Nine Hours
Narita, Japan
The first Nine Hours opened in 2009, and while it's part of the Japanese capsule hotel phenomenon that started in the '70s, this chic, modern version helped kickstart the modern micro hotel trend. The people behind Nine Hours asked a simple question—what do you really need in an overnight stay in a busy urban center? A place to shower. One hour. Check. A place to sleep. Seven hours. Check. And somewhere to get dressed the next day. One hour. Check. Nine Hours has it all, in about as compact a space as you might imagine.
Pod Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York
Pod Brooklyn isn't the first Pod micro hotel in New York, but it does have one of the most desirable addresses for its target millennial audience—smack dab in the middle of uber trendy Williamsburg. Each of the 249 rooms is roughly 100 square feet, most with twin bunks or a queen. And what the hotel lacks in square footage per room it makes up for in free Wi-Fi, rooftop gardens, delicious food and cocktails. Additional Pod hotels are across the East River in Manhattan and down in D.C.
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Yotel Paris Charles de Gaulle
Paris, France
Like Nine Hours, and certain Moxy locations, Yotel cuts straight to the chase with its airport-based "airside" locations. The Yotel Paris Charles de Gaulle has cabins bookable by the hour in Terminal 2E.
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Yotel Singapore
Singapore
The first Yotel in Asia, Yotel Singapore, is on the other side of the spectrum—a nod toward luxury, but in spare, 175-square-foot rooms right on the scene-y Orchard Road.
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The Jane Hotel
New York, New York
When it comes to micro-accommodations in New York, The Jane Hotel is in a class by itself. Originally built in 1908, the cabin-like rooms were meant for sailors.
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Tribe Perth
Perth, Australia
Tribe Perth is the first micro hotel in Australia—though the concept is catching on Down Under. Each of its efficient and beautifully designed 126 rooms is fewer than 200 square feet (18 square meters).
Photo credit Earl Carter, courtesy Tribe Perth
Moxy New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
The U.S. flagship outpost of Marriott's Moxy boutique hotels, in New Orleans, is less micro, per se, but definitely all millennial. The concept is the same: smaller, pared-down rooms, with ample communal space and endlessly Instagrammable decor.
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Moxy Eschborn Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
Similarly, the Moxy Eschborn Frankfurt delivers on the chain's promise of big offerings in a small footprint. And pops of hot pink.
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Tubohotel
Tepoztlan, México
What is a Tubohotel? Exactly what it sounds like—a set of tubes, stacked in pyramid form, each with queen beds. This truly unique micro hotel sits on an organic farm in the village of Tepoztlan, 45 minutes south of Mexico City.
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Arlo NoMad
New York, New York
The impossibly chic Arlo NoMad maintains a warm, modern-minimalist vibe in the rooms, which are around 150 square feet, max. The big draws are the ample communal spaces—including what the U.K. Telegraph calls "probably the best Empire State selfie spot in all of Manhattan." A sister property is just south, in Soho.
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CitizenM Tower of London
London, England
There are three CitizenM locations across London alone, including this one, the Tower of London. That alone should indicate the popularity of this fashionable chain, which has outposts from Amsterdam to Taipei.
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Zoku
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Slightly larger than a micro hotel, but similar in spirit, Zoku locations in Amsterdam offer suites geared toward modern business travel: plenty of table space to meet or dine, and slim sleeping arrangements with all the modern conveniences.
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Rolling Huts
Winthrop, Washington
If dense, urban centers aren't your thing, but you believe in the ethos of micro accommodations, consider the Rolling Huts in the Old West town of Winthrop, which sits in Washington's magnificent Methow Valley. The setting is rural, but the modern huts are anything but (think glamping). Each one has 200 square feet of interior space, plus a slightly larger deck.
Photo credit Tim Bies / Olson Kundig, courtesy Rolling Huts
Caravan
Portland, Oregon
When the tiny house movement meets the hospitality industry, you get the ever-adorable Caravan, a collection of one-of-a-kind tiny-home hotel "rooms" on what was once a used car lot in—predictably—Portland.
Photo courtesy Jeffrey Freeman
Wee Casa
Lyons, Colorado
The aptly named Wee Casa bills itself as the world's largest tiny-house resort, with 22 unique tiny homes situated at the gateway to the Rockies.
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