Jumbo Hostel Lets You Sleep on a 747
January 18, 2009 by Mary Jo Manzanares
Filed under Air Travel, European Travel, Fun for Families & Kids, Hotels, Money Saving Tips, Places to Stay
At the Jumbo Hostel, you can check in for an overnight “flight” without ever having to worry about your fear of flying.
People may be used to seeing 747’s on the runways, but this is one plane that is neither landing nor taking off. Instead, it’s a unique destination hostel, which opened just a few days ago, and is permanently anchored at the entrance to Stockholm’s Arlanda Airport.
It is a REAL 747! And now it’s also a REAL hostel!
There are 25 rooms and 85 beds onboard onboard in different room categories. All rooms have flat screen televisions, including a flight departure screen, and there is access to wi-fi throughout the plane. With the exception of the suite, all rooms offer a shower and toilet in the corridor.
A sampling of room types and pricing:
- A luxury suite in the converted cockpit offers a panoramic view of the airport – just like the pilots must have had. It has a private shower and toilet facilities. The suite is priced at approximately $406 per night, based on current conversion rates from Swedish Kroner to US Dollars. (In photo below.)
- A private twin bed room sleeps two adults and is priced at approximately $148 per night.
- A bed in one of the dorm rooms, a more typical hostel stay, is priced at approximately $44 per night.
Their is cafe onboard (see photo above) where you can purchase breakfast, coffee, cookies and basic meals, as well as a microwave for any meals that you may have brought with you. The cafe is open to the general public as well.
To learn a little more about how this crazy idea became a reality, as well as to get a few more glimpses at the interior, take a lunch at this video:
As an adult, I’ve never been that attracted to staying at a hostel. The Jumbo Hostel has changed my mind! I think this is pretty cool!
How about you? Would you stay in a 747?
Images: Used with permission of Jumbo Hostel
I think its pretty cool too. I remember being in Stockholm and staying in a hostel that was in a yacht. It makes it memorable.
I’m an aviation enthusiast who enjoys budget travel (I like to mix up my accommodation — I’ve stayed in converted cabooses, hay hotels, treehouses, all kinds!), so this sort of thing is right up my alley.
Yeah, I think it’s pretty cool, and, yeah, I wouldn’t mind sleeping in one of those. (I’ve slept in a caboose motel in Strasburg, Pennslyvania, USA, a countless number of cruise ships, and a ferry, but I’ve found it tough to do so on a plane, mainly because I tried to do it in coach/economy in the sky.) While I’d recommend the A380, it’s still too new to have leftover planes to turn into hostels, unfortunately.
cool, an airplane laid out like a sleeping car.
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. I love unique places to stay but this is completely over the top!
this as been added to my must do before i die list… too cool