Travel goes wrong before guests reach you
Delayed and cancelled flights, storms on the road. Guests find out late, and your front desk usually finds out last.
Butler Button
Give every guest a travel assistant from your hotel. Live flight and weather alerts, help the moment plans change, and a ride to your door even when the flight lands somewhere else. All by text message.
US$99 a month per property. No setup fee, no hardware.
And most travelers now book everything themselves, so when it goes wrong there is no one in their corner.
1 in 4
US flights arrived late in 2025, the worst on-time record since 2014
118,000+
US flights were cancelled in 2025 by the largest airlines and their regional partners
84%
of US travelers did not use a travel agent in 2025. When plans fall apart, there's no agent to call.
They're left with an app, a chatbot and a hold queue.
Sources: US DOT on-time data for 2025, via U.S. PIRG Education Fund, Plane Truth 2026; Phocuswright, Travel Agents in the Digital Age (2025): 16% of US travelers used an agent.
What a significant delay or cancellation did to everyday American travelers, by their own account.
42%
paid out of their own pocket for hotels, meals and rides, and most of it was never repaid
6 in 10
of them spent $100 or more. More than 1 in 4 spent over $200.
43%
were still trying to sort it out more than two hours later
15%
got it resolved in under 30 minutes. 7% never got it resolved at all.
How one problem becomes five
Sources: Hopper Technology Solutions survey of 1,000+ US travelers, reported by Fortune, May 2026 (figures are for travelers who had a significant delay or cancellation); Chime, average cost of a one-week US vacation, December 2025; LivePerson survey of 2,000 US adults.
Delayed and cancelled flights, storms on the road. Guests find out late, and your front desk usually finds out last.
A cancelled flight at 11pm, a missed transfer, a late arrival. That is exactly when nobody is free to pick up the phone.
Weather sends the flight to another airport. Your guest lands an hour or more away, often late at night, with no ride booked to your door.
Your guest booked online. When something breaks, the help on offer is a chatbot, a callback or an hour on hold.
The travel assistant your hotel gives every guest. It watches their flights, warns them about the weather, steps in when plans change and makes sure there is a car to bring them to you, all under your property's brand.
From the flight in to the flight home, Butler Button looks after your guests' journey, by text, around the clock.
Butler is with them from the trip in to the trip home. No app to download. Just an email before they travel, then text messages.
Your arrivals list, with each guest's phone and flight numbers. One upload a day.
Ahead of arrival, the guest gets an activation email from your hotel introducing their Butler. Once activated, alerts come by text.
Delays, cancellations, diversions and weather warnings reach the guest by text, with what to do next.
Our local limo partner's pickup moves with the flight. If it diverts to a nearby airport, we arrange the car from there to your hotel.
From the flight in to the flight home, one assistant, from you.
Butler watches each guest's arrival and departure flights and the weather around your property, and tells them early, with a way to get help.
Add arrival and departure flight numbers with the guest list. Butler checks live status 24 hours, 6 hours, 3 hours and 90 minutes before departure, then every 30 minutes once a flight is late, and messages the guest if it is delayed, cancelled or diverted.
National Weather Service warnings for your area arrive as a ready-to-send alert. You choose which guests get it. (US properties.)
Guests reply ASSIST and our team picks it up: a rebooked car, a late arrival, an extra night.
We work with a local limo partner near your property. When a flight is delayed or cancelled, the pickup moves with it. If the flight is diverted to a nearby airport, we arrange the pickup from that airport to your hotel.
Your Alerts tab lists upcoming guest flights with live status, the weather at each airport and an early-warning risk band, so the desk knows who may arrive late.
Each alert is sent once, quiet hours are respected, and guests can reply STOP at any time.
Hi Daniel, airline data shows UA 2381 ORD-MHT on Fri Nov 14 as CANCELLED. Please confirm with your airline before leaving for the airport. Reply ASSIST if you need help changing plans.
Text message · US numberHi Priya, the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the area until Sat 7:00 AM. Allow extra time if you are driving.
Text message · US numberHi Sofia, airline data shows WN 1532 BWI-MHT has been DIVERTED to Boston Logan (BOS). Reply ASSIST and we'll arrange a car from Logan to the hotel.
Text message · US numberAlerts go by text message to US and Canadian mobile numbers, and only to guests who have activated Butler from their welcome email.
The alert, the options and what to ask the airline, so the guest isn't working it out alone.
Missed connections, late arrivals and extra nights handled by our team, any hour.
We let your front desk know a guest is running late, so nobody is marked a no-show.
Pickups arranged with our local limo partner, moved when a flight is delayed or cancelled, and sent to the nearest airport if the flight diverts.
Storm warnings for your area, sent early enough to change a drive or a departure time.
The nearest pharmacy or urgent care, directions, the right number to call.
Fully customised to your property, your area and the contacts on your team.
Flight changes and weather warnings come to their phone, with what to do next.
The Butler replies in the guest's language automatically.
A text message from your hotel, already on their phone.
Only messages that matter: each alert sent once, quiet hours respected, STOP any time. After checkout, one warm goodbye.
0 apps
to download and no account to create. Butler arrives as a text message from your hotel.
If your guest can read a text, they can use Butler.
Delayed flights and late arrivals show up in your Alerts tab, so rooms, transfers and staffing can adjust.
If a flight lands at another airport, we arrange the pickup from there to your door through our local limo partner, so the night isn't lost.
Every flight alert, weather warning and pickup update reaches the guest from one number, under your property's name.
Every alert and request is logged, answered and tracked, even at 2am.
Everything on this page, for every guest you have, for US$99 a month.
$99
Flight and weather alerts, 24/7 help when plans change and the partner portal. No setup fee, no hardware, no per-guest charges.
US$99 / month, flatGuests looked after from the flight in to the flight home, and a front desk that hears about problems first.
Guests who feel looked afterYour brand, your guests and your relationship, entirely yours.
Your property. Your brand. Your guest.US$99 a month. No hardware to install. Just a travel assistant your guests remember you for.
Your property, nearest airports, local car partner, desk contacts and travel-alert settings, configured with you.
Simulate a cancelled flight or a winter storm and see exactly what guests receive before going live.
Our CSV template takes names, phones, stay dates and flight numbers. Re-uploading is always safe.
Before arrival, each guest receives an email from your hotel introducing their Butler and activating their text alerts.
Guests, flights, alerts and requests, all in your Partner Portal.
Fast onboarding. Minimal effort from your team. Immediate value for your guests.
Hilton now runs guest messaging on a single platform across its more than 7,000 hotels. One texting line per property is becoming the standard for US hotels, and Butler Button gives you that line for every guest's trip.
Alerts and help arrive as plain text messages on the mobile number your guest booked with. Nothing to install, nothing new to learn.
The big brands are already standardising guest texting. Independents who look after their guests' journeys now set the bar before it becomes table stakes.
Guests see your hotel, not a vendor. We are built to be invisible.
No commitment. No setup fee. Just an opportunity to see how Butler Button looks after your guests' trips.
See Butler Button in action with a free 30-day pilot. If it adds value, it's US$99 a month per property. If not, there's no obligation.
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