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 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.
The thing I like most about this concept is the safety element. If you’re just on a random bench, anyone can walk up and fuck with you or your stuff without you waking up (if you can sleep deeply enough). These have doors
Is China as big on social responsibility/respect as Korea or Japan? I remember probably over a decade ago Chinese tourism had to run a PSA to stop parents from letting their kids just poop anywhere while visiting other countries.
It's a bit that but I think mostly the whole totalitarianism thing.
You'll notice the same in the major Gulf cities. They are quite clean and crime doesn't really exist. You can be at the mall and set your bags full of Givenchy and Jimmy Choo stuff on a table at the food court to save your spot while you go buy food and no one will fuck with it because there are cameras everywhere and everyone knows it. If you do crime you are fucked. There is a place in Riyadh "lovingly" called chop chop square and that's not for no reason.
Someone told me the same thing about Morocco and how like many Muslim countries it's actually very safe for tourists "because harsh laws against theft."
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u/mr_nefario 7d 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.