Help Your Guests Explore Like a Local

Give hotel and vacation rental guests a mobile-friendly guide to the best restaurants, attractions, shops, activities, and hidden gems around them. With YouShould, guests can explore your recommendations, check in at participating locations, and even earn rewards from your property.

Local recommendations No app required Guest engagement Rewards & perks
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What Is a Digital Guest Pass?

A digital guest pass is a curated, mobile-friendly guide that helps your guests discover the best things to do around your property. Instead of handing guests a printed list of recommendations or expecting them to search online, you can give them one simple link or QR code with places you personally recommend.

Guests can browse restaurants, coffee shops, attractions, outdoor activities, shopping, nightlife, and other local experiences. They can view locations on a map, get directions, complete visits, and work toward rewards during their stay. Everything works directly from their phone browser, so there is nothing to download.

Turn Local Recommendations Into a Guest Experience

Give guests more than a place to stay. Help them discover the destination.

Share Your Pass

Place a QR code in the room, lobby, welcome email, or guest message so visitors can access your recommendations instantly.

Explore Nearby

Guests browse your favorite restaurants, attractions, activities, shops, and local experiences.

Visit & Check In

Guests can complete recommended experiences using GPS, QR codes, PINs, or other verification options.

Earn a Reward

Reward guests for exploring with a complimentary drink, snack, food credit, discount, upgrade, or other perk.

Share the Places You Actually Recommend

Guests are constantly searching for things to do, places to eat, and experiences near where they are staying. A YouShould pass lets your property become their trusted local guide.

Eat & Drink

Recommend your favorite breakfast spots, coffee shops, restaurants, breweries, cocktail bars, bakeries, and local specialties.

Things to Do

Highlight beaches, hiking trails, museums, tours, parks, golf courses, family activities, and must-see attractions.

Shop Local

Point guests toward local boutiques, markets, galleries, gift shops, and businesses they might otherwise never discover.

Local Favorites

Share hidden gems, neighborhood favorites, photo spots, seasonal activities, and the places your staff or hosts personally love.

Turn Exploration Into a Reward

You can make your local guide even more engaging by giving guests something to work toward. For example, ask guests to visit three recommended locations during their stay and unlock a reward when they return to your property.

Rewards can also help bring guests back to your hotel bar, restaurant, café, gift shop, or front desk after they have spent time exploring the area.

Reward Ideas
  • Complimentary drink
  • Free appetizer or dessert
  • Breakfast or food credit
  • Hotel bar discount
  • Late checkout
  • Gift shop discount
  • Small welcome gift
  • Entry into a prize drawing

Built for Hotels, Resorts & Vacation Rentals

YouShould works for properties of almost any size, from a single vacation rental to a hotel or resort welcoming thousands of guests.

  • 🏨 Hotels: Create a branded local guide and reward guests for exploring during their stay.
  • 🌴 Resorts: Combine on-property amenities with nearby restaurants, attractions, and activities.
  • 🏡 Vacation rentals: Replace the static list in your welcome binder with an interactive local guide.
  • 🔑 Property managers: Create passes for different properties, neighborhoods, or destinations.
  • 🛏️ Inns & boutique properties: Give guests the personal recommendations that make smaller properties special.

Create Better Local Partnerships

Your guest pass can also become a way to build relationships with nearby businesses. Feature restaurants, shops, attractions, tour operators, and other partners you want guests to discover.

Local businesses can offer special discounts or experiences to your guests, giving visitors another reason to explore while helping your property support the surrounding community.

Example Guest Experience
  1. Guest scans a QR code in their room.
  2. They open your "Explore San Diego" pass.
  3. They discover your recommended coffee shop, beach, restaurant, and local brewery.
  4. They check in at three locations during their stay.
  5. They return to the hotel and unlock a complimentary drink at the bar.

Why Create Your Guest Experience with YouShould

YouShould gives hotels and vacation rental hosts an easy way to create an interactive local guide without building an app or custom website. Update recommendations whenever you want and give every guest instant access from their phone.

  • No app required: Guests simply open a link or scan a QR code.
  • Interactive maps: Help guests see what's nearby and get directions.
  • Flexible verification: Use GPS, QR codes, PINs, quizzes, photo proof, and more.
  • Built-in rewards: Encourage exploration with complimentary food, drinks, discounts, or other perks.
  • Easy to update: Add seasonal recommendations, new businesses, events, and experiences anytime.
  • Guest insights: See which recommendations guests are viewing and completing.
  • No custom app: Create a polished mobile experience without the cost of developing your own software.

Give Your Guests a Better Way to Explore

Create a digital guest pass with your favorite local restaurants, attractions, activities, and hidden gems, then reward guests for getting out and experiencing the destination.

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