Table of contents:
What this feature does
You can embed a preview of your guide on your website to showcase your content to potential guests. This is a great way to:
Give guests a sneak peek of your guide
Highlight useful information
Encourage bookings
Avoid recreating content on your website
Step 1: Choose what to show in your preview
First, decide which parts of your guide you want to display. For example, you may want to keep sensitive information (like door lock codes) hidden.
⚠️ Hidden content only stays hidden on an invitation link (Step 2, option 2). The Quick Share link ignores these settings and shows your full guide.
In the new Hub
Each topic has an Access level:
Open the topic from your guidebook's Guidebook Content tab or from Account library → Content Hub.
Go to the Visibility tab.
Under Access level, choose Always visible for content you want in your preview, or Visible only during the stay for content you want to keep hidden.
Click Save Changes.
💡 In the new Hub, the access level is set on each topic. Categories and subcategories don't have their own setting.
In the legacy Hub
You can lock or unlock Categories, Subcategories, or Topics. Unlock the content you want to show and keep the rest locked.
Option 1 - Categories or Subcategories
Use this if you want to lock or limit an entire Category or Subcategory:
Click the three dots next to the title
Change the access level
Option 2 - Topics
Use this if you only want to lock or limit a specific topic:
Click the lock icon next to the topic
Black lock = locked
Transparent lock = visible
Step 2: Create your guide link
There are two ways to generate your guide link, depending on what you want to show.
Option 1: Show your full guide
Use the Quick Share link if you want to display your full guide. It shows everything, whatever access levels you've set.
New Hub: open Guidebooks, select your guidebook, click Invite guests and click Copy next to Quick share link.
Legacy Hub: go to the Guides page, click the three dots next to your guide name and click Copy share link.
Option 2: Show a limited preview (recommended)
Use an invitation link if you want to keep some content private and only show part of your guide. Create an invitation with a stay far in the future: until the stay starts, guests only see topics set to Always visible.
Start a new invitation:
New Hub: go to Messaging & Chat → Invitations and click Invite guests (or open your guidebook, click Invite guests and click Invite).
Legacy Hub: go to Message Hub → Invitations and click Invite guests.
Click Invite new contact. The window opens with a search box, and the First name field only appears after you click this button.
Enter a First name such as “Website Preview”, so you can easily recognise this link later. You can leave the email and phone number empty.
Select your guide under Guide / Property.
Set the Check-in date and time and Check-out date and time far in the future.
Click Show more and set Lead time to No.
Click Next. The invitation is saved.
Copy the Unique invitation link shown on the next screen.
This creates a unique guide link that you can use for your website preview. 📖 Learn more: How to create a guest invitation (legacy Hub: How to create an invitation using the Message Hub? (Legacy hub))
Step 3: Add an iFrame to your website
To display your guide, you’ll need to add an iFrame to your website. How you do this depends on your website provider. For example, in WordPress, you can install an iFrame plugin.
💡 Tip: If you're unsure how to do this, your website provider or developer can help.
Step 4: Embed your guide preview
Once your iFrame is set up, paste your Quick Share link or invitation link into the iFrame.
Example: [iframe width=“100%” height=“600” src=“paste-your-link-here”]
Important: You may need to adjust this depending on your website platform. Reach out to your website provider for instructions on how to do this.
And that's it! Below is an example of what the embedded guidebook preview looks like on the website of our friends at Sea View Cottage.
Notes
Not all web browsers support iFrames, so some visitors may not see the preview.
If you change what's hidden or visible, your preview updates automatically. It can take a few minutes to show.
If you want a different version of your guide for your website (compared to guests), you may need to create a second guide.
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