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Free digital guidebook

A free digital guidebook for your rental

Give guests every answer about their stay in one place. Helpy Travel turns your property into a free, public web guide — house information, Wi-Fi, check-in, local tips and an AI concierge — shared as a link or QR code, automatically translated into your guests' language. Free forever for one property; no app for guests.

Last updated June 2026

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Free forever for one guide
No app — a public web link
Automatic translations
Free digital guidebook for a short-term rental on Helpy Travel
€0 to publish your first guide
QR code and direct link for guests

What "free" covers

What is a free digital guidebook, and what does "free" actually cover?

A free digital guidebook is a guest guide published as a public web page at no cost, opened from a link or a QR code, holding check-in details, Wi-Fi, house rules, appliance instructions and local recommendations. The word doing the work in that sentence is "free", and it means different things across this category: some tools give away the guidebook and charge for translations, AI chat or a branded address, and others are free only for a trial period. Helpy Travel is free forever for one published guide, with the AI concierge and automatic translation into five languages included rather than sold on top.

What is included in Helpy Travel's free plan?

One published property guide at €0, with no card and no trial clock, and it stays live. The parts most often sold as paid add-ons in this category are on the free plan: the AI concierge that answers guest questions from your own content, and automatic translation into five languages. It is a real plan rather than a demo, with one honest limit worth stating plainly — it covers one published guide, and it carries a cap on guide visits over a rolling 28-day window.

  • One published property guide at €0, no card required, no expiry date.
  • Built-in AI concierge and automatic translation into five languages, included.
  • Its own public address, a QR code and a link, with no app for the guest.
  • The limits, stated plainly: one published guide, and a cap on guide visits per 28 days.

What is not free, and when would you pay?

You pay when you need to publish more than one guide. That is €14.99 per month flat, however many properties, rather than a per-property price — so the decision point is the second property, not the tenth. The other paid difference is on money taken through the guide: bookable services and experiences carry a 0% platform fee on the paid plan and 5% on the free plan. There is no per-language charge and no charge for the AI concierge on either plan.

  • More than one published guide: €14.99 per month flat, not per property.
  • 0% platform fee on the paid plan for services and experiences booked through the guide, 5% on free.
  • Nothing extra for translations or for the AI concierge on either plan.

How do free digital guidebooks differ from each other?

Almost every tool in this category now has some free tier, so "free" has stopped being the useful comparison. What separates them is what the free tier includes against what it holds back, and the usual à la carte items are the same three: AI chat, per-language translation, and a branded or custom address. Reading a free plan is therefore mostly reading its exclusions — so check them directly rather than comparing headline prices.

  • Check whether AI chat is included, or priced per property or per reservation.
  • Check whether translations are included, or charged per language.
  • Check whether the free tier is free forever or a trial with an expiry date.
  • Check whether a branded or custom address costs extra.

How do you set one up, and how long does it take?

Start with the questions guests already message you about — Wi-Fi, check-in, parking, appliances and checkout — and publish. That is a short evening's work and removes most of the message volume on its own. Local recommendations, services and experiences can be added afterwards without republishing anything or resending the link, because the guide is a live page and its address does not change. Guests you already shared it with see the new version.

  • Publish the essentials first; the guide stays editable after guests have the link.
  • The address and the QR code stay the same as the guide grows.
  • No app for the guest, no account and no login.

What's inside

Everything your guests need, free

House & arrival info

Check-in and check-out, Wi-Fi, parking, appliances and house rules — the questions guests ask most, answered before they message you.

Public web link & QR code

Your guide lives on its own web link with a QR code. Guests open it in any browser — no app, no login.

Automatic translations

The guide is translated automatically so international guests read it in their own language, included at no extra cost.

AI concierge

A built-in AI concierge answers guest questions from your guide content, 24/7, reducing repetitive messages.

Local tips & experiences

Recommend nearby restaurants, bars and cafés, and add curated experiences guests can book.

Services you offer

List bookable services — transfers, early check-in, cleaning — so guests can request extras directly from the guide.

How it works

Publish your free guidebook in three steps

From sign-up to a shareable guide in an afternoon — no design or coding.

1

Add your property

Create your property and fill in house information, Wi-Fi, check-in details and the local spots you recommend.

2

Publish for free

Publish your guide at €0. You get a public web link and a QR code to print or send.

3

Share with guests

Add the link to your listing, confirmation messages or a welcome card. Guests open it instantly, in their language.

FAQ

Free digital guidebook — questions

Yes. You can publish one property guide for €0 and keep it live — it is free forever. Publishing more than one property guide costs €14.99/month.

No. The guidebook is a public web page. Guests open it from a link or QR code in any browser — there is nothing to download.

The essentials guests ask about: check-in and check-out, Wi-Fi, parking, house rules and appliance instructions, plus local tips for restaurants and things to do nearby. Helpy Travel structures all of this for you.

Yes. The guide is translated automatically, so guests read it in their own language, and the built-in AI concierge answers their questions in their language too.

Yes. The guide is a standalone web link, so it works alongside Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo or direct bookings — share the same link or QR code with every guest.

No. One published guide is free forever, with no card required and no trial clock. What triggers a paid plan is publishing more than one guide, which is €14.99 per month flat however many properties you have.

Yes. Automatic translation into five languages — Italian, English, Spanish, German and French — and the built-in AI concierge are on the free plan, not sold as per-language or per-property add-ons.

Create your free digital guidebook

Publish a public, multilingual guide for your rental in an afternoon — free forever for your first property.

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