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.

One guest guide for your Picton 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 Picton?

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.

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A local guide already taking shape

Start from 32 curated places around Picton, NZ, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.

Restaurants & cafés

Cortado Restaurant
Picton's foreshore restaurant with the most polished dinner room in town, a Mediterranean menu and the strongest wine list in the village. The grown-up evening choice.

Le Cafe Picton
Foreshore cafe with the village's strongest brunch and waterfront tables that fill from 9am. The locals' weekend morning room.

Trails & outdoors

Queen Charlotte Track
A 71km coastal multi-day track from Ship Cove to Anakiwa through the Marlborough Sounds, walked in 4-5 days or cycled in 2-3. Most do day sections via water taxi pickup and drop-off; the full walk is one of the country's best multi-day tramps.

Ship Cove to Furneaux Lodge (Day Section)
The most popular day section of the Queen Charlotte Track, a 15km walk with water taxi pickup at Furneaux. About 6 hours; the dramatic central section of the track.

Things to do

Mail Boat Cruise
Beachcomber Cruises' mail-run boat delivers actual post to remote Marlborough Sounds bays, with passengers along for the ride. Half-day, slow, and the most distinctive way to see the Sounds.

Cougar Line Day Cruise
Half-day cruises into Queen Charlotte Sound from Picton wharf, with a stop at Ship Cove and Motuara Island bird sanctuary. The casual sightseeing version of the mail boat.

Landmarks & sights

Picton Foreshore
The waterfront strip at the head of Queen Charlotte Sound, with the ferry terminal, the marina and a row of restaurants spilling out onto the grass. The orientation point and the natural place to start a day.

Queen Charlotte Sound
The drowned-river-valley seaway that defines the upper south of New Zealand, with steep bush hillsides plunging into deep blue water and a thousand islands. The natural reason Picton exists. Cruise it, walk along it, or stay in a lodge on it.

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