The shift log for hotel front desks.
At most front offices the pass-down log is a binder, a Word file or a thread in the group chat. The morning shift reads all of it to find the two things that still matter.
Shiftover puts an AI agent on the desk. Your team types what happened as it happens, the agent writes it up as the shift report, and the morning shift starts with a brief of everything still open.
A night at the front desk
- 23:00Night shift starts
- 03:10Night audit balanced
- 06:52Report submitted
- 07:00Morning brief acknowledged
01 · Overnight to morning
The pass-down log, written as the night happens.
Check-in problems, complaints, noise, no-shows and maintenance go into the log in a sentence each. The agent records the room, the type, the severity and any follow-up, keeps the night auditor's own words, and waits for them to confirm.
Before logging, the morning team reads and acknowledges a brief: open items by priority, the pointers the night auditor left for them, and anything notable from overnight. Anything nobody updated during the night is flagged when the report is submitted.
Night · 23:00–07:00
Shift log
Front desk · Night
- 23:15
Check-in · Rm 508
LowLate arrival, prepaid online. Two key cards issued.
- 00:20
Noise · Rm 612
MediumComplaint from 614. Second call to 612, quiet by 00:35.
- 01:05
Maintenance · Rm 221
MediumToilet running. Guest moved to 225, follow-up open.
- 02:30
No-show · Front desk
LowTwo no-shows charged per policy.
- 04:10
Night audit · Front desk
LowAudit balanced. Rate on 318 to check with the front office manager.
Every entry is stamped with the time it was logged, and staff can set the time it actually happened when they catch up after a rush.
Morning · 07:00 handover
Handover brief
Morning · 07:00–15:00
For Sam · Front desk
Open items · 2
Toilet running · Rm 221
MediumOwner: Maintenance · open 6h
Rate to confirm · Rm 318
LowOwner: Front office manager · open 3h
From the last shift
- Call the plumber back about 221 before 9 a.m.
- 508 asked for a late checkout. Not confirmed yet.
Pinned until closed
Acknowledge briefMaintenance follow-ups stay pinned at the top of the desk screen with an owner until someone closes them with a resolution note.
02 · Approval
Reports your front office manager can approve from a phone.
Submitted reports land in a review queue, oldest first. The manager can comment on any entry, return a report to its author with notes, or approve it, which locks it. Later corrections are added as dated, attributed addenda.
Managers get an email when reports are submitted, one at a time or as a daily digest, and right away for high-severity entries.
Review queue
Oldest first
Night report · Front desk
23:00–07:00 · 9 entries · 2 open items
- 06:52Submitted by the night auditor
- 07:40Comment on 01:05 · Maintenance
- 07:46Approved and locked
03 · Patterns
See which rooms and hours keep the desk busy.
Because every entry is structured, the dashboard shows what keeps happening at your desk without anyone reading back through the binder. Your whole desk team can see it, not only the managers.
- Busiest hours
- Entry volume by type, hour, day and desk, against the previous period.
- Rooms that keep coming up
- Recurring issues by room, like the same room logged three times in 30 days.
- Open items that sit
- How many are open, how old they are and how long they take to close.
Questions from front office teams.
Does Shiftover connect to our property management system?
No. Shiftover runs alongside your property management system rather than connecting to it, and reports and data can be exported to PDF and CSV.
How does the night audit hand over to the morning shift?
The night auditor writes pointers for the next shift and submits their report. The morning shift starts with a brief of open items, those pointers and anything notable from overnight, and acknowledges it before logging.
Can the front office manager approve reports from a phone?
Yes. Review works in a phone browser. Managers can comment on any entry, return a report with comments, or approve it, which locks it.
Bring Shiftover to your front desk.
During the pilot, Shiftover replaces your front desk log book for every shift, whether that's a paper binder, a Word file or an email chain. Past reports can be imported at setup.