Best digital guidebook app for Airbnb hosts (2026 prices)
Touch Stay, Hostfully, Hostaway, Enso Connect, Breezeway, YourWelcome and AppBuild.diy compared on real 2026 prices to help you pick a guest guide.
Hotel Management
The 12 Questions Holiday Let Guests Ask – and How to Answer Them
If you run a holiday let, you already know the drill. A lovely couple checks in, the sun is shining, everyone is happy, and then your phone lights up like a fruit machine. It’s the questions holiday let guests ask: “What’s the WiFi password?” “How does the oven work?” “Where do we put the bins?”…
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How Can Holiday Let Owners Get More Direct Bookings
Let’s start with a confession most holiday let owners will recognise. You spend months getting your cottage picture-perfect, you hoover under the sofa cushions like a woman possessed, you leave a welcome hamper that would make a hotel weep, and then a booking platform takes a chunk of the money for the privilege of introducing…
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AppBuild.diy vs Touch Stay: Best Rental App 2026
As i’m on holiday right now I thought it only appropriate to write about vacation lettings apps, and two strong contenders in the market: AppBuild.diy vs Touch Stay. Touch Stay does one job superbly: it turns the tatty printed welcome folder into a slick digital guidebook, so guests find the Wi-Fi code, the check-in steps…
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AppBuild.diy vs Hostfully: Property Management Suite, or Your Own App?
Here’s our quick look at AppBuild.diy vs Hostfully to help you choose a platform for marketing an managing your property. Hostfully is a serious bit of software for vacation rental operators. It runs the back office, the channel management, the bookings and the automations through its Property Management Platform, and it pairs that with genuinely…
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Do You Need a Holiday Lettings App in 2026? (Yes & Here’s Why)
Picture this: it’s 9pm, a guest can’t find the wifi password, the hot tub is “making a noise,” and someone two cottages over wants to know if late checkout is possible. You’re juggling three messaging apps, a spreadsheet, and a booking platform that just took 15% of your nightly rate for the privilege. Sound familiar?…
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Should Your Holiday Let Have Its Own App?
Let’s paint a picture. You’ve spent years perfecting your holiday property. The welcome hamper is chef’s kiss. The views are stunning. The Wi-Fi password is printed neatly on a little card. And yet, your guests are booking through Airbnb, paying a 15.5% platform fee that comes out of your pocket, and you don’t even have…
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Best No-Code Platforms for Rental Apps
Compare four no-code platforms for building rental apps—features, pricing, mobile capabilities, and which option fits landlords or property managers.
How to Start a Hotel Business: Complete Guide
According to Statista, the tourism industry grows steadily each year. Inbound tourism growth by area; as per Statista What this means, is that although the hospitality industry is saturated, there is still a need for hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs, all over the world. Armed with the knowledge that the industry is growing, if you follow the…
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Hotel Financing: How to Fund Your Hotel Business
Getting funding to set up a hotel can seem like a daunting task, but these days there are more and more hotel financing options available than ever before. And the market is changing, with smaller scale hotels on the rise. So when it comes to finding out how to finance a hotel, this short guide…
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