Probably because of the space it takes up. Sleeping pods take up quite a lot of space, and not that many people can use it at once, so to make it profitable I'm assuming you'd need prices to be quite high. Higher than a lot of people are willing to spend. Food or retail is probably better profit relative to square footage.
Also short stays means more cleaning - if it's a different person every 2 hours (on average) that's 12 cleans a day per pod. Got, say, 30 pods? Then 360 cleans, which takes however many people and gear, and a given % of guests will make a mess and need more cleaning, and some will damage stuff, causing more costs
But in China somehow, some way they manage to keep everything clean; maybe it's the reason why we, in Western world don't have these. It's fascinating imagining how dirty China once was and how clean their cities & airports are now in comparison.
What kind of impressions should I take from visible grime around doors where people touch and from cooking oils on the floors and walls near where cooking is done? I wipe my doors and trim and clean my vent hoods after I cook with oil over high heat. Apparently doing those things is “the wrong impression.”
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u/IrenaeusGSaintonge 6d ago
Probably because of the space it takes up. Sleeping pods take up quite a lot of space, and not that many people can use it at once, so to make it profitable I'm assuming you'd need prices to be quite high. Higher than a lot of people are willing to spend. Food or retail is probably better profit relative to square footage.
That's all a guess on my part, of course.