Each section includes a "Use Guidebook defaults" toggle so you can inherit your account-level branding or set a unique look for this specific guidebook.
How to get there
Open the Guidebooks section from the left sidebar.
Select the guidebook you want to brand (or use the "Editing guidebook" dropdown to switch to it).
Click the Appearance tab.
Cover photo
Your cover photo is the first thing guests see when they open your guidebook. You can set separate images for desktop and mobile.
To set your cover photo:
On the Appearance tab, find the Cover background photo section.
Click to upload your desktop photo.
Image requirements:
Requirement | Details |
Format | JPG or PNG |
Orientation | Landscape |
Minimum width | 1920 pixels |
Optionally, upload a separate mobile photo (portrait orientation recommended). If you don't upload one, the desktop photo will be automatically resized for mobile.
Cover overlay
The cover overlay adds a colour layer over your cover photo. This can improve the readability of text on the cover page — especially useful if your photo is bright or busy.
On the Appearance tab, find the Overlay settings (within the cover section).
Choose your overlay colour.
Adjust the opacity — higher opacity makes the overlay darker and text easier to read; lower opacity lets more of the photo show through.
💡 Tip: If the text on your cover page is hard to read, try increasing the overlay opacity before swapping out the photo. A subtle dark overlay often solves the problem.
Logo and favicon
Your guidebook has two brand images:
Image | Where it appears |
Logo (Avatar) | Centre of your guidebook cover page and top-left corner of the Info page |
Favicon | Shown when your guidebook is saved to a guest's phone or tablet |
To upload your logo and favicon:
On the Appearance tab, find the Avatar/Logo section.
Click to upload your logo.
Click to upload your favicon.
Both can be a photo or your business logo.
💡 Tip: To create a circular logo, take your existing logo and use a tool like canva.com to crop it to a circle, save as an image file and upload that to your guidebook.
Navigation bar colours
The navigation bar is the menu your guests use to move around your guidebook. You can customise its look to match your branding.
On the Appearance tab, find the Navigation bar section.
Set the background colour for the navigation bar.
Set the menu text colour.
💡 Tip: Make sure there's enough contrast between your background and text colours so the menu is easy to read. Light text on a dark background or dark text on a light background works best.
Fonts and colours
Set the font and colour scheme that's used throughout your guidebook content.
On the Appearance tab, find the Fonts & Colours section.
Choose your preferred font combination.
Choose your preferred colour scheme.
These settings control how headings, body text and accents appear across your entire guidebook.
Map home pin style
Your guidebook includes a map with a pin marking your property's location. You can customise the style of this pin.
On the Appearance tab, find the Map home pin style section.
Choose your preferred pin style.
Rename tabs
You can rename the main navigation tabs that guests see in your guidebook to better fit your property or brand.
On the Appearance tab, find the Rename Tabs section.
Update the tab names as needed.
Click Save.
Using Guidebook defaults for appearance
Each section on the Appearance tab has a "Use Guidebook defaults" toggle:
Toggle setting | What happens |
On (default) | This guidebook inherits the branding from your account-level Guidebook defaults. If you update the default branding, this guidebook updates too. |
Off | This guidebook uses its own branding, independent of the account default. |
This is especially useful for multi-property hosts:
Set your standard brand (logo, colours, fonts) once in Guidebook defaults
All new guidebooks inherit it automatically
Override only on guidebooks that need a different look — for example, a property with a separate brand or a different cover photo
To save this guidebook's appearance settings as the new default for all future guidebooks, use the "Apply as default" option.
📖 Learn more: [Guidebook defaults – set once, apply to new guides (new Hub)]
Template-level vs. guidebook-level branding
In the legacy Hub, branding could be set at the "template level" (applied to all guides on that template) or at the "guide level" (individual override). In the new Hub, this concept is replaced by:
Legacy concept | New Hub equivalent |
Template-level branding | Guidebook defaults — set once, inherited by all new guidebooks |
Guide-level branding | Appearance tab with "Use Guidebook defaults" toggle switched off |
The result is the same — standard branding with per-guidebook overrides — but the new Hub makes it clearer which settings are inherited and which are custom.
Quick reference
I want to... | Do this |
Set the cover photo | Appearance tab → Cover background photo → upload |
Make cover text easier to read | Appearance tab → Overlay → increase opacity |
Upload my logo | Appearance tab → Avatar/Logo → upload |
Upload my favicon | Appearance tab → Avatar/Logo → upload favicon |
Change my guidebook's colours and fonts | Appearance tab → Fonts & Colours |
Customise the navigation bar | Appearance tab → Navigation bar → set background and text colours |
Change the map pin style | Appearance tab → Map home pin style |
Rename guest-facing tabs | Appearance tab → Rename Tabs |
Use the same branding on all guidebooks | Set your branding in Guidebook defaults and leave the toggles on |
Override branding on one guidebook | Appearance tab → switch "Use Guidebook defaults" off → set your custom values |