Little Hotelier offers customisable, scheduled pre- and post-stay guest emails — perfect for delivering your registration link. Best Guest connects in two ways:
- Automated messages — Little Hotelier scheduled guest emails deliver your registration link.
- iCal sync — Best Guest imports your Little Hotelier reservations.
Estimated setup time: 5–10 minutes.
Before you start
- An active Little Hotelier account
- A Best Guest account
- Your Best Guest registration link, e.g.
https://app.bestguestapp.com/l/your-listing?channel=littlehotelier
(Use your real link. ?channel=littlehotelier records the reservation origin.)
Using the right link: every listing — each apartment, room, tent, RV, or whatever counts as your smallest bookable unit — has its own unique registration link. If you manage more than one listing, double-check you’re copying the correct one. Find all your links in Best Guest under Properties → [property] → Listings → Copy listing link, or grab them during the Listings step of onboarding.
Path 1 — Scheduled guest email
- Open Little Hotelier’s guest emails / Guest Engagement settings.
- Customise a pre-arrival email, scheduled with the days before check-in option (e.g. 2 days).
- Add your registration message and insert Little Hotelier’s guest-name placeholder.
Dear (guest name),
Before arrival, please complete your quick online check-in:
https://app.bestguestapp.com/l/your-listing
It takes under 2 minutes. We look forward to welcoming you.
Note: pre-arrival emails may not fire for bookings made after the scheduled window, so keep an eye on last-minute reservations.
Recommended: a reminder one day after arrival
Best Guest automatically reminds the main guest if they started registration but haven’t finished it. If a guest never opens the form at all, though, that reminder can’t reach them — so it’s worth scheduling a second pre-arrival email, timed 1 day after arrival instead of before it, using only the link:
Hello (guest name),
Everything alright? Did you fill out all your forms and is the data correct?
Please follow this link if you still need to add/change some information:
https://app.bestguestapp.com/l/your-listing
Path 2 — iCal sync
To import Little Hotelier reservations into Best Guest’s Reservation Verification, copy the property’s calendar/iCal export link and paste it into Best Guest.
Recommended timeline
- Reservation confirmed → confirmation only
- 2 days before arrival → registration link
- Arrival day → access instructions
- 1 day after arrival → reminder for guests who haven’t completed registration
- Departure → thank-you
Troubleshooting
Email didn’t send — confirm the pre-arrival email is enabled, the timing, and that the booking was made before the scheduled window.
Reservation missing in Best Guest — verify the URL and ?channel=littlehotelier.
Next steps
Informational only
This page is provided for general information and is not legal or tax advice. Rates, deadlines and exemptions are set by law and municipal ordinances and can change — always verify current requirements with your municipality or a qualified advisor.