Guidebook structures

Every guidebook follows one of two structures — itinerary-based or collection-based. Your choice shapes how you build content and how it appears in the app.

Every guidebook follows one of two structures. Your choice determines how you build content — and how accommodations and content appear in the Tour Guide App.

How is your trip structured?

	Itinerary-based	Collection-based
Structure	Stages = day programs	Categories = curated collections
Best for	Multi-day tours with a set program; star trips	Location stays with recommendations for the area
Example	Point-to-point cycling tour; hub-and-spoke hiking week	Outdoor stay with restaurant, route & activity tips
Accommodations in the app	Accommodation list + Per day as check-in / check-out	Accommodation list only

Itinerary-based guidebooks

The guidebook is divided into stages — one stage is typically one day's program. This is the standard for multi-day trips with a set program.

It covers two variants:

• Point-to-point — a different destination, and usually a different hotel, each day.

• Star trips — day-trip suggestions from a single base; the same hotel every night.

Days can also exist without a program — for example, extra nights booked at a destination.

Collection-based guidebooks

The guidebook holds categories of curated assets — e.g. restaurant tips, hiking routes, or other activities. This is the standard for location stays with no daily itinerary, just recommendations for the surrounding area.

Travelers browse by category instead of following a day-by-day plan.

What this means for accommodations

The structure decides how hotels reach the traveler:

• Itinerary-based — GUIBO places the right hotel on each day automatically, using destination points. Travelers see a check-in and check-out hotel per day, plus the full list.

• Collection-based — there are no travel days, so the per-day display is switched off. Every hotel still appears in the accommodation list.

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