During the stay
Your places, not every place
A short list of the spots you genuinely recommend, each with how far it is on foot and one line on why it is worth the walk.
Without it
- Guests get the same list of top-rated places every tourist already has.
- A map pin does not tell anyone whether it is any good, or open on a Monday.
- You type out the same three restaurant names in every message.
What it is
A list of places, written by you, that sits in your guide alongside everything else.
Each entry has a name, a category, how long it takes to walk there, an optional line of your own, an address, and a link if the place has one. That is all it needs to be more useful than any map.
The walking time is the feature
Guests standing in an unfamiliar flat at 20:00 have one real question about a restaurant: can we walk there, and how long will it take.
A map answers that only if you already understand the geography of the city you arrived in four hours ago. “Eight minutes” answers it instantly, and it is the single piece of information that turns a name into a decision.
Write the reason, not the review
One line each. Not a description — a reason.
- Cafeneaua din colț — café, 3 minutes. Best breakfast within walking distance. Ask for the omelette.
- Piața Sfatului — attraction, 12 minutes. Go in the evening when the light is on the buildings.
- Profi — grocery, 5 minutes. Open until 22:00, which is later than the bigger one.
- Farmacia Tei — pharmacy, 6 minutes. The only one near here open on a Sunday.
Notice what those lines have in common. They are things a stranger could not find out from a rating. “Open until 22:00, later than the bigger one” is local knowledge, and local knowledge is the only thing you can offer that a phone cannot.
Why not just let them use Airbnb’s list
Because Airbnb’s is a map of what is nearby, ranked by strangers.
It is not wrong, and plenty of guests will use it. But it answers “what is around here” rather than “where would you go”, and those are different questions. The second one is why people book a flat from a person instead of a room in a chain.
There is also a practical difference. Your recommendations sit in the same guide as the WiFi, the door code and the check-out list, so the guest is already there. A separate list somewhere else is a separate thing to remember.
Keep it honest
The best version of this section is short, opinionated and true.
If the good bakery closes on Mondays, say so. If the famous restaurant near you is overpriced, leave it out rather than including it for completeness. Guests can tell the difference between a list someone wrote and a list someone generated, and the first one is why they will mention you in the review.
What this costs
Local recommendations is one of the Pro section types, along with video, photo galleries and the check-out checklist. The rest of your guide — check-in, door codes, WiFi, house rules — is on the free plan.
FAQ
How is this different from Airbnb's guidebook?
Airbnb's shows places pulled from Google Maps, and that is the whole feature. This is your own list, with your own reason for each one, next to the WiFi and the check-in steps — in the same place your guest is already looking.
How many should I add?
Five or six is plenty, and better than twenty. The value is that you chose them. A long list is just a map with extra steps.
Should I add the tourist attractions?
Only the ones where you know something a guidebook does not — which entrance has no queue, which day is free, when the light is best. For everything else, guests already have the internet.