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I tried “sleeping at the airport” in JFK after a 11pm international arrival and before a 7am domestic departure. Wasn’t I surprised to find no staff anywhere in

I tried “sleeping at the airport” in JFK after a 11pm international arrival and before a 7am domestic departure. Wasn’t I surprised to find no staff anywhere in the departures area at all. I can’t believe delta let me book such a terrible connection! If you’re stuck in the same terrible situation, the hotels in Resort World are reasonably priced relative to the gross airport ones nearby. Don’t even bother at the TWA hotel, you can’t book for a few hours even if they have a room available

ciabattabread 3y ago
> Don’t even bother at the TWA hotel, you can’t book for a few hours even if they have a room available 11pm to 7am is definitely “one night” and you should be charged for one night.
- krageon 3y ago
  It's probably closer to 12 to 4
  - quietbritishjim 3y ago
    The total cost of servicing that room is going to be extremely similar regardless of a few hours difference in the person physically being in it. They still need to check you in and out (potentially involving a person, though not always), they need to change the room the next day, and it's still not available to another traveller (granted that doesn't exactly apply to a last minute booking like this). Maybe they'd use a bit less electricity but I doubt that's a significant part of the cost. They'd also probably not have a shower but there's no guarantee of that from the hotel's perspective.
kortilla 3y ago
In the US you generally don’t want to stay at any hotel that lets you book a few hours.
- AnimalMuppet 3y ago
  In-airport hotels aren't usually used for those kinds of reasons.
  - kortilla 3y ago
    There are very few in-airport hotels in the US. Most major airports have a bunch of regular chains right next to them with free shuttles but they definitely don’t do hourly nor would they be convenient to because of the inconvenience of the shuttle and being outside of security.

ciabattabread 3y ago

> Don’t even bother at the TWA hotel, you can’t book for a few hours even if they have a room available 11pm to 7am is definitely “one night” and you should be charged for one night.

krageon 3y ago
It's probably closer to 12 to 4
- quietbritishjim 3y ago
  The total cost of servicing that room is going to be extremely similar regardless of a few hours difference in the person physically being in it. They still need to check you in and out (potentially involving a person, though not always), they need to change the room the next day, and it's still not available to another traveller (granted that doesn't exactly apply to a last minute booking like this). Maybe they'd use a bit less electricity but I doubt that's a significant part of the cost. They'd also probably not have a shower but there's no guarantee of that from the hotel's perspective.

kortilla 3y ago

In the US you generally don’t want to stay at any hotel that lets you book a few hours.

AnimalMuppet 3y ago
In-airport hotels aren't usually used for those kinds of reasons.
- kortilla 3y ago
  There are very few in-airport hotels in the US. Most major airports have a bunch of regular chains right next to them with free shuttles but they definitely don’t do hourly nor would they be convenient to because of the inconvenience of the shuttle and being outside of security.