<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
  SITEMAP — {{CLIENT_NAME}}

  Priority rationale (matches the Site Sorted standard sitemap):
    1.0 — Homepage: the conversion engine; crawl weekly for freshness
    0.9 — Stays hub + Book: high-intent pages; weekly
    0.8 — Accommodation detail pages: SEO workhorses; monthly (content is stable)
    0.7 — The Area: local SEO surface; monthly
    0.6 — About + Contact: trust + NAP anchor; monthly
    0.3 — Legal pages: compliance only; yearly

  After launch:
  - Submit this file via Google Search Console → Sitemaps
  - Replace {{DOMAIN}} with the live domain (no trailing slash, no protocol)
  - Add or remove <url> blocks to match the actual pages built for this client
  - Remove accommodation detail slugs that don't exist for this client
-->
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">

  <!-- Homepage: highest priority — does ~80% of the selling -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://{{DOMAIN}}/</loc>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>1.0</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Stays hub: lets guests compare before committing -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://{{DOMAIN}}/stays/</loc>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Accommodation detail — one per stay type; the SEO workhorses -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://{{DOMAIN}}/stays/{{SLUG_1}}/</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://{{DOMAIN}}/stays/{{SLUG_2}}/</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://{{DOMAIN}}/stays/{{SLUG_3}}/</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Book: high-intent action page -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://{{DOMAIN}}/book/</loc>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- The Area: catches "things to do near [town]" long-tail searches -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://{{DOMAIN}}/the-area/</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- About: trust and the landowner's story -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://{{DOMAIN}}/about/</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.6</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Contact: local SEO anchor (NAP consistency) -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://{{DOMAIN}}/contact/</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.6</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Privacy Policy: legal necessity, low crawl priority -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://{{DOMAIN}}/privacy/</loc>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Terms & Site Rules: legal + pre-empts FAQ friction -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://{{DOMAIN}}/terms/</loc>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>

</urlset>
