A digital guidebook that guests actually use is table stakes. Many of them can drop a rebook link in the stay. That is common practice. KoruStay does that too.
The difference is KoruSignal. The published guidebook is a live page. It markets your direct booking website — Lodgify, GuestIntro, or a site you built — and your Airbnb / Booking.com listings. Guests already in the house can rebook. New guests can find you. We do not replace your booking website. We are the partner that sits on the stay.
1. Rebook is common. New customers are not.
Handing a departing guest a link is not new. A business card did it. A PDF did it. Touch Stay and other digital guidebooks can do it from the stay.
KoruStay’s Preferred Booking Link (Pro, White Label, and Agency) puts that next stay on a button in the guidebook: your direct booking website, or your Airbnb Direct Booking Link. Guests never see a switch.
That is the stay you already have. KoruSignal is the stay you have not booked yet. The live guidebook markets those same URLs so search and AI can recognise your property. The more guests use that page, the stronger that marketing gets. It does not guarantee a Google ranking. It does market the page other guidebooks leave as a dead end.
2. Partner — not a replacement
If you run Lodgify, GuestIntro, or a custom direct booking website, keep it. KoruStay is not a website builder.
Your booking website takes the money. The guidebook runs the stay: house rules, Wi-Fi, what’s on this week, the café they tap in Explore. KoruSignal ties that live stay page to your site and your listing pages. Guests do not have to Google you after checkout and hope they land on the right URL.
GuestIntro sells a booking website and a separate manual. That manual does not market the site. If you already bought the website, KoruStay is the guidebook that markets it.
Airbnb Direct Booking Link fees (6–10% vs 15.5%) →
3. Your Airbnb Direct Booking Link still fits
Airbnb’s Direct Booking Link is not a direct booking website. It is a reduced-fee Airbnb URL when you bring the guest yourself.
On KoruStay Pro you choose: point Preferred Booking Link at Lodgify / GuestIntro / your own site, or at that Airbnb link. Same guidebook. Same KoruSignal marketing of your listings. You own the cockpit.
Read the Airbnb Direct Booking Link explainer →
4. They have to stay in the guidebook (Next Generation)
KoruSignal only compounds if guests use the page. A PDF they pinch-zoom does not. A wall of English on arrival does not.
Opens on the phone. No app to download. Swipe navigation. QR can unlock Wi-Fi on site.
Welcome in their language from the first screen — not a toggle they miss. House Rules and the guide follow. Concierge and above; Free Guide stays English.
Pio is the concierge in the guidebook: your rules, weather, what’s on this week where we have coverage. A FAQ bot is not this.
A day plan they can keep (Koru Compass) with Maps links.
Explore with a full map — cafes and activities they actually tap.
VIP when it is worth joining (exclusive deals, light sign-in).
Use of that live page is the marketing loop. Cafes they open are real use. That is not a ranking switch. It is a live guidebook other tools still treat as a brochure.
See Next Generation →
Create a free Digital Guide →
5. What you see (not only what they tap)
Pion is your host co-pilot on the dashboard. Guests never see Pion.
Host Analytics shows what they asked at midnight — Wi-Fi, parking, the hot tub — not a 5-star review that hides the friction. Guide Health is on every plan. Guest Experience themes are Pro.
Market Compare is true market awareness on your terms: rates guests actually see (including discounts), peak vs quieter nights, amenity gaps between listing and guide. About ten minutes a month. No blind auto-pricing. We do not push rates into a property system.
Extras in the guidebook: 4.5% on Guide and Concierge, 1.5% on Pro, White Label, and Agency. 0% is your own payment link on Pro-family — not KoruStay Checkout.
Host Analytics →
Market Compare →
6. How to set it
1. Publish the guidebook (KoruSignal runs on a live page).
2. Add your Airbnb / Booking.com listing URLs.
3. On Pro, set Preferred Booking Link to your direct booking website or your Airbnb Direct Booking Link.
4. Send the guide as the stay — not a PDF.
Airbnb Direct Booking Links: 6% vs 15.5% — https://korustay.co.nz/solutions/airbnb-direct-booking-links/
Increase Direct Bookings (KoruSignal setup) — https://korustay.co.nz/host_resources/korusignal-setup-guide/
GuestIntro alternative — https://korustay.co.nz/compare/guestintro/
Next Generation — https://korustay.co.nz/next-generation/
Yes. A next-stay link in the guidebook is common. KoruStay does that too with Preferred Booking Link on Pro. The difference is KoruSignal: the live page markets your direct booking website and your listings so new guests can find you.
Lodgify is a booking website & PMS — we do not replace it. GuestIntro sells a booking website and a separate guidebook. Keep their website. Switch the guidebook to KoruStay. The live guide then markets that site so new guests can find you.
Your direct booking website is Lodgify, GuestIntro, or a site you built. Airbnb’s Direct Booking Link is a reduced-fee Airbnb URL. Preferred Booking Link can point at either.
KoruSignal markets your listings and your direct booking website from the live guidebook. The more guests actually use that page — welcome in their language, Pio, Explore — the stronger that marketing gets over time. It does not guarantee a Google ranking.
KoruStay is a digital guidebook guests use on the phone: welcome in their language, a concierge in the stay, Explore, extras they can buy from the guide. Hosts also get Host Analytics that actually help you improve — what they asked at midnight, not only a 5-star review — and Market Compare so your pricing and amenities stay competitive. KoruSignal sits on top of that: the same live page markets your direct booking website and your listings so new guests can find you.