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About us

Since 2017 we have been building the hotel that runs itself.

Started as a student project in Meschede — today more than 150,000 guests a year check in through our systems. Built and supported by people you can actually reach, not by a hotline.

„My goal was always to support the small properties. The big chains are swallowing everything today — and with every small hotel that gives up, a piece of charm disappears. With the costs of recent years, a small property can only save itself by digitalising. That is exactly what we built our solution for: so that small and mid-sized hotels stay independent and run profitably. That has been the vision from the start.“
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Kevin Jedynak · Founder

Kevin Jedynak vor dem Book-Your-Key-Messestand Messestand mit Check-in-Automat und Smartlock-Ausstellung

What we believe

Technology should help people, not replace them. The kiosk takes the night shift and the repetitive work — so the time that remains belongs to the guests instead of the key rack.

The road here

  • 2017

    First prototypes of a self check-in kiosk — as a student project in Meschede, awarded a founders' scholarship.

  • 2018

    Book Your Key is founded. The first kiosks go into operation in real properties.

  • 2020

    The device becomes a system: development of the PMS integrations that would later become Guestidea.

  • 2022

    Partnerships with smart-lock and smart-home manufacturers — the door and the building join in.

  • 2025

    The AI moves in: an assistant at the kiosk, on the phone and in the dashboard.

  • Today

    More than 150,000 check-ins a year run through our kiosks — in Germany, Austria and Poland. That is more than 400 on every single day.

Who is behind it

Kevin Jedynak neben einem Check-in-Automaten

Founder

Kevin Jedynak

Kevin built the first kiosk as a student and has co-developed every part of the system since — device, software, integrations. He advises, installs and supports personally. Whoever calls, talks to the person who built it.

Creative & Digital Operations

Sara Król

Sara combines design with closeness to customers: she builds the brand and materials, brings new properties on board and is the voice that answers when a customer needs help — clear, reliable, friendly.

Press

What others write about us — from the first scholarship to the digitalised hotel.

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