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I built a listing-description tool that starts with the guest, not the granite countertops

I built a listing-description tool that starts with the guest, not the granite countertops

StayDesc is a small content tool for short-term-rental hosts. You describe your space and amenities, and it returns a guest-ready listing: a hook, the experience framing, friendly house rules, and an invite to book. I built it because most listing drafts I saw opened with "beautiful home" and a wall of bullet points, and skipped the one thing that actually books a stay — what it feels like to arrive. The structure is the product The generator follows a fixed shape rather than free-associating. Hook first: one line that names the guest and the feeling, not the square footage. Experience framing: turn "has a kitchen" into "make coffee and watch the ferries". Friendly house rules: stated as hospitality, not as a threat. Booking invite: a closing that asks for the stay. Each block is a template the model fills from your inputs, and the template is what keeps the output from drifting into generic praise. The reason I kept the structure rigid is honesty. A free-form model will invent a "stunning ocean view" from "windows face the street". The template forces it to work only from what you supplied, and the house-rules block is a reminder to state the real constraints — quiet hours, stairs, pets — instead of omitting them. You can see the shape the StayDesc generator uses before you type a word. What you get back Four parts. A guest-hook opening that leads with the reader. Experience framing that converts features into moments. Friendly house rules written so guests know the boundaries without feeling unwelcome. A booking invite that closes instead of trailing off. It is copy you paste into Airbnb or Vrbo and then edit — the tool is a first draft, not a published listing. The value is the blank-page problem. Hosts who are great at hosting are often bad at describing it, and a weak first paragraph quietly costs views. A structured draft gets you to "edit this" in thirty seconds instead of staring at a cursor for an hour. The line I will not cross It only uses what you give it. If you write "walking distance to the metro" it will say walking distance to the metro; it will not upgrade that to "steps from the station" or invent a pool you did not mention. Accuracy is the host's responsibility, and the tool is built to stay inside your facts. I would rather ship something that cannot embellish than something that books stays on lies. It also is not a pricing, calendar, or photography tool, and it does not know your local zoning or rental-registration rules — those are separate and sometimes the thing that actually blocks a listing. The StayDesc generator is the words, nothing more. Treat the output as a draft to verify against the real space before you publish, because a guest who arrives to find the "ocean view" is a street is a guest who leaves a review. FAQ What does StayDesc actually produce? A guest-hook opening, experience framing that turns features into moments, friendly house rules, and a booking invite — a structured first draft. Will it invent amenities I didn't list? No. It works only from what you supply, by design, so the listing stays accurate to the real space. Is this a replacement for writing my own listing? No. It is a first draft to edit. You should verify every claim against the actual property before publishing. Does it handle pricing or local rental rules? No. It writes description copy only. Pricing, calendars, and zoning or registration rules are separate concerns.

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