How to make it with AppCub, step by step

Decide the pages. Most hostel websites need these pages: Home, Rooms and fees, Mess, Safety and rules, Contact.
Describe it to AppCub. Paste the request below, with your own name, address, prices and timings.
Check the plan. AppCub lists the pages and what goes on each. Ask for changes until it is right; seeing the plan is free.
Add your details and photos. Replace every sample with your real details, attach your own photos, and check each page on the phone and computer preview.
Publish and share. Choose your address (your-name.sites.appcub.ai), put the website live and share the link on WhatsApp.

Copy this request, change the details to match your hostel, and paste it into AppCub:

Make a website for my student hostel, Vidya Boys Hostel, near Bhanwarkuan, Indore, for college and coaching students. Pages: home, rooms and fees, mess, safety and rules, and contact. Double sharing ₹85,000 a year and triple sharing ₹70,000 a year, including veg mess, Wi-Fi and laundry twice a week; deposit ₹10,000; fees in two instalments, June and December. Resident warden Mr. Ramesh Tiwari. In-time 9:30 PM; study hall open till midnight. Parents can WhatsApp 98XXXXXXXX. Navy blue and white colours.

Tips for a hostel website

Write the website for parents: put the warden, in-time and safety rules on the home page, not only the rooms.
Show the full year's cost in one place, with what is included and what is extra, such as AC electricity or extra laundry.
Use photos of a real room, the mess, the study hall and the gate area, taken in daylight.
Give the admission season dates, such as when bookings for the next session open, and update them every year in the chat.
Never show students' faces or names without written permission from the student and a parent.
Add the hostel to Google Maps with a free Google Business Profile and link the website there.

What it costs

Describing your website and seeing AppCub’s plan for it is free.
Making it and changing it in chat uses credits for the work done: start with the 2-day trial for ₹99 (150 credits) or the one-time App Pack for ₹499 (200 credits, no autopay). Starter is ₹1,599 a month for 700 credits.
Publishing is free for an account that has paid AppCub once, at your-name.sites.appcub.ai.
Work that fails or is rolled back costs no credits.

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Good to know

Parents can't book a room, pay fees or see their child's in-out times on the website; they call or WhatsApp you. For fees, the gate register and messages to parents, a hostel app is the better fit.
The pages are written in English. You can talk to AppCub in English, Hindi or Hinglish.
A website has no forms, bookings, payments or logins: visitors reach you on WhatsApp, by phone or on Google Maps.
Every page carries a small “Made with AppCub” badge and a “Report this site” link.

Questions

What do parents look for on a hostel website?

The warden's name and number, the in-time, the mess menu, the full year's fee and real photos. Put these where parents see them without searching.

Should a hostel website show fees for the full year?

Yes. Parents plan for the year, so show the yearly fee, the instalment dates and the deposit, and list anything charged extra.

Can parents book a room on the website?

No. The website has no booking or payment; parents tap WhatsApp or call to ask about a seat for the session.

Should I put my hostel's rules on the website?

Yes. Writing the in-time, leave and visitor rules on the website means parents and students agree to them before admission.

Can one website cover my boys' and girls' hostels?

Yes. Give each hostel its own section with its address, warden and fees, so parents can see which is which.

Will students searching for a hostel near their college find the site?

The pages are made so Google can read them, with your area and the colleges nearby in plain words. Where they appear is Google's decision; a free Google Business Profile helps on Maps.

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