Keycafe Offers Key Exchange Services in Edinburgh

Keycafe is pleased to announce that we have launched our key exchange services in Edinburgh, Scotland. We’ve installed public Keycafe Smartboxes around various locations throughout Edinburgh, enabling easy key exchange across the city.

Edinburgh is Scotland’s vibrant capital city which is home to around 500,000 people. The city surrounds the historic Edinburgh castle, which sits upon the mound of an extinct volcano called Castle Rock. Along with Glasgow, Edinburgh played an instrumental role in the Scottish Enlightenment, which was a period in the 18th and early 19th century of great scientific and intellectual advancement in Scotland. Today, Edinburgh is a cultural capital of the United Kingdom which remains connected with its historical roots while embracing the constant technological advancement of modern times.

Edinburgh’s sharing economy of services is one of the most active and diverse, with car sharing and food delivery services like Uber and Grubhub, and dog walking and borrowing services like DogBuddy and Borrow My Doggy. Edinburgh also has a huge community of home-sharers, with over 9,000 active listings on short-term rental platforms like Airbnb, booking.com, and Homeaway. Property access through easy key exchange is the missing link for many in Edinburgh to be able to participate in the burgeoning sharing economy of dog walkers, secure parcel deliveries, and short-term stays. Keycafe provides app-based key exchange with optional photo ID verification that enables local residents to manage access securely and efficiently.  

Before Keycafe’s arrival, key exchange in Edinburgh was a difficult task to accomplish conveniently and securely. From hiding keys under your doormat, asking a neighbour to hold onto them for you, or attaching a small lockbox on a fence outside in the cold and rain. These solutions were never completely secure or convenient. Using Keycafe’s key exchange service, you are now able to have a guest pick up and drop off your keys at their convenience in a warm and friendly environment. You get to support local businesses while managing your keys with an app from anywhere you need to be.

To find a location near you visit Edinburgh on our locations map.

Edinburgh Keycafe SmartBox locations at our launch:

If you live in Edinburgh and don’t yet have access to a Keycafe SmartBox near you, we want to know. Please visit our locations page and enter your address so we know where we need to expand to next.

About Keycafe

Keycafe is a technology company modernizing business key management with a cloud-connected SmartBox and accompanying key management software.

In addition to a global Public Network of over 1000 locations for Airbnb users, Keycafe’s Enterprise Solution enables businesses in any industry to manage key access for staff and customers.