Comparison · 2026
hejGuide vs Touch Stay
A well-loved digital guidebook specialist — guidebooks only, no PMS.
Touch Stay does one thing and does it well: digital welcome guides. If a standalone guidebook is genuinely all you need, it is a fine product with a long track record.
The hejGuide question is different: why run a guidebook in one tool and your bookings, messages and check-in in others? When the guidebook knows about the booking, it can do more — share itself at the right moment, drive online check-in, sell extras, and answer guests in their own language.
Pick Touch Stay if…
Pick Touch Stay if you only want a guidebook, your PMS is settled, and you don’t need the guidebook wired into bookings, messaging or payments.
Pick hejGuide if…
Pick hejGuide if you’d rather have the guidebook plus the whole hosting stack — bookings, channel sync, messaging, check-in, upsells — for similar money.
Side by side
| hejGuide | Touch Stay | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan: 1 listing incl. guidebook · Starter €19/mo | from ~$99/yr per property (guidebook only) |
| What you get | Guidebook + PMS, channel manager, inbox, check-in, payments | Digital guidebook |
| Languages | Automatic in 9 languages | Manual translations / browser translate |
| Tied to bookings | Yes — auto-share, check-in flow, upsells per stay | No bookings — separate links |
| Local area guide | Built in, with maps and your own tips | Built in |
| Upsells from the guidebook | Yes — guests order extras from their phone | Limited |
| Bring-your-own AI (MCP) | Yes — AI drafts pages & local tips, you publish (beta) | No |
Touch Stay pricing from touchstay.com/pricing, last checked 10 June 2026 — they use calculator-based pricing per property, so check their page for your exact number. hejGuide prices excl. VAT.
Where Touch Stay is ahead
- Years of guidebook-only polish and a large library of content ideas.
- Works alongside any PMS — if your current stack is settled, it slots in without migration.
- Memory Stick / offline-style extras for guests in low-signal areas.
Where hejGuide is ahead
- One subscription instead of guidebook + PMS: the free plan already includes a full guidebook for one listing.
- The guidebook is connected: bookings trigger sharing, check-in, scheduled messages and upsells automatically.
- Automatic translation into 9 guest languages — no copy-paste translation rounds.
- AI Connection (beta): draft pages and local-guide tips with your own AI, review and publish in the dashboard.
Thinking of switching?
Import your bookings from a CSV or Excel export, keep calendars safe with iCal from minute one, and switch on full two-way sync when you are ready. Most of the work is one afternoon — and the free plan means you can try the guidebook side before you move anything.
Questions about migrating from Touch Stay? Email us — you talk directly to the person who builds hejGuide.
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