🔍 What Is GuruWalk?
GuruWalk is a platform offering authentic, tip-based walking tours guided by knowledgeable locals. These tours go beyond typical tourist attractions, revealing hidden gems and cultural insights. They're a perfect zero-cost way for guests to explore the city during their stay.
🌟 Benefits for Guests
Free experiences: Guests access curated free walking tours during check-in.
No financial commitment: Pay-what-you-want model means guests can enjoy the experience at their own pace and comfort.
Seamless experience: Tours are integrated directly into Chekin’s guest check-in flow via the “Enhance Your Stay” section.
Flexible language options: Tours are available in English, Spanish, Italian, and German (depending on the tour guide).
🏡 Benefits for Property Hosts
Extra revenue: Earn a commission (up to 50%) for each guest who joins a tour.
Zero cost to enable: No setup, subscription, or upfront fees – only earn from completed bookings.
No effort required: Tours are enabled by default across properties and require no guest management.
Bulk control: You can enable/disable the feature across properties in bulk from the Property Upselling menu.
📋 Example Use Cases
Guest Discovery During Check-in
What happens: Guests see curated free tour options during check-in and are redirected to GuruWalk to book.
Result: Guests can book a tour while completing check-in, enhancing their stay with zero additional work from hosts.
Host Revenue Optimization
What happens: Hosts enable the tours for their properties.
Result: Hosts earn commission on completed tours with no need for extra setup or support.
Multi-property Management
What happens: Hosts can enable or disable GuruWalk across multiple properties.
Result: Easy feature management through Chekin’s dashboard.
🧑💻 How to Use GuruWalk in Chekin
For Hosts:
GuruWalk is automatically enabled across all your properties.
You can disable it for one property or in bulk via the Upselling section.
Hosts do not see exact commission earnings (due to integration limitations).
For Guests:
If enabled by the host, guests see GuruWalk tours during check-in.
Guests are shown tours filtered by the city of the property and their selected language.
If their language isn't supported, the tours default to English.
Clicking a tour opens a new tab on GuruWalk where they complete the booking.
All tours are free. After the tour, guests can voluntarily leave a tip.
📱 Guest & Host View Previews
Here’s what the integration looks like:
Host dashboard: Enable or disable GuruWalk, view property status.
Guest app: Browse available tours during check-in, complete booking seamlessly.
❗Important Notes
Guests can see up to 3 relevant tours based on city and language.
Guests are free to leave the GuruWalk flow at any time.
Tours are tip-based – no upfront payment is required from the guest.
Hosts benefit from additional revenue and improved guest satisfaction at no added cost.