Tom Bodett has been saying that for Motel 6 for eons now, but interesting how “hotels” are evolving
a) The NYT writes about “hacker hostels” in Silicon Valley
“From the outside it’s just a beige three-story building in a quiet residential neighborhood. But inside, in a third-floor apartment, there are enough Ikea bunk beds to sleep 10 people, crammed into two bedrooms. The living room is bare except for a futon, a tiny desk and laptop power cables strewed across the hardwood floor like a nest of snakes.”
b) Fodors writes about “pop-up” hotels
“A new breed of pop-up hotels offers unique, limited-duration lodging experiences to travelers, with runs typically lasting only a few months at a time. Often cropping up as collaborative projects between international artisans and designers, these experimental accommodations allow contemporary design to embrace an eco-chic aesthetic, and are typically conceptualized to leave minimal footprints on their environment.” (photo of the beachfront Papaya Playa on Mexico’s Yucatan at $ 45 a night)
c) USA Today writes about Airbnb
“Founded by twentysomething, San Francisco roommates who saw their blow-up mattresses as a way to score some extra cash, Airbnb has embraced the "sharing economy" and has grown far beyond its air-bed roots. The short-term rental service has raised $120 million in funding and now has some 200,000 active listings in 25,000 cities and 192 countries, for everything from a $10-a-night couch in Brooklyn to a $1,250-a-night, five-bedroom villa near Bariloche, Argentina.”
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