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Two-minute brief
Tell us about your business and pick this service. The listed price anchors every quote: no bait, no mystery ranges.
Concept previews illustrating this service's typical deliverables.
What this is
The service, straight up.
Every host ends up sending the same six messages. Where do I park. What is the wifi password. What time can we get in. Is there a highchair. Where is good for dinner on a Tuesday. Each one is two minutes, and each one arrives at a time that suits the guest rather than you. A guest portal is a link sent automatically after booking that answers all of it in one place, updates itself if details change, and works offline once the guest has opened it.
The part that pays for the build is on the same page. Early check-in, late checkout, a mid-stay clean, firewood, a cot, a parking space, a bottle in the fridge on arrival, the tour operator you have an arrangement with: each is a button with a price, paid on the spot into your account. These are the highest margin sales in short-stay accommodation because the guest is already committed, already excited, and buying convenience rather than comparing prices. Hosts running upsells commonly add a meaningful percentage to the value of stays they had already secured, and the extras that sell are rarely the ones you would have guessed, which is why the portal reports on what people actually buy.
It also quietly does the unglamorous work. Check-in instructions with photos of the actual lockbox on the actual door. House rules acknowledged with a tap so there is a record. A damage deposit or ID check before arrival if you want one. Departure instructions that appear on the last morning rather than being buried in an email from three weeks ago. Fewer messages, fewer misunderstandings, and better reviews as a direct result.
What's included
- A private portal page per booking, sent automatically
- Check-in instructions, wifi, parking and house rules
- Paid extras with instant checkout into your account
- Local guide: food, beaches, walks, wet-weather options
- Timed messages before arrival and on departure morning
- Reporting on which extras actually sell
Example builds
What it could look like for you.
Every build is designed around your business and your pricing. Here are three of the shapes this service takes most often.
The welcome page that sells
Check-in, wifi and house rules, with late checkout and a mid-stay clean sitting right there as buttons. The guest is already committed, which is exactly why these convert.
Getting in, without the phone call
The gate, the driveway, the lockbox code and a photo of the actual door. This one page removes most of the arrival-day messages.
A local guide worth reading
Where to eat, where to walk, what to do when it rains. Guests who use the guide leave better reviews, which is worth more than the upsells.
Illustrative examples of the interfaces this service produces. Your build uses your own content, branding and pricing rules.
How it works
Fixed price, not fixed blind.
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Three of the 24
Within 24 hours, three of the 24 vetted developers who deliver this service send written, fixed-scope quotes. Compare and choose.
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Build, guaranteed
Typical delivery in 2–3 weeks. If a matched developer drops the ball, we step in. Service Guarantee, always.
FAQ
Fair questions.
No. It is a private web link sent by email or text after booking, and it opens in whatever browser they already have. It works on an old phone and it keeps working once they are at the property with poor reception, which matters more than it sounds when your place is somewhere with a view.
Late checkout and early check-in, almost everywhere, because they solve a real flight or drive problem. After that it is genuinely property-dependent: firewood sells in the hinterland, a cot and a highchair sell to families, a mid-stay clean sells on stays over five nights. The portal reports on what your guests buy so you can stop guessing and drop the ones nobody wants.
Yes, and that is where a lot of the value is. Any booking can be sent a portal link regardless of where it originated, so platform guests get the same experience, buy the same extras, and pay you directly for them. Extras bought through the portal are your transaction.
Selling extras and providing check-in information to a confirmed guest is normal hosting, and the portal is designed to handle the stay you already have rather than to divert a booking. What the platforms object to is soliciting an off-platform booking before one is confirmed, so we keep the pre-arrival content focused on the current stay. If you want to invite repeat guests back directly, the departure message is the appropriate place and we will set it up that way.
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