I spent a night in a capsule hotel in Japan. It was cheap, but it was also some of the worst sleep I had on my 14-day trip. Capsule hotels originated in Japan, so I insisted on staying in one on my ...

I stayed at Nine Hours Otemachi, a capsule hotel in central Tokyo. One night cost me $26. The hotel was separated by gender, and the pods looked like something out of a sci-fi movie. The accommodation ...

Do you ever walk into a hotel room and notice something immediately wrong? Maybe the sheets are still dirty. Or there are double beds instead of a king. Or the room is too big. Maybe you just long for ...

Solo travel offers an unparalleled sense of freedom, but it often comes with a steep price tag if you want to avoid crowded ...

Since gaining popularity in Japan in the late ’70s capsule hotels and microhotels have spread across Europe and North America. Their increased popularity makes sense, because for many tourists, the ...

RTO mandates has workers who don't live in cities scrambling to find inexpensive ways of staying in the city without ...

Capsule hotels are commonplace in Tokyo, but the recently renovated ºC (Do-C) Ebisu hopes to stand out from the pack with its contemporary Finnish-inspired design. Conceived by Tokyo-based Schemata ...

Imagine being offered a complimentary hotel stay with a unique twist - the catch being that your sleep would be monitored, and data from your body collected. This is precisely the proposition ...

Tonight, for no real reason at all, I’m sleeping in a capsule hotel. No doubt you’ve read about these—rabbit warrens for salarymen to stay in when they’ve missed the last train home. Capsule hotels ...

London’s Zedwell Hotels are redefining urban stays by adapting Japan’s capsule-hotel concept for Western travelers. From nearly 1,000 sleep pods above Piccadilly Circus to minimalist private “cocoon” ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). It may sound like an oxymoron, but the biggest capsule hotel in the world has just opened in central London. The Zedwell, in Piccadilly ...