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ByHours
ByHours is a Barcelona-based travel-tech platform pioneering "microstays," letting travelers book hotel rooms in blocks of 3, 6, 12 or 24 hours instead of full nights, across 3,000+ hotels in 600+ destinations worldwide. Founded in 2012, it has raised roughly €26M+ (over €18M plus an €8M Series B in 2020) from Spanish, Mexican and international investors, and also offers ByHours Direct, a white-label SaaS letting hotels sell hourly bookings on their own sites.
Founded
2012
Founders
2
News
0
Rounds
1
Investors
7
SectorsTravel Tech, Hospitality, Hotel Booking, Microstays
Start-up MapTravel & Hospitality › Consumer travel & accommodation booking
Profile updated 31 Jul 2026
Founders
C
Christian Rodríguez
Co-founder
—
G
Guillermo Gaspart
Founder & CEO
Global models 5
DDayuse
France · www.dayuse.com ↗
Direct global comparable: a day-use/hourly hotel booking marketplace letting guests book rooms during the day at discounted rates, the best-funded player in this niche.
$17.4MComparable
DDayBreakHotels
Italy · www.daybreakhotels.com ↗
Same day-use hotel booking marketplace model as ByHours, operating across Europe and Latin America.
$6.98MComparable
R
Recharge (later Globe)
United States
Book hotel rooms by the minute/hour on demand, the closest US analogue to ByHours' microstay concept.
$10MComparable
HHotelsByDay
United States · hotelsbyday.com ↗
Marketplace for booking hotel day rooms by the hour, same core model as ByHours.
$550KComparable
D
Daycation
United States
App for booking hotel amenities and day rooms by the hour, a smaller-scale version of ByHours' model.
$110KComparable
Investors 7
Angel Ventures
AAxon Partners Group
axonpartnersgroup.com
DDILA Capital
dilacapital.com
EEncomenda
encomenda.com
HHowzat Partners
L
Labogar
MMediaset España
Funding rounds 1
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