Brand & digital design · Travel, hospitality & beyond

Your resort, hotel, villa, tour, brand or app is better than it looks online.

Guests take every trip twice. First on a screen, then in person. Nancy Cienfuegos designs the first one, so more of them take the second.

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A woman in a linen dress sits at the edge of an infinity pool, watching a pink and orange sunset over the sea
A woman on her sofa at night scrolling through photos of a lagoon villa on her phone

Where most trips really begin

The trip before the trip

Why your website decides the booking

  1. Nobody books a place they've never seen.
  2. So before the ocean view, the welcome drink and the key card, there's a phone.
  3. On a couch at night. On a lunch break. Between six other tabs.
  4. That's where the trip really starts, and where the choice gets made.
  5. If that screen feels dated, confusing or like everyone else's, the guest never finds out how good the real thing is.
  6. They tap back and book the place that looked better.

The better place doesn't always win. The one that looks better usually does.

What that costs you
Why great places lose online

They aren't better than you. They just look better.

When a great property loses to a lesser one, it usually comes down to three things. Each one has a fix.

Photos that shrink the place

Rooms look smaller, views look flatter, and the feeling of being there is missing from every picture.

The fix

Creative direction for photography and video that shows how it feels to be there, along with what's in the room.

A booking path with too many turns

Guests who were ready to say yes get lost in menus, pop-ups and a booking step that looks like a different company.

The fix

One calm, clear path from first glance to booking or inquiry, designed for the phone first.

A brand that keeps changing outfits

The website says one thing, social says another, and the emails look like they came from a third company.

The fix

One visual system, so every touchpoint feels like the same place people already trust.

Fix one of these and things improve. Fix all three as one system, and people start to see you differently.

How Nancy does it
The Trust System

Every brand people trust is a system first.

Most redesigns start with a new homepage. Nancy starts underneath it: what you stand for, how you look and sound, and the rules that keep it consistent. The website, the app and everything else get built on top. That's why the work holds together long after launch.

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Strategy

Who you're for, and why they should choose you.

Positioning, audience and the story guests retell when they get home.

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Identity

How you look and sound, everywhere.

Logo, color, type, photography direction and voice, designed for a phone screen first.

A hand holding a phone by a resort pool, showing a clean hotel booking app screenLayer 3 of 4
Experience

Websites and apps people enjoy using.

Clear structure, beautiful pages and a booking or inquiry path with no dead ends.

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System

Rules that keep it consistent.

A design system, templates and guidelines your team and partners can actually use, so the brand arrives the same way every time.

What Nancy does

Bring one problem.
Leave with a system.

Start wherever it hurts most. Each piece is designed to fit the rest, so nothing has to be redone later.

  • Redesigns

    Keep what guests already recognize and love. Replace what's holding you back. For brands, websites and apps that have outgrown their look.

    Brand refreshWebsite redesignApp redesign
    Breakfast on a villa terrace with magenta bougainvillea and a sea view
  • Brand & visual identity

    Logo, color, type, photography direction and voice, built to work on a phone screen first and everywhere after.

    IdentityGuidelinesVoice
    Mood board, color swatches and type specimens on a design desk
  • Website design

    Mobile-first websites that make people want to be there, with a clear path to booking or inquiry on every page.

    UXUIBooking path
    A couple arriving at a warm terracotta hotel lobby, greeted with welcome drinks
  • App design

    Guest apps, booking flows and digital products that are simple to use and feel like part of the same brand.

    Product designPrototypesDesign systems
    A hotel booking app on a phone held by a resort pool
  • Creative direction

    Photo and video shoots, campaigns and launch assets that all look like they came from the same place.

    Art directionCampaignsLaunches
    Friends on a wooden sailboat in turquoise water, one diving off the bow

Not sure which one you need? That's what the free review is for.

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Home ground

Built for the business of getting away.

Travel and vacation brands are where Nancy does most of her work. She knows the guest comparing six tabs at midnight, and the owner who needs that guest to choose them.

Aerial view of overwater villas in a turquoise lagoon at sunset
RST · Resorts & hotels

Look as good online as you do at golden hour.

Guests arriving at a boutique hotel lobby
BTQ · Boutique hotels

Put the welcome on the homepage.

Villa terrace set for breakfast above the sea
VRL · Vacation rentals & villas

Make every villa feel like the one they pictured.

A multigenerational family laughing together in a resort pool
VOW · Vacation ownership & clubs

Help families picture every vacation ahead.

Friends sailing near a tropical island
EXP · Tours & experiences

Sell the moment before they book the seat.

A quiet beach at dusk under a magenta and orange sky
DST · Destinations & travel brands

Give a place a look people remember long after they leave.

A team discussing brand design boards in a bright studio
Not in travel?

Good ideas travel too.

Nancy has also built brands for startups, education and corporate teams. The same rule holds everywhere: people trust what feels consistent.

Tell Nancy about your project
Portrait of Nancy Cienfuegos, brand strategist and creative director
Who you'll work with

Your first conversation is with Nancy.

Nancy Cienfuegos is a brand strategist, creative director, art director and digital product creator. For more than 25 years she has shaped brands across corporate, startup, hospitality, travel and education, with travel and vacation as her home ground.

When you reach out, Nancy reads your message herself and follows up directly.

25+Years in brand strategy & design
5Industries: corporate, startup, hospitality, travel, education
4Disciplines under one roof
Brand strategistCreative directorArt directorDigital product creator
How it works

Four stops from first glance to launch.

The first two cost you nothing. You decide about the rest once you've seen what Nancy sees.

  1. Stop 1 · Free

    Send your link

    Tell Nancy about your business and share your website or app. It takes about two minutes.

  2. Stop 2 · Free

    Get your First-Glance Review

    Nancy looks at it the way a first-time guest would and replies personally with what works, where people hesitate and what she'd fix first.

  3. Stop 3

    Get a clear plan

    If working together makes sense, you get a clear scope and proposal before anything starts. If it doesn't, you keep the review.

  4. Stop 4

    Design and launch

    Strategy, identity, website and app, built as one system and handed over with guidelines your team can use.

Free · No obligation

See your brand the way a first-time guest does.

Send your website or app. Nancy will look at it the way a guest does, on a phone with other tabs open, and reply personally with three things:

  • What's working and should stay
  • Where guests are likely to hesitate or leave
  • What she would fix first

No pitch deck. No obligation. If you never hire her, the review is still yours to keep.

You risk a few minutes. At worst, you see your own brand more clearly than you did this morning.

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Before you ask

Questions owners ask first.

Something else on your mind? Put it in your message. Nancy answers every one herself.

Our website works fine. Why would we redesign it?

Working and winning are different things. Your website is your brochure, your lobby and your front desk at once, and it's open to every guest who is comparing you with someone else.

The free review will tell you plainly whether it's pulling its weight. Sometimes the right answer is a refresh, not a rebuild.

Redesigns drag on for months. We don't have time to manage one.

Building the system first is what keeps a redesign manageable. Decisions about look, voice and structure get made once, so every page and screen after that moves faster.

Nancy leads the creative direction, so your team reviews and approves instead of art-directing.

Big hospitality agencies cost a fortune. Can we afford this?

Compare it with what a season of lookers who never book costs you, or with what you pay booking sites in commission every month.

Every project is scoped to what you actually need, from a focused refresh of your most important pages to a full brand and digital system. You'll see the scope before you commit to anything.

Do we have to start over from scratch?

No. A good redesign keeps what guests already recognize and love, and replaces only what's holding you back. It can start with your identity and your highest-traffic pages, and grow from there.

We're not a travel business. Is this for us?

Yes. Travel is where Nancy works most, and she has also built brands for startups, education and corporate teams. Trust works the same way in every industry: people choose what looks consistent and clear.

What happens after I send the form?

Nancy reads it herself and follows up directly, usually with a couple of questions and your First-Glance Review. No automated sequences, and no one passing you along to a sales team.

Start a conversation

Somewhere tonight, a guest is choosing between you and someone else.

Make it an easy choice. Send Nancy your link and a few words about what you need.

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Nancy replies personally. Your details stay between you and her.

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