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After a couple months of protracted late nights at a startup I worked for, I came up with an idea for a place which would offer by-the-hour nap+shower+coffee po

After a couple months of protracted late nights at a startup I worked for, I came up with an idea for a place which would offer by-the-hour nap+shower+coffee pods. You'd go in, pay $20 or whatever, have access to a shower and a bed, and at the end (or beginning) you'd get a coffee of your choice (if after, it would be ready for you when your nap was over). I think this could do really well in Soma or the Financial District in SF. Just gotta enforce one-person-one-rule so that it doesnt become a place for prostitution.

callmeed 12y ago
I don't live in SF but I think this would be viable. I'd even use it when I was in town. I think you'd also get customers from people who bike to work or workout at lunch but don't have access to a shower (assuming the location was good).
lilsunnybee 12y ago
So like a love hotel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_hotel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_hotel), but sans coupling. Or like a capsule hotel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel), but with attached shower. Even on non-prime real-estate (which does that exist in SF?), I don't think you could hit your $20 price point with the amount of housekeeping needed for a bed and shower. Even if you could, after a week your staff might hate you. :-)
- goblin89 12y ago
  > So like a love hotel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_hotel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_hotel), but sans coupling. Or like a capsule hotel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel), but with attached shower. To be fair, they say Japanese love hotels allow single guests (https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Japan#Love_hotels https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Japan#Love_hotels) and capsule hotels have showers (https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Japan#Capsule_hotels https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Japan#Capsule_hotels). I don't doubt, though, that even in Japan there's a niche for specifically targeted establishments of the kind described by grandparent.
  - lilsunnybee 12y ago
    Capsule hotels don't usually have attached showers though do they? It's more of a communal thing, which maybe that would work just fine for what mmanfrin was thinking of. Though historically Americans aren't as accustomed to communal bathing (well except for gyms) as the Japanese.
slyall 12y ago
There is a company called "Breather" offering this sort of service. You get a small meeting/lounge room for %15-25 per hour. See HN discussion and article from a few months ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7618818 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7618818

callmeed 12y ago

I don't live in SF but I think this would be viable. I'd even use it when I was in town. I think you'd also get customers from people who bike to work or workout at lunch but don't have access to a shower (assuming the location was good).

lilsunnybee 12y ago

So like a love hotel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_hotel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_hotel), but sans coupling. Or like a capsule hotel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel), but with attached shower. Even on non-prime real-estate (which does that exist in SF?), I don't think you could hit your $20 price point with the amount of housekeeping needed for a bed and shower. Even if you could, after a week your staff might hate you. :-)

goblin89 12y ago
> So like a love hotel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_hotel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_hotel), but sans coupling. Or like a capsule hotel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel), but with attached shower. To be fair, they say Japanese love hotels allow single guests (https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Japan#Love_hotels https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Japan#Love_hotels) and capsule hotels have showers (https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Japan#Capsule_hotels https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Japan#Capsule_hotels). I don't doubt, though, that even in Japan there's a niche for specifically targeted establishments of the kind described by grandparent.
- lilsunnybee 12y ago
  Capsule hotels don't usually have attached showers though do they? It's more of a communal thing, which maybe that would work just fine for what mmanfrin was thinking of. Though historically Americans aren't as accustomed to communal bathing (well except for gyms) as the Japanese.

slyall 12y ago

There is a company called "Breather" offering this sort of service. You get a small meeting/lounge room for %15-25 per hour. See HN discussion and article from a few months ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7618818 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7618818