HotelTonight: last-minute rooms for small hotels and inns

Hotels, boutique hotels and inns. Only partner properties show in the app, and HotelTonight approves each one.

• Commission on bookings. HotelTonight doesn’t publish the rate, so ask while you apply.
• HotelTonight may collect and pay some taxes itself. Set up your connected rate so those taxes aren’t charged twice.

• Guests pay in full when they book. You get paid by charging a HotelTonight virtual card, on or after check-in and within six months.
• Bookings can’t be canceled by default, unless your HotelTonight profile says otherwise.
• Keep a guest card on file for incidentals, since the virtual card only covers the booking.

HotelTonight works through your booking software. After approval, you get a hotel ID, connect it, and your HotelTonight market manager helps set rates and the same-day cutoff.

Most booking software also works as a channel manager, so your rates and open dates stay in sync here, on your own website and on every other site you connect. How that works, with Comal Inn's setup.

Booking software covered on Firsthand Stays that lists HotelTonight:

• ThinkReservations

HotelTonight fits small hotels and inns in towns where travelers often decide late, like weekend getaway spots. It won’t replace your main channels. If your booking software connects, it can sell a room that would otherwise sit empty tonight. Set your same-day cutoff to match your check-in hours.