TOUCH STAY ALTERNATIVE
Touch Stay is great. GuestBook is the AI-first alternative from $10 a month.
Both turn your house manual into a guest-facing experience. Touch Stay builds you a styled digital guidebook. GuestBook skips the design step — upload your existing PDF, print the QR code, and guests text questions answered straight from your document.
Touch Stay
Touch Stay is a digital guidebook builder for short-term rental hosts, with templated pages, an AI guidebook generator, and an in-guidebook chatbot.
GuestBook
GuestBook is a metered AI assistant from $10/month: upload the PDF or DOCX you already have, get a QR code, and guests text their questions instead of yours.
Side by side
GuestBook vs Touch Stay, feature by feature.
| Feature | Touch Stay | GuestBook |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing (per property) | Roughly $99–$150+/year per property; tiered by portfolio size | $10/month ($120/year) per active space |
| Setup | Build a guidebook page-by-page (or use AI to draft, then edit) | Upload your existing PDF/DOCX — done in under 2 minutes |
| How guests interact | Browse a styled guidebook; AI chatbot inside it for FAQs | Text a question via SMS-style chat; AI answers from your document |
| AI chatbot | Yes — answers from guidebook content | Yes — answers from your uploaded document, with citations |
| Visual guidebook / branding | Strong — themes, photos, custom branding, sponsor links | Minimal — chat surface only; no styled guidebook pages |
| Upsells / revenue tools | Upsell widget, contact capture, 5-star review prompt | Not the focus — built for answering questions, not selling extras |
| Best for | Hosts who want a polished, branded guidebook as a marketing asset | Hosts who already have a manual and just want guests to stop texting them |
The honest take
When each tool is the right pick.
Pick GuestBook if…
- Skip the guidebook build — upload the PDF you already send guests and you're live in minutes.
- Pay month-to-month from $10 instead of locking into an annual contract.
- Get answers grounded in your actual document, so guests don't get generic AI hallucinations about your Wi-Fi.
- Cancel month-to-month — no annual lock-in for hosts running 1–3 listings.
Pick Touch Stay if…
- If you want a beautiful, branded guidebook with photos, themes, and upsell widgets as a marketing asset, Touch Stay's product is more polished.
- If you run a larger portfolio and want sponsor revenue, contact capture, and review-prompt tooling baked in, Touch Stay is built for that.
- If your guests prefer browsing a guidebook over texting a chatbot, Touch Stay's UX fits that habit better.
Pricing
What you'll actually pay.
Touch Stay
Roughly $99–$150+/year per property; quote-based, tiered by portfolio size
GuestBook
From $10/mo
Touch Stay charges per property on annual tiers; GuestBook is a metered month-to-month subscription. Confirm Touch Stay's current quote at touchstay.com/pricing.
Questions, answered
What people ask about Touch Stay vs GuestBook.
Does GuestBook replace my Touch Stay guidebook?
Can I import my Touch Stay guidebook into GuestBook?
Why is GuestBook cheaper?
Do guests need to download an app?
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