Touch Stay is a mature digital guidebook platform with a real free plan, a 14-day Pro trial, PMS integrations, an AI chatbot, and paid tiers that scale with features and guidebook count. Guest Guide is a narrower product: a mobile-first guest page you pay for once.
Entry paid plan, year 1
Guest Guide: $49 once
Touch Stay Starter (annual): $99/year (Starter)
Same plan, 3 years
Guest Guide: $49
Touch Stay Starter (annual): $297
Same plan, 5 years
Guest Guide: $49
Touch Stay Starter (annual): $495
Unlimited guides, 5 years
Guest Guide: $99 once (Pro)
Touch Stay Starter (annual): Confirm on their calculator — price scales with guide count
| After | Guest Guide | Touch Stay Starter (annual) |
|---|---|---|
| Entry paid plan, year 1 | $49 once | $99/year (Starter) |
| Same plan, 3 years | $49 | $297 |
| Same plan, 5 years | $49 | $495 |
| Unlimited guides, 5 years | $99 once (Pro) | Confirm on their calculator — price scales with guide count |
Touch Stay replaces printed welcome books with a mobile guide covering check-in, house rules, Wi-Fi, local recommendations, and more. Their public site also lists an AI chatbot, an upsell widget, a 5-star review popup, QR codes, guest translation, and 40+ PMS integrations.
Paid tiers on Touch Stay’s pricing calculator (checked 23 October 2026): Starter $12.50/month ($99/year), Growth $15/month ($139/year), Pro $18/month ($159/year), plus Custom. Their setup page also states subscriptions from US$12.50 per month. There is a Free plan (unlimited guidebooks with monthly usage limits: 20 views per guidebook, 8 scheduled emails, and 3 AI chatbot conversations per month) and a 14-day trial of paid features with no credit card.
Touch Stay’s pricing calculator also scales with the number of guidebooks, so the list prices above are the published tier rates — confirm the live total on their calculator for your portfolio size. Guest Guide does not try to match Touch Stay’s PMS sync, SMS, team seats, or upsell store. If you need those, stay on Touch Stay.
Full Touch Stay details: their pricing page. Guest Guide plans are on our pricing section.
Pricing checked October 2026 on each vendor's public page. Confirm live figures before you buy.
Mobile guidebook (link, no guest app)
Both work in the guest’s browser
Guest Guide
Touch Stay
Check-in, Wi-Fi, house rules, local info
Guest Guide
Touch Stay
Guest language translation
Touch Stay translates inside the guidebook; Guest Guide includes multi-language for guests
Guest Guide
Touch Stay
QR codes
Guest Guide
Touch Stay
Time-limited share windows
Touch Stay invite links can be limited to arrival/departure dates
Guest Guide
Touch Stay
One-time payment
Guest Guide Solo $49 / Pro $99 once
Guest Guide
Touch Stay
Free plan with usage limits
Touch Stay Free: unlimited guides, capped monthly views and chatbot use
Guest Guide
Touch Stay
PMS integrations
Touch Stay lists 40+ integrations
Guest Guide
Touch Stay
AI chatbot in the guide
Guest Guide
Touch Stay
Upsell / guest store
Guest Guide
Touch Stay
Team seats
Published on Touch Stay’s plan cards (2 / 5 / unlimited by tier)
Guest Guide
Touch Stay
| Feature | Guest Guide | Touch Stay |
|---|---|---|
Mobile guidebook (link, no guest app) Both work in the guest’s browser | ||
Check-in, Wi-Fi, house rules, local info | ||
Guest language translation Touch Stay translates inside the guidebook; Guest Guide includes multi-language for guests | ||
QR codes | ||
Time-limited share windows Touch Stay invite links can be limited to arrival/departure dates | ||
One-time payment Guest Guide Solo $49 / Pro $99 once | ||
Free plan with usage limits Touch Stay Free: unlimited guides, capped monthly views and chatbot use | ||
PMS integrations Touch Stay lists 40+ integrations | ||
AI chatbot in the guide | ||
Upsell / guest store | ||
Team seats Published on Touch Stay’s plan cards (2 / 5 / unlimited by tier) |
Checks are only for features we could verify on public pages. If we were not sure, we left it out.
Stay on Touch Stay if you want PMS-triggered delivery, team seats, SMS, a guest store, or concierge setup for a larger portfolio. That product is built for operators who treat the guidebook as part of a guest-experience platform.
Look at Guest Guide if you only need a phone-first guide with Wi-Fi, door codes, house rules, and amenities, and you would rather pay $49 or $99 once than renew a subscription.
Copy your Touch Stay section text (Wi-Fi, rules, check-in), create a Guest Guide property, paste your Airbnb or Booking.com listing URL for prefill, then paste Touch Stay content into matching sections.
Publish and replace old links in message templates. Keep Touch Stay active until the next guest cohort has checked in if you want zero gap.
You do not rewrite from scratch. Map Arrival to the check-in block, the property manual to appliances, house rules to a short bullet list, and recommendations to three local favorites.
Tool choice does not matter if the link is buried. Put the link in the first line of the pre-arrival message. Repeat the door code and Wi-Fi in the guide, not only in chat.
Digital guidebooks show door codes and Wi-Fi. Rotate codes if a link was overshared, use booking-specific codes when your lock supports it, and do not post public guide links on Instagram. Treat the link as sensitive as a house key.
If you are on Touch Stay today, run one property on a Guest Guide link for a single stay without canceling Touch Stay immediately. Compare guest messages. Switch fully when the subscription term ends if the only change is the renewal invoice.
Touch Stay bills per guidebook count and tier. Published list rates (checked 23 October 2026 on touchstay.com/pricing-new and touchstay.com/setup) are Starter $12.50/month or $99/year, Growth $15/month or $139/year, Pro $18/month or $159/year, plus Custom. The live calculator on their pricing page updates the total for your portfolio size. Guest Guide is $49 once (one property) or $99 once (unlimited).
Yes, for an ongoing Free plan — not just a trial. Touch Stay’s pricing FAQ says you can create unlimited guidebooks on Free with no credit card and no expiry, with monthly caps: 20 views per guidebook, 8 scheduled emails, and 3 AI chatbot conversations. Paid tiers remove those caps and add PMS sync, SMS on Growth/Pro, and more. There is also a separate 14-day trial of all paid features.
For a host who would otherwise take Touch Stay Starter at $99/year, Guest Guide Solo is $49 once and Pro is $99 once. After year one the subscription keeps billing; the one-time payment does not. Touch Stay’s Free plan can beat Guest Guide on price if the monthly view and chatbot limits fit your property.
No. Touch Stay includes PMS sync, an AI chatbot, SMS on higher tiers, team seats, a guest store, and concierge setup. Guest Guide covers the guest-facing guide: instructions, Wi-Fi, amenities, multi-language, and time-limited links.
Copy your property details out of Touch Stay, create a Guest Guide, paste the listing into AI prefill, and republish. Keep Touch Stay active until you have sent the new link on a booking or two.
Pricing checked October 2026. Touch Stay figures come from touchstay.com/pricing-new. Guest Guide: $49 Solo / $99 Pro, one-time.
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