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4 Days, 3 Nights? How Hotel Nights Are Counted

A 38-second illustrated explanation of why June 10 through June 13 spans four calendar dates but three hotel nights, with a free number-of-nights calculator.

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Arrive on June 10 and leave on June 13. Is that four days or three nights? It is both.

Calendar dates are inclusive: June 10, 11, 12 and 13. That makes four days on the calendar.

Hotel nights are the gaps between dates: after June 10, 11 and 12. That makes three nights.

Check-out day is still a calendar date, but it is not another hotel night when you leave that day.

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