Spending the night in a NYC Capsule Hotel (My First Time!)
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- Hey everyone! Last week I traveled to New York and wanted to stay in a capsule hotel! I found this place that wasn't a traditional capsule hotel like i've seen online before, but I thought it was a cool american take on the experience! (not sponsored at all btw)
So some background, this was called Pod 51, and they offered a wide variety of rooms and sizes for pretty affordably. It was much more affordable than the previous chain hotel I had stayed at before, and a competitive price for the air bnb's I had checked out in the area. I mentioned a hostel had peaked my interest, but in the end this place checked all my travel boxes.
Anyway! Let me know, would you stay here? Or would you stay somewhere similar?
Did the shared bathroom freak you out?
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“Hmmm here’s my... napkin.” 😂
'It's Thursday night and there are some bars around here...' **takes a shower and goes to bed**
We love a practical queen who has her priorities in order!!!
Queen? Someone's simpin. Jk lol she seems real nice.
This is a truck driver's daily routine. The room is bigger than the truck cab. Highly recommend flip flops for shower shoes. I use hand sanitizer or some disinfectant for the toilet.
So this is kinda just like a really really really nice college dorm
as a college student that lives on campus, that was my thought too. but it was a lot smaller.... and a lot cheaper.
Yes
Looks good!
??? My college dorm didn’t look this small I had a single room with a small kitchen and bathroom but I mean I was there on a full scholarship for physics so I guess that was just a bonus
It’s just like a dorm room! Perfect for traveling.
i would totally stay there! it seems perfect for what i would need for a short trip to nyc, and i love the bathroom indicators so you don't have to like wait in a line or just awkwardly stand in the hall
the place seemed super neat! but for the price they could've given you an extra blanket at least :/
Yes! Agreed. I bet I could have requested one really, but I didn't anticipate it during the waking hours T__T
I was procrastinating on finding a place to stay when I see Joanna in New York in September, well I just booked a reservation with Pod 51
We stay at Pod39 all the time and while ours doesnt offer a shared bathroom feature, its consistently cheap (for NYC) clean tidy and exactly what we need considering most times we're in the city we're barely in the room!
“It has the modern chair. And this phone from the 70’s” 🤣🙌🏼 yes!!
I cringed. The phone is so 90's. She's probably too young to figure out a rotary phone from the 70's.
I stayed at a hostel and Paris and it was super chill. I live in dorms so I'm not mad about sharing spaces, and I think people should give them more of a chance! They can be a great way to travel cheap and even meet people!
egg-n-toast do you remember the name of the hostel?? :-)
Mama Quack serving us all the diversified content!
Yay! New mama quack video 🚨💥🚨
I’ve been trying to figure out what that little Totoro thing was haha! Like Is it a water bottle? A container? A night light? I have no clue! But it’s cute! Hah
This was a really cool video, thank you for sharing your experience!
I'm glad there's a capsule hotel in NYC..💯
It's like a slight upgrade to a typical dorm. And for $150 per night for being in/near downtown NYC that's not bad, as whenever I looked they were always $300+. When I think if pod hotels though, I think of the ones in Japan which are literally big enough for one person to sleep in and that's it, but then again, in USD those are a lot cheaper (I've heard like $25 per night) so the $116 per night for this "pod" hotel doesn't seem to bad and looks like it has enough space to move around so you don't get claustrophobic.
Love Pod Hotels! I stay there every time I go to NYC!
Side note: not sure about Pod 51 but at 39 and Times Square, things are little newer and bigger and you have the option to have your own bathroom.
Wow! That's like midtown right? Similar pricing? What is the name?
Quack you need some flip flops for public showers!!!
True, but they could have provided that. Maybe a dollar at Dollar store?
I love the Pods! I've stayed at Pod 39 for the first time in like 2015 & Pod Brooklyn recently (highly recommend Pod Brooklyn btw it's in an old warehouse and it's dope) 🖤 cool to see 51 second hand, haven't been to that one so I never knew what the shared bathroom situation was actually like
This is so cool! I love all of your second channel videos ❤️
This is nicer than my bedroom
Really enjoyed this video :) Your editing style is so clean, and your commentary is so well thought out.
Thank you soooo much for this video!! I'm figuring out if i want to book this hotel, and your experience is super helpful!
I love these videos! I would definitely stay there, it looks like a San Diego hostel that my husband works at but with better security & more privacy.
This is so neat! There's nothing like this near me so it was super cool to see this! I looked up capsule hotels in america and noticed that they have some in airports in Atlanta, Charlotte, Philly, and Dallas Fort Worth. Made me consider this as opposed to a hotel if it's ever available to me. Thanks for sharing!
Just got back from nyc today and stayed in A Pod, in Williamsburg. Stayed in the queen size (traveling with my husband). About the same layout , but we had a bathroom in our room, with a shower above the toilet. Pretty cool layout. Enjoyed the hotel , not a lot of room in the rooms but plenty of roof gardens , lounge nooks on each floor . Also in Williamsburg awesome bars and cafes with in one block . 🖤
One complaint (kinda) no fridge for my leftovers
I stayed at both pod51 and also the one in Williamsburg and you can request a fridge in your room prior to your arrival! It does take up some extra space in the little rooms but we absolutely enjoyed our little fridge for cold drinks and snacks or leftovers 😊
my dorm has much smaller rooms and I have to share it, this is great.
you should check out the NY Moore hostel! I had a super comfortable stay there - definitely felt safe and secure - plus it's so close to heaps of vegan places (Champs Diner, Dun-Well Donuts, a vegan coffee/chocolate shop and heaps more) and it's close to both the L and J subway lines
🤔That is in Brooklyn NY. Like 45 minutes away by train to midtown Manhattan .
I stayed at this exact hotel in the exact same room type and it was an awesome experience!
I love how in-depth this was! I’ve never stayed at the pod hotels before but I’ll be checking them out when I’m back in the city, however I feel as though it was fairly expensive for the night. Have you ever used the app hotel tonight? I’m usually able to find luxury hotel rooms for around $130 a night or less depending on the night, you should check it out next time you’re staying!
The room is perfect for a solo traveler like me. :)
Awesome video and thanks for sharing !
FYI - That "little blanket" at the end of the bed is for you to be able to put your feet on the bed with your shoes on. It keeps the dirt off the bed and why stores that sell beds have them on all the beds. It doesn't work well as a blanket or comforter as you discovered
I’m pretty sure that “blanket” is to put your suitcase so the bed doesn’t get dirty while you unpacked
I probably would try to find a cheaper place if I were going to new york for a week or so, but for a night it's right.
Yes! New York is tricky because of their hotel taxes...it was easier to shop around for prices when I stayed in DC
Many many many years ago I stayed there when it was called the Pickwick Hotel. Looks like they upgraded everything EXCEPT those phones. That’s crazy! The room was very cozy and it had a shared bathroom connected to the room next door with additional private bathrooms in the hallway. I might stay there again for old times sake and the price was OK but I was able to get a private room at the Hilton Garden Inn for about what you paid for the Pod.
Ay! It’s my favorite hotel! I’ve never found a better value. There’s a bar down the corner of the street that's a real nice spot - Cornerstone Tavern - highly recommend it.
I love the videos on this channel! I love staying in hostels, but you really have to do your research on what kind of hostel you are getting into, lol. I'm looking into staying at a hotel like this when I go to San Francisco next year.
I had no clue this second channel existed... I’m so glad I found it. I was starting to miss the *raw* you’
This was such a great vid! also that hotel seemed like such a cool place to stay.
I wouldn’t call that a capsule
You was in NYC 😱 damn... I really would’ve want to meet up in a meet and greet or other events 😭
I'm hoping to better organize another meet and greet at Philadelphia Tattoo Convention next year if there's enough of an interest!
Great video quality! Very informative. Thanks
What's up with that safe? The door takes up like half of that already tiny space.
Love this kind of video and I feel like I would stay here. Also, unrelated, but a video on tips you would give to people starting out their vegan/meatless journey would be so cool. Like things you wish you had known?
I live in the city and been curious to go to the one in Brooklyn. Nice to see your perspective
I highly recommend the one in Brooklyn, stayed there when I went to the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame inductions at Barclays, the only warning if you don't look at pictures like my shocked friend is that the bathrooms there (at least for the bunks) have "RV style" toilets or wet rooms meaning the toilet is inside the shower lol
I stayed in a hotel like this in Los Angeles
I definitely wasn’t used to it but it was really cool! I did notice a lot of people from different countries too.
It has shared bathrooms and same style as this hotel.
I love them 😊
Awww your phone wallpaper! Soo cute!
I would stay there but I’d pay for the option to have a bathroom in the room.
That "little piece of quilt" was most likely a strip to protect your bed when you put your suitcase/bag on it. It is not meant as something to sleep under.
You can get anti bacterial wipes and gloves. For the Roman get very hot water cover and let it steam
I've stayed at Pod! it's really great for the price point i think.
I want to visit nyc one of these days now they have these affordable capsule hotels I can dig those.
Love videos like this from you. 🙂
Cold room nice 👍 I’m good with that
Great video 👏
I loved this video
Good video- I’ve seen that place when I’ve been in nyc, wondered what it looked like. But for that price I can stay at my fave hotel- indigo - on the lower east side where I stay when I go up. It’s fab, and sharing bathroom- nope. Not ever gonna happen.
This is so neat!
A phone from the 70s? that's 2000' for me !
Really brilliant video I would be happy there
I wish that PODs were everywhere in America, I would never stay anywhere else! Most hotels are too expensive for me, and I was completely comfortable with the small size of my college dorm room (I could live in a junior 1 bedroom of below 300 square feet for life and be happy).
I like your review of the hotel
Soundproofing seems decent-I hate shared bathrooms, tho.
We can get a double queen bed here in Texas for 70.00 a night with breakfast and coffee in our rooms. California sucks?
Night is best in the NYC
$159 a night for a capsule room in NYC? That's about 5 or 6 nights at a good capsule hotel in Saigon.
I am going to this hotel next week and will do my own review of this hotel as well on my youtube page. What room did you get? I picked the Queen Pod
I live in NY and that price seems crazy high. Even when I went to Hong Kong island I had a full luxury hotel it was cheaper. NY is too expensive man.
I wouldn’t really call this a capsule, just a compact hotel room. At least you get a private room, space for your luggage, and there’s a desk.
i had no idea that there were capsule hotels in the US
Especially in Manhattan 🤔
That phone was tragic
I’m sorry your ramen wasn’t that great! There’s a ramen shop by me that has an entire vegan menu and man their ramen is the best I’ve ever had! I wish I could send you some lol
I like the shirt
I'd be disappointed if I booked a room at a place calling itself a pod hotel and got this room. Especially considering you could get a regular hotel room for that price.
That phone is so not from the seventies but love a good hyperbole
Slow down on the 70’s phone comment. Cell phone only picked up in the 90’s. That phone is not that old. Lolol
Also how do you get info on CZcams events? Are they invitation only?
This does not seem like a good deal to me. I have stayed in NYC in an actual hotel room or a hostel for less than this.
def not a pod hotel
Ok not to be rude but that is not a real capsule hotel
wow thats awfully expensive for what you got. You can get a full standard hotel room with two beds here for $160 a night.
In Manhattan?
are the courses they offer similar to college classes?
Me sees theres capsule hotels in the usa: Yay there are capsule hotels in the usa!
Me sees nyc: NUUUUU I LIVE IN OHIO :(
Congratulations.
For that price you could have bought a actual hotel room for 2 hours, because New York is expensive as hell.
Is $89 cheep for a new york hotel? or are you paying for an experience?
It's cheap for NYC lol
When I heard the word "capsule" I think Nyquil- NOT a place where I might sleep.
Talk about claustrophobia! Maybe if I was dead tired, but otherwise...maybe not.
Nice to see but just not for me.
Love you.
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Looks more like a tiny room not a real capsule hotel japanese style.
Hi how r you?
I want to visit
When you cut to the bathroom part I had a look of disgust the whole time, I hope you didn’t get foot fungus. I cannot imagine sharing a bathroom with someone I don’t know, think about all the fungus, STDs, or other health problems they could have. Honestly makes me sick and that would be a dealbreaker for sure
you can’t catch an std from a bathroom 🥱
Those shoes looked so gross
Capsule? Mmmmhmmm
Nyc
Looks like uni accommodation 😂
holy hebrew
You need to get new shoes mane
What was it called? That’s a great price for NYC.
It's in the video. Pod 51.