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The Best Way to Create a Digital Guidebook for your Vacation Rental (on your pc/mac)
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Whether you know them as digital welcome books, house manuals, or a digital guest book for vacation rentals, digital guidebooks are online resources that are a must have for hosts looking to elevate the guest experience. A digital guidebook can be updated easily, can be shared with guests in advance of their stay, and has been shown to reduce common guest questions while leading to more 5 star reviews and repeat bookings.
This guide has step by step instructions on how to create a digital guidebook for your Airbnb / VRBO.
Video: How to Create a Digital Guidebook for your Vacation Rental
Step by Step: Create a Digital Guidebook for your Vacation Rental
Set up a free account
The first step to creating a Digital Guidebook is to create a free account at Guest Manual. Visit www.guestmanual.com and click on Free trial to start your 14 day Trial.

Get started
Creating a Digital Guidebook with Guest Manual is a 4 step process - 1. choose a template, 2. provide some property details, 3. personalize & make it your own, 4. set up automatic sharing. Click on the + button to create your first Guest Manual.

Select AI template
Guest Manual comes with templates for different property types that leverage years of (super)host experience running high performing Airbnbs. One of these templates leverages AI to process photos and any descriptions of your vacation rental to create a first draft that is already customized and personalized for you.

Enter listing information
Specify a title for your Guest Manual, enter in a location, provide a description, list of amenities, house rules, and any additional information. Upload a cover image for your Digital Guidebook and choose up to 5 images of your vacation rental. Remember the more information you provide here, the more personalized the Guest Manual will be. Click on Generate.

Make it your own
The editor page lets you personalize your Guest Manual. You can add, edit, delete or re-order sections. Let's edit a section by clicking on the Edit link.

Edit section
Click on Select Emoji to change the image and use the Run AI button to automatically generate a description for you. Modify the description as you see fit and add up to 5 images or videos for this section. Clicking on Save will take you back to the Editor page.

Delete section
Want to remove this section? Clicking on the Delete link will delete this section from your Guest Manual.

Add section
Adding a new section is just as easy. Click on the + button to add a new section.

Complete new section details
Click on Select Emoji to choose an image. Enter in a description and add up to 5 images or videos. Click on the Save button to be taken back to the Editor page.

Reorder sections
Click on the dots next to the images on each row to drag / drop sections to re-order them. We recommend maintaining a grouping for things like safety, rules, amenities, and recommendations.

Preview
You can preview how your Digital Guidebook will appear to your guests at any time by clicking the Preview button.

Mobile and desktop preview
Most guests will view this Digital Guidebook on their phone. Use the desktop and phone buttons to toggle between the two.

Share
Click on the share button to see all the different ways this Guest Manual can be shared.

Automatically share
A Digital Guidebook that is shared in advance of a guests' visit helps build anticipation and excitement leading up to their stay. For step by step instructions on how to do this, please follow the following guides:

Digital Guidebook QR code
We recommend printing out and framing a QR code to keep at your Vacation Rental. This is handy way for Guests to view your Guest Manual while at the property.

All set! Your Digital Guidebook is ready to go. Get more 5 star reviews, repeat bookings, better adherence to house rules, and best of all, get your life back!

Naureen Ali
I am an Airbnb superhost with over 11 years of hosting experience running 2 top performing Airbnbs in the Pacific Northwest.
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