Best Day to Book a Hotel, According to 2026 Data
Sunday is the cheapest day of the week to book a hotel stay in the United States, and the gap is not small: KAYAK's own booking data puts a Sunday check-in up to 24% below a Friday check-in, an average of $165 a night against $204. 2 Anyone who has searched for the "best day to book a hotel" this year already knows the question keeps resurfacing in travel advice roundups, usually right before a big trip — and the honest answer needs more than one dataset to hold up, because which country you're staying in, which day you check in, and how far ahead you book all move the price on their own. Photo by Tamba Budiarsana on Pexels The Cheapest Day to Check Into a US Hotel: Sunday KAYAK's most recent Travel Hacker Blog update names Sunday the cheapest US check-in day. 1 A Sunday check-in on a domestic hotel runs up to 24% cheaper than the same room on a Friday, when nightly rates climb to an average of $204 versus $165 on Sunday — a swing of roughly $39 a night on a s...