Notes from the front desk.
Stories, playbooks, and field reports from hotels modernizing their check-in.
India's bilateral visa waiver map, and what it means at hotel check-in
India has bilateral visa waiver agreements with 142 countries, but almost none of them are blanket. The passport type on the biodata page decides whether a visa scan is needed at check-in.
How to use Form C automation with DigiGo
Automate FRRO Form C filing with DigiGo Form C Automation. Install the Chrome extension, log in with your DigiGo hotel account, and instantly fill guest details into Form C to save time, reduce errors, and simplify compliance.
What is DigiGo?
DigiGo is the operating layer for the modern Indian hotel. From the pre-arrival WhatsApp check-in to the multilingual AI voice agent to the digitally signed folio. A quick tour of what we run and why we built it as one platform.
Punjab and Haryana High Court directs to examine whether hotels verify guest IDs
A photocopy at the front desk proves nothing. That unverified gap is what fraudsters, fugitives, and worse walk through, and it is exactly what DigiGo closes by checking identity against the government source.
The Hotel Front Desk Still Runs on a Photocopier. We Are Changing That.
Most Indian hotels still verify guests by photocopying IDs at the front desk. Slow, leaky, and a compliance risk. DigiGo plugs hotels into India's digital identity stack so identity moves through the front desk in seconds.
