Does this comply with Airbnb’s terms of service?

Yes. Airbnb’s policy explicitly permits “optional apps that facilitate a guest’s experience during the stay” — it names Sonos, Nest, and concierge apps as examples. CohostAI is exactly that: an optional guest-experience app guests open via a link or QR to get instant answers. It doesn’t require payment or property access, and it doesn’t auto-send in your Airbnb inbox — reply drafts wait for your review, so you stay in control of the conversations that matter.

What if my property is in a rural or small town?

We scan up to 10 surrounding zip codes to surface the best restaurants, trails, and gems within driving distance. Most rural hosts get 40+ quality recommendations.

Can I edit or customize what the AI picks?

Yes. Add your own favorites, write host tips, remove places you don’t love, and mark your top picks with a Host Pick badge. Your cohost only answers from what you’ve saved and confirmed.

Will my guests actually use it?

Every guide includes built-in analytics — you’ll see opens, clicks, and which places guests tap on. Most hosts see strong engagement in the first 24 hours after sharing.

Is there a free plan?

You can build, edit, and test CohostAI for free with no credit card. Publishing a guest link or using the live AI cohost requires one paid license per property at $9/month or $79/year; drafts stay saved either way.

What happens if I cancel?

Your cohost and guest guide stay live through the end of the period you’ve paid for. After that the guest link pauses — nothing is deleted, and everything comes back if you resubscribe.

Explore Oakland · For hosts

One guest guide for your Oakland rental.

Give guests one page for Wi-Fi, check-in, parking and what’s good nearby. Start with your address, add your property details, then share grounded answers available 24/7.

Hosting in Oakland?

CohostAI turns these recommendations into a guest guide for your exact address — and answers your guests' questions from it, day or night, in their language.

Free to start. No credit card required.

A local guide already taking shape

Start from 37 curated places around Oakland, CA, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.

Restaurants & cafés

Burdell
An elevated California take on soul food in Temescal, plating refined versions of the chef's family recipes on vintage Pyrex with national acclaim from Food & Wine and the SF Chronicle. The city's marquee dinner destination.

Bakesale Betty
A Temescal counter with a genre-defining fried-chicken sandwich on a jalapeño-slaw bun, served to a line at sidewalk ironing-board tables. Cheap, beloved and worth the wait.

Trails & outdoors

Lake Merritt Loop
The flat 3.4-mile path circling the tidal lagoon, passing the bird sanctuary, the boathouse and the lit pergola — the city's most-used walk and run. Easy, social and central.

Redwood Regional Park
A canyon of towering second-growth coast redwoods in the Oakland hills, with the shaded Stream Trail running flat along a creek beneath the giants. A startling pocket of deep forest minutes from the city.

Things to do

Oakland Museum of California
A terraced modernist museum devoted entirely to California's art, history and natural science, with a beloved Friday-night food-truck-and-music series in its gardens. The city's flagship cultural institution.

Chabot Space & Science Center
A hilltop science center with planetarium shows, hands-on exhibits and big public telescopes open for free weekend night viewing. A family favorite with a Bay-view perch.

Landmarks & sights

Lake Merritt
A tidal lagoon ringed by a 3.4-mile path right in the middle of the city, strung with the 'Necklace of Lights' and circled by joggers, drummers and birdlife. The social and geographic heart of Oakland.

Jack London Square
The revived estuary waterfront where Jack London hung out as a young man, now a strip of restaurants, a Sunday farmers market and a working port view. The city's front door to the water.

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