NightDesk
Overnight rate intelligence
for independent hotels.
While your hotel sleeps, NightDesk watches what every comparable property nearby is charging. By 6 a.m., The Daily Rate brief is in your inbox — numbers in hand before the coffee is cold.
The Daily Rate
The 6 a.m. brief that replaces the sticky note.
The Daily Rate is the email you open before you open anything else. Short. Plain language. Written the way a trusted colleague would write it — not the way a software company writes a report.
It tells you where you stand tonight, what moved overnight on your comp set, the two or three dates that need a decision today, and a suggested rate for each. Then it stops. You decide. Takes a minute.
Arrives in your inbox every morning at 6 a.m.
Plain language — not charts, not dashboards, not reports
You set the rates. NightDesk never touches your systems.
No dashboard to learn. No system to plug in. One email, one minute.
Mon, Oct 14 — Harborview Inn
Tonight you are at $159. The street is at $166. Nudge up.
Saturday is filling fast — 87% sold. Raise to $189 before noon.
Thursday is soft and you are priced high. Ease to $148.
Set tonight's rate. Takes a minute.
Week of Oct 14 — Harborview Inn
This week your comp set moved up an average of $12. You are still $8 below the market midpoint.
Next weekend is tracking 22% ahead of last year at this point. Consider moving your floor rate now.
Mid-week remains soft across the market. Hold where you are and watch pickup through Wednesday.
Big picture. One email. Every week.
The Weekly Rate
The owner report, once a week.
Every Monday morning, The Weekly Rate gives you the bigger picture. Where your comp set has moved over the past seven days. How the week ahead is shaping up. Where you stand relative to the market trend.
Same plain voice as The Daily Rate. No dashboard. No charts to decode. One email, read it in two minutes, and you have the week in your head before the first guest checks in.
Included with every plan
The Weekly Rate is included alongside The Daily Rate in both the Self-Serve and Managed tiers. You do not have to choose between the daily view and the weekly view. You get both.
How NightDesk Works
We do two of the three steps.
We watch overnight.
NightDesk tracks your comp set every night. No integration with your systems. We watch from the outside, read-only, exactly as a human would check a booking site.
We write the brief.
Before 6 a.m., we turn the overnight data into The Daily Rate: a short plain-language email with tonight's picture, what moved, and a suggested rate for dates that need attention.
You decide.
You read the brief. You set your rates exactly as you always have, in whatever system you use. NightDesk never touches your PMS, never changes a price on its own. Your property, your call.
We Do Less On Purpose
Read-only is not a limitation.
It is the whole point.
Every feature we left out is a reason an independent hotel owner said no to every other tool. We left them out on purpose. The owners who refused every other system will accept this one, because this one asks for nothing they are not willing to give.
The Read-Only Principle
We watch from the outside. We never touch the inside.
NightDesk gathers rate data exactly the way a human would — by checking what comparable hotels are showing on booking sites. Read-only. No credentials to your PMS. No API keys. No channel manager access. Nothing that could go wrong in the night while you are not watching.
What other tools demand
Integration with your PMS and channel manager — credentials, API keys, the works
Trust the algorithm to change your prices overnight while you are not watching
Months of setup, onboarding calls, and a learning curve before you see any value
Enterprise pricing built for branded chains, not 40-room independent inns
Annual contracts that lock you in before you know if it works for your property
What NightDesk asks
Your hotel's name
A short list of comparable properties you already watch
An email address
That is all. No system access. No credentials. No automatic changes. No contract. You keep the wheel — every rate decision stays with you.
Pricing
Two ways to use NightDesk.
Both start with The Daily Rate in your inbox every morning. The difference is who runs the strategy conversation.
Self-Serve
You read the brief.
You set the rates.
The light, do-it-yourself tier. NightDesk does the overnight watching and writes The Daily Rate. You open it over coffee, make your calls, and set your rates exactly as you always have. One minute, done.
What's included
- The Daily Rate — every morning at 6 a.m.
- The Weekly Rate — every Monday, the bigger picture
- Overnight comp-set tracking for up to 10 properties
- No integration, no contract, no setup call required
- You set every rate — NightDesk never touches your systems
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Priced for independent hotels, not enterprise chains
Managed
A First Hour revenue manager
runs the strategy.
The done-with-you tier. A certified First Hour revenue manager reviews every recommendation, monitors your comp set, and runs the strategy conversation with you. You still approve every rate. We just do more of the work.
Everything in Self-Serve, plus
- Dedicated certified First Hour revenue manager
- Weekly strategy review — your manager walks you through the numbers
- Proactive alerts when your comp set makes a significant move
- Seasonal and event-based rate strategy built around your calendar
- You still approve every rate — the wheel stays with you
Pricing
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Scoped to your property and portfolio size
Both tiers include The Daily Rate and The Weekly Rate. No integration. No automatic price changes. No long-term contract required.
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Wake up tomorrow with the numbers already in hand.
Start receiving The Daily Rate. We need your hotel name, a short list of comparable properties, and an email address. That is all. No contract, no integration, no setup call required.
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