hejGuide

Guides for hosts

Practical, no-fluff articles on running a vacation rental — written from building hejGuide alongside real hosts. A new guide roughly every month.

Guest experience

The complete Airbnb digital guidebook guide

What a digital guidebook is, what to put in it, how to share it with guests — and how to build one free. A practical guide for vacation rental hosts.

June 10, 2026 · 9 min read

AI Connection

Connect Claude or ChatGPT to your rental admin, step by step

How to connect the AI assistant you already use to your vacation rental admin via MCP — setup steps for Claude and ChatGPT, what you can ask, and how the safety model works.

June 10, 2026 · 7 min read

Guest experience

Airbnb house rules: examples that guests actually read

How to write house rules that protect your home without sounding like a warden — what to include, what to skip, ready-to-use examples, and a free generator.

June 10, 2026 · 7 min read

Reviews

How to respond to reviews — good and bad, with examples

Copy-ready examples for answering 5-star, mixed and unfair reviews on Airbnb and Booking.com — plus the psychology of writing for the next guest, not the last one.

June 10, 2026 · 8 min read

Direct bookings

Direct bookings for small hosts: a realistic guide

What direct bookings realistically deliver for a 1–5 property host, where the guests actually come from, and how to start without betting the season on it.

June 10, 2026 · 8 min read

Pricing

Pricing your rental: seasons, weekends and min-stays

A practical pricing system for small hosts: build a season calendar, add weekend and length-of-stay rules, set minimum stays that protect your calendar — and know when dynamic pricing tools earn their fee.

June 10, 2026 · 9 min read

Operations

The turnover day checklist

A complete changeover-day checklist for vacation rentals — room by room, with the final checks most cleaners skip, photo proof, and a free printable builder.

June 10, 2026 · 6 min read

Channel sync

How to stop double bookings: iCal vs channel manager, explained

Why double bookings happen, how iCal sync really works (and its delay window), when a channel manager is worth it — an honest decision guide for small hosts.

June 10, 2026 · 8 min read

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