Build Your Own Digital Guest Welcome Guide for Your Bonaire Vacation Rental, in One Hour

2026-10-10

Hosts on Bonaire tend to get the same WhatsApp messages every week. "What's the Wi-Fi password?" "Where do we park?" "Which beach is good for the kids?" "Do we need to pay something before we snorkel?" A digital welcome guide answers all of these on one page. Guests can open it on their phone before they land and look at it again during the stay. This article walks you through building one, step by step. You can follow it with any website tool, or with an AI teacher that guides you.

What a good Bonaire welcome guide includes

Keep the guide short and practical. Guests read it on a phone, often standing outside your door with their luggage. Use these sections:

Arrival and check-in: the address, a pin for Google Maps, where to park, how to get in (lockbox, key safe or meeting you) and the check-in and check-out times.
Wi-Fi: the network name and password, written exactly as they appear. Add a photo of the router in case it needs a restart.
House rules: quiet hours, smoking, guests, rinsing dive gear (and where), what to do with trash, and how the air conditioning works.
Local tips: beaches, dive and snorkel sites, supermarkets and your favorite restaurants.
Emergency and contact info: emergency numbers, the hospital, and your own phone number.

Bonaire information worth adding

The nature fee

A lot of guests don't know about this one, so put it near the top. All visitors entering the sea in Bonaire need the STINAPA Nature Fee. Since January 1st 2023, all visitors pay the same price: $40. The fee is paid through a digital system with QR-codes, and the code is valid from January 1 through December 31 of the same year. Add a link to the official STINAPA website so guests can check the current rules and exemptions themselves.

Beaches and snorkel spots

Write a line or two for each beach, in your own words, and say who it suits. For example:

1000 Steps: despite the name, there are 'only' 67 limestone steps you must descend to reach this beach. Tell guests to bring water shoes and not to carry more than they need.
Te Amo Beach: 2 minutes from Flamingo Airport, and these beaches have soft sand, shallow water and generally little current. That makes it a good first swim after landing.
Sorobon at Lac Bay: soft sand and very calm shallow waters, and Lac Bay is famous for being one of the world's best places to learn windsurfing.
Klein Bonaire: there are NO facilities on Klein Bonaire, so bring all you need. Add how guests can get there and what to pack.

For restaurants, only list places you know and like, and check every few months that they're still open and the hours haven't changed. Mention which ones need a reservation.

Emergency numbers

Call 911 for all emergencies on Bonaire - this is the emergency number for ambulance, police and fire department. The hospital is Fundashon Mariadal in Kralendijk, and it has 24-hour emergency care and decompression chamber for diving accidents, which is useful for divers to know. Different websites list different phone numbers for the hospital, so check the current number yourself before you add it. Also add your own number and a backup contact, plus the address of your rental written out in full so guests can read it out to the emergency operator.

How to build it in about an hour

Collect your content (15 minutes). Open your WhatsApp chats with past guests and scroll through them. Every question that comes up more than once belongs in the guide. Write the answers in a simple note.
Take or pick photos (5 minutes). The front door, the parking spot, the lockbox, the router, the outdoor shower for rinsing gear. Photos save you a lot of explaining.
Build the page (25 minutes). Make one page with clear headings and big buttons: "Check-in", "Wi-Fi", "House rules", "Beaches & diving", "Emergency". Put the most urgent information first.
Test it on your phone (5 minutes). Open the page as if you were a tired guest at 10 pm. Can you find the Wi-Fi password in five seconds? Does the map link open?
Share it (10 minutes). Send the link in your booking confirmation message. Make a QR code from the link and print it for the fridge or the entrance table.

Tips that make a guide actually get used

Use plain words. Many of your guests don't speak English as a first language.
Keep each section to a few lines. Put longer explanations further down the page.
Add the date you last updated the page so you remember to check it.
Send the link before arrival, not only after. Guests plan their week on the plane.
If guests still ask something, add the answer to the guide straight away.

Want help building it?

If you've never made a web page, you can build this guide together with an AI teacher at ai-bonaire.com. In an hour, the teacher walks you through each step in plain words and in your own language. You don't need any computer skills: if you can send a WhatsApp message, you can do this. You can paste photos of your apartment or villa and screenshots of your old guest messages, and you can work on a phone, tablet or computer. It costs $40 per hour, you pay once, there's no subscription, and your time only counts while you're working. You can start a session here.

Whether you build it yourself or with help, a good welcome guide means fewer repeat questions and guests who feel at home sooner.