Self-Service Check-In · Independent Hotels & Motels
A tablet kiosk scans the guest's driver's license on-device, matches their booking, and prints a registration slip. A remote agent approves from anywhere. One person can cover multiple properties overnight.
The problem
The La Quinta and Marriott properties handled this years ago. Independent hotels and motels still lose to it — or hire an overnight clerk at $150–$250 per night.
Per property. A 30-room motel pays $4,500–$7,500/month just to cover late arrivals.
One bad late check-in turns into a 1-star review that costs more than a month of software.
Even with lockboxes, guests need their booking confirmed and paperwork completed. That human just doesn't need to be on-site.
Try it now
Both sides of the product are running. Guest kiosk and agent console — try them now. Demo property: Demo Inn, Deerfield Beach. Use confirmation DEMO-001 or surname Rivera.
Guest experience
Under 90 seconds start to finish. No app download. No account creation for the guest.
System
The guest talks to the kiosk. The kiosk talks to the backend. The backend talks to the agent. The agent closes the loop.
What's included
Not for enterprise chains with IT departments. Everything the kiosk needs to run on a tablet a handyman could set up.
The kiosk camera feed is processed entirely on-device using the ZXing PDF417 decoder. Only structured text fields — first name, last name, date of birth, license number, expiry — are transmitted to match a booking. The actual document image is never stored, uploaded, or transmitted.
This is AAMVA design: the barcode encodes the text fields per a published standard. We parse the barcode, extract the fields, transmit the fields. That's it. No image. No scan archive. License number is used for local session verification only — not stored in our database.
Pricing
Check in 5 guests a month or 500 — the price doesn't change. Cancel any month.
Hardware not included. Requires a compatible tablet (iPad 9th gen+ or Android 10+) and a network or USB printer. Questions? Email checkin@boojee.estate
What we're honest about
Boojee Check-In is in active production. Here is exactly what works, what needs real-world testing, and what's still ahead.
The kiosk PWA (camera scan, AAMVA barcode parse, booking match, slip print), the remote agent console, the backend API (Lambda + DynamoDB), and the full offline dev test suite — all pass. The demo at /boojee-checkin/kiosk/ and /boojee-checkin/desk/ is the real code.
The ZXing PDF417 decoder hasn't been tested against every US state's driver's license format. The ESC/POS WebUSB print path needs testing against physical Epson TM printers in the field. Both work in testing — contact us before assuming they work on your hardware without a trial.
Direct PMS API integrations (Cloudbeds, Mews, Opera) are roadmap items — the current booking match uses a file upload. We don't have native mobile apps — the kiosk is a browser PWA. We're saying this so you know what you're buying.
This is a new product. We won't show fake testimonials or invented customer counts. If you want to be a founding property and have your experience documented (anonymously if you prefer), email us — that's the honest path to a case study.
FAQ
No. The PDF417 barcode on the back of a US driver's license is decoded entirely on the kiosk device using ZXing. Only structured text fields — name, date of birth, license number, expiry — are transmitted to match a booking. The actual document image is never uploaded, stored, or transmitted to our servers.
Any iPad (9th gen+) or Android 10+ tablet with a rear camera. For printing, any network-connected printer that supports AirPrint, or an Epson TM-series USB thermal printer for receipt-format slips over WebUSB. The kiosk PWA requires no app store installation — it runs in the browser. Hardware is not included in the subscription.
Yes — that's the core value proposition. On Pro and Estate plans, the agent console shows a unified live session queue across all properties. When a guest at Property A and a guest at Property B both check in at the same time, the agent sees two sessions in the queue and handles them sequentially. Each approval takes about 10 seconds.
v1 uses a bookings-file upload — you export a nightly file from your PMS and upload it to Boojee Check-In. This works with any PMS that can export reservation data. Direct API integrations with Cloudbeds, Mews, and Opera PMS are on our roadmap. We'll announce them when they're ready. Many operators also pair Boojee Check-In with Boojee Menus for in-room QR dining menus and Boojee Booking for scheduling tours and amenity appointments — the full front-desk stack, no overnight hire.
The kiosk is a PWA with a service worker, so it doesn't blank out. If the connection to the backend drops, the guest sees a clear "connection lost" message with a visible help button that flags the session for the agent (if the agent console is still reachable via the property's backup connection). We don't pretend the kiosk works fully offline — booking matching requires a server call.
No contract. All plans are month-to-month. Cancel any time with 30 days notice. We're honest: if you cancel abruptly during active setup we may need to recover hardware documentation we've provided. But there's no binding term.
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