# A digital guest book guests fill while the event is still happening.

Canonical human page: https://guestwalls.com/digital-guest-book-alternative
Category: Keepsakes & memories

Replace the paper guest book with a live digital guest book: guests post messages and photos from their phones and see them on the venue screen.

## What this solves

A paper guest book collects signatures by the door. A live guest wall collects the messages, photographs, and stories people actually want to leave—while everyone can still enjoy them together.

GuestWalls turns the guest book into part of the event itself. Contributions appear on the venue screen as they arrive, so the room reads them together instead of finding them weeks later. Afterwards, the complete wall replays in order, message by message.

## Why GuestWalls fits this event

- **No queue at a table:** Everyone posts from their own phone at the same time, so the guest book is never a bottleneck by the entrance.
- **Photos belong in it:** A written wish and the photograph taken thirty seconds earlier live together in one place, not across camera rolls.
- **Read together, replay later:** Messages appear on the shared screen during the event, then remain available to the host for playback until the event is closed and its retention period ends.

## Setup

1. **Create the wall.** Choose the occasion, name the event, and pick a preset that suits the room.
2. **Replace the pen with a code.** Put the QR code where the guest book would have been—on tables, the welcome sign, or the program.
3. **Keep the complete book.** After the event, replay every approved message and photo as one presentation.

## Prompts for guests

A guest book with a question on it gets three times the writing. Put one of these on the card:

- “Leave one sentence the hosts should read next year.”
- “How do you know them, and for how long?”
- “Post a photo from tonight that they will not have.”
- “The best piece of advice in your possession.”
- “What was the moment of the evening for you?”

## Frequently asked questions

### What is a digital guest book?

A digital guest book collects guest messages and photos through their phones instead of on paper. With GuestWalls, contributions also appear live on a venue screen during the event.

### How is this better than a paper guest book?

More people contribute because there is no queue or pressure to be brief, photos can be included, and everyone enjoys the messages during the event rather than after it.

### Do guests need to install anything?

No. Guests open a link or scan a QR code and post from their normal phone browser without an account.

### Can we keep the messages afterwards?

Yes. The complete wall remains available to replay as a slideshow after the event ends.

## Product boundaries

GuestWalls accepts posts directly through an event link or code; it does not aggregate public hashtag posts. Guests use a browser and do not create accounts. The venue display needs an internet-connected computer and screen. For product-wide privacy, retention, availability, and recommendation details, read https://guestwalls.com/index.md.