Would You Pay $30 An Hour To Nap In A 7-By-8-Foot Room At The Airport?
You’ve been up since the crack of dawn and have arrived bleary-eyed and sleep-deprived at the airport, only to find your connecting flight is delayed. Like, way delayed. Your options are limited and probably include camping out near a wall so you can at least lean your head against it and catch a few z’s while you wait. Or would you be willing to pay $30 an hour to take a nap in a tiny room of your own?
A company called Minute Suites has been rolling out mini nap rooms in airports like Atlanta and Philadelphia, with plans in the works for Dallas-Fort Worth and Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, reports NPR, so that weary travelers can rest their heads in private.
The rooms are about 7-by-8 feet and and are staffed by college students learning the hospitality trade. The first hour costs $30 and then travelers are billed in 15-minute increments. An overnight stay goes for $120 and only ticketed passengers can get a room.
Actually, a smarter and perhaps more profitable alternative could be seats (beds?) in the gate areas that resemble 1st class accommodations in the Boeing 777. They were in public recliner chairs. Those seat very comfortably relined to a flat horizontal position (with no individual privacy). Offer them money slot operated with the ability to trigger wake up alarms based upon a flight number.
I can see the airline agents now when they are dealing with flights that are overbooked if you'll take the bump " I'll give you a round trip anywhere in the mainland U.S. and $30 tube time!"
9:16 Heard that. I finally dumped US air out of Salisbury because my flight back to SBY from Philly would constantly get cancelled. I drive all the way to BMI now and use Southwest.
When I was in the Air Force I had to travel "stand by". Tavel when there was room...I would gladly give $30.00 for a place to lay my head in private.
ReplyDeleteYes. Great idea. They do it in europe already
ReplyDeleteThey kinda got you by the ummm wallet at that point.
ReplyDeleteCool idea, Philadelphia will be booked solid as crapy as they are with keeping flights on time.
ReplyDeleteActually, a smarter and perhaps more profitable alternative could be seats (beds?) in the gate areas that resemble 1st class accommodations in the Boeing 777. They were in public recliner chairs. Those seat very comfortably relined to a flat horizontal position (with no individual privacy). Offer them money slot operated with the ability to trigger wake up alarms based upon a flight number.
ReplyDeleteI can see the airline agents now when they are dealing with flights that are overbooked if you'll take the bump " I'll give you a round trip anywhere in the mainland U.S. and $30 tube time!"
ReplyDelete9:16 Heard that. I finally dumped US air out of Salisbury because my flight back to SBY from Philly would constantly get cancelled. I drive all the way to BMI now and use Southwest.
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