It&#x27;s hard to set up. There is instant booking on AirBnB, but mostly you have to email people and have a conversation, introduce yourself, etc. and wait for the host to get back to you. I have booked relatively last minute on AirBnB, in fact one of my best experiences was at a &quot;startup&quot; hotel in San Francisco, but by and large it&#x27;s difficult and unreliable. Especially the &quot;request to book&quot; thing. If I put in a request for same day accommodations, I can&#x27;t put in a second request for fear of both requests being accepted. And requests have, I believe, 24 hours to be accepted. So in theory you could try to book this morning for tonight, and not get a response until tomorrow. Or put in multiple requests and they&#x27;re all accepted and you&#x27;re charged for many rooms.<p>And even if it works, you have to coordinate with the hosts on entrance, parking, etc. at the last minute, which could be impossible.<p>Generally AirBnB isn&#x27;t optimized for last-minute bookings in my experience.<p>When I need something super last minute, I can always rely on Hotel Tonight. But something like this, a last-minute AirBnB without all the AirBnB hassles, would be pretty nice.