Comments on: The Budget Traveler’s Guide to Sleeping In Airports http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2006/10/18/the-budget-travelers-guide-to-sleeping-in-airports/ Online travel magazine dedicated to exploring travel in the 21st century. Offering travel news, compelling interviews, online travel tools, and more. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:59:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: moff http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2006/10/18/the-budget-travelers-guide-to-sleeping-in-airports/comment-page-1/#comment-67387 moff Wed, 14 May 2008 11:27:09 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2006/10/18/the-budget-travelers-guide-to-sleeping-in-airports/#comment-67387 first experience sleeping in an airport was my first time travelling solo overseas. arrived in bankok airport (in the same year they had upgraded and moved site) with what i thought was 6 hours to kill. when i discovered that the flight had been delayed from 12 midnight to 11am the next morning i got a bit scared. OMG what am i going to do? i cant afford the novatel, do i really want to travel all the way into town to have to come back again? Now after the upgrade, BKK was rather large, at least 6 floors and probably 15 stories tall. after wandering around trying to find food and not getting a very good meal, i eventually notice a flight observation deck waaaaaaaaay up the top. so 10 min later i was looking out at the planes and realised that it was quiet and I could prob lie down. as i took off my bag i noticed about 3 other people already doing it!!! made me feel way better. I wont lie it was a horrible night - constantly waking up on the freezing floor to a foreign language over the loudspeaker, not knowing for a second WHERE ON EARTH i was. The funniest bit was waking up at about 3am to a group of what looked like chinese tourists taking photos and pointing at me and the other peops sleeping. i know now how animals in a zoo feel. eventually i got going, and looking back on it, it really built my character. my first night overseas and i had to spend it on a cold floor in a very strange building =) point is if you dont have any other choice most places dont mind at all - and half the fun of travelling is making do with what you got. ends up being more fun usually anyway first experience sleeping in an airport was my first time travelling solo overseas. arrived in bankok airport (in the same year they had upgraded and moved site) with what i thought was 6 hours to kill. when i discovered that the flight had been delayed from 12 midnight to 11am the next morning i got a bit scared. OMG what am i going to do? i cant afford the novatel, do i really want to travel all the way into town to have to come back again?

Now after the upgrade, BKK was rather large, at least 6 floors and probably 15 stories tall. after wandering around trying to find food and not getting a very good meal, i eventually notice a flight observation deck waaaaaaaaay up the top. so 10 min later i was looking out at the planes and realised that it was quiet and I could prob lie down. as i took off my bag i noticed about 3 other people already doing it!!! made me feel way better.

I wont lie it was a horrible night – constantly waking up on the freezing floor to a foreign language over the loudspeaker, not knowing for a second WHERE ON EARTH i was. The funniest bit was waking up at about 3am to a group of what looked like chinese tourists taking photos and pointing at me and the other peops sleeping. i know now how animals in a zoo feel.

eventually i got going, and looking back on it, it really built my character. my first night overseas and i had to spend it on a cold floor in a very strange building =)

point is if you dont have any other choice most places dont mind at all – and half the fun of travelling is making do with what you got. ends up being more fun usually anyway

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]]> By: Carlo http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2006/10/18/the-budget-travelers-guide-to-sleeping-in-airports/comment-page-1/#comment-60397 Carlo Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:15:02 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2006/10/18/the-budget-travelers-guide-to-sleeping-in-airports/#comment-60397 My wife and I slept in the Athens airport (#9 on the top 10 list) last year...it's the first time we've done that. Our ferry from Santorini got in very late and our flight was mid-morning the next day so didn't want to waste money on accommodations. As the sleepinginairports website and its reviews suggested, we headed to the carpeted, quiet area outside the chapel only to find the small space already packed with other backpackers! Luckily we carried small inflatable mattresses so sleeping on the cold, hard floor was no problem. The staff that constantly walked by the next morning didn't even give us a second glance...guess they are quite used to it. We were quite amazed to discover there is a whole sub-culture of travelers who do this regularly! I don't think I'd make a habit of it, but when in a pinch it's good to know others have blazed the trail ahead of you. My wife and I slept in the Athens airport (#9 on the top 10 list) last year…it’s the first time we’ve done that. Our ferry from Santorini got in very late and our flight was mid-morning the next day so didn’t want to waste money on accommodations. As the sleepinginairports website and its reviews suggested, we headed to the carpeted, quiet area outside the chapel only to find the small space already packed with other backpackers! Luckily we carried small inflatable mattresses so sleeping on the cold, hard floor was no problem. The staff that constantly walked by the next morning didn’t even give us a second glance…guess they are quite used to it.

We were quite amazed to discover there is a whole sub-culture of travelers who do this regularly! I don’t think I’d make a habit of it, but when in a pinch it’s good to know others have blazed the trail ahead of you.

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]]> By: JennDZ http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2006/10/18/the-budget-travelers-guide-to-sleeping-in-airports/comment-page-1/#comment-502 JennDZ Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:20:28 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2006/10/18/the-budget-travelers-guide-to-sleeping-in-airports/#comment-502 This post really made me laugh! Nice humor, but also really good tips! Honestly I have never thought of sleeping in an airport, I thought for sure that they would kick you out...now I am willing to try! This post really made me laugh! Nice humor, but also really good tips! Honestly I have never thought of sleeping in an airport, I thought for sure that they would kick you out…now I am willing to try!

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