Vouchers and paid access
Charge for your WiFi, or hand over a code.
Voucher codes and paid sessions on the same branded login page as your free tier, at prices you set and you collect. The venue decides which of them is running, and changes its mind whenever it likes. It is an add-on to any of the three packages.
Vouchers & paid access: quoted per venue, on top of a package from £39 per venue per month, no VAT added. We run on your existing broadband: all we need is a spare network port, a power socket and a spot with good signal to guests. Broadband and line charges are not included. Support runs Monday to Friday, 06:00–15:00 GMT (07:00–16:00 BST).
What it does
Four things, and none of them need a network person.
What it means for a venue is that you control who gets online, for how long, and whether they pay for it — without anybody behind the counter logging into anything.
Decide who pays and who does not
Free for everyone, free with an advert on the page, voucher-only, or paid. You choose, and you can run more than one at once: a fair free allowance for anyone who walks in, and a code for the guest who needs a full working day.
Sell access in sizes that suit you
Access is issued by time or by data allowance. An hour, a day, a week, a fixed number of gigabytes. A delegate in a meeting room and a family staying a fortnight do not need the same thing, and they do not have to get the same thing.
Stop the free tier being eaten
Each access tier carries its own time and speed limit, enforced on the router in the building. The free tier stays usable for the room because one long download cannot take the whole line with it.
See what has been used
Know which codes have been redeemed and which are still sitting unused, so you know when to ask for the next batch and whether anyone is actually buying.
How vouchers work
Simple for staff, invisible for guests.
You ask for a batch of codes
Tell us the size and the length you want and a batch is generated for the venue, usually the same day. Print them, write them on a card, or drop them in the welcome pack.
The counter hands one over
Reception, the bar or the front desk gives the code to the guest. There is no shared WiFi password doing the rounds and nothing to change when a staff member leaves.
The guest types it in and goes
They join your network, your login page opens by itself, they enter the code, and they are online for exactly as long as the code says.
Vouchers you never sell
A code is a lever, not only a product.
Plenty of venues will never charge a guest a penny for WiFi. A voucher is still the most useful thing on this page for them, because it attaches the WiFi to something they do charge for.
A pub: the code comes with the order
Free WiFi for half an hour for anyone; a code good for the afternoon printed on the receipt when somebody eats. It turns the WiFi from something you give away at the door into a small reason to order the second round rather than move on. The landlord decides where the line sits.
A salon: the code comes with the rebooking
A colour appointment is three hours on a phone. Hand the code over with the next appointment card and the WiFi becomes part of the rebooking conversation instead of a password read off a sticker.
A hotel: the code comes with the room
Every guest gets a fair free allowance. Reception holds codes for the long-stay guest, the meeting room and the guest who needs a clean video call, without anyone at the desk touching a network setting.
A contractor, a supplier, a merchandiser
People who are in the building for a day and should not be given the same access as a guest — or the same password as the whole street. Issue a code, let it expire on its own.
Paid access
For the guest who needs a clean video call.
An optional paid tier on the login page unlocks a longer session or a higher speed, at a price the venue sets.
It suits holiday parks, campsites, conference space, transport waiting areas and serviced offices, where somebody would rather pay than fight for bandwidth. Time and speed limits are set per access tier, so the free tier stays usable for everybody else while the paid tier is actually worth buying.
What a session sells for is yours to decide, and what guests pay is yours to keep. We charge the venue a monthly fee for the package and the add-on, quoted per venue, not a share of your takings. We run on your existing broadband: all we need is a spare network port, a power socket and a spot with good signal to guests. Broadband and line charges are not included.
See the packagesWho charges for WiFi
Places where paid or voucher access earns its keep.
Holiday parks and campsites
Access sold by the night or by the week, the same way the pitch is already sold. A free tier in the clubhouse and reception, paid or voucher access on the pitches, and no cap on how many families are online in August.
Hotels, inns, B&Bs and guest houses
A fair free allowance for every guest, and a voucher at reception for the long-stay guest or the business traveller who needs more.
Conference, meeting and function rooms
Delegate access for the length of the booking, issued per session instead of one password shared with the whole hall, and switched off when the room empties.
Transport hubs and waiting areas
Coach stations, park-and-ride, ferry terminals, airport waiting rooms. Short free sessions for everyone, a paid tier for the passenger facing a long delay.
Serviced offices and co-working
A paid tier for the person who would rather buy a clean video call than argue about bandwidth with the room.
Pubs, bars and cafés
Mostly not a paid tier at all. A free tier that suits the room and a code that comes with an order, so laptop campers are a choice you made rather than a surprise.
FAQ
Voucher and paid access questions.
What is a WiFi voucher system?
It is the part of a guest WiFi setup that decides who gets online, for how long, at what speed, and whether they pay for it. In practice that means your branded login page, access tiers behind it, a batch of codes, and a record of what has been used. It is available as an add-on to any Hotwireless package.
Do we keep what guests pay?
Yes. The price of a voucher or a paid session is yours to set and yours to collect. We charge the venue a monthly fee for the package and the add-on. We do not take a cut of what your guests spend.
How do guests actually pay?
That depends on the venue, which is why the add-on is quoted rather than listed. A holiday park selling a week of WiFi at reception and a conference room charging it to the room booking are two different jobs. We work out which one you are and quote it.
What does it cost?
Vouchers and paid access are an add-on to any package, not included in the package price, and quoted per venue. The packages themselves are £39, £59 or £89 per venue per month, no VAT added — a fixed fee with no usage-based costs, no guest cap and no overage charge. On rolling monthly, one calendar month's notice. On a 12-month plan, the balance of the term falls due — unless you took the £149 hardware option, in which case a month's notice is all it is.
Can we run free and paid access at the same time?
Yes, and most venues do. A free tier keeps walk-ins happy and a voucher or paid tier covers the guest who needs longer or faster.
Is there a limit on how many codes or guests we have?
No. We do not cap your guest numbers and we do not charge an overage when a bank holiday weekend goes better than expected. That is worth checking against anyone else you are looking at, because pricing by guest count is common in this market.
Does this work in a vehicle as well?
Yes. All three packages work at a fixed venue and on the move with WiFi in Motion, so a coach or a tour vehicle can run the same voucher add-on and the same access tiers as a building.
Where to go next
The rest of the guest WiFi picture.
Vouchers are one part of it. The login page, the guest list and keeping guests off your own network are the rest.
Captive portal and login pages
The branded login page itself, the access rules behind it, and why a WiFi login is not marketing consent under PECR.
Packages and pricing
Three packages, per venue per month, no VAT added. Vouchers and paid access are an add-on to any of the three.
Holiday parks and campsites
Where paid WiFi is most often a real product rather than a courtesy.
Hotel and B&B guest WiFi
Where a code handed over at reception does the most work.
Ready to sort out your guest WiFi?
Take the next step and we will map the right package to your venue. Packages start at £39 a month per venue, with no VAT added, and run on the broadband you already have — the line stays on your own account.
Or email sales@hotwireless.co.uk