Hostfully Guidebooks
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https://www.hostfully.com/pricing/property-management/
Starting price:
$9.99 per month
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Most Helpful Reviews for Hostfully Guidebooks
1 - 5 of 121 Reviews
Ashley
Hospitality, 2 - 10 employees
Used unspecified
OVERALL RATING:
4
Reviewed November 2023
Perfect for Just Starting Out!
Tim
Real Estate, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2019
Hostfully Guidebook Keeps Guests Informed if Only They Would Read
My experience with the platform is it has been terrific to work with. There are a lot of features and capabilities that may not be readily apparent to a first-time user, such as how to include the ability for guests to review you after their stay, or how to customize the checkout list, or rename a category. But just know, the platform is flexible and there are many ways to organize and setup your guidebook to be uniquely yours.
PROSThe program is tremendously flexible for taking once written binders of information into accessible information whether links, text and/or video. Use of Google Places helps to ensure recommendations are good looking and have all the relevant information such as an image, link, map and whatever information a host would like to write in recommending an attraction, bar or restaurant. Guidebooks created with Hostfully look terrific whether on a computer, smartphone or printed. As a property manager, there's really no need to manage multiple documents of information to send to guests. You can print your guidebook and keep a binder if you want, you can email a PDF version or you can send a link to the guidebook. Hostfully becomes the one place to update all house information, rules, policies and guest recommendations and that's darn handy! And if you are a property management company implementing Hostfully for many properties, you'll appreciate the ability to Brand your guidebooks.
CONSHostfully allows you to manage multiple guidebooks. As an administrator of several guidebooks, how to manage one entry to many guidebooks can be a little confusing until you gain experience with the program. However, the fact that Hostfully has such a capability places it in a unique position so I'd call this also a Pro.
Reason for choosing Hostfully Guidebooks
Ease of use, especially making recommendation cards, overall features and flexibility, and the end result of guidebook; good looking on any device.
Reasons for switching to Hostfully Guidebooks
No need to reinvent the wheel. Creating your own guidebook will be much harder and time consuming. In the end, you might not be happy with the results and will no doubt lack important capabilities already built into Hostfully.
Joel
Hospitality, 1 employee
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2023
Perfect for our needs
We don’t think about it much, which is exactly why we like it! We made a guidebook, occasionally update it, and our guests can find all of the info they need for their stay. We have gotten several compliments on it from guests and no complaints!
PROSHostfully is an easy to use product, perfect for our need for a vacation rental guidebook. The interface is easy for guests to understand and access, and we can generate a simple link. We also like being able to create a PDF version to send directly to guests.
CONSUpdating guidebook recommendations is sometimes buggy and difficult. Especially when choosing photos, entries sometimes do not save correctly.
Reason for choosing Hostfully Guidebooks
It was clean, easy to understand, a good price, and catered directly to vacation rental owners like us. We saw some websites that ranked it as one of the best options, and after visiting the sites, we picked Hostfully.
Vendor Response
Thank you for your wonderful feedback, Joel! We're delighted to hear that Hostfully is perfect for your vacation rental guidebook needs and that the interface is easy for both you and your guests to understand and access. We're glad you appreciate the simplicity of generating a link and creating a PDF version to send directly to guests. We apologize for the inconvenience you've encountered with updating guidebook recommendations. We're thrilled that Hostfully has been a clean, easy-to-understand solution for you at a good price point. It's fantastic to hear that you've received compliments from guests and no complaints regarding the guidebook. Thank you once again for choosing Hostfully! :)
Replied May 2023
Sophia
Hospitality, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed November 2023
Hostfully Guidebooks
Ease of use and very helpful for assisting guest
Salma
Hospitality, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2023
Digital Guidebooks Helpful for Vacation Rental
I like that it is an easy way to create and share house rules, check-in information, property specific info. This is all really important information that guests need to have, and even though we have a printed House Manual at the property, it is essential to have something digital. I like that it is an easy link to share with guests and they can access it from anywhere.
PROSI like the way the digital guidebook is set up with "cards" for each category, and that it is easy to send to guests so that they can have all the important information in one place.
CONSNot really. Overall the set up was pretty easy and straight forward.
Reason for choosing Hostfully Guidebooks
I chose Hostfully because it seemed easy to use, I appreciated the free option on the first listing and it was fairly easy to set up.
Vendor Response
Thank you for your positive feedback on Hostfully's digital guidebooks for vacation rentals, Salma! We're glad to hear that you appreciate the way the guidebook is set up with cards for each category and find it easy to send to guests, allowing them to have all the important information in one place. We're pleased to know that the overall setup process was straightforward and that you chose Hostfully because of its ease of use, the availability of a free option for the first listing, and the ease of creating and sharing house rules, check-in information, and property-specific details. We agree that having digital information is crucial for guests, and we're glad you find it convenient to share the guidebook link with guests, making it accessible from anywhere. Thank you for choosing Hostfully Guidebooks! :)
Replied May 2023