Snug as a bug! Travellers can sleep for $30 a night in 6ft by 3ft pods in new capsule hotel like a giant bee hive at Mexico Airport
- The hotel, named IzZzleep, has opened at Mexico City International Airport
- Pods can be rented for as little as two hours, and cost around $30 a night
- Bosses expect it will serve around 12,000 customers in its first year
An unusual 'hotel' has opened up for tired travellers at an airport in Mexico City - with bosses offering new capsules for people to sleep in.
The pods are available for $30 a night, and include a bed, bathroom and locker for luggage.
It is part of a growing trend which has its origins in Japan in the late 1970s.
A guest enters his room in Mexico's first capsule hotel at Benito Juarez International airport in Mexico City
Pods can be rented for a minimum of two hours, with each including a bed, TV, a safe, wi-fi and charging point
The hotel, named IzZzleep, is anticipated to have 12,000 customers in its first year
Manager Jose Martin said, AOL reports: 'We had to make significant changes because the capsule hotels in Japan are very oriented to their own customs and not so much to tourism.
'This (hotel) is designed for the times and necessities of those travelling in a plane.'
It has opened at Benito Juarez International airport in Mexico City, where a group of businessmen invested $280,000 into the venture at Terminal 1.
Pods can be rented for a minimum of two hours, with each including a bed, TV, a safe, wi-fi and charging points, Travel Pulse reports.
The hotel, named IzZzleep, is anticipated to have 12,000 customers in its first year.
It has opened at Benito Juarez International airport in Mexico City, where a group of businessmen invested $280,000 into the venture at Terminal 1
The pods are available for $30 a night, and include a bed, bathroom and locker for luggage
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