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Hostels vs. capsule hotels - air quality made me switch
Back in 2015 I stayed at hostels all through Southeast Asia for $8 a night. Felt like a rite of passage. Last month I tried a capsule hotel in Tokyo for $25 and the difference in air quality was wild - no stale dorm smell at 4am. Hostels win for social stuff but for actual sleep without hacking up a lung, capsule places are way better. Anyone else notice how much your breathing changes in cheap hostels?
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leelewis1mo ago
Huh, for real? I never even thought about air quality in those places. I mean, I've woken up in some hostels where it felt like I was breathing through a wet sock, but I figured that was just my sinuses acting up. A hostel in Bangkok had this weird musty smell that stuck to my clothes for days, and now I'm wondering if that was straight up mold. Capsule hotels sound like they actually have fans or something.
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adam_thompson531mo agoMost Upvoted
Absolutely, that Bangkok hostel smell sounds just like a place I stayed in Ho Chi Minh City that had me coughing all night.
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danielw881mo ago
@leelewis that Bangkok hostel smell is probably 60% mold and 40% regret from whoever decided to steam their socks in the room. Capsule hotels at least admit things are going to be small and cramped, so they bother to ventilate. Meanwhile hostels act like a single bathroom fan running for ten minutes a day counts as fresh air circulation. Stayed in one place last year where the window literally would not open and the guy at the front desk just shrugged at me.
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