Travelodge trials Travelpod tent / hotel room

Although you may have skipped the whole Boy Scout thing as a kid and still can't envision yourself ever setting foot on a campground, Travelodge's Travelpod may be of interest. Chances are if you've never tried roughing it in the wilderness just for kicks, you may still have considered camping out for certain launches of inexplicable importance, or found yourself homeless after a long day at name-your-music-festival. Travelodge is aiming squarely at those who turn their noses at the the thought of a tent by offering a semi-portable hotel room at various outdoor venues. The palatial pod is sealed up by clear polycarbonate glass to keep those pesky creatures out of your dwelling area, and features a "luxury double bed" (since when have hotel beds been luxurious?), tables, lights, duvets, pillows, carpeted flooring, a mirror, and even a fully functional bathroom. While we're unsure how similar the restroom is to an indoor outhouse, we do admire the effort, and the sealed nature of the pod helps to quell the noises of the nocturnal. The Travelpod will be offered at various concerts and festivals in the UK next year, and if catching a good night's rest just doesn't happen while you're flat on the ground, you can shack up in style for £26 per night.

[Via Core 77]

[Scott @ Aug 4th 2006 7:49AM]

That's just too awesome though will somewhat take away the fun of a festival. £26 is cheap though, cheaper then then it costs for the plot for a tent at a festival!

[Kevin @ Aug 4th 2006 7:56AM]

Sounds awesome but how much waste does it produce though?

Also kinda worried that making camping easier will reduce its appeal to those who already enjoy camping...

[rich @ Aug 4th 2006 9:31AM]

As a lover of the rougher side of camping in my youth, I feel that this is ideal for my aging bones.

The price is great too.... damn I want one for my garden!

[tony @ Aug 4th 2006 10:15AM]

okay, this has to be the most retarded idea ever. I could only see this being used in an old folks community so they can still go camping lol...no true camper in their right mind would EVER use this. My how time has turned men into pansies....of course if it is to be used at festivals then that is another story, that would be pretty sweet watching a concert in this. But no way for camping!

[strider_mt2k @ Aug 4th 2006 11:38AM]

Why not just seal yourself in shrink wrap and watch camping shows on TV?
Or set up your tent at the Sheraton?

Wussies.

[mastershake3 @ Aug 4th 2006 12:17PM]

Great. Now more than ever, every wussy, overweight, whining good for nothing brat can be places where natural selection would normally have weeded them out with ease! besides isn't this what an RV is??

[lu-chillies @ Aug 4th 2006 1:42PM]

This is quite nice. I can use this when I’m out in the wild. Psych! I'll just leave the feeling of being macho to the good old boys that love to be with nature, animals, and more animals. Gggrr….being out in the wild makes people feel good about being an animal. Why differentiate ourselves when we can all be one with nature. I’m really into spending money to relive primitive times again. So let us all howl at the moon and lick our hands after we eat

[papabear @ Aug 4th 2006 7:51PM]

hhhmmm....seems like there's a bit of a struggle between the haves and have-nots (again).

[casey @ Aug 4th 2006 11:43PM]

can anyone else see some rebels painting the windows black for kicks or putting some scary ass pictures on the window while u sleep? SO pranksters? At festivals where people are staying all night, it's bound to happen at least once... hell i thought of it in like 3 seconds......

[Randy Weber @ Aug 5th 2006 9:20PM]

Am I the only one that saw this and thought of Larry and Sergey? I can see them taking their new 767 to Burning Man and staying in one of these things. Of course, they'll need to upgrade the bed.

I've cross-posted on my blog.

[DesolataX @ Aug 11th 2006 1:33AM]

Free WiFi Included? What about the Free Continental Breakfast?

[Jyn @ Sep 10th 2006 4:15AM]

Does it come with a shotgun to repel the undead hordes who've realised that you're in possession of a fully functioning bathroom?

[2000ideas @ Oct 23rd 2006 7:48AM]

Is this thing flat packed or is it delivered set up and dropped on the ground, if its the latter then the transportation costs will be high!! I imagine only 2 or 3 fitting on the back of a lorry! not all the camping ground is perfectly flat either, so what then?

[Leopold Porkstacker @ Apr 30th 2007 1:08PM]

tony:

Technology, coupled with time, has turned men into pansies. Look at how no one knows how to drive a stickshift transmission anymore. People cannot schedule a meeting without consulting their PDA or email application. I agree, that this "tent for pussies" is just that--a tent for pussies, inline with the "new pussification of mankind" (thanks to technology).

-he who stacks pork

[gerry @ Oct 14th 2007 6:01PM]

stick wheels on it - youv'e invented a caravan!

[skyhill @ Oct 16th 2007 7:03AM]

Whats wrong with people...I don't want to get pissed wet through when at festivals.If were all perfectly honest who does? People might want to live like animals for a couple of days.....i don't want to smell like one.These are great idea where you don't spend your time at festivals bothering about the weather and how rank the toilets are,so you can enjoy what your there for.....THE MUSIC

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