paying $150 for a nap || Nappr
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All I'm saying is if you are using a major event in a city to advertise your app that partners with hotels, maybe get more than one involved. Let's talk about Nappr, a startup that should have probably stayed on the drawing board.
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Tbh this just seems like a weird way to set up Japanese love hotels in America
That's what I was thinking. Hotels you book for a day exist...and they're not for napping.
@@MuchWhitteringyeah I was like, this model exists. The hotel companies just have to let it happen in America
Yup yup. Now we just need to make it like 50$ line it is essentially in Japan lolol
I was wondering why they didn’t just build a capsule hotel + app. This is another wework / unneeded service that will fail
FR just...just have capsule hotels or smthn
New startup idea: Crappr, which allows you to use other people's toilets when you're on the go and can't find a bathroom handy (for a fee, of course). Don't come at me all at once, investors!
I went on a 5 mile walk and had to pee the entire way. I couldn’t turn around or I’d be just as far away. There were 50+ homes right beside me. I would invest in that lol
My mailman boyfriend would love this actually lmao
Umm not a bad idea
people are gonna be fuckin and doing drugs in your bathroom, that being said i would absolutely invest in this
Actually pretty good...if bikers on long journeys have an app for showers.This should also exist.👍
Let’s be real: This is probably not going be used for naps, primarily. Also, unpopular opinion, I guess, but we should just make public spaces more accommodating for people who need to rest in general. 🤷♀️
I love this unpopular opinion. I am disabled though so I'm biased haha
100% !!! I have Narcolepsy and it sucks. Sometimes my brain goes to sleep and I just have to lie on the floor or try to sleep in a bathroom stall. Public spaces are so unfriendly to people with sleep disorders and other disabilities :(
Trying to sleep the night in a car comes to mind. I get the reasons why it is the way it is, but it's a little infuriating how we simultaneously have so much land being occupied by massive parking lots and car infrastructure, yet it's also surprisingly hard to just park your car somewhere and sleep the night without it being legal gray area.
they'll never make public spaces accommodating for people who need rest because that can result in homeless people using them, and they don't want that
Not an unpopular opinion, it's just unseemly for plebians to spend unproductive time outside of their burrows.
Do yall remember when people were hiring others to just come cuddle them.
That's kinda wholesome
YES!! I thought I just made this up! I can't believe people did this 😭
I don't see anything wrong with it. Human contact is really important for our mental and physical health. There's a reason we hear about skin to skin contact being vital for bonding for newborns and their parents
It's called prostitution and it has always existed lmao
@@msjkramey I agree! I just know there are some odd people out there who would take advantage of that service very fast, I'm sure there are ways around it tho, but being super anxious about safety I can see people getting hurt or something in that realm going wrong.
"You don't usually need a nap in the morning." Speak for yourself, Swell.
She will turn 50 1 day. She'll need a nap. Lol
Go see a doctor if you aren't joking.
I just had a morning nap yesterday, woke up 7:30 went back to sleep around 8:30-12:30. Was very much needed.
I take morning naps all the time. I get up so early that by the time 8:30, 9:30 hits I’m tired and need a quick nap to recharge.
@@PinHeadSupliciumwtfI did and I have moderate sleep apnea and unexplained hypersomnia ☹️
Austin: no affordable housing, tent cities, massive swaths of homeless ppl
Also austin: tech ppl come take $150 naps
It reminds me of love hotels, 20 somethings still living with their parents could get the day rate for private time together
I love my parents but I would pay this just to be alone and unbothered for a bit tbh
With more and more 20 somethings still living at home, I vote we bring this back lol
I mean those still exist here in the US, they're just called "hourlies" I believe and are usually pretty dingy and sketchy so generally speaking people try and avoid them. On the other hand love hotels seem to have a reputation for being both discreet and well maintained iirc.
That’s how I feel about swing sets. There should be more swing sets for adults to chill the fuck out on for a few minutes. I’d love that.
@@EloTheCurious strong agree, swings are awesome. I've noticed that less parks seem to have full adult sized swings and can't help wander if it's been done deliberately to prevent teens hanging around on them late in the evenings, would be sad if that is why
You mentioned safety. I would feel WAY less safe sleeping in my car compared to a hotel room. Not to mention vastly less comfortable.
right? I was shocked by that lmao
i agree! in a hotel you can use the door blocker thingy and the thing that only lets the door open a couple inches. in a car you're only relying on the lock, and the window can be smashed
That's not a nap app that's a find a place to hook up app
I literally had not even thought of this but now that you say it, it's very much giving hour-rate love motel 🫠
Ew.
@@Hessed3712 a lot of times its really difficult to find the place to do it, and when you gotta go, when you get the cravings, you get the cravings. I say this as a person living in SEA and won't be able to get housing until the law allows it, when I am over 35. Think about how long that's going to take if you're 20 now.
I'm actually disappointed this wasn't in the video. It's such a niche market of people who would pay to take a nap in the middle of the day, it seems the primary use (and intention) of this app is for hookups
The hookups have the same issue, though. You have to have at least 24 hours notice.
I was hoping this would be about nap pods. I feel like we could use those here.
Omg yes!
nap pods would make a lot more sense in the long run. i j dont think hotels would ever do this, esp since housekeeping would be so annoyed to clean up a room on a short notice for a 1-4 hr stay
Bring capsule hotels to America, fuck it, they look cozy. Maybe implement locks on the doors since those seem to be a thing that Japanese capsule hotels tend to lack, but otherwise copy their homework verbatim.
Would use them for sex since I live with my parents
mmh..might be why the pods on wheels are way more popular@@greeny.official
they're not even the ones providing the service, they're just a middle man. why would any hotel involve themselves with that? if they wanted to advertise it they'd just do it themselves
I mean sites like Booking and Expedia are just third parties, too
@@madisonemily4083 you know what? very fair point 🤣
3rd party boosts visibility thus boosts bookings.
a hotel that provides SWers with places to conduct business would NOT advertise that they allow sex workers to operate out of their rooms
This really feels like some sort of middle man site that just connects people to day rate hotel rooms tbh
What is capitalism, other than the endless quest to find a new transactional relationship into which one can insert oneself for the purposes of skimming profits off of the situation?
@@justinwatson1510 damn that feels way too accurate a description
I have Narcolepsy with Catsplexy, and have wished we had short term hotels like Japan for a while. Traveling for work sucks when you land 5 hours before check-in to the event hotel. Im exhausted from travel, my schedules thrown off, and I want go chill at least if not take a nap. Doctors actually basically prescribe us 15-20 minute naps to prevent sleep attacks. (Its not like the movies lol).
Being able to schedule ahead of time would ensure there's space for me in an expected situation like that. You make a great point though. There are many times I'd like/need one the day-of. I actually am entirely capable of driving long distances. Just like healthy drivers, I pull over if I start to get sleepy. But the only option I have is to sleep in my car. I'm honestly surprised rest stops don't have short term hotels.
Even as short as a 15 minute nap can "refresh" us (its not refreshing really because of the permanent tiredness, but youre back to your base energy level at that time). But sometimes it can even be hard for a Narcoleptic to sleep if youre uncomfortable.
Since my condition got worse in 2021, and I was finally diagnosed in 2022, I've become increasingly aware that, for a country full of tired people, we have no places to accommodate those that need a rest.
Thank you for sharing and describing your experience! I also have Narcolepsy type 1 (typing from my bed during my second quick nap) diagnosed 2023, and it’s been infuriating since the start of my symptoms to realize I cannot plan in the event of a sleep attack in public. I esp feel uneasy in my car, doubly so if it’s on the side of the road.
Good luck with your symptoms! I hope you’re managing well.
Hey!!! Another narcolepsy type 1 here!! I had all the same thoughts. Wish there were better nap options in the US.
i have idiopathic (non-narcolepsy) severe cataplexy (daily attacks, most often with at least one full body attack and some days i can't get up for most of the day) and i wish there were spots to rest in general. i don't fall asleep but i need to lay down or recline for safety.
@@Man-ej6uv that's so interesting. Technically, the cataplexy alone should've bumped you to an N1 diagnosis, but there's that whole gray area with IH so different specialists handle it differently. Specialists and researchers (and especially people with cataplexy and 12+ hours of sleep) are starting to discuss/explore if they should be separate diagnoses that you can have together. I think we're working toward that, but time will tell.
Whatever you are comfortable with is valid, I'm not trying to say you're wrong, I just wanted to share in case you weren't aware of this discourse, and the fact that many top specialists would diagnose you with N1 and unofficially also IH. I've done a crap load of research into it, talked to others in this limbo, and I see one of the top specialists in the country so I like to share just for the sake of more discussion/info being out there
@@Man-ej6uv and I totally get it. I have had to crouch down a few times for cataplexy attacks, but I often don't have enough warning to sit. It's when I get into cycling attacks, one after another, that I have a break for a sec and find a place to sit. Unfortunately that has been in the middle of a supermarket, the lobby of a mechanic, and a few other odd spaces. The more exhausted you are, the more likely attacks are too, so nap places are really important. I feel it's intentional that there aren't many public places to rest. There have been waves of anti-homeless architecture in the past couple decades and especially recently.
The extra $50 might've been a security deposit they didn't explain to you for some reason? I would guess you're less likely to see a hold for the "wrong" amount within the few hours you're at the hotel since banks can be a bit slow, hence why you only ever saw yourself getting charged the "right" amount
Glad you commented this. I was thinking the same thing.
yeah like incidentals
My guess was that they might create an ‘authorization’ for a rounded up number like $200, and then put through the final charge after they’ve checked the room for damages?
I’m still not clear on why that’s a legal thing to do, but it seems pretty common for ‘authorizations’ to be significantly more than the final purchase cost for some things.
@@weirdrabbitgirl Yes, that's literally what I was suggesting. I'm not sure why you replied the same thing to me.
It is very normal and reasonable - but they also typically TELL you beforehand that they will be authorizing another $x for the purpose. It's weird they didn't tell her.
@@weirdrabbitgirl Yeah that makes sense but sounds kinda illegal at least i know it is very gray very close to illegal where i am
If you need somewhere to hang out for a few hours go to a local library. You are safe, don’t have to buy anything, and have access to free wifi. You can’t sleep there but it is a good place to hang out.
some libraries in some parts of the world has napping zones, sometimes they have nap pods but some just have comfy chairs or floor you can use - from quick googling even US has these in some libraries altho maybe most (us & global) libraries don't allow sleeping/napping
@@samamies88 I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info!
Big universities can also be a good place for this with lots of different types of spaces for studying/relaxing
$150 is likely as much as someone would pay for an actual whole day and night at a hotel. You might as well just do that and spend as much time there as you like instead of just for a few hours through a special "Nap" app.
In the major cities I'm near you really aren't going to find a non sketchy hotel $150 a night.
@@rachelnason7126 Really? I spot checked prices for a Saturday night in a few cities - Portland Oregon, Anaheim California, Miami Florida, New York city, they all seemed in about the 120-150 range for major decent hotel chains about equivalent to the room she was in for the video. The only outlier was San Diego California but to be fair there are a couple of major conventions that happen out that way. It's also possible if the event is big enough that someone is traveling to surge pricing kicks in.
Here is Brazil it’s super easy to find, what we call, a motel that lets you stay for like 2h so sometimes when I’m travelling and just need a quick shower or something it’s the best place to go!
They're not as common anymore, but we also have pay-by-the-hour motels. However, in the States, they're considered pretty seedy and you usually try to avoid them as they're mostly used for drug deals, getting high, sex work, or hookups.
There's literally no hotels available for SXSW. Our city gets so many visitors, that anything within 45 minutes of Austin are fully booked. It's always like that during SXSW.
Yeah makes no sense to advertise this app on the dates you can’t use it lol
Maybe at an airport hotel
Yeah I was thinking that. If there’s a massive festival, convention, concert or event in the area there probably won’t be hotels available
And this is why the city needs to tear down the apartments and replace them with hotels
Anyone else in Amanda's demo old enough to remember _Napster_ ? It's all I kept hearing in my mind's ear.
I used Napster "a lot". Back in my day. When I had to walk 6 miles through the snow just to use AOL Instant Messenger.
Never get old, kids.
Didn’t Metallica get all butthurt about Napster?’ 😆😆
@@mirgrant Yeah, particularly Lars.
Lars kinda sucks sometimes.
Back in the dark ages if I wanted to internet I had to go to this one girl's house because she had the AOL, but all she wanted to do was be boring and go to chat rooms and then just spam a/s/l and nothing else because neither of us were actually any good at talking to strangers/had anything interesting to say lol (which, considering we were in like 5th grade at the time, was probably a good thing 😹)
Kids these days will never know the "joy" of spending literally ALL DAY trying to download a single three minute song over dial-up only to have it reach 95% completion and crash, sending you into a blind rage and/or crying fit 💀💀💀
Oh Napster... You may have sucked, but you crawled so KaZaA could walk and Limewire could run! lol
(also yes Lars Ulrich can eat a d*ck, pretty sure my gen never forgave him for what he did to Napster, especially considering he was a rock star who had a sh*t ton of money and we were dead broke teenagers that just wanted to listen to music)
I also kept hearing Napster 😭 the early days of high sails
I didn't even get to use Napster because the internet was really expensive back then in my country, but I still kept hearing "Napster".
If it does places other than hotel rooms like the spiel said it could be useful for photoshoot locations but also it would ABSOLUTELY be used for crimes
I thought this would be like 50 bucks not $150 for 4 hrs, absolutely not
It's more than I often spend to stay at a hotel overnight. And I stay in nice places.
I was sure this would be about capsule hotels. With all this office space open and available, it seems like you could rent a small space and put in a set of pods that allow people to get a quick rest in at any point and provide a full restroom or two to allow people to freshen up before going where they need to go. Not everyone business travels by plane. If you need to drive, not all of us feel safe sleeping in a car. It would presumably be available at all hours too. Even with planes, you may take a red eye, get in at 5am and then have no hotel option because check in isn’t until 3 or 4pm.
There's a company called Pod Room which is basically a membership for a pod that you can transfer to any location. It's very similar to what you describe.
My initial thought when I heard this was it was Airbnb for hotel rooms where people already renting a hotel room then sub-rent their hotel room that they're not using during the day. But that's probably an even worse idea than this
Don’t give them more ideas 😭😭😭
As someone who used to work in hotels, people definitely did this.
Lmaoooo
I hope I am never desperate enough to SUB RENT a hotel room, that’s insane
The only way I'm dropping over a hundred on a nap in a hotel is if there's a complimentary pill that actually knocks me down into REM territory for a good 8-12 solid hours. And a hot meal.
I used to work at an upscale fuck hotel and i wouldnt put it past anyone to use this as an hourly fuck hotel thing
@lenni_ackerson1961 Just an intellectually honest way to describe a hotel that caters to clientele that isn't there to sleep and prefers to pay in cash.
Idk what this video will be about but sometimes I would pay that much for a nap ngl
That price is shocking to me as someone who has worked many years as a frint desk agent for both Marriott and Hilton. Day Use Rate is always half of the regular rate. So for THAT room??? I cant imagine it being more than $170 per night.
Normally I’d agree, but during SXSW the inflation on everything is bonkers
Other than hook-ups there is only one other market and that would be business people flying in and out on the same day and I feel like those people will want to be able to get the room at the drop of a hat. I guess also if you don't give a shit about money you could get a room to store your stuff until your real hotel room is ready at 3.
I would assume most other people visiting the city will already have hotel rooms and even if you don't have access until after 3 that's when most people would want to nap
There's actually a few apps out there already for luggage storage such as Bounce and Luggage Hero, but last time I checked their offerings were limited. It's basically AirBnB where the hosts are offering to store luggage for you.
Most likely, those people flying in and out for business already have access to things like lounges and hotels within the airport.
You can book this day of, I don’t know why she thought you couldn’t. She just looked on a busy date
@@100Stratusfiedxairport hotels are very expensive and often book up if bad weather
typically, the airport lounges are membership based or pay per entry
This video looks SO gorgeous, I think Amanda filmed it in front of a big window
As someone with severe chronic fatigue who has risked jobs and reduced my income due to my need to rest, the title of this video speaks to me
I mean there’s a great Korean spa in LA where it’s $35 for like 10 hours there and there’s totally nap areas. Sure you’re sleeping on a mat, but the floor is heated
Wi Spa!
Marriott brand hotels like Double Tree usually "charge" $50 for incidentals. It's a soft hold in addition to the base price, and once you check out as long as there was no damage to the room the $50 comes back. So your base $152.07 was the only thing that was actually charged because there wasn't damage to the room.
They're called distinctive brands, which is just a fancy way of saying "work hotels". You don't get the fancy bell carts and such like big brands, but they focus on being quick and quiet locations to take a few calls, hold a meeting or two, take a nap and leave. Hotels like this work perfectly for Nappr, but the issue is how many of these day rate stays are coming in, because it can back up the flow of the hotel's operations very quickly.
Also with my experience in housekeeping, maintenance will be a pain cause if you have say an hour between nappers to get it ready for use, you will constantly run into issues of people "accidentally" staying past checkout and therefore delaying the next person which is completely unacceptable when your stays are only a few hours.
@@iamjustkiwi Yes, it requires a good amount of juggling with operations and with revenue management being tactical and strategic on when they deploy it, which inventory is allocated, and how much.
The extra 50$ was a deposit, it’s held on your card but you don’t get charged the amount. It’s for damages or incidentals
Was also going to comment this.
Interesting the front desk didn't explain that to Amanda when she brought it up tho, because this is pretty normal practice. I'm a hotel employee, and explain this at least 10 times a day.
Most people aren't going to be taking "naps" with short term rentals like this. Hourly rentals for rooms is not a new thing, though this appears to be trying to be more upscale about it. They've also stolen their name from the Native American Professional Parent Association (NAPPR) that was founded back in 1982.
I feel like it'd be hard to not have seen they stole the name too tbh
Multiple companies may share a name/trademark so long as they do not cause confusion like different industries or product classes
I'll never understand this trend of omitting the e. Why not just call it "napper"? Are there really too many products called "napper" that they need to differentiate themselves by dropping letters? The NAPPR gets a pass since its an acronym, but this shit is everywhere these days.
Mexico shark tank has a hilarious episode where they try to pitch this idea and the sharks don't invest because of the moral indiscency. Tbf, it seemed like they were marketing it to teens/young adults.
Complimemtary mint and condoms on the pillows would be nice, considering.
It seems strange that they would go this route when there's Nap pods in Japan
those seem way more reasonable than a whole hotel room, but would require NAPPR to have more infrastructure and overhead.
I’ve napped in a field at Warped Tour & at a restaurant table at Universal Studios. I’d be super down to rent a room for an essential nap but $150 to plan ahead is absurd. That’s just not how naps work unless you are like a toddler with a daily scheduled nap.
LOL my parents ran a motel and when people asked if we had hourly rates they did NOT mean for napping. (which is why my catholic parents would not do them)
I feel like a better system would maybe be teaming up with convention centres, hotels, malls, gyms, and other large commercial spaces to install nap pods or something similar that are findable and bookable on the app. Spaces big enough to lie down in, maybe store some luggage and that you could leave secured and return to. I just think $150 for a 4 hour block is not doable for the many people who might actually want to take advantage of these as a rest/refresh location.
The current system to me just screams daytime hookup (which you do you boo), and as you said day rates are already a thing and you don’t really need this app to find/book them. In an Airbnb type setting I’d definitely be concerned about cleanliness with that much potential turnover.
as a local austinite i hope you're liking your stay even though it's been long! while you're here, i recommend visiting the blanton musuem of art, bouldin creek cafe, deep eddy pool, and south congress! have an amazing rest of your stay!
the only reason i can think of for using this (esp w/o same day booking) is if you're on a redeye flight or international flight that lands at like 7am and you can't check in to your hotel until like 3pm, but that's so specific that it's not worth making an entire startup about tbh
I would use this, but I just checked and they don’t have any available in my area. However I wouldn’t use be using it for naps but as a 25 year old who has moved home to my parent’s house so that I can afford to go to college, I could definitely use a cheap hotel room from time to time 😂
12:09 just a FYI as someone who works for a hotel. The extra amount is usually a incidental hold, some systems are old and do a full hold for the stay plus incidentals, I know due to the several yelling sessions guests have had at me about it. It’s common as far as I know every hotel does it unless they know you are good for any damages or charges you make. We take a hole to guarantee we have something because people close accounts and lock cards to avoid such consequences :/
As someone with heavy insomnia, paying 150 for a good nap is such a steal. I'd pay so much more for that tbh
I’ve got Narcolepsy and Insomnia… that’s such a good deal 😂 sign me up please!
who tf naps for 10 hours? thats not a nap, that is a full sleeping experience
I think the difference in amount that you were charged is to cover potential damage? They can do something called preauthorisation where they “authorise” $200 to come off your card and then when you check out and they see you didn’t wreck the room they tell your bank/cc company that they only need $150 of that money and that’s what will get charged in the end.
I had an idea of having a little hotel (4 rooms) that only specialized in naps for 1-2 hours at a time. I was very tired and overworked at the time but I stand by the idea. I'm aware of seedier places having hourly rates but this idea was truly about a cozy napping experience with nice pj's and the comfiest beds for napping, single occupancy only. I'm sad Nappr isn't that.😂
Having lived in Austin for a couple of years, I can say that all hotels and motels and extended stays were booked up. I hated SXSW.
holy crap your hair looks gorgeous in the sponsor segment
The most interesting thing I’ve seen since moving to China in the past couple months is that people nap just… wherever. Like, I’m convinced that coffee shops must be more meant for napping than working with the number of people I’ve seen asleep over a table.
I am sure there’s some not-great reason for that level of exhaustion but I just try to think of what would happen if I fell asleep over my laptop back home in the US. 5 minutes after passing out every single thing would be stolen from me and I’d probably have the cops called on me for loitering. It’s wild that we took the concept of napping and rest and went “okay but what if we turn that into a gig”
If I had the money, I would gladly pay $150 for a good nap. Half-price for a mid one.
How much for one of those naps where you have like an hour to sleep so you spend a half hour counting down how long you have left if you fall asleep RIGHT NOW then giving up and browsing on your phone for the last half hour since it's a lost cause?
@@iamjustkiwimy thoughts the whole time. How is 30 minutes enough for a nap?? It would take me that long to fall asleep
As someone with narcolepsy I feel like I am the ideal customer for this. However, you can’t predict when “sleep attacks” are going to hit so I feel like this is pretty pointless if it can’t be a last minute thing. Also I can take long naps (trust) but having to book for a 6 hour min is excessive even for me. I had an experience before when I had to book a hotel to take a nap (I was in another city for a overnight doctors appointment at night during covid and there was no public seating allowed) and the only inconvenience was that I had to go back and check out the next day but that was just bc it was a old af hotel that’s didn’t have mobile check out.
I could see this being useful if I took a red eye flight and didn’t get sleep on the airplane to rest before check in or exploring before check in. Maybe even taking a shower to freshen up.
I know it’s weird and not necessarily cost effective. But, I’ve used Nappr and similar apps in my city for days I have awkward time between events. Like if I have four hours between a morning and afternoon appointment downtown. I’m either going to spend $60 on lunch and coffee to stay awake, or $80 to go home and back in an Uber (public transit isn’t efficient enough) or $100 to actually take a restful nap/decompress from the day.
But this is definitely a rare thing for me.
Honestly, instead of starting an app, open a capsule hotel. I feel like that would be more successful.
Everyone just wants to make an app these days and do nothing else. I get that starting a business requires more upfront capital, but physical businesses are something we need more of. Especially something like a capsule hotel which is a gap in the market. As for whether it would be successful is up for debate.
Exactly what I was thinking. You can nap, shower or chill for much cheaper than renting a hotel room.
This video gave me the useful info that hotels have day rates! I'm not gonna use napper, but I definitely might get a hotel room for a day during a con so I have somewhere near the convention center to get ready as opposed to needing to take public transit in cosplay lol
They should pay me to talk, call it Yappr
I wish they had places to safely nap in the US. I have Narcolepsy type 2 and really have to plan out my day when I go on vacation or even if I'm visiting the city for the day because I'll need to take a nap or I'll pass out at a very inconvenient time and/ or place which is dangerous (I'm pretty good at planning things now, but back in college when I was first diagnosed and figuring out medication I would be knocked out on public transit and wake up in random parts of the city. Very scary. idk how I'm alive.) I also don't drive, so a car really isn't an option for me to just pull over and sleep in. I wish we had sleep pods like in Japan.
I feel that this would be much smarter to set up as a subscription (ex: $30/mo), and retain a number of partnered properties that people can pick from at any time to go “nap” or whatever. That would give them an edge because using their app would be easier than booking a day rate at a hotel, as it is there’s no difference in just doing that.
I feel that the people who would use this would use it very often, and no one else would ever use it. So setting it up as a very expensive one-time-purchase makes way less sense.
I was hoping this was gonna be a mobile capsule hotel or smth. Like a big trailer with 6-8 pods that can come TO an event and be set up in a convention hall or parking lot and rented by the hour.
They made a youth version of that service called Kid Nappr
Really the best way for something like this to work would be for them to book a medium sized panel room at a convention center or hotel with convention space, in parallel to whatever conventions are being hosted, and then fill it with comfy beds, you could probably fit a couple dozen comfortably in a standard small convention room. You keep the lights out, people can come and go as they please, you have one or two staffers to keep an eye on things and swap out linens as needed, and it's good to go.
Somehow that seems so much worse my anxiety would make me fear sleep talking
@@hannahfreckles247 Fair.
Looking forward to whenever they drop the pretense and just roll out the new app, Hookr.
Yeah if they change it to one hour it will literally just be a prostitution app. There's a reason hotels don't do that or let locals stay, and all the liability is on the hotel.
Hotels already do this, just a heads up 😉 and where do hotels not let locals stay?? lol that’s bananas
Hotels not letting locals stay? That is most definitely not a normal thing.
Yeah I think yall just haven't tried. It's a nightmare trying to find a place that will take locals when my apartment gets bug sprayed.
@@lallana2882its normal in places that have heavy drug usage. Keeps drug dealers out and junkies from destroying the room
I’ve seen things in the international terminal of airports designed to rent during layovers. I feel like those are a way better idea than Nappr. Like….i just feel like this is going to be used for affairs and prostitution
The extra $50 initial charge might’ve been a hold on your card for incidentals; I’ve had that happen at hotels a lot
I have chronic pain and sometimes I need to rest suddenly. I’ll have a migraine start to come on or I’ll tweak my back or my shoulder injury and have to calm it down. Being able to get into a room and lower all the crazy amounts of stimuli going on is so important. Take a hot bath if my back is bad, so some stretches.
Traveling is really hard for me because if my flight gets in at noon and I’ve been up all night, I really need to rest. But my room isn’t available.
There’s not really anywhere for me to go to be away from it all and decompress so my pain doesn’t keep spiking. (I also have sensory processing issues and anxiety, so this is just my experience, but still).
I think the app is silly and ripe for misuse, but I do hope that RESTING while traveling or on trips becomes more normalized. So many people just don’t get it. “You just GOT here you have to do all this stuff!!!” And I really truly just need to lay down a few hours. I’ll be okay, I’ll be fine and fun to be around. But if I don’t deal with my pain first, I could be out of action for days. It’s not really negotiable. 🤷🏻♀️
Here’s hoping people can nap more without people crawling up our butts about it being a weird choice. 😂
This reminds me of Resort pass! I haven’t used it yet but you pay to use hotel amenities like pool, hot tub, gym. They also have day rooms and conference rooms along with some other unique offers. Would love your take on it
Yeah those day rates are usually not for naps. We had some seedy hotels around us and thats what they did. 4 hours rate for... Naps
The 3pm thing might be because it’s not actually good to nap after 3pm. Neurologists recommend that you take a max 90 minute nap before 3pm, otherwise it’ll affect your nighttime sleep. That may not be the reason for the app but that’s what sprung to mind
See i like this idea for when I'm traveling through a city because I might need a place for a few hours. But honestly i see people using this for affairs or something
I’m working in a small hotel It takes like 40 minutes to an hour to probably clean a hotel room with one person so the only way to shorten that is if it’s tiny and doesn’t have a bathroom and has only one bed …so you’re looking at the hourly rate of a worker combined with the laundry cost and if you can rent it out after cleaning time and you consistently have stuff to clean, it could be a cool business option. The only thing you would be really juggling is when you allow people to book because some people might want to extend this time because they Stay by the hour so you would have to rent out a timeslot only when you start or finish cleaning a room
12:30 as someone with a little experience with hilton, sometimes they add a hold for incidental charges, like if you charge anything to your room, but that amount gets returned after you check out. Maybe thats why the number on the machine was higher? probably a hilton thing, not nappr.
I think also this would be good if you were traveling for a long time and wanted to sleep in a bed real quick, but more importantly, wanted a decent hot shower without worrying about creeps in your immediate vicinity.
My guess is that there was a $50 hold placed on your account for incidentals until you checked out, at which time they modified the price back down to what you expected.
I haven't tried Nappr, but we did try Minute Suites at the JFK airport. My wife and I were flying with our infant son, and had 3 flights with the longest layover in NY. The room was ok, the bed was a pleather fouton and there were no blankets. But we did get a nap. Good thing because our son slept between flights and not on them 😆 so we were exhausted!
2:09 gosh your hair looks so ridiculously good in the ad segment
please don't take this the wrong way - i really enjoy your videos and have been watching for years now - but i really find this background much more engaging than the green static twitch background you've been using. i know this is a hotel room, but really any background with some sort of depth feels so much more interesting
When you said "bad hotel experience" an ad for Airbnb came up 🤣
I've also had bad experiences in both hotels and Airbnbs where people that shouldn't have access to my room were *_in my place_* so that ad doesn't have power over me 😂
Fun fact about the rental industry (including hotel/motel type rooms) is they almost never clean the bedspreads so try not to touch them. Lots of hotels are switching over to a duvet type cover that can be washed quickly but it's still not the best idea to poke around on it and then touch your face or food 🤢
It was probably an incidental charge that they removed after you checked out. Hilton loves to add that random charge for some reason.
This reminds me of the Resort For A Day and Day use . I've heard them suggested for cruises, for either going to a resort hotel and using the amenities, or after in which you might have a late afternoon and evening flight, and you need some place to be.
the $152 to $202 is most likely a $50 deposit that gets returned when you leave. since you left day of it might have been cancelled before the actual charge had gone through
Came here to say that. It's a hold. Every hotel does it, and it comes off when you check out.
unfortunately my first thought was "this would be great for hookups"
Dude your hair in the ad looks so good 😮😮❤
For someone perpetually sleepy, they could maybe do sleep pods like in some airports? It's for one pax
A 10 hour nap is just going to sleep at that point.
I'm surprised how the turnover rate for rooms will affect the housekeepers was not brought up as a concern. From what I understand, room cleaning is usually done shortly after check out and is done by the time of check-in when it comes to regular stays. This app seems to work by scheduling these hotel rooms to be occupied when they'd typically be getting cleaned (aka you'll probs get woken up by the loud vacuums, lol), and they'll also need additional cleaning since it's going between 3 or 4 guests instead of just one or two.
This is also probably why you can't schedule same day and why you get changed more--- they have to make sure they still have the housekeeping staff on property to clean up after you leave, and a lot of housekeepers I've talked to like to stick to their schedule and flip the rooms they're assigned and (possibly) get top leave early. Having a stream of people trickling in and out at any hour because they've they've reserved a room through nappr seems like the housekeeping team will have to do extra work and possibly even rush to turn over rooms, resulting in negative experiences. Idk tho lol
I wonder of this would work more on a 'third space' model. Providing a third space day rental, for people to work from or for someone to toss their stuff and keep it secure while traveling around a certain area for a day.
I could see myself wanting to leave stuff ive bought on a touristy type day trip somewhere 'safe' while I head to different locations. Could also provide parking for when I want to travel without my car on a day trip - i like to use public transport of im just exploring a new place.
i have narcolepsy so i could probably get some use out of this, but that’s mainly because i plan my naps. i feel like most people don’t really plan when they’re gonna nap. i definitely didn’t before i was diagnosed, so i would’ve just suddenly been super sleepy and had nowhere to go
South by Southwest really does just refuse to end lmao
There are a few hotels in my area you can easialy just book for a few hours but people generally don't use them for napping.
Of course you use them just for a nap the Hotel doesn't care as long as you pay.
Can't wait to listen on Spotify! 🎉
Most people checking out of hotels are out around 9 am. Check-in for hotels is usually 3pm. This is just a cash grab for hotels to get more money while those rooms are usually empty.
more roast my start up pls-- whether its just you roasting it or the subreddit too, i enjoy this kind of critique. you do it well and honestly
We really need internet cafes in the US for day naps.
Ive done this for work when doing outreach in the really rural areas, but it's so easy to arrange with the more decent of the chain motels. Nothing fancy, nothing trashy, just mid mid mid lol
just started the vid and not sure where this is going fully yet lol... BUT it's not $150, but I used to wake up at the latest possible moment, consider taking the train to work, and decide to take an uber to work, just so I could "sleep in" which meant snoozing for 15-20 more minutes... I feel like on a dollar per minute basis, that was even more egregious nonsense behavior 😓
if it was like 30-40 bucks id use this alot. id need a hour max though more then a hour isnt really a nap
What an insane concept
I'm not sure if I understood this right, but is the goal of Napr to also allow AirBnB hosts to rent out rooms for a few hours at a time? I just don't see anyone actually taking them up on that, because independent renters don't have the private security hired to kick people out if they refuse to leave after a few hours. I can see a lot of people purposely booking the room "for a nap" just to stay the night for a cheap rate. This isn't to criticize people who can't afford a roof to sleep under and just want one for a cheaper price, but homeless/unhoused people aren't the ones that I'm concerned about, I've noticed that they tend to be some of the most honest and polite people that I've ever had the pleasure to interact with. It's usually middle class Karens (both male and female of any age) who want a cheap vacation that do shit like this the most.
i have a feeling that the day price will go down some whenever all the events are done here in austin, this is definitely something i would book for the day just to be alone for a few hours and not be in my car