It's the modern replacement for that three-ring binder sitting on the nightstand, the one with laminated pages from 2017 still recommending a restaurant that closed during the pandemic. A digital guidebook is a mobile-first, instantly updatable guide to your property and your area. Wi-Fi password, check-in code, breakfast hours, the bakery that opens at 6 AM, all in one tap on a guest's phone. Think of it as your front desk, your concierge, and your house manual rolled into a single link or QR Code.
FAQ’s
€49. One time. Per property. That's it. During our launch phase, you get lifetime access to StayLocal for a single payment of €49 per property. No monthly fees, no annual renewals, no "Pro tier" paywall hiding the features you actually need. For context, that's roughly the price of one mid-range dinner for two, or about what you'd lose on a single late checkout you forgot to charge for. Most boutique hotels make the €49 back in the first week, sometimes the first night, through a single upsell or one fewer "what's the Wi-Fi password" text at 11 PM. The launch price won't last forever, so if you've been quietly nodding at every other answer on this page, now is the cheap moment to act.
No, and here's why that's actually good news. StayLocal is a one-time payment per property, not a monthly subscription that quietly drains your account for the next decade. You pay once, you own it forever, and you sleep well knowing there's no auto-renewal lurking in your inbox like a jump scare. For most boutique properties, the investment costs less than a mid-range bottle of wine from your minibar and pays for itself the first time a guest doesn't text you at midnight asking for the Wi-Fi password. No trials, no tiers, no "starter plans" that mysteriously stop working when you actually need them. Just one payment, lifetime access, and a guidebook that keeps earning its keep long after you've forgotten you bought it.
No, and thank goodness. Asking someone on holiday to install another app is like asking them to do their taxes at brunch. StayLocal opens in any browser. Guests tap a link, the guidebook loads, the end. No app store, no passwords, no "please update to continue" pop-ups while they're trying to figure out where to park.
PDFs and binders are frozen in time. The minute that café changes its hours, your information is wrong. Digital guidebooks update instantly across every guest's phone, support multiple languages, embed maps and videos, and let you see what guests are actually using. You fix something once. Every future guest sees the corrected version. No reprinting, no reuploading, no shame.
Most hosts launch their first guidebook in a single afternoon. Templates, pre-built local recommendations, and a drag-and-drop editor mean you're not starting with a blank page and a deadline panic. If you can write a Google Doc, you can build a StayLocal guide.
Yes. Your logo, your colors, your photos, your voice, your fonts. Boutique hotels live and die on character, and a guide that looks like a SaaS demo defeats the entire point. The guidebook should feel like a natural extension of your property, not a digital tuxedo you rented for the night.
StayLocal handles 10+ languages. Your German guests get German, your Brazilian guests get Portuguese, your French guests get French. We're currently implementing automatic translation so you don't have to moonlight as Google Translate at 11 PM. Translation will happen automatically based on each guest's preferred language.
Yes, and the data is fairly brutal. Most front desk questions are repeats: Wi-Fi, breakfast, parking, restaurants, the beach. Hosts using digital guidebooks consistently report a 40-70% drop in repetitive guest messages within the first few months. Translation: fewer 9 PM texts about the gate code, more time for the questions that actually need a human.
Reviews are built from small moments. The couple who couldn't find parking. The family who didn't know about the rooftop. The solo traveler who asked for dinner recommendations and got radio silence. A digital guidebook quietly removes the friction that drags 5-star reviews down to 4. StayLocal.co includes a direct button to ask a Google Business Profile Review. Our properties regularly see measurable lifts in review scores within a couple of months, sometimes weeks.
Yes. StayLocal.co is GDPR compliant and built with hospitality data privacy in mind. Guest information is protected, access is controlled, and you're not storing sensitive details in a Google Doc shared across your housekeeping WhatsApp group. (We've all seen it. We don't judge. But there's a better way.)
Email support from real humans, and personal onboarding help. We've worked with thousands of boutique hotels, guesthouses, and short-stay operators, so whatever you're trying to do, chances are someone's done it before and we know the fastest route.
