Digital Guidebooks for Tour Operators

Replace paper handouts with beautiful, mobile-first digital guidebooks. Capture emails, increase tips for guides, funnel guests to leave reviews, and track it all from one platform.

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Your guides get paid through the apps guests already use

How It Works

One guidebook per experience.
Every guide uses it.

Create

The AI importer pulls in your stops, descriptions, and photos automatically from your website. You'll make adjustments and add any new photos.

Guests scan a QR code or click a link to open the guidebook instantly on their phone. No app download required, works on any phone, any browser.

Collect

Capture emails, provide tipping links, and funnel guests to leave reviews on OTAs. You'll also collect guest feedback through in-guidebook surveys.

Click through a real guidebook

Every guidebook is a beautiful, mobile-first experience your guests can access instantly, no app download required.

Tap-friendly stops with photos, maps, and descriptions
Built-in tipping with Venmo, CashApp, or PayPal
Automatic email capture and review prompts

Click through to see examples of different guidebook pages.

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Preview of the Chicago Beer Experience guidebook — one of our demo experiences.

Features

Everything you need, nothing you don't

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Email Capture

Your guidebook captures the email of every guest who opens it. Build your list automatically, then turn captures into repeat bookings.

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Guide Tipping

Make it easy for guests to tip your guides with integrated Venmo, Zelle, and QuickPay links right in the guidebook. More tips, happier guides.

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Review Boost

Funnel guests to leave reviews on TripAdvisor, Google, or GetYourGuide while the experience is fresh. Their phone is already in their hand.

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Word-of-Mouth Marketing

Guests don't just share the guidebook — they share a photo of the tour, a description, a coupon code, and a link. The 10% off incentive is pre-loaded. Every guest becomes a marketing channel. (Launch+)

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Local vs. Visitor Segmentation

Every guest who opens the guidebook enters their email — and tells you whether they're a local or a visitor. Locals are repeat customers. Visitors are referral sources. One data point, two completely different marketing strategies.

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No App Download

Gorgeous, fast-loading guidebooks that work perfectly on every phone. No app download, no friction. Just tap a link and go.

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Analytics Dashboard

Track views, email captures, and engagement across all your guidebooks. See what's working and where to improve.

The Future of Touring

Put the story in their hands

Tour guides bring history to life with words. Now put the proof in your guests' hands. While you tell the story, your guests hold the actual footage on their phone, standing in the very spot where it happened.

This is what sets your tours apart. This is what drives five-star reviews.

Add to any stop:

• Historic photos & archival footage
• Before-and-after comparisons
• Audio clips & oral histories
• Vintage maps & blueprints
• Celebrity & cultural moments
• Local news clips & documentaries

Common Questions

How many guidebooks do I need?

General rule: one guidebook per experience. If you offer a food tour and a history walk, that's two guidebooks. You might create extras for seasonal variations or different group types, but you do not need separate guidebooks for each guide. Every guide gets their own account and unique code — when a guest enters the code, the guidebook loads that guide's photo, bio, payment links, and personal recommendations automatically. One guidebook, many guides. No duplication needed.

How does email capture work?

Every time a guest accesses your guidebook, they enter their email address before they can view the content. That email is captured and stored in your account — segmented by whether they're a local or a visitor, and tied to the specific experience and guide. You own that data and can export it anytime. It's the most frictionless way to build a direct relationship with every guest, without relying on TripAdvisor or Viator to be the middleman.

What counts toward my monthly contact limit?

Each unique email address captured through your guidebook counts as one contact. If a guest accesses the same guidebook multiple times, they only count once. The limit resets every month. If you go over, we'll give you a heads up — your guests can still access the guidebook, and you can upgrade your plan or add overage capacity.

What types of media can I upload?

You can upload images to your cover page, stop pages, welcome page, and more. Images should be portrait-oriented for the best mobile experience. Video and audio are available on Growth and Scale plans — great for narrated stops or welcome messages that feel personal even when you're not there.

Beta Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

Start free, upgrade when you're ready. Save 20% with annual billing.

Beta pricing: these rates may change before our full release.

Annual Monthly

Free

$0/mo

No credit card required

1 guidebook
1 guide account
50 guest contacts/month
20 media uploads
Email collection
Guide tipping
Review prompts

Get Started Free

Launch

$79/mo

$948 billed annually

10 guidebooks
20 guide accounts
1,000 guest contacts/month
500 media uploads
Everything in Free
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Get Growth-tier access for $2,500/year. Lock in your price forever, even as we raise prices. Includes early access to audio tours, scavenger hunt mode, sell guidebooks, quarterly strategy calls, and roadmap input.

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Feature Details

What every feature does for your business

Unlimited Stops & Resources All plans

Add as many stops and local resources to your guidebooks as you need. No per-stop or per-resource limits on any plan.

Guidebooks All plans

One per tour type. Sunset tour, food tour, history walk. Each gets its own branded experience with unique stops, photos, and content tailored to that specific offering.

Per-tier limits: Free: 1 · Launch: 10 · Growth: 50 · Scale: 250

Email Capture All plans

Each time a guest enters their email to access your guidebook, that counts as 1 captured contact. Add those contacts to your email marketing, then turn them into repeat bookings and new revenue.

Per-tier limits: Free: 50/mo · Launch: 1,000 · Growth: 5,000 · Scale: 25,000

Guide Accounts All plans

Separate logins for your tour guides so they can access guidebooks, update their profile, and manage their own tips without sharing your admin credentials.

Per-tier limits: Free: 1 · Launch: 20 · Growth: 50 · Scale: 150

Media Uploads All plans

Photos, logos, and images you upload to your guidebooks. Images are available on all plans. Video content is available on Growth and Scale plans only.

Per-tier limits: Free: 20 · Launch: 500 · Growth: 2,000 · Scale: 10,000

Guide Tipping All plans

Guests can tip their guide directly through the guidebook with Venmo, Zelle, or QuickPay. More tips, happier guides.

Review Boost All plans

Funnel guests to leave reviews on TripAdvisor, Google, or GetYourGuide while the experience is fresh. Their phone is already in their hand.

Share with a Friend Launch+

Pre-loaded message with cover image, description, coupon code, and booking link. Word-of-mouth marketing, made simple.

Custom Branding & White-Label Launch+

Guests see your brand — not ours. Digital Guidebooks is invisible infrastructure. Even guests arriving from TripAdvisor, GetYourGuide, or Viator will leave knowing and recommending your brand directly. No vendor logos cluttering the experience. Launch adds your logo and colors. Growth removes the Digital Guidebooks badge entirely. Scale gives you full white-label with custom fonts coming soon.

Guest Surveys Launch+

Most operators ask for feedback after the experience, when the moment has passed. Digital Guidebooks lets you capture it while guests are still living it. And since the guidebook already prompts reviews, your post-tour follow-up email is free to do something more valuable — ask for a referral.

Analytics Dashboard Growth+

Track views, email captures, and engagement across all your guidebooks. See what's working and where to improve.

Video Content Growth+

Embed videos in your guidebooks. Intro videos, stop previews, safety briefings, or thank-you messages.

"We depend pretty heavily on the guidebooks."

All of our guides use them. We replaced printed materials entirely. Guests tip through Venmo right in the guidebook, leave reviews on Google and TripAdvisor, and every guide has their own personal QR code. It just works.

Alyssa

Bites of Boston

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Do my guides get their own accounts?

Yes. Each guide gets their own login where they can update their profile, manage their tip link, and access the guidebooks they're assigned to. They can even edit guidebook content if you give them permission.

Do guests need to download an app?

No. Guidebooks work in any mobile browser. Guests just tap a link or scan a QR code and they're in. No app store, no friction.

Can I try it before paying?

Absolutely. The Free plan gives you 1 guidebook, 1 guide account, 50 guest contacts/month, and core features like email capture, tipping, and review prompts. No credit card required.

How do guests access the guidebook?

Each guidebook has one link and QR code. Share it with your whole group via text or email, or print the QR code on your materials. Guests tap the link or scan the code and the guidebook opens instantly in their browser. No app download needed.

What review platforms are supported?

TripAdvisor, Google, and GetYourGuide out of the box, plus you can add any custom review platform URL.

Can I change plans later?

Yes. You can upgrade or downgrade at any time from your account settings. Changes take effect on your next billing cycle.

What if I go over my email limit?

We give you a slight buffer so you never lose a capture at a critical moment. If you're consistently going over, we'll suggest a referral (which earns you bonus emails) before asking you to upgrade.