A little space for your day.

What is DollarNap?

DollarNap is a marketplace that connects people who need a space for a short stay with hosts who have a suitable place to share. Guests can find somewhere to rest, freshen up or take a quiet break, while hosts can offer their space during the hours that work for them.

Our focus is the time between the bigger moments of a day: the gap between arriving and checking in, the hours between commitments, or the pause that makes a long journey more manageable. A comfortable place for a few hours can make a meaningful difference.

DollarNap brings the space, available hours, amenities, price and booking arrangements together. Hosts provide the accommodation; we provide the platform through which guests and hosts can find one another, communicate and organise the stay.

When you need a space, not a whole night

Many accommodation options are organised around overnight stays. Everyday plans do not always fit that pattern. You might arrive in a city well before your room is ready, finish one appointment hours before the next, or need to rest before continuing a journey.

Finding a suitable place can mean comparing unclear prices, making repeated enquiries or paying for more time than you need. A public waiting area may offer a seat, but it may not offer the privacy, facilities or comfort you are looking for.

DollarNap makes those shorter needs easier to plan for. Look for a space in the area you need, check the available hours and choose the facilities that matter to you. A shower, Wi-Fi, phone charging or somewhere to lie down can be part of your choice where the host includes them in the listing.

Who needs DollarNap?

Different days call for different kinds of pause. DollarNap is for adults looking for a practical place to spend a few hours, including:

• Travellers between journeys: somewhere to rest or freshen up during a connection, after an early arrival or before a late departure.
• Content creators and creative teams: guest houses, rooms and other suitable locations for a few hours of photography, filming or content production. When a shoot only takes a couple of hours, paying for a full day can stretch the budget unnecessarily. DollarNap lets creators look for the time and setting they need, with the host’s agreement on filming, equipment and the number of people attending before booking.
• People visiting for appointments or events: a place to get ready, take a break or spend the time between commitments.
• Commuters and people with split schedules: a useful base when going home and returning would take too much of the day.
• People working away from home: a quiet pause between meetings or shifts, with any work-related facilities checked against the listing.
• Anyone who needs a little breathing room: time to recharge, regain some privacy or simply slow down before the next part of the day.

The right space depends on your needs. Check whether it is private or shared, how many guests it accommodates, its accessibility information and the amenities included. Use the booking conversation to clarify anything important before your stay.

Making more of the space you have

For hosts, useful space and available time do not always line up with a conventional overnight booking. A guest-house room may be free during the day. A private room may be available only on certain dates. A suitable shared space may have hours that would otherwise go unused.

Offering those hours independently can create its own work: answering the same questions, agreeing arrival times, explaining facilities, collecting payments and keeping track of changes. Hosts also need enough time to prepare a space and clear expectations about how it will be used.

DollarNap gives hosts a way to describe what they offer and when it is available. Eligible spaces can include guest houses, private rooms, shared rooms, hostel beds, entire homes, and suitable couch or air-mattress arrangements. Each listing should make the type of space and the guest experience clear.

Bring your own linen. Make a short stay go further.

Linen is an important part of making hourly stays practical. Washing, drying, replacing and preparing bedding between guests takes time and money, even when someone only stays for a few hours. For hosts, that workload and the delay before the next booking can make short stays difficult to offer at an attractive price.

Bring your own linen gives guests and hosts another option. Where a listing offers it, guests can bring their own clean bedsheets and choose that option when booking. Hosts can offer a separate complete price for this choice, so guests can compare it with the linen-included option where both are available. It gives guests more control over what they spend on a short stay.

For hosts, offering this option can reduce the amount of bedding to wash and replace, ease the laundry workload and shorten the time spent preparing linen between bookings. Reducing those costs and practical concerns can help hosts make a few available hours worthwhile, while giving guests access to a more affordable stay.

Guests who prefer bedding supplied for them can choose host-provided linen where available. This includes clean bedding and towels. Hosts can set a complete price for this option; any separate linen fee on an existing listing is shown before booking. The listing and booking options explain what is included, so both sides know what to prepare.

Bringing your own linen goes alongside a clean, ready space: guests bring clean bedsheets and tidy up before leaving, while hosts remain responsible for cleaning, inspecting and preparing the space between stays. Any refundable cleaning caution for the selected option is shown separately.

How DollarNap helps hosts

Hosts can set their available hours, prices, minimum stay and preparation time between bookings. They can also offer the linen options that suit their space, including bring-your-own linen to reduce laundry demands or linen included with a clearly displayed price. Photos, amenities and house rules help guests decide whether the space is a good fit before making a request. Required verification and review take place before a listing can be published.

The host workspace brings listings, booking requests, conversations and stay records together. This helps hosts manage the details of a short stay, from answering a guest’s question to confirming that a space is ready for its next arrival.

Our role is to make spare capacity easier to offer and manage. Hosts retain responsibility for their space, its condition, the permissions needed to host and the commitments they accept. Income depends on demand, availability, pricing and applicable fees. Our hosting guide explains the responsibilities and payment arrangements.

A clearer way to arrange a short stay

DollarNap brings both sides of the booking into one place. Guests need to understand what they can use, when they can arrive and what they will pay. Hosts need to know what has been requested, what they have agreed to and when the space must be ready.

Listings and booking summaries provide the information needed to make those decisions. Available payment methods are presented at checkout, and booking conversations keep practical arrangements connected to the stay. Any refundable housekeeping caution is shown separately from the booking charge.

Flexibility means being able to choose from the hours and spaces a host offers. It also means clarity: the final price, any minimum stay, the payment requirements and the cancellation terms should be understood before you commit.

How a DollarNap stay works

1. Find your space. Browse by area and type of space, then check the available dates and hours. Look through the photos, facilities and description.
2. Review the details. Choose your time and review the full price, guest limit, house rules and cancellation policy. Check any separate caution and ask about requirements that matter to you.
3. Confirm the booking and payment. Follow the booking steps, including host acceptance where required, and pay using an available method at checkout. Check that your booking and payment are confirmed before travelling.
4. Arrive, pause and leave on time. Follow the agreed access instructions, enjoy the space within the booked hours and complete the relevant arrival and departure steps. Tell the host or support promptly if something is wrong.

Hosts prepare the space for the agreed arrival and follow the inspection and readiness process after the stay. Clear arrival and departure times help make the experience work for everyone.

Clear expectations, shared responsibility

A good short stay begins with an honest listing. We ask hosts to describe their space accurately, keep availability current and disclose important limitations. Guests are expected to respect the space, follow the agreed rules and consider neighbours and other people using shared areas.

Host verification and listing review are part of the publication process. These checks help establish the information behind a listing, but they do not replace a host’s responsibility to maintain a safe space or a guest’s judgement about whether it meets their needs.

Our terms and conditions, privacy policy and cancellation and refund policy set out the responsibilities, information practices and options when plans change. If a booking, access or payment issue arises, DollarNap support provides a route to raise it and request a review.

More useful space. More choice in your day.

We believe access to a comfortable place should fit the way people actually spend their time. Sometimes the useful stay is a few hours long. Sometimes the useful opportunity for a host is a part of the day that would otherwise sit empty.

DollarNap’s purpose is to bring those needs together: more choice for people looking for a pause, and a practical way for hosts to make suitable space available. Rest, convenience and flexibility are small things that can change how the rest of a day feels.

Part of iHolda

DollarNap is operated by IHOLDA LTD, a company registered in England and Wales. iHolda is the company behind the service, so its name may appear in payment or support communications associated with your booking.

For our registered address and company number, visit Company details. For questions about using DollarNap, hosting or a particular booking, visit our Help centre or contact us.

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