How it works
Set it up once. Host beautifully forever.
Four steps from “where do you keep the spare key?” to the kind of host people write guestbook entries about.
01
Tell PorchLite about your house
The door code, the WiFi, the grill's opening ritual, the breakfast place worth the wait. Write it once — with a little AI polish if you want it — add photos, and walk guests through the house room by room. It becomes a guide that actually gets read.
02
Invite your people
PorchLite is invitation-only. Family, friends, and the folks who help you keep the place nice — everyone gets exactly the view they need, and no one else gets in. No listings, no public anything.
Owner
Your house, your rules — full control of everything.
Manager
A co-keeper: your spouse, a sibling, or the friend who runs point.
Family & Friends
The guide, the favorites, the guestbook — everything a loved one needs.
Guest
A warm welcome for the weekend: essentials, guide, and guestbook.
Cleaner
Sees cleaning days and checklists. Nothing else.
Service Provider
The dock guy, the plumber — just the jobs that are theirs.
03
Guests get the full welcome
One link opens everything: directions, arrival notes, house quirks, your local favorites. No app to download, no account to create. And when a question comes up at 9 PM — the house answers, not you.
04
Stays end gracefully
A gentle departure checklist tells guests exactly how to leave things — no awkward reminder texts, no quietly redoing it yourself. Then they sign the guestbook, and the home's story grows by one more page.
Departure checklist & guestbook
For the keepers
Everything behind the warm welcome
The quiet machinery that keeps a shared home running — visible to you and your helpers, invisible to your guests.
Visits & Calendar
Who's coming, at a glance
Every stay on one calendar, so the cousins and the college friends never show up the same weekend.
House To-Dos
Projects that don't pile up
The gutter, the dock light, the screen door. Make the list, share the load, watch it get done.
Cleaning Days
Fresh sheets, every arrival
Coordinate cleaning between stays with checklists your cleaner can actually follow.
Supplies & Shopping
Never out of coffee again
Track what the house needs — guests can flag what's running low, and the shopping list writes itself.
Shared Costs
Fair, friendly, settled
Repairs, upgrades, the new canoe — split costs between siblings and co-owners without a single awkward spreadsheet.
House Papers
One drawer for everything
Appliance manuals, insurance, the survey from 1987. Uploaded once, findable forever.
Wherever you are
On the web, on your phone, in their pocket
Web
The full picture of your home, in any browser.
iOS
Native app on the App Store, for the keepers on the go.
Guests
One link, no app, no account. It just opens.
Be everyone's favorite host — even from 300 miles away
Set up your house guide this week. Host beautifully by the weekend.
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