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It is an accepted fact of life that when a traveler concludes a cross-timezone flight, they are going to look pretty rough. They will be starving because in-flight peanuts don’t suffice for dinner. They will hobble from the gate, gimp-like, after being cramped in a window seat. And most of all, they will be exhausted.<\/p>\n

Eight-hour layovers are not conducive to sleep, as chairs in airport waiting pens are outfitted with hard metal armrests, leaving a crusty-eyed traveler forced to slump over one armrest, body angled and stuffed into the wee square of a seat. Arms must be wrapped in a death grip about their backpack, lest they be robbed of its precious contents during slumber.\u00a0So it\u2019s pretty safe to say that a recent invention highlighted on Good, is in fact, a great idea.<\/a><\/p>\n

Designed by the Russian architecture firm Arch Group, Sleepbox has been installed in Moscow\u2019s Sheremetyevo airport. Essentially, Sleepbox is a private seven-by-nine foot pod containing up to three beds, equipped with electricity for charging gadgets, a bedside table, and a reading lamp. It can be rented anywhere from 30 minutes for a quick snooze to several hours for longer naps. Ideal if you don\u2019t want to go through the hassle of waiting in line to find a hotel.<\/p>\n

This is a nifty idea, and I find it hard to believe that it is just now being realized. The Moscow Sleepbox has received quite a lot of admiration. However, there are a few concerns and questions that arise.<\/p>\n

Is it soundproof? I would find it hard to sleep in the center of a bustling metropolis, no matter how tired I was. Is it serviced after each user? I can rapidly foresee this morphing into a place of, ahem, on-the-go romantic endeavors. Is it cleaned after each person? Is there some type of automatic sheet-changing mechanism? And a built in shower wouldn\u2019t hurt either.<\/p>\n

That said, Arch Group recommends that each unit be rented for $15 per hour, which in an airport is the equivalent of a dry turkey sandwich. I wouldn’t substitute Sleepbox for an actual hotel room, but for an hour-long catnap, slight risk of catching bedbugs aside, Sleepbox is mighty clever.<\/p>\n

Photo by Ivanov Ilya, Arch Group<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

By Jenna Blumenfeld<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenna Blumenfeld, (Jenna Ogden Blumenfeld when she’s in really big trouble) hails from the wee state of Connecticut. Although her childhood dream of becoming a bug doctor — with a specialization in ladybugs — has gone unfulfilled, she is content writing about travel, cuisine and culture. A vegetarian, she currently resides in the food hub of Boulder, Colorado. Read more of her food-centric writing at NewHope360.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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