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.[1][2] Although such short stays have not been commonly offered by mainstream hotels in the Western hospitality industry,[3] doing so emerged as a trend in the World Travel Market Global Trends Report 2013.[4][5] Bookings for less than a full night stay became more popular in Europe as a way to increase revenue by offering greater flexibility.[1][6] By offering microstays, hotels can take advantage of their available inventory and sometimes sell the same room twice in a day.[7][8]

See also

  • ByHours and Dayuse.com – Two microstay booking services
  • Day room (hotel) – Hotel bookings for brief stays especially for daytime use or layovers near airports and cruise ship ports
  • Love hotel – Hotels catering to microstay clients for sexual encounters

References

  1. 1 2 Weed, Julie (23 December 2013). "By-the-Hour Microstays Add to Big Hotels' Bottom Line". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ravel and tourism in a fast-changing world: New trends for 2014". TravelDailyNews. Archived from the original on 2013-11-07.
  3. ↑ Pathak, Manisha (19 September 2014). "Micro-stay is the concept of providing hotel rooms on hourly basis". Hotelogix. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Johanson, Mark (5 November 2013). "Travel Trends For 2014: PANKs, Microstays And Asian Cruising". International Business Times.
  5. ↑ "World Travel Market Global Trends Report 2013" (PDF). Euromonitor International. Retrieved 28 May 2018 – via S3.amazonaws.com.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Hannah (21 December 2016). "Hoteliers urges to tap into 'micro-stays' market to stay ahead". Bighospitality.co.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Micro-stay is here to stay! - Hotel Property Management System Software". Hotel Property Management System Software. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  8. ↑ "Micro Stay – A win-win situation for hotels?". Travel Biz Monitor. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.


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