The name is a schedule. One hour for a shower, seven for sleep, one to dress and go: 9h nine hours plans its hotels around that sequence, and the Shibuya branch puts it close to the busy Shibuya crossing.

Every pod is identical: white, moulded, exactly as long as it needs to be. A curtain closes the opening. Before your wake-up time the light inside rises gradually, a small imitation of dawn. Bags go into lockers; washrooms are communal and immaculate. Pictograms do the wayfinding. Little changes from one visit to the next, and regulars count on that.

Some journeys begin with a six o'clock departure. For those, YOTEL keeps a property within Terminal 4 at Heathrow, branded YOTELAIR, so getting from bed to check-in desk takes minutes.

YOTEL calls its rooms cabins, and plans them that way. Beds convert or recline, a compact rain shower fits the corner, and a flip-down table serves for laptop work. Many cabins have no window, which is the cost of the address. Stays can be counted in hours, handy for a long layover or a late landing.

Gràcia keeps a small-town rhythm inside Barcelona: plazas, corner bars, narrow streets. Generator Barcelona is in this district, north of the Eixample grid and within walking range of Park Güell.

Shared rooms use compact bunks fitted with a lamp, a socket and a locker, and that is why it belongs on this page: the sleeping space is a berth, not a room. Private rooms exist too. Social life happens downstairs and outdoors, in the bar, the café and on the terrace, where people travelling alone tend to find company.