Manuals
Guestbud documentation
Step-by-step guides for hosts and operators — from your first property to Revolut payments, channel connections, the MTA eco return and the API.
Getting started
- Getting startedSet up your guest portal in 30 minutes — sign up, add a property, connect payments and send your first guest link. EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet check-in included.Tenants
- The guest experienceWhat guests see in the portal — online check-in (also with the EUDI Wallet), tourist tax and deposit payments, door code, Wi-Fi, house rules, local tips and extras.Tenants
- Check-in with the EU Digital Identity (EUDI) WalletThe EUDI Wallet is already supported — guests confirm name, date of birth and nationality from their EU Digital Identity Wallet via myeudi.app and phone.codeb.io instead of typing and uploading ID photos.Tenants
- Properties and the guest guide editorAdd properties, assign tourist tax, deposit, channel link and smart lock, and edit everything guests see — welcome, codes, Wi-Fi, rubbish rules per town, local tips and extras.Tenants
- Local calendar, bookings and guestsManage bookings without a channel manager — create and edit bookings, block dates, export an iCal feed, keep a guest directory and handle arrivals, departures and stayovers.Tenants
Payments & taxes
- Connect Revolut payments (incl. sandbox and test cards)Step-by-step — connect your Revolut Business merchant account, test everything in the Revolut sandbox with the official test cards, register the webhook and go live.Tenants
- Apple Pay and Google PayOffer Apple Pay and Google Pay in the guest portal through your Revolut merchant account — no PCI work for you, one-tap payments for guests.Tenants
- Deposits, waivers and manual paymentsHold or charge security deposits, release them in full or retain part after check-out, waive the deposit or tourist tax with a reason, and record cash or bank-transfer payments.Tenants
- Tourist taxes — Malta eco-contribution, Kurtaxe and moreHow tourist taxes are calculated per country and town — the Malta eco-contribution, German Kurtaxe per municipality, zero tax — and how to create your own tax definitions and assign them to properties.Tenants
- MTA eco-contribution return (Malta)Download your quarterly Malta eco-contribution return in the official MTA booking template (.xlsx), check the totals per licence and submit and pay on time.Tenants
Channels
- Connect HostawayImport Hostaway reservations automatically — create a Hostaway API key, connect it, link each property to its Hostaway listing and send every guest their portal link.Tenants
- Connect Rentals UnitedImport Rentals United reservations automatically with your API access key and secret key, link properties by their Rentals United property ID and keep guest data in sync.Tenants
- Connect ChannexConnect your Channex channel manager with an API key, link properties by their Channex property ID and import bookings from every connected OTA automatically.Tenants
- Connect Leviathan PMS or any iCal calendarImport bookings from Leviathan PMS with your API token, or from Airbnb, Booking.com and any other calendar via iCal — plus the iCal export that blocks dates booked in the guest portal.Tenants
Compliance & door access
- Meldeschein — guest registration in GermanyGerman holiday lets must register non-German guests (besonderer Meldeschein, §§ 29–30 BMG). The guest portal collects the data and signature online, prints the bilingual form and deletes it after the legal period. EUDI Wallet supported.Tenants
- Nuki smart locks — automatic door codesConnect your Nuki account once and every guest gets a personal 6-digit keypad code, valid only for their stay, created automatically after payment and removed after check-out.Tenants
Account & team
- Users, roles and sign-in (password, Google, phone.codeb.io)Invite your team, give each person a role (owner, manager, staff, viewer), and let them sign in with a password, Google or phone.codeb.io.Tenants
- Email and notificationsBranded guest emails — portal invitation, reminders, payment receipts, deposit updates — plus host notifications, automatic invitations, sender settings and a test mode.Tenants
- Custom domains and automatic SSL certificatesRun the guest portal on your own domain such as stay.your-company.com — set the DNS record, connect it, and get a free Let's Encrypt certificate issued and renewed automatically.Tenants
- Security and privacyHow guest and host data is protected — separate data per tenant, encrypted secrets, no card data, private ID documents, automatic deletion, EUDI Wallet with consent, GDPR erasure and audit trail.Tenants
Developers
- API quick startUse the REST API with your own API key — create bookings from your PMS or website, read check-in data and payment status, send guest links and download reports. OpenAPI 3.1.Developers
- WebhooksReceive signed real-time events — booking created, check-in completed, payment completed, stay unlocked, extras ordered — and verify the HMAC-SHA256 signature.Developers
Operators
- Operator guide — installation on Windows / IISInstall the guest portal platform on Windows Server with IIS and iisnode — data folder outside the web root registered in HKLM, mail pickup directory, Let's Encrypt via win-acme, first superadmin.Operators
- Operator guide — tenants, domains, sign-ups and tax definitionsCreate tenants in seconds, approve self sign-ups, connect custom domains with automatic certificates, maintain platform-wide tourist-tax definitions and help tenants through support sessions.Operators