guest book
Sign-in for visitors
A guest book is a blank book where visitors record their names and sometimes leave messages.
Hotels, weddings, funerals, and museums keep guest books.
The term extends to digital spaces where website visitors can post comments: Sign our guest book!
The physical version is becoming increasingly ceremonial as digital records replace it.
Handwritten names as authentication
- commentsSpoken or written reactions
- notesBrief written records
- wishesThings hoped for
- greetingsExpressions upon meeting
farewells · dedications · testimonials · impressions · thoughts · congratulations · compliments · acknowledgments
Items logged or submitted
- logSectioned tree trunk
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- archiveStored historical records
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
chronicle · journal · ledger · catalog · roster · directory · registry · logbook
Act of receiving guests
- greetingExpression of welcome
- arrivalAct of reaching destination
- entrancePoint of access
- foyerBuilding's entrance room
lobby · hospitality · warmth · cordiality · friendliness · check-in · front desk · threshold
Item preserved for sentiment
- souvenirToken from a trip
- mementoToken of recollection
- photographsLight-captured images
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
reminisce · milestones · anniversary · reunion · autographs · tribute · celebration · legacy
People at an event
- touristsTravelers seeing sights
- patronsRegular supporters or customers
- friendsVoluntary close relations
- relativesThose connected by blood
company · travelers · pilgrims · mourners · celebrants · participants · well-wishers · strangers
signatures
Handwritten names as authentication
greetings · farewells · dedications · testimonials · impressions · thoughts · congratulations · compliments · acknowledgments · expressions
entries
Items logged or submitted
documentation · chronicle · journal · ledger · catalog · roster · directory · registry · logbook · list
reception
Act of receiving guests
foyer · lobby · hospitality · warmth · cordiality · friendliness · check-in · front desk · threshold · guesthouse
keepsake
Item preserved for sentiment
- souvenirToken from a trip
- mementoToken of recollection
- photographsLight-captured images
nostalgia · reminisce · milestones · anniversary · reunion · autographs · tribute · celebration · legacy · heritage
attendees
People at an event
- touristsTravelers seeing sights
- patronsRegular supporters or customers
- friendsVoluntary close relations
relatives · company · travelers · pilgrims · mourners · celebrants · participants · well-wishers · strangers · acquaintances
- housewarminghousewarming gift, welcome basket, home tour, gift giving, welcome speech
- funeral costsfuneral, casket, burial, cremation, embalming
- monastery recordschronicle, annals, necrology, customary, founding charter
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- hospitalityhotel, hotels, warmth, kindness, welcome
- weddingwedding, wedding ring, marry, wedding ceremony, wedding rings
guest bookdiary
Personal daily record
personal journal · logbook · captain's log · autobiography · memoir
book, guest, notebook, booked, booking, bookish, guests, handbook, booklet