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What is a Broadcast?

What a Broadcast is, how it differs from a Journey, and when to use one.

When you need to tell every guest the same thing at the same time, a Broadcast is the tool. A weekend restaurant offer, a lift out of service, a storm warning: one message, one audience, one moment. It can also be set to repeat on a cadence, so a weekly newsletter or a monthly offer is a Broadcast too.

How a Broadcast differs from a Journey

A Journey is automated. It triggers off a reservation event, such as three days before check-in, and it keeps running for every guest who meets that condition. The timing is personal to each guest.

A Broadcast is scheduled. You choose the audience and the moment, and everyone receives it together. It can go out once, or repeat on a cadence you set, but either way it fires on a date rather than adapting to an individual guest's dates.

That difference decides which one you need. If the message depends on where a guest is in their stay, use a Journey. If it goes out on a date, use a Broadcast. See Scheduling campaigns: Broadcasts vs. Journeys for a fuller comparison.

What a Broadcast lets you do

  • Send over one or more channels: Email, SMS, or WhatsApp.

  • Write a message specific to the moment, rather than a template that has to work for everyone.

  • Target a guest group using an audience or a profile filter.

  • Send immediately, schedule it for a specific time, or repeat it on a cadence. See Schedule a recurring broadcast.

The setup follows the same shape as building a Journey campaign, so if you have built one of those you already know most of this.

What to do next

Getting help

Open Talk to Us in the left menu of the platform, or email support@bookboost.io.

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