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The Yotel
For any traveler who misses a flight, has an unexpected layover, or just needs a place to escape the airport madness, a miniature hotel called the Yotel awaits weary guests at London's Heathrow airport. Similar to the Japanese-style tube hotels, the tiny cabin rooms can be shared with strangers or rented as single-room pods. All rooms feature a flat-screen TV and wireless Internet.


Access Granted
Simon Woodroffe, founder of the Yotel, shows off the thumb-print room key to one of his group guest rooms. The prices range anywhere form $50 to $80 per 4 hours booked.


Do I Know You?


The Airplane Hotel
Outside the Teuge Airport in the Netherlands, the permanently grounded Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft is being reconstructed to house guests in the first-ever plane hotel. It features separate spaces for guests to sleep and a shared common area that includes 3 flat-screen TVs, a sauna, and a Jacuzzi.


Movin' On Up


The Dog Hotel
Sydney's PawPaws Urban Retreat, a newly opened dog hotel (think very upscale kennel), features three floors, a rooftop playground, and a spa. Rates range from $35 to $70 a day per dog. Sorry, no owners allowed!

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The Flying-Bed Room
With its slanted floors, irregular angles, and floating double bed, this hotel room probably gives its guests something to talk about: vertigo.


The Ice Hotel
Between December and April, the Ice Hotel in Sweden accepts visitors inside its 10,000-ton walls, made of snow and ice blocks from the Torne River. The hotel can hold up to 100 guests, and rates begin at $230 a night.


Grabbing a Cold One
At the Absolut Icebar, guests can grab drinks in — you guessed it — ice glasses.


Just for Kicks: The Key-Card 'Hotel'
To celebrate the relaunching of Holiday Inn properties around the world in 2009, the chain built a 400-square-foot New York "hotel" that was made out of more than 200,000 plastic key cards and weighed 4,000 pounds. It was open (to the media, of course) for five days.


Imagine Sleeping Under Those Covers...


Comfortable? Really?


Recycling at Its Finest


The Fold-Up Hotel
Going to a festival in the Netherlands and want something better than a tent? Many such events there offer fold-up accommodations, like these.