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Orphan night
An orphan night is a single unsold night, or a very short unsold window, isolated by surrounding bookings and by minimum-stay settings. It is a specific form of gap night where the remaining window is shorter than the listing will accept.
Why Orphan night matters for your revenue
Orphan nights accumulate quietly and can account for several per cent of annual occupancy. Allowing shorter stays and pricing them attractively as the date approaches is a routine recovery tactic.
Related terms
- Gap nightA gap night is an unsold night sitting between two confirmed bookings. It is usually created by minimum-stay rules that prevent a guest from booking the short window, rather than by an absence of demand for that date.
- Minimum stayMinimum stay is the shortest number of nights a guest may book. It can be set globally or varied by date, so peak weekends carry longer minimums and quiet midweek periods carry shorter ones. It shapes both the volume and the profile of bookings received.
- Occupancy gapThe occupancy gap is the difference between a property's occupancy and the realistic benchmark for comparable properties in the same market and season, expressed in nights or as a percentage of available nights.
- Dynamic pricingDynamic pricing is the practice of changing nightly rates continuously in response to demand signals: local occupancy, competitor rates, events, day of week, seasonality and how far ahead the booking falls. Rates are recalculated regularly rather than fixed at the start of a season.
Revenue Management at Pinnacle Path
Orphan night sits inside our revenue management work. See how we apply it market by market.