{{short description|Hotel residency periods of less than one night}} '''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.<ref name="nyt">{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/24/business/a-room-by-the-hour-to-refresh.html | title=By-the-Hour Microstays Add to Big Hotels' Bottom Line | work=The New York Times | date=23 December 2013 | accessdate=8 November 2015 | author=Weed, Julie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.traveldailynews.com/news/article/57551/ravel-and-tourism-in-a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107152850/http://www.traveldailynews.com/news/article/57551/ravel-and-tourism-in-a|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-11-07|title=Ravel and tourism in a fast-changing world: New trends for 2014|website=TravelDailyNews}}</ref> Although such short stays have not been commonly offered by mainstream hotels in the Western hospitality industry,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hotelogix.com/blog/2014/09/19/micro-stay-is-here-to-stay/| title=Micro-stay is the concept of providing hotel rooms on hourly basis | website=Hotelogix | date=19 September 2014 | accessdate=12 November 2017 | author=Pathak, Manisha }}</ref> doing so emerged as a trend in the ''World Travel Market Global Trends Report 2013''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/travel-trends-2014-panks-microstays-asian-cruising-1455114|title=Travel Trends For 2014: PANKs, Microstays And Asian Cruising|first=Mark|last=Johanson|date=5 November 2013|work=International Business Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/routehappy/Euromonitor-Report.pdf|title=World Travel Market Global Trends Report 2013|via=S3.amazonaws.com|publisher=Euromonitor International|accessdate=28 May 2018}}</ref> Bookings for less than a full night stay became more popular{{when|date=July 2021|reason=The word 'more' seems to be a comparison to some other period of time. The timeframe needs to be clarified.}} in Europe as a way to increase revenue by offering greater flexibility.<ref name="nyt" /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=Hannah|title=Hoteliers urges to tap into 'micro-stays' market to stay ahead|url=http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Business/Hoteliers-urged-to-tap-into-micro-stay-market-to-stay-ahead|website=Bighospitality.co.uk|accessdate=8 August 2017|date=21 December 2016}}</ref> By offering microstays, hotels can take advantage of their available inventory and sometimes sell the same room twice in a day.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Micro-stay is here to stay! - Hotel Property Management System Software|url = http://www.hotelogix.com/blog/2014/09/19/micro-stay-is-here-to-stay/|website = Hotel Property Management System Software|accessdate = 2015-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/Features/micro-stay---a-winwin-situation-for-hotels-33534 | title=Micro Stay – A win-win situation for hotels? | website=Travel Biz Monitor | date=19 June 2017 | accessdate=12 November 2017 | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112185625/http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/Features/micro-stay---a-winwin-situation-for-hotels-33534 }}</ref>
==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
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