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- Steven! - Steven
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What you up to? - We're taking a selfie?
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Nice hair. - Thanks.
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- Steven, you work way too much.
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- No I don't. - So--
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- Wait, what are you doing? - We're gonna go on vacation.
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- Yeah! - No I can't!
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- We're going, let's go! - I gotta edit this video!
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- [Selorm] Whoo! (upbeat music)
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Let's find some hotels, cmon, go go!
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Today we're gonna try three different places to stay,
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at three different price points.
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Isn't that what you always say?
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- At three drastically different price points.
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- At three drastically different price points.
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So the first hotel we're going to
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is called Podshare L.A.
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It's kind of like a really cool version of a dormitory.
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- We're going to a place where you
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share living spaces with each other?
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- Yeah, there's like different pods.
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Everyone has their own pod and their own space.
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- Rule number one, (bell ringing)
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don't talk to strangers.
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That's the only rule you need. - That's the only rule?
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- Yes. - I know you're an introvert,
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I feel like this place is gonna open you up more.
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Strangers aren't so bad.
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- If somebody attacks us,
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can we please throw Kevin in front of them?
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So you gonna document me dying?
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- Someone's gotta film it.
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Someone's gotta film it. - Argh!
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(playful music)
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- My name's Elvina, and this is Podshare, DTLA.
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We also have two other (bubbles popping)
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locations, Los Feliz and Hollywood and Vine.
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- How much is it per night?
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- There's a $15 day pass,
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or you can do 24 hour pass, 50 bucks.
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So that means any location,
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you're not just locked into DTLA.
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- What do you consider podule?
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Like, what do you call it?
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- Flexible term dormitory.
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I wanted to create co-living,
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meaning you face each other and there's social collisions,
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like the rate at which you bump into somebody,
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maybe you make eye contact,
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instead of knocking on a door,
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that's less social collisions,
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than they would, like, seeing a name on a pod,
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and being like "Philipe!"
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Hi, Philipe!
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- I'm an extreme introvert,
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so the idea of social collisions is terrifying to me.
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- You can't, like, close yourself out.
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This is collaborative living.
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So, we don't wanna necessarily say
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you can't live the pod life,
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so we're looking at buildings where we can do
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private upstairs but always always
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dormitory style pods downstairs.
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Welcome to Podshare, and we got mostly twin-size pods.
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We got queen size pods here,
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and then the third is the murphy pod,
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and it converts from bed to desk.
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- [Steven] So this is the pod? - Yeah.
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You get a twin-size memory foam mattress,
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outlets with USBs for your phone, obviously,
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Netflix, Hulu, Pandora.
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You plug in your headphones into the remote
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so that you don't bother other people,
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when you watch your favorite shows.
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- I sleep on a one inch foam pad.
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- I'm really surprised at how comfortable this is.
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I'll be back for you.
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- This is the queen?
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- [Elvina] Yeah, the queen pods.
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- I, as a human being, need a queen-size,
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definitely worth it.
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- If you need two things when you're staying,
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you need a desk and you need a place to sleep.
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We took that and put it into one,
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so you go from bed (bed squeaking)
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- [Steven] Whoa! - [Selorm] What?
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- [Steven] What?
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- And the cup of coffee just stays in one place.
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- There is somebody blow-drying her hair over here (laughs).
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That's what it is, social collisions,
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can't have enough of those.
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- I was actually just online,
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and I was looking for a place to stay.
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This place was a lot more economical
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than a traditional hotel,
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and it gives you your own space to sleep in,
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you can watch a movie.
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It was definitely exceeding
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my expectations that's for sure.
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- When I first moved here,
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and I crashed my friend's apartment
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for like three weeks, and I felt so bad.
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I just wish I had like an alternative to that,
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and this would have been the perfect place to come.
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- It's not only accessible, but it's comfortable too.
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- Yeah. - Thank you so much.
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- Thank you so much. - [Elvina] Thank you.
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What is it?
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It's a box, and then, wait, do that thing.
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Podshare. - Pod life.
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- The pod life.
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Okay, Steven, (happy music)
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how did you like Podshare?
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- If you're looking for a hotel and you have $50,
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that is the best cheap option you'll get in L.A.
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- It was cool that everything was so handmade.
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That murphy bed blew my mind, literally.
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- That was pretty cool. - Success!
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On place number one!
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Hotel fact!
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The world's oldest hotel, is in Japan,
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it's pronounced Ni-shi-yama Oon-sen
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Keiun-Kan Hotel-- - Okay, okay.
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- Okay, I almost got it.
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It's been around for nearly 1,300 years.
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- Whoa. - I think it was founded
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in 705 A.D. - You know it's old
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when you start using A.D.
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- Well, we're not going to Japan next.
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The next spot is called the Redbury Hotel.
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I know that it is banging. - It's banging?
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- It's banging.
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- What does it mean when a hotel bangs?
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- The hotel is cool, Steven. - Okay, cool.
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♫ One, two, three four (playful music)
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- My name is Bryan Barrera,
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I am the sales coordinator here at
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the Redbury Hollywood and Vine.
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We are a boutique hotel here with 57 rooms.
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This room that we are currently in, is our vine suite.
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It comes with our kitchenette.
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It all comes with a two gas burner, block countertop,
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and then of course, our microwave.
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Some will only be here for one night,
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but they'll wanna, like, do a whole gourmet meal.
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We value that, we want them to use
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all of our features here at our property.
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- [Steven] Right. - [Bryan] Each room comes with
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its own private living area, a king-size bed,
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which, as you can see, are
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very very spacious, very luxurious.
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- My complaint about hotels is the pillows.
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Pillows should always be able to,
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conform to your body.
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Sometimes pillows don't, but these pillows do.
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It's extremely comfortable.
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- These look like, little soda cans,
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but they're actually our intimacy kits.
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(Kevin laughing) There's condoms, lubrication,
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even enhancers I think.
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- I thought it was Redbury soda,
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like Redbury juice, like ha berry juice.
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- Here we are in our Redbury bathroom,
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amazing Rainhead showers.
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As you can see, it comes with a spa area.
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- [Selorm] It's not a joke.
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- We don't want guests to come back
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because they feel like it's convenient,
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we want them to come back because there's an urge.
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- [Selorm] Yes. - We go above and beyond
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to put just a smile on someone's face.
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- Thank you so much. - Okay?
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(Selorm laughing) You're welcome, my pleasure.
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- For the record, the Redbury's bed was the best bed.
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Pillows at the Redbury, firm, yet giving.
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- You can't find a nicer way to describe that.
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Hotel fact! - [Kevin] Whoo!
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- That makes sense, I mean Vegas is the place
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where you go to party, (rubber duck squeaking)
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to live extravagantly.
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- I've been to Vegas once, but I really wanna go.
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I mean-- - Let's do it!
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- Let's do it!
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Let's go to Vegas!
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The most expensive hotel that would let me in--
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- Wait, oh you already planned this!
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- Yeah. (laughing)
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- How much is (upbeat music)
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this hotel in Vegas?
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- So this hotel is priced at $35,000.
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- What?
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- Thirty, five, thousand,
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dollars. - [Steven] What?
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- That's like, 17,000 large fries from McDonald's.
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- What could possibly make
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something cost that much, you know?
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- Truffles, it's always truffles.
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- Pack your bags, tomorrow, we're going to Vegas!
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- Whaa! - Whoo!
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Wait, I need to drive. (laughing)
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We're going to Vegas. (party music)
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(thrilling music)
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♫ Throw the dice, spin the wheel
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♫ Take a chance on me baby
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♫ I'm a real big deal
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♫ Joker in the pack
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♫ Ace in the hole
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♫ Double dealin' baby, got me outta control
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- Oh, my gosh.
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Whoa. - Whoa.
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- [Kevin] Whoa!
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- [Steven] Look at that view!
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- That's an elevator. (both laughing)
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- [Selorm] Why is there an elevator in here?
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I'm so excited!
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- My name's Kyle, I'm a bellman here at the Palms.
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This is our two story sky villa.
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It's roughly 9,000 square feet.
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This is where anybody who's anybody stays in Las Vegas.
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Comes with butler service.
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This room can sleep about 12 people.
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- Great, we have four people here.
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- We don't have many friends.
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- Okay, you guys can spread out.
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(Steven laughing) Alright, guys,
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this is our main room.
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This is the bar in the room.
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Bottles start at $275.
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- Not like $2.75. - $275.
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- Gulp. - Check it.
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- This is the dining area in the back.
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- If we go upstairs, so they had this amazing elevator here.
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Hey Kevin, wanna come inside with us?
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- [Kevin] No, man. - [Steven and Selorm] Oooh.
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- [Kyle] This is the bathroom, full jetted tub.
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- [Steven] Look at all of those jets.
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Let's turn this bad boy on.
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Oh! (both laughing)
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Whoo! (both laughing)
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This knob activates that.
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- The water just pours like it's coming from the heavens.
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- Oh my gosh.
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- [Kyle] Just inside this door is the dry sauna.
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- Dibs, sorry. - No.
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- [Solena] Dibs! - No, it's not dibs!
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I called dibs first!
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- [Kyle] This is the master bedroom.
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This circular bed does rotate.
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- How does that thing rotate? - [Kyle] There's a remote.
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- Ooh it's--
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- What am I doing with my life?
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- This is the master bathroom, full jetted tub.
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- Very obvious, what this tub is for.
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The beads, the bed right next to it.
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- It's for a pool party, duh! - Oh yeah.
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- We're gonna call a butler. - What do you wanna eat?
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- Let's get steak and shrimp.