SleepBox Micro-Hotel Set Open At Washington Dulles International Airport

If Santa needs a nap after flying around the world on Christmas Eve, he might consider setting his sleigh down at Dulles International Airport and checking into a room at the Sleepbox Nap Lounge on Concourse A.

Scheduled to open in time for the busy Christmas travel week, the staffed post-security micro-hotel will be located between gates A6 and A14 and offer 16 small, stand-alone sound-proofed rooms (with no bathrooms or showers) that can be rented, via the Sleepbox website or app, for an hour or more, or overnight.

The 8-foot-tall rooms will be “cozy” at 30 square feet for a compact size and 45 square feet for standard size with more storage space. The beds will be premium memory foam.

Average hourly rates will start at $25 and $35 per hour for the compact and standard rooms, respectively. Twelve-hour overnight stays are capped at $120 and $150. Discounts will be offered for those downloading the Sleepbox app, which is scheduled to be available on Dec. 7, company COO Peter Chambers told Today in the Sky.

Guests will need that app for making reservations but also for setting the temperature and controlling the lighting options and the wireless entertainment system in their rooms.

Rooms have sound-masking systems, alarm clocks, HDTV with Netflix and DirecTV, and desks with chairs. Some locations offer showers as well.

At the Atlanta airport, where Minute Suites currently has two locations, the company recently announced plans to open four new locations in 2019. Sixteen suites and two showers will open on Concourse E and six suites and one shower will open on Concourse F. Two branches (on concourses T and B) will be part of a “Traveler’s Oasis” concept along with Be Relax Spa and Chiroport, which offers 15-minute chiropractic treatments that include spine adjustments and trigger-point muscle work.