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Yotel Review:: We Have Bed Retraction

Where: Gatwick Airport South Terminal, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Here's part two of a video that HotelChatter's UK Correspondent Benji Lanyado shot at the infamous Yotel Gatwick. Yesterday, after demonstrating that at least three people can fit inside a Yotel room, we teased you with the hint of a possible bed retraction and guess what? It works! Benji's full review of this new fad and the new capsule airport hotel chain (with excellent pictures) after the jump.

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Yotel Review: Bed Retraction Starts Here

Where: Gatwick Airport South Terminal, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Here's part one of a video that HotelChatter's UK Correspondent Benji Lanyado shot at the infamous Yotel Gatwick. The good news is that even though this room is teeny tiny, you can still manage to fit three people in there. At least standing up.

The bad news is you will have to wait to tomorrow to see the stunning conclusion of the video and read Benji's full review (teaser: there's a reclining bed).

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Are Yotels Really Convenient or Simply Too Small?

Where: Gatwick Airport South Terminal, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Gatwick Airport's Yotel has been open for business for a few weeks now, so we're curious about how this sushi-spin-off capsule hotel is working out. And so far, the response is mixed.

From the first day, the Gatwick Yotel started getting spontaneous bookings from passengers stranded by flight cancellations, as well as a steady stream of guests wanting to spend a few hours there before checking in for an early morning flight (and thus getting ahead in the queues at the security checks). And for anyone crashing for just a few hours, the Yotel capsule seems to have been perfectly acceptable.

But for anyone expecting a bit of comfort, the jury's still out on that. A UK Times reviwer--who, it must be pointed out, is well over 6 feet tall, and perhaps even a touch claustrophobic--didn't exactly rave about his overnight experience at the Yotel. Booking into a standard cabin, he was unhappy when he sat at the table to use his laptop and then discovered the only place left for his luggage was in the shower. He also complained that the airconditioning was ineffective, and the room service menu was unavailable. Perhaps these are only teething problems, but it's a bit of a dampener on the long-awaited Yotel experience.

By the way, still no word on Yotel Heathrow: there was talk before of it opening this summer--any updates out there on this?

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· Yotel coverage [HotelChatter]
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