New App Allows for Same-Day Bookings in NYC
Photo: Oleg Nikishin/GettySince the site’s creation in 2008, Airbnb has come to dominate a large portion of the lodging market in many major American cities. New York City hasn’t been any different—according to data website Inside Airbnb there are currently 38,810 total Airbnb listings in the greater NYC area alone.
That being said, Airbnb might finally have some competition in the Big Apple. Overnight, a booking app that began offering listings in Los Angeles earlier this year, has arrived in New York and seems poised to provide some healthy competition.
The site, which already has more than 400 registered hosts in the New York City area, differs itself from Airbnb by emphasizing same-day, last minute bookings. Essentially, Overnight is for the spontaneous and the procrastinators, as the app offers users with an easy way to pull of spur-of-the-moment reservations for the night.