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Guest messaging and journeys

Every guest message in one inbox, and the routine ones sent for you

Conversations sit beside the reservation and reach the guest by email too. Journeys send the confirmation, arrival details, review request and more on time, by email or text.

The inbox in Holuway: guest conversations beside their reservation, with replies that also reach the guest by email.
Real screens, sample dataReal Holuway screens, captured from the app with a sample company: Harbor Light Inn in Galveston, Cypress Creek Cabin in Wimberley and Eastside Loft in Austin.

01 · The inbox

One inbox for every product

Guest conversations, Spaces customers and residents in one list, each beside what it is about. A reservation's messages are the same ones the guest sees in their trip, and replies arrive by email too.

  • Open the inbox on Stays or Spaces, or see everything

02 · Journeys

The right message at the right moment

Booking confirmed, before arrival, arrival day, during the stay, before checkout, after the stay, a review request, a win-back and an abandoned booking. Templates come written in English and Spanish, and you change the words.

  • Email, or text where the guest agreed to texts
  • Texts only from 9 AM to 8 PM on the property's clock, up to 320 characters, stopped by STOP
  • At most one marketing message every three days, with the reason a message was skipped

03 · Upsells

Extras guests ask for

Early check-in, late checkout, parking, breakfast, a pet fee or an upgrade, priced per stay, night, guest or guest-night, offered while booking or before arrival, approved by the desk if you want, and posted to the folio.

04 · Reviews and segments

Answer reviews, know your guests

Reply once, in public, to each review. Group guests into segments such as first-time, repeat, direct or high value, with their consent, and export them.

  • Reviews from other sites added by hand or imported from a file

Not in Holuway yet

Said plainly, so you can plan around it.

  • Broadcast email or text campaigns: campaigns today are the attribution of your own links and costs.
  • Journeys for guests who booked through another channel.
  • Texts need a text provider set up for your organization; email works from the start.

Questions, answered

Which plan includes journeys?

Journeys work on every plan. Upsells and guest segments are part of Stays Pro and Stays Business.

Can a guest stop the texts?

Yes. Replying STOP stops them, and marketing messages need the guest's consent in the first place.

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