Microstays are residency periods in a
hotel room of less than a full night stay, choosing the check-in time and length of the stay in hours.
Although such short stays have not been commonly offered by mainstream hotels in the Western hospitality industry, doing so emerged as a trend in the ''World Travel Market Global Trends Report 2013''. Bookings for less than a full night stay became more popular in Europe as a way to increase
revenue
In accounting, revenue is the total amount of income generated by the sale of product (business), goods and services related to the primary operations of a business.
Commercial revenue may also be referred to as sales or as turnover. Some compan ...
by offering greater flexibility.
By offering microstays, hotels can take advantage of their available inventory and sometimes sell the same room twice in a day.
See also
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ByHours and
Dayuse.com
Dayuse.com is a booking platform for microstays based in Paris, with offices in Hong Kong and New York. Created in 2010. The company facilitates the online and telephone booking of daytime booking rooms. The platform collaborates with a network ...
– Two microstay booking services
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Day room (hotel) A day room (or day use) is a method of booking a hotel room for same-day use.
History
Historically, the use of day rooms dates as far back as the hotel itself. In literary history, has been associated with the idea of renting rooms on an hourly bas ...
– Hotel bookings for brief stays especially for daytime use or layovers near airports and cruise ship ports
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Love hotel
A love hotel is a type of short-stay hotel found around the world operated primarily for the purpose of allowing guests privacy for sex. The name originates from "Hotel Love" in Osaka, Japan. Although love hotels exist all over the world, the ...
– Hotels catering to microstay clients for sexual encounters
References
Hotel terminology
Tourist accommodations
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