During the stay
A QR card on the fridge that never expires
Booking links expire, and that is the point of them. This is the other link: permanent, tied to the property rather than a guest, showing only the sections you tick.
Without it
- The guest whose phone died cannot open the link you sent them.
- The guest standing in the kitchen wanting the WiFi does not want to go and find a message.
- The friend staying for one night was never sent anything at all.
How it works
Your guide already exists. This is a second way into it.
Turn on the in-property link and you get a permanent address for the property, plus a QR code. You then tick which sections it is allowed to show. Nothing appears until you tick it.
Print the card, stick it inside a kitchen cupboard or on the fridge, and it keeps working. Not for one booking — for every booking, until you decide otherwise.
What to put on it, and what not to
The rule is simple: assume anyone who is ever inside the flat can read it, including people you did not invite and people you will never meet.
Good candidates. The WiFi, with its QR code so guests join without typing. House rules. Which bin goes out on which day. How the boiler works. Your contact details. Nearby places you actually recommend.
Not the door code. A code printed on a card is a key that anyone who photographs it keeps, long after their stay ended. It is deliberately not among the sections suggested for this link. Keep the code on the booking link, where it appears on a timer and dies at check-out.
That distinction is the whole design. The card is for the things that are harmless in the room; the booking link is for the things that are not.
What it can never show
The link belongs to the property, not to a booking, and it is built so it cannot carry guest information. There is no name on it, no dates, no registration, no arrival time.
That is a deliberate limit rather than an oversight. A card on a wall is read by whoever is standing in front of it — this week’s guest, next week’s guest, a neighbour, a plumber. None of them should be able to learn who else has been staying in your flat.
Printing it
The app gives you the QR code with a short label, ready to print. Printing from the page gives you just the card — none of the surrounding screen — so it comes out clean on a sheet of paper.
If you would rather make something nicer, download the code as an image and drop it into whatever you use to design. Plenty of hosts have it printed alongside their logo and laminated.
Knowing whether it gets used
The link shows how many times it has been scanned and when it last was. It is a plain count, with nothing about who scanned it.
It is worth checking after a month or two. A card that is never scanned is usually in the wrong place — inside a cupboard nobody opens rather than on the fridge door at eye level.
Turning it off, or starting again
Turn it off and the address stops working while staying reserved, so you can switch it back on later and your printed cards still work.
Replace it and the old address dies permanently, and you get a new code. That is the one to use if a card left the building, or if you have simply changed your mind about what should be on the wall.
Your sections, your guide and your bookings are untouched either way.
One thing it does not do
The booking link keeps working without signal once a guest has opened it. The in-property card does not — it needs a connection to load. In practice that is rarely a problem, because the card exists mostly to hand over the WiFi in the first place.
What this costs
The in-property card is part of Pro, sharing its machinery with the cleaner link. Your booking links, guide, door codes and WiFi stay on the free plan.
One per booking, for that guest
- Everything in your guide
- The door code, on your timer
- Their name and their dates
NeverNothing, once it expires
Printed and stuck on a wall
- Only the sections you tick
- Usually WiFi and house rules
NeverThe door code, or any guest
Whoever turns the flat around
- The way in and the door code
- Their own task list
NeverAny guest's name
FAQ
Is it safe to put a QR code on the wall?
It is as safe as what you tick. Anyone in the flat can scan it, so treat it as public within the property — WiFi and house rules, yes; the door code, no. That is why the door code is not among the sections suggested for it.
What if someone photographs the code and keeps it?
They would keep whatever you have ticked, for as long as you leave the code in place. If that ever worries you, replace the address — the old code stops working immediately and you print a new card.
Does this replace the link I send per booking?
No. The booking link is the one with the guest's name, their dates, the door code on a timer and their registration. The card is the backup for when a phone is dead or a link is closed.