A couple of months ago in Bali, we met Alex on our first Klook trip. What started as a standard tour booking became something special—Alex treated us with genuine respect and went out of his way to make our experience memorable. His local knowledge was so impressive that we booked him for our entire trip with a completely customized itinerary.
When someone makes your vacation unforgettable, you want to give back. Looking at Alex’s entrepreneurial spirit, I decided to gift him a professional travel website to help promote his business.
Enter AI. What would have taken weeks of development was completed in one hour. Total cost? Just the domain name. Development and hosting were completely free.
AI-Driven Design Magic
I asked ChatGPT to create a Ghibli-style illustration featuring Alex in the foreground with Bali’s map in the background. Within minutes, it delivered this beautiful artwork:
ChatGPT conversation to generate the image
The artistic quality and attention to detail felt like professional design work.
From Concept to Website with Bolt.new
Next, I used bolt.new, providing context about Alex’s expertise as a local guide and his ability to create memorable experiences. With just a couple of prompts, a complete single-page travel website appeared, including professional layout, compelling copy, contact details, and responsive design.
The foundation was remarkably solid for something generated in minutes.
Deployment Made Simple
The deployment was equally smooth: GitHub repository → Cloudflare Pages → domain connection. The result? A beautiful website with a simple maintenance workflow: edit code, commit changes, and within seconds, modifications are live at explorebaliwithalex.com.
The Bigger Picture
This experience highlights something profound about our technological moment. AI has made sophisticated web development accessible to anyone with an idea. You don’t need to be a designer, developer, or DevOps engineer. A single person with the right AI tools can go from concept to deployed website in under an hour.
For someone like Alex—a talented guide with deep expertise but limited technical resources—this represents a fundamental shift. The digital presence that might have cost thousands of dollars and weeks of time is now accessible instantly and affordably.
As I handed Alex his website link, I marveled at the journey from our first meeting to this moment. Human connection led to appreciation, and AI made giving back both possible and effortless.
Check out explorebaliwithalex.com and experience the magic of AI-driven web development for yourself.
This website was built using ChatGPT for design, bolt.new for development, and deployed via GitHub and Cloudflare Pages—showcasing how AI tools can create real value for real people in real time.