Every Airbnb listing can carry a free guidebook — a set of place recommendations guests see inside the Airbnb app after booking, alongside the separate house manual and check-in fields.
If every guest you host comes through Airbnb and all you want is to point them at a few restaurants, Airbnb’s guidebook costs nothing and needs no setup — it lives in the app they already have. If your guests also arrive from Booking.com, Vrbo or direct, or you want the guidebook to answer questions, take payments and hold the door code safely, that is the job QuietStay was built for.
| What to compare | QuietStay | Airbnb’s built-in guidebook ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Reaches every guest, whichever site they booked on | One link or QR for Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and direct guests alike | Only guests who booked through Airbnb — check their site |
| Check-in, house rules, WiFi and local guide in one place | Yes | Split across the guidebook, house manual and check-in fields |
| AI concierge answering guests 24/7, included | Included — first 20 replies free, from your own guidebook content | — |
| Build a draft by pasting your listing link | Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo and Offer2Stay — a draft in about a minute | You write it inside the listing editor |
| Paid upsells with card payments to your account | Stripe-powered store built in — early check-in, hampers, extras | — |
| Door code released only around each stay, locked after | Surname + dates, a timed window, or open — per property | Check-in details shown to confirmed guests — check their site for timing |
| A link and QR code you own, under your own branding | Your colours, logo and cover; permanent QR for the wall | Airbnb-branded, inside the Airbnb app |
| Guest emails you can keep and invite back directly | Guest contacts captured in the guidebook, exportable | — |
| Cost | From £3/property/month on Offer2Stay · £10 standard | Included with an Airbnb listing |
Compiled 2026 from each product’s public pages. Products change — where we can’t verify a Airbnb’s built-in guidebook detail from their own site we say so rather than guessing, and their Help Centre covers what it includes ↗. Spotted something out of date? Email us and we’ll fix it.
Paste your listing link and watch your own guidebook build itself — no account, no card. Then decide.
Offer2Stay hosts: £3/mo + 3 months free