A multilingual website for tourists and expats
London, coastal towns, historic cities: in many places, a large share of your guests are tourists and international residents. If your website speaks only one language, those visitors drop off before they’ve even seen your menu. A multilingual site solves that. In this article you’ll read how to offer your site and your menu in several languages with Sitebite, from a single dashboard.
Why multilingual pays off
A tourist or expat considering your venue wants to know what to expect. If everything is in one language they don’t speak, they have to guess or translate, and in practice they often choose a business that speaks to them in their own language instead. A translated version of your site immediately lowers that barrier, and shows that international guests are welcome.
Your menu matters most here. Someone who understands exactly what a dish is orders with more confidence, and more often.
One dashboard, multiple languages
The idea of a multilingual site puts people off if they think they’ll have to maintain everything twice. With Sitebite, you manage your languages from one dashboard. Alongside your main site, you create versions in, say, French, German or Spanish, with no need to keep a separate website per language.
When you make a change, you keep track of which translations still need updating. That way your site stays consistent in every language, without it becoming double the work.
Your menu translated too
A translated homepage is nice, but your guest comes for the menu. That’s why you can also offer your menu in several languages. The tourist sees the dishes and descriptions in their own language, while you manage just one menu. Change something on your menu, and you update it in one central place.
Localised URLs for your visibility
Being multilingual isn’t just pleasant for your guests, it also helps your visibility. Every language version gets its own, clean URL, so search engines show the right version to the right searcher. Someone searching in French sees your French page. That way you reach international guests exactly in the language they’re searching in. This builds on how you manage your site anyway, as described in Building a restaurant website with no coding.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to translate every page manually?
You create a version of your pages per language. You manage them from one dashboard and keep track of what still needs translating or updating, so it stays manageable.
Which languages can I offer?
You can run several languages side by side, such as English, French, German and Spanish, depending on the audience you want to reach.
Is a multilingual site good for my visibility?
Yes. Through localised URLs per language, search engines can show the right version to someone searching in that language, expanding your reach among international guests. You can read more about local visibility in Local SEO for restaurants.
Welcome every guest in their own language
In a touristy area, a multilingual site isn’t a luxury but simply good hospitality, one that starts before the guest even walks in. With translated pages and a translated menu from one dashboard, you reach a much bigger group, with no doubling of your work.
