How to create my first digital welcome book?

👉 Make sure you have completed this first step: Create your first property

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Watch this tutorial video to learn how to create your first digital welcome book:

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Creating your welcome book is super easy! Follow these steps:

1. Go to your property and click on the "Welcome book" button.
2. On the left, you'll see a list of pages that make up your guide. The first time, it will be empty.
3. On the right, you’ll find the editor to create your content.
4. At the top, you have several action buttons:
   • Auto-save ensures your work is never lost.
   • Preview lets you see how your guide will look.
   • Share provides a link and a QR code that you can distribute in your property or on other materials.

The “Home” section is common to all guides. It cannot be deleted and allows you to create a personalized message to greet your guests.

Choose the main language of your welcome booklet carefully

Keep in mind that if you want to activate the nowistay AI assistant / co-host, you must think carefully about the choice of your main language. Indeed, to respond to traveler messages for you, the AI ​​co-host learns information found in your digital booklet (it reads and digests the information in the main language of your booklet).

By default, the main language of the welcome booklet is English. Choose the language where the content will be richest and most detailed as your main language.

So, if you want to provide a lot more information in Spanish, choose Spanish as your main language so that the AI ​​has the largest knowledge base. NB: if you later decide to choose English as your main language, be sure to duplicate all the information in English because this language will be the new learning base for the co-host.

How to create your first page 

• Click "Add a page." A new page will appear on the right.
• Customize the title, icon, and content.
• Use the editor to add:
  
  • text & headings,
  • tables, lists (ordered/unordered),
  • checklists,
  • quotes,
  • separators,
  • images,
  • or videos.

Want to add a YouTube video?

1. Simply copy the YouTube video's URL (by sharing it, for example, or by going to the video and copying the URL).
2. Then paste it directly into the guide. The video will load and the video player will be directly embedded in your guide!
3. Be sure to mark the video as "public" or "unlisted" (so it doesn't appear publicly on YouTube). If the video is private, it won't work.

Managing your pages

• Rearrange pages by dragging and dropping them in the list.
• Delete a page if needed—but be careful! ⚠️ This action is irreversible, and deleted content cannot be recovered.

👉 Next step: How to translate my welcome book?