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Digital Guidebooks

Welcome your guests. Welcome extra income.

Create custom welcome guidebooks with property details, videos, maps, recommendations, AI-generated itineraries, services, and add-ons to save time, impress guests, and boost your bottom line.

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Did you know your first Hostfully Digital Guidebook is free?
No credit cards. No strings attached. No brainer.
Create my FREE guidebook

Easier operations

Quick content creation
Build a new guidebook in just minutes with our Guidebook Wizard, and highlight the features and amenities that make your property unique.
Stunning branded books—no design required
Customize our template with all of your content, recommendations, and branding for a professional, user-friendly guidebook.
Easy bulk builds
Make updates on one or across hundreds of guidebooks and all at once.
Import and edit local recommendations

Automatically pull in recommendations and maps from Google, tweak what you want, and skip the time-consuming local research.

Seamless software integration
Digital Guidebooks integrate with Hostfully’s Property Management Software (PMS) and Hostfully Devices (smart home locks and more) to ensure cohesive operations.
Take a look at real examples of short-term and vacation rental managers harnessing the power of Hostfully Digital Guidebooks.
Digital Guidebook Examples

Elevated guest experience

Like a concierge, but better
From images and videos to house rules, instructions, local recommendations, and Google or Apple Maps, blow your guests away from the very first booking.
Effortless guest itineraries
Guests can instantly create a fully customized itinerary based on timing, seasonality, duration of stay, group size and ages, and interests with our AI Itinerary Planner.
Unique auto pins, self check-ins

Include step-by-step instructions, and empower guests with auto-generated PIN codes to sync with your Hostfully Devices for self-check-ins and checkouts.

White-glove vacation planning
Guests will appreciate comprehensive trip planning, featuring curated activities and a seamless one-stop booking process.

Extra revenue streams

Instant 8% referral revenue
Add Viator affiliate links so that when guests book activities through your guidebook, they secure the stay they want, and you secure an 8% commission.
Easy add-ons, passive income
Earn extra money by offering guests early check-ins, late checkouts, and commonly requested items such as baby gear, bicycles, outdoor equipment, and more.
Sell those next-level services
Elevate your offerings with mid-stay cleanings, airport pickups, in-home chefs, and beyond.
Global guest reach

Tap into a global market and overcome communication barriers with instant, multi-lingual auto-translation (16+ languages!).

Languages include: English, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Danish, Dutch, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese (both Brazil and Portugal), Russian, and Vietnamese.

What people are saying about Hostfully

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“Easy to use, great appearance, saves time from guest communication, smart automation with the implementation of technology for the business.”

Elena
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“This is a great way to share information with STR guests.”

Ross
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“Getting started is easy and the system is fairly customizable.”

Chris
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“I like the visual format of the guidebook and how the information is presented to the end user. We are a small vacation rental business with only one property. However, for a low cost, we have a professional guidebook that can be shared easily with our guests. I love how customizable it is, and I can decide how little or how much information I want to include. The marketplace feature has been very valuable.”

Stephanie
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“Easy to set up and then you get a URL to add to your property.”

Jose
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“My guests love the Guidebook and have been using it for information about the house and activities in the area.”

Marina
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A complete suite of tools for short-term rental property management.

Channel Manager
Channel Manager
Sync your listings across direct booking sites, Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and 60+ channels.
Central Calendar
Central Calendar
Manage reservations in one spot, and say goodbye to multi-platform tab toggling.
Direct Booking Site
Direct Booking Site
Create your own site to avoid OTA fees, capture direct, and build brand awareness.
Unified Inbox + InboxAI
Unified Inbox + InboxAI
A single destination for guest communication synched with your listing data across all channels, including seamless co-hosting capabilities.
Booking Pipeline
Booking Pipeline
Track your guest's journey from one intuitive dashboard.
Payment Processing
Payment Processing
With PayPal, Stripe, and Vacation Rent Payment.
Owner Management
Owner Management
Easily collaborate with property owners.
Open API
Open API
Build configurations into the Hostfully API that suit your needs.
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Frequently asked questions

With Hostfully’s Digital Guidebooks, you’re able to communicate everything a guest needs to know about your property from check-in to checkout, provide local recommendations, and more. They’re easy to build, replicate, and manage, and require zero technical expertise. When sharing, you can either provide a simple private link to your guest or send a downloadable PDF version. Even better, you can also upsell extra services and create more revenue streams for your business. Curious about the impact a Hostfully Digital Guidebook will make on your vacation rental? Take just a minute to try our Guidebook ROI calculator.
Everything about your property the guest should know: check-in and checkout details, house rules, amenity instructions (like how the laundry machine or hot tub works!), photos and house tour videos, unlimited local recommendations, and more. You can also add gift cards or vouchers to support small businesses in your area. Plus, upsell your own services. Do you offer pick up/drop off? Great! How about mid-stay cleaning? Excellent! With upsells, you can create additional revenue streams, increasing your profits while also providing a 5-star experience to your guests. To explore a variety of guidebooks, click here.
Of course! We offer personalized demos free of charge. Book yours here: https://www.hostfully.com/request-a-demo/ Alternatively, we also have a pre-recorded demo you can check out here.
Yes! You can create a single guidebook for free. The paid version comes with more features, however. You can click here to start creating your free guidebook.
The only additional fee is if you decide to use our Guidebook Marketplace to upsell your services. In this case, there is a 1% Stripe fee.
Yes, you can cancel anytime!
While our team won’t be able to build the full guidebook for you, we can walk you through the process and answer any questions during our weekly guidebook office hours. Additionally, we recommend exploring our Quick Start Wizard to get started. Between those resources and our user-friendly templates, you’ll have a new guidebook in no time!