New Affiliate Spotlight: Around the Stay. Local Events, Weather, and Trail Notices That Update Themselves

answer the question once. keep it current. skip the manual work.

What do guests ask hosts most often?

Not the Wi-Fi password. It is the other question, the one that lands mid-check-in and interrupts dinner: "What's going on in town this week?"

Around the Stay is a new Inndirectly affiliate built around exactly that moment. It gives your rental a guest-facing page that stays current on its own: what is happening in town this week, markets, festivals, concerts, trail and park notices, what has just opened or closed, and the local forecast. Every item is linked to the source it came from, so guests can verify details themselves.

Why does this matter for direct bookings?

The guest experience is the product. A guest who feels looked after leaves a better review, books again, and tells friends. Around the Stay handles one slice of that automatically, so the answer to "what's happening?" is already waiting when the guest arrives.

• Markets: Local markets and seasonal sales, with dates and locations.
• Festivals: Community events with links back to the organizer's own page.
• Concerts: Live music and theater nights near the rental.
• Trails and parks: Closures, high-water notices, and construction updates that would otherwise surprise a guest mid-hike.
• Open and closed: Pool closures, road work, new openings, and everything in between.
• Weather: A live local forecast with links to official alerts.

The page rebuilds itself early every Sunday. Anything that has passed gets dropped. Anything newly announced gets added, with each item checked against its source before it goes live.

How do hosts set it up?

About two minutes, with just your email. No password, no card.

1. Add your rental's name and its town.
2. The first guide builds itself right away.
3. Put it in front of guests: a printable card with a QR code for the coffee table, a link in your check-in message, or an embed on your own site or digital guidebook.

You can shape it too. Hide anything you would rather guests not see. Pin your own notes, the café you would send a friend to, or check-out details. Name the sites your town posts events on and every future build reads them first. You can even see how often guests open the page, and whether they came from the printed card, the link, or your site.

What does it cost?

Nothing during early access. If pricing ever changes, hosts hear by email first and can choose not to continue. The service covers rentals in the US and Canada. Guests need no account, and the guest page sets no cookies: opens are counted, never who opened them.

How does this fit with Inndirectly?

Inndirectly is a search engine for direct vacation rentals, not a booking platform, with zero booking fees and zero commissions. Around the Stay is part of the same idea: keep the guest relationship direct, keep the guest experience strong, and skip the third-party middlemen. Hosts who list on Inndirectly reach travelers searching across multiple rental sources, and tools like this one help keep those guests happy once they arrive.

Guests: create a free Inndirectly account to connect directly with hosts and bypass platform fees. Sign up at inndirectly.com/signup and set Smart Alerts so you hear about new listings and open dates in your favorite destinations first.

Hosts: list your property on Inndirectly to get found by travelers searching across the web, then set up your Around the Stay page to answer the "what's happening?" question before it is asked. Sign up at inndirectly.com/signup.

Want to try Around the Stay?

Set up your guest page in about two minutes, free during early access, at aroundthestay.com/join?from=inndirectly.

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The Bottom Line

Guests ask what's happening. Around the Stay answers it once, keeps the answer current, and puts it on a printed card with a QR code, in your check-in message, or on your own site. Free during early access, two minutes to set up, built for hosts in the US and Canada. Pair it with a free Inndirectly listing and you have a direct-booking setup that works for you and your guests, with zero commissions in the middle.