Overnight

What Overnight does

Overnight operates a mobile-first, peer-to-peer booking platform focused on last-minute, same-day home-sharing stays. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Los Angeles, the app connects hosts with travelers seeking short-notice accommodations and differentiates through a "Smart Groups" feature that enables coordinated lodging for groups. The platform maintains listings across 15+ countries spanning multiple continents, positioning it as an international rather than single-market service.

The product architecture is centered on a mobile application that handles peer-to-peer transactions specifically scoped to same-day bookings — a narrower use case than general-purpose vacation rental platforms. The "Smart Groups" functionality is the principal product extension, allowing multiple users to organize shared stays through the app. The company has pursued a community-led go-to-market strategy rather than performance-marketing-driven acquisition, exemplified by its partnership with Girls Love Travel, a community of 330,000+ members.

The business model is based on transaction fees applied to bookings completed through the platform, with revenue scaled directly to gross booking volume. Overnight has raised approximately $2.65M in total disclosed funding, split between an initial 2015 seed round ($150K) and a 2016 round ($2.5M). Investors include Accomplice, Baroda Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, CSC Upshot, Draft Ventures, Hone Capital, and Maiden Lane Ventures. The company remains privately held and operates with 1-10 employees.

Name

Overnight

Website

https://joinovernight.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Overnight is a mobile-first, peer-to-peer booking platform enabling last-minute, same-day home-sharing stays across 15+ countries, with a "Smart Groups" feature for coordinated group lodging and a transaction-fee revenue model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Peer-to-peer Accommodation Marketplace

NAICS

All Other Traveler Accommodation (721199)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hosted Private Rooms (On-Site Host) (THAMABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Unhosted Private Rooms (Off-Site Host) (THAMABAC), Couchsurfing & Free/Barter Home Stays (THAMABAH)

Keywords

• Peer-to-peer lodging
• Same-day booking
• Home-sharing platform
• Last-minute stays
• Community-driven hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Booking Transaction Fees: Platform charges hosts a commission/transaction fee when guests book stays through the platform. Hosts earn money from listing their available spaces, and Overnight takes a cut from each completed booking transaction.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Overnight is a peer-to-peer, mobile-first marketplace that lets travelers book same-day stays in private rooms, shared spaces, or entire places hosted by local individuals. Hosts list their available space, respond to guest requests, and earn money, while the platform handles discovery, booking, in-app payment, and mutual rating within a verified community.

Product overview

Overnight is a peer-to-peer accommodation booking platform designed for same-day travel bookings through a trusted community network. The core platform enables users to discover and book private rooms, shared spaces, or entire places from verified local hosts. The platform comprises the main Overnight Platform for booking and hosting, the Groups feature for private network bookings with exclusive pricing, and Smart Groups for friend-based hosting connections. The service is accessible via both web and iPhone app, with all members required to verify their accounts through Facebook, ID, credit card, and phone number.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Overnight Platform A peer-to-peer accommodation marketplace that lets travelers discover and book same-day stays in private rooms, shared spaces, or entire places from verified local hosts. Users request a place by choosing a location, radius, and trip purpose; hosts review profiles and respond; payment and mutual rating are handled in-app.
• Smart Groups Automatically curated network of friends that lets hosts list their home exclusively to people in their existing social network and enables users to find which friends are open to hosting them in their next city, with exclusive friend pricing.
• Overnight iPhone App Native iOS application that allows users to request and book same-day accommodations and hosts to manage listings on the go. Users must be at least 18 and own an iPhone to use the service.

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Girls Love TravelcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerGirls Love Travel is an international community of over 330,000 travel-loving women who strive to empower women to travel with safety and support. Overnight partners with this community to provide trusted accommodation options for members, positioning Overnight as the preferred accommodation platform for this niche travel community.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Vrbo: Vrbo (formerly HomeAway) is a major short-term vacation rental marketplace owned by Expedia, focused on whole-home stays rather than shared rooms. While Overnight offers entire places, its social-network positioning and emphasis on host-guest connection differentiate it; Vrbo is the relevant incumbent for the entire-place segment of Overnight's listings.
• Booking.com: Booking.com is the largest global accommodation platform, primarily hotels but increasingly including apartments and alternative lodging. It is a relevant broad incumbent for any traveler accommodation marketplace; Booking.com's scale and SEO dominance make it the indirect competitor for the same spontaneous-traveler demand Overnight targets.
• Airbnb: Airbnb is the dominant peer-to-peer short-term rental platform and the natural incumbent comparison for Overnight. Both operate two-sided home-sharing marketplaces with hosts and guests, take a transaction fee, and have launched identity verification and social features — though Airbnb's scale, geographic reach, and brand dwarf Overnight's network-based niche.

Emerging players

• TrustedHousesitters: TrustedHousesitters operates a subscription-based home-and-pet-sitting exchange, where members stay in homes for free in exchange for house/pet care. While it overlaps with Overnight's ethos of trust-based, non-hotel accommodation, its membership model and pet-care focus place it as an adjacent emerging player rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Hostelworld: Hostelworld is the leading online booking platform for hostels and budget shared accommodation, serving budget-conscious and experience-seeking travelers. While Hostelworld focuses on shared dormitory-style lodging rather than private homes, its target demographic (young, adventurous, social travelers) overlaps with Overnight's primary persona, making it a comparable in the budget-socially-minded-traveler segment.

Direct peers

• Wimdu: Wimdu is a peer-to-peer vacation rental marketplace operating across Europe and select global markets, offering apartments and private rooms with hosts. It is a direct competitor in the same short-term private-room rental category as Overnight, though without the social-network-driven Smart Groups trust layer.
• Couchsurfing: Couchsurfing is the closest direct peer to Overnight — a community-driven home-stay platform where travelers stay with locals for free, built on trust and social networks rather than commercial transactions. Overnight's Smart Groups model and verification approach mirrors Couchsurfing's ethos but layers in paid transactions, positioning it as a more commercialized version of the same concept.
• BeWelcome: BeWelcome is a non-profit, community-run home-stay network — a smaller, more idealistic cousin of Couchsurfing. It shares Overnight's DNA of trust-based, member-verified hosting and serves budget-conscious travelers seeking authentic local experiences, making it a directly comparable peer in the niche hospitality space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/overnightapp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors7 records

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M&A

Investments

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