Chic boutique hotels experimenting with hourly rates

dayuse-hotels.com is partnering with respectable hotels worldwide to offer short-term rates at a fraction of the overnight cost. Officially promoted as a convenient service for red-eye passengers, weary shoppers and business-people who need to relax between meetings, several boutique hotels in New York City and beyond are offering daytime-only rooms, mostly available between 9am and 5pm. Customers pay between 30 and 70 percent of the regular overnight rate to have the place at their disposal.