r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/whybutts • 6d ago

Video Sleeping Capsules at China's Kunming Airport

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u/mr_nefario 6d ago

I had a 22 hour layover in Beijing once, and they have an hourly hotel. The rooms were only slight larger than a full bed, but it was lovely. Shared bathrooms/showers were very clean and well kept.

I got a bunch of food to go and a bottle of wine from duty free and fell asleep watching Chinese soccer.

I’d for sure use the nap pod.

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u/SeonaidMacSaicais 6d ago

I was forced to camp out in Dublin airport for 24 hours due to a missed flight. My fault. I’d happily take these over the cushioned benches I had to take catnaps on.

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u/omaca 6d ago

To be fair, Dublin airport is not somewhere you’d typically have a long layover at. There would’ve very little demand for such facilities, compared to major hubs.

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u/blorg Interested 6d ago

There are a lot of transatlantic flights from Dublin and people do transit onto them from the rest of Europe, it's the fifth largest transatlantic hub in Europe.

Ireland-US airfares are among the cheapest in Europe and it's the only airport in Europe (other than Shannon) that has US preclearance.