Fair enough: your hotel doesn’t need another amenity to sell rooms. The pool, the view and the location already do that. Yet Florida hotel amenities that guests actually photograph, post and carry home are a shorter list than most GMs think. A lobby photo booth belongs on it, and SmileMore installs one at no cost to the hotel. Guests pay per session. In return, a share of every session’s revenue comes back to the property each month, documented line by line. Meanwhile, your front desk never has to touch it.
What 143.3 million visitors are comparing
Florida welcomed a record 143.3 million visitors in 2025, according to VISIT FLORIDA’s preliminary estimate. That includes 131.1 million domestic travelers, 9.3 million overseas visitors and 2.9 million Canadians.
So every hotel is competing with thousands of others for the same guests. Most of those properties have a pool. Many also have a rooftop. Plenty even have a lobby bar with a signature cocktail.
What’s rarer, though, is an amenity that turns a stay into an object. Guests forget the thread count by the time they land at home. However, they don’t forget the strip on their fridge with your hotel’s name across the bottom.
Florida hotel amenities guests actually post about
Guests post about moments rather than features. So here’s how common Florida hotel amenities stack up on the two things that spread your name: the photo and the keepsake.
| Amenity | Does it get photographed? | Does anything go home? |
|---|---|---|
| Pool | Yes, though the photo rarely shows your name | Only a sunburn |
| Rooftop bar | Yes, mostly the skyline instead of the hotel | Nothing |
| Lobby art or mural | Sometimes, but only if it’s bold enough | Nothing |
| Signature cocktail | Often, for one quick shot | Nothing |
| Fitness center | Rarely, unless someone wants a mirror selfie | Nothing |
| Branded photo booth | Always, since that’s the point | Two printed strips with your name on them |
Now look at the last row. It’s the only amenity where the photo and the keepsake both carry your brand. Also, guests make it themselves, so they value it more.
If that’s a gap you want to close, then check whether your lobby qualifies. It takes about two minutes.
A lobby booth is a souvenir shop that costs you nothing
Think about who walks through your lobby in a week. First, families on vacation. Then wedding guests in their best clothes, conference attendees with name badges, and friends on a girls’ trip. Every one of those groups wants proof they were here.
A SmileMore booth gives them three photos and two printed strips in about 90 seconds. We also wrap the booth in your hotel’s colors and logo, while your name prints on every strip. As a result, each session becomes a branded souvenir you didn’t have to stock, sell or ring up.
Then the strip travels. It goes in a carry-on to Chicago or a suitcase to Toronto. Some of it lands online, too. Through our monthly SmileMore Challenge, guests post their strip and tag your hotel and SmileMore to enter a draw. In other words, each entry is a real guest recommending your property to their own followers.
Placement matters, though. At Nova Southeastern University, our booth hugs a column right beside the lobby elevators. Since almost everybody waits there for a car, a good share of them wander over. A spot near your elevators or the path to the lobby bar works on the same logic.
Ballrooms, weddings and private events
Your event business is a second engine for the booth. Say a client books a ballroom for a wedding or a gala. In that case, they can rent the booth for the night. For those hours, the booth stops charging, so wedding guests just step in and print, and the hotel collects part of that booking fee.
As a result, your sales team gets an easy add-on to pitch. Meanwhile, nobody on your banquet staff has to run it.
Thomas, our founder, knows this side well. For three years, he has worked as the photo booth vendor at an awards gala at a Hollywood, Florida hotel. The lesson repeats every year: guests want a print in their hand before they leave. A digital file is nice, but a strip in a clutch or a jacket pocket is what they keep.
Timing helps, too. Companies lock in holiday parties during September and October, then celebrate in November and December. So a booth that’s already standing in your lobby is ready when the sales calls start.
Give your guests something to pack
Send us a photo of your lobby and a sense of your guest mix. We’ll tell you if it fits and when your install batch can go out.
What GMs ask before saying yes
Will it look cheap in my lobby?
Not if it’s designed for your space. After all, nothing we place comes from a catalog: our team builds each cabinet, then dresses it in a wrap made for that one property. Also, guests praise the camera quality and print speed most, which matters when your brand is on the strip.
Will my staff have to deal with it?
No, because the booth never needs a staff member. We monitor every booth remotely, restock the paper ourselves, and handle repairs. So your front desk keeps checking in guests, and that’s it.
What if it breaks?
Then we fix it and refund the guest. We won’t pretend machines never fail, but our remote monitoring usually flags a fault before your desk hears about it. Because it’s vending, the worst case is one guest out a few dollars until the refund lands. Nobody’s anniversary trip is ruined.
What about liability and fire code?
We cover the machine. Still, check with your own insurer about your property’s policy. As for fire code, the booth sits on casters and keeps clear of exits, so your engineering team can flag any concern during review. If an inspector or a ballroom overflow ever needs that floor, just call and we’ll shift it.
Planning around Florida’s hotel calendar
Florida’s calendar is lopsided, so the install date matters. Snowbird season runs roughly November to April. The Fort Lauderdale boat show lands in October or November. Then Art Basel brings Miami Beach a global crowd in December, and spring break fills beach hotels after that.
Then there’s weather. Those sudden summer squalls clear the pool deck in minutes and pack the lobby with damp, bored families. An indoor attraction earns its corner on exactly those afternoons.
Here’s the honest part, though. Our booths roll out in small production runs, so a hotel that signs today may wait a couple of months for install day. Most of our properties sit in the three counties closest to our Davie base. Got a resort near Orlando, on the Gulf coast or down in the Keys? Reach out regardless, and you’ll get a realistic date. For the full program, see our venue partners page. For a wider look at how placements work, read how a free photo booth for business works.
Frequently asked questions
Where in a hotel does a photo booth work best?
Usually it’s somewhere guests pass and gather, such as near the elevators or on the way to the lobby bar. A hidden corridor, by contrast, rarely works. A photo of the space tells us a lot during review.
Can the booth be used for a wedding in our ballroom?
Yes. The couple books it for the reception, and guests print without paying for the night. Because the property shares that booking fee, it doubles as an upsell for your catering and events team.
Will the strips show our hotel’s branding?
They will. Indeed, the hotel’s name runs along the bottom of each strip, and the cabinet is skinned in your brand palette with the logo up front. You approve the design before install day.
Does the booth need its own room or power line?
No. Instead, plan on a corner around five feet by five feet and an ordinary wall plug. Because the cabinet clears a guest-room-width door, the freight elevator can stay booked for banquets.
Picture Sunday checkout, 10:52 a.m. A family waits by the doors for the valet. The youngest holds last night’s photo strip with your hotel’s name across the bottom. She won’t let anyone else carry it. Of all the Florida hotel amenities you offered, that’s the one she’ll describe at school on Monday. Put one in your lobby.
