If your travels take you to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, check out the 41 Berangan hotel – it’s made entirely out of shipping containers. The folding containers are cheap, recyclable and immensely popular.
41 Berangan has 9 rooms around a main complex and two additional larger 20-foot courtyard rooms that have garden views.
The rooms, as you might imagine, are pretty sparse but functional. Beds are made from recyclable paper pallets and guests have Internet access. Because of the low-cost of building the hotel, rooms start at just $23 per night.
You can check out more photos at the 41 Berangan hotel website.
Old shipping crates are being used in an increasing number of buildings, ranging from schools to condo lofts. Building with old containers is significantly cheaper than using traditional building materials.
Would you sleep in a shipping container or is the idea just too creepy?
photo credit: 41 Berangan hotel
May 13th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I would definitely stay in a storage container hotel, so long as there were bathrooms and electricity. These things are pretty similar to hostels, and if they are in the same price range then will probably get a lot of business.
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June 10th, 2009 at 7:43 am
Travelodge has one of this kind of container hotel. The price is quite cheaper than normal budget hotel. But the people couldn’t figure out it is made by container. There is a company ” Agson Engineers” produce this kind of luxury prefabricated container modular hotel in China, and sell it to UK. I visit the room when I was in Shanghai. It is really amazing room. 15sqm, contains everything. Please see
http://containerhotel.blogspot.com/
It seems the prefab container modular hotel is a trend for hotel chain business.
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:35 am
i would! esp if it is clean! quite cool concept of using recycled materials .. think the travel industry should put more effort in this area rather than just telling us not to wash our towels everyday.
July 23rd, 2009 at 4:03 am
I stayed 13 days in courtyard room made from container at 41Berangan in April 2009 and its fabulous. Complete with attached bathroom, clean and cosy bed, air-cond and i have garden in front of my door step. Cool.