Turn any kiosk into a friendly front desk with Check-In by HootBoard

by | Jun 2, 2026 | Destination Marketing

Not every visit needs a person at the desk — but every visitor still deserves a warm welcome and a clear way in. Kiosk Check-In lets guests sign themselves in, freeing your team from the sign-in clipboard without making the experience feel cold or complicated.

Design a check-in flow in minutes, publish it to your kiosks, and let guests check in, rate their visit, and tell you what you need to know on their way through the door.

Build a flow without code

The no-code flow builder lets you assemble a check-in step by step, with a live preview of exactly what guests will see. Drop in ready-made fields — name, email, phone, reason for visit, a star rating, and more — and decide how much or how little to ask. The flow stays as fast as you want it, and a friendly welcome screen with large tap targets and an on-screen keyboard keeps it approachable for everyone, on any kiosk.

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On brand, on schedule

Your kiosk should look like you, not like generic software. Your logo, colors, and welcome message apply automatically, and you can schedule which flow runs on which kiosk, by day and time — perfect for spaces that host different visitors, events, or hours throughout the week. A morning clinic and an evening event can each get the right experience on the same device.

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Every visit, captured and searchable

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As guests check in, each visit lands in a live visitor directory where you can see who’s on site right now and search every entry. Add notes to any visitor, review the full responses they shared, and export everything to CSV whenever you need the data somewhere else. You get a clean, searchable record without anyone manually typing names off a paper sheet.

One kiosk, many front desks

Because flows are configurable and schedulable, a single kiosk can quietly do the job of several front desks. A medical office can run patient intake by day and staff sign-in after hours; a campus building can switch from visitor check-in to event registration when the evening lecture begins; a coworking space can greet members and guests differently — all without anyone swapping settings. You build the experiences once and let the schedule choose between them.

The record you get is better than anything a clipboard produced, too. Every response is captured cleanly, time-stamped, and searchable, so when you need to know who was on site last Tuesday, the answer is a search box away rather than a stack of paper.

A front desk that scales

Whether you’re running a clinic, a campus building, a coworking space, or an office lobby, Check-In gives every visitor a quick, on-brand welcome — and gives you the visibility and records a clipboard never could.

Kiosk Check-In is available now from the HootBoard App Store. New to HootBoard? Get in touch with us

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