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Friday, July 13, 2012

Markets in Everything: London Taxi Hotel

"Hail-a-Hotel"
In preparation for the summer Olympics, London is getting creative.

David Weekes, a full-time cab driver has transformed his cab into a hotel for one, available to rent for £50 (US$78.50) per night. The taxi comes with a "memory foam" mattress, pillow, duvet, a bedside lamp and a teddy bear.  It also offers a solar-powered refrigerator, a radio, an iPad, and camping chairs and a portable table on request.  But Weekes does have two rules: no smoking and no pets.


HT: Jon Murphy

5 comments:

  1. great idea.

    i wonder how long before the authorities shut him down for some sort of code violation?

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  2. Creative if nothing else. I'm wondering where one goes in the morning with their luggage in tow when he drives off with your hotel room?

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  3. where's the bathroom is more like it. does mcdonalds do breakfast over there?

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  4. If you read the source article, you'll see that he offers to park by his house and let people use his bathroom.

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  5. London doesn't forbid sleeping in your car? A lot of US cities do.

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