HostBuddy AI is an AI-powered guest messaging automation tool designed for short-term rental hosts. It integrates with your property management system to provide proactive, high-quality guest support by leveraging property data to answer questions, troubleshoot issues, and escalate problems on your behalf. The platform emphasizes ease of setup, human-like responses, and 24/7 coverage to help hosts scale their business while maintaining excellent guest communication.
How HostBuddy AI Works
- Connect your property management system to import properties and access guest data.
- Auto-create a knowledge base from welcome documents, listing details, past conversations, and other resources.
- Use templated, AI-powered messages or customized responses for guest inquiries, check-in instructions, troubleshooting, and issues.
- Schedule automated responses for 24/7 coverage or based on your coverage needs.
- Review action items, assign follow-ups to your team, and monitor insights through business analytics.
Features
- Auto-import properties from PMS and autofill property details
- AI-driven templated messaging system for consistent, timely responses
- Smart inbox to manage all guest communications in one place
- 24/7 scheduling to provide around-the-clock guest support
- Issue tracking and management with categorization (maintenance, cleanliness, guest requests, etc.)
- Advanced customization of tone, behavior, and knowledge base
- AI-driven insights on guest satisfaction, message timing, and more
- Direct integrations with Slack for alerts and updates
- Cleaning management software integrations for check-in readiness
- Action item workflows to assign and resolve guest-related tasks
- Data-driven decision support and reporting
Core Benefits
- Sleep better with high-quality, automated guest support that runs around the clock
- Maintain a 100% response rate and improve guest experiences with human-like AI
- Reduce manual work and scale your hosting operations across multiple listings
- Centralize guest communications and gain actionable insights from AI-powered analytics
How It Works in Practice
- Templated messages automate common inquiries (check-in details, WiFi, appliances, policies) with AI-enhanced accuracy.
- The smart inbox filters by urgency and hands off complex decisions to you when needed.
- Action items are centralized, categorized, and trackable, with notes and resolution status.
- Integrations pull updates from cleaning systems to support early check-ins when possible.
Safety and Best Practices
- Use for legitimate guest support and ensure compliance with platform policies and local regulations.
- Review automated responses for accuracy and update knowledge bases as properties and listings change.
Use Cases
- 24/7 guest support for inquiries, troubleshooting, and check-in guidance
- Automated follow-ups and post-stay thank-you messages
- Proactive issue escalation to maintain high guest satisfaction
- Multi-property management with consistent messaging across listings
Pricing and Access
- Explore demos and pricing to tailor HostBuddy AI to your property portfolio.
What Hosts Say
- Industry-leading AI technology designed for guest communication at scale
- Easy property setup and seamless PMS integration
- Significant time savings and improved guest satisfaction
Quick Start
- Book a demo or start a trial to see how HostBuddy AI can automate your guest messaging today.
Core Features (at a glance)
- Auto property import from PMS
- AI-powered templated messaging
- Smart inbox for unified communications
- 24/7 automated coverage
- Issue tracking and management
- Advanced customization of behavior and knowledge base
- AI-driven business insights
- Slack notifications and collaboration
- Cleaning management system integrations
- Action item workflow and reporting