Elizabeth Wright
- I reserved a Minute Suites sleeping room at the airport after my flight was delayed overnight.
- It felt pretty pricey, but the private space was better than resting in the main terminal.
- I would stay here again if I were in a pinch, since it was convenient to wake up steps from my gate.
When our 6:15 p.m. flight to NYC was pushed back the first time, an unsettling sensation in my gut told me that my travel day wasn’t going to be so easy after all.
Before I knew it, it was 11 p.m., our flight was pushed to 5 a.m., and my partner and I were faced with a few options:
The first was to find somewhere in the Charlotte airport to try to crash for a few hours — maybe on the floor, near an outlet, where we could stretch out and charge our phones.
The second, and somehow less appealing option, was to return to my apartment (a mere 15 minutes away) and try to get some sleep before dragging ourselves back to the departures hall before sunrise.
The third option — booking a Minute Suites room to nap in — felt like the most logical way to get some rest before a busy trip.
It wasn’t the most economical choice, but compared to the alternatives, my sleep-deprived brain convinced me that it was the best way to handle the frustrating delay.
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