# Guestbud > Guestbud helps short-term rental owners collect eco tax and refundable security deposits as two separate payments, runs the online check-in, then gives guests their access details, stay information and extras in one portal. €10 per listing per month. Operated by Aloaha Limited (Malta). ## Product - [Features](https://guestbud.io/features): guest portal, payments, deposits, MTA eco return, channels - [Live demo](https://guestbud.io/demo): sample data, simulated payments - [Security](https://guestbud.io/security) - [Contact](https://guestbud.io/contact) ## Manuals - [Getting started](https://guestbud.io/docs/getting-started.md): Set 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. - [The guest experience](https://guestbud.io/docs/guest-experience.md): What 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. - [Check-in with the EU Digital Identity (EUDI) Wallet](https://guestbud.io/docs/eudi-wallet-check-in.md): The 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. - [Properties and the guest guide editor](https://guestbud.io/docs/properties-and-guide-editor.md): Add 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. - [Local calendar, bookings and guests](https://guestbud.io/docs/local-calendar-and-bookings.md): Manage 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. - [Connect Revolut payments (incl. sandbox and test cards)](https://guestbud.io/docs/revolut-payments.md): 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. - [Apple Pay and Google Pay](https://guestbud.io/docs/apple-pay-google-pay.md): Offer Apple Pay and Google Pay in the guest portal through your Revolut merchant account — no PCI work for you, one-tap payments for guests. - [Deposits, waivers and manual payments](https://guestbud.io/docs/deposits-and-waivers.md): Hold 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. - [Tourist taxes — Malta eco-contribution, Kurtaxe and more](https://guestbud.io/docs/tourist-taxes.md): How 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. - [MTA eco-contribution return (Malta)](https://guestbud.io/docs/mta-eco-return.md): 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. - [Connect Hostaway](https://guestbud.io/docs/connect-hostaway.md): Import Hostaway reservations automatically — create a Hostaway API key, connect it, link each property to its Hostaway listing and send every guest their portal link. - [Connect Rentals United](https://guestbud.io/docs/connect-rentalsunited.md): Import 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. - [Connect Channex](https://guestbud.io/docs/connect-channex.md): Connect your Channex channel manager with an API key, link properties by their Channex property ID and import bookings from every connected OTA automatically. - [Connect Leviathan PMS or any iCal calendar](https://guestbud.io/docs/connect-leviathan-and-ical.md): Import 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. - [Meldeschein — guest registration in Germany](https://guestbud.io/docs/meldeschein-germany.md): German 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. - [Nuki smart locks — automatic door codes](https://guestbud.io/docs/nuki-smart-locks.md): Connect 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. - [Users, roles and sign-in (password, Google, phone.codeb.io)](https://guestbud.io/docs/users-roles-and-sign-in.md): 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. - [Email and notifications](https://guestbud.io/docs/email-and-notifications.md): Branded guest emails — portal invitation, reminders, payment receipts, deposit updates — plus host notifications, automatic invitations, sender settings and a test mode. - [Custom domains and automatic SSL certificates](https://guestbud.io/docs/custom-domains-and-ssl.md): Run 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. - [Security and privacy](https://guestbud.io/docs/security-and-privacy.md): How 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. - [API quick start](https://guestbud.io/docs/api-quickstart.md): Use 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. - [Webhooks](https://guestbud.io/docs/webhooks.md): Receive signed real-time events — booking created, check-in completed, payment completed, stay unlocked, extras ordered — and verify the HMAC-SHA256 signature. - [Operator guide — installation on Windows / IIS](https://guestbud.io/docs/operator-installation.md): Install 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. - [Operator guide — tenants, domains, sign-ups and tax definitions](https://guestbud.io/docs/operator-tenants-and-signup.md): Create 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. ## API - [API reference](https://guestbud.io/api/docs) - [OpenAPI (tenant)](https://guestbud.io/api/v1/openapi.json)