QR codes for vacation rentals
Guests arrive with the same questions: how do I get in, what's the Wi-Fi, where do I park, where should we eat. A code on the counter or the fridge opens a guest guide on their phone, which saves them messaging you late at night.
Pay $3 for a code that opens your guide, and put a framed copy in each rental.
This is a dynamic QR code: $3 once, and you can change where it points at any time without reprinting. How that works
One guide instead of a binder
A paper binder gets lost, stained, and out of date. A guide page you control can change in a minute, with photos of how the oven works, the trash day, and the neighbors' quiet hours.
Guests can also find it on their phone later, in the car or at the restaurant, without carrying a binder.
Where to place it
Put the code where guests naturally look in the first ten minutes.
- Inside the front door at eye level, so the guide is the first thing they see.
- On the kitchen counter in a small frame, near the coffee maker.
- On the fridge, where guests look for takeout menus.
- By the bed, with a check-out reminder for the last morning.
What to put in the guide, and what to leave out
Include the Wi-Fi name and password, parking, how to use the appliances, trash and recycling days, check-out steps, and your favorite local places.
Leave out door codes and security details. A page that anyone can open can be found by someone who isn't a guest, so send entry codes by private message before the stay.
Update it between stays
If the Wi-Fi password changes or a lamp breaks, you update one page instead of reprinting a binder. Check the guide after each stay and fix whatever the last guest asked about.
Example signs
Each example code opens threedollarqrcode.com. Your code can open any page you choose.
Questions
Can the code share the Wi-Fi login?
This code opens a web page, so put the Wi-Fi name and password on that page. A Wi-Fi sign-in code is a different kind of code made by your router.
What if a guest has no phone signal?
Keep a short printed card with the Wi-Fi details too, since the guide needs a connection to load.
Is it fine if guests scan the code before they arrive?
Anyone with the code can open the guide, so keep entry codes and private details out of it.
Get a dynamic QR code for $3
Pay once. Pick the page your code opens, print it wherever you need it, and change the page whenever you like.
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