Trying to sleep in Dublin Airport

shuvly

Due to unfortunate circumstances, I found myself having to bed down in dublin airport the other night.for 7 hours..(feck aer lingus), but on going up to the mezzanine level..food and drink,,at 1 am, all the good seats were taken, by about 30 people..so I was fecked. Eventually got a "bed" and tried to get to sleep, only to be constantly woken by a little baulox working in a cafe that was not doing any business, and that had at least another 70 chairs, who kept waking me up and telling me to go to a hotel..when I challenged him he said he would contact airport police..I said fire away as I wanted to talk to them anyway..he never did, and after talking to the guards in the am...they said they would have been delighted to talk to the little baulix...Anyone else have probs there?

Oops, too much type for AH, I do apologise!

arybvtcw0eolkf

I've become a dab hand at sleeping in airports. Gimma a dark corner and enoug floor for a 6'2'' 125kg body & I'll sleep through world war's.

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Raina Tall Handlebar wrote: »

I've become a dab hand at sleeping in airports. Gimma a dark corner and enoug floor for a 6'2'' 125kg body & I'll sleep through world war's.

Yeah, as long as the body is concealed, I can always sleep. Less fear of being caught or something.

df1985

had to sleep in barcelona airport coming up on 3 weeks ago, was en route from ibiza so add the hangover and comedown of a lifetime into the mix and you have the worst 24 hours of my life.no chairs, just got a towel out of my suitcase to keep me warm and tried to sleep on the floor.didnt help there was a homeless woman hanging about too.

wouldnt wish it on anyone (think the hangover and comedown made it ten times worse to be fair)

stovelid

Gue yourself upright in a chair and paint eyeballs on your eyelids to fool the jobsworth in the shop.

funk-you

How did you get stranded in the airport?

-Funk

Mrmoe

I wish Irish hotels would offer day rooms like these ones in Japan. You can pay by the hour which is useful if you want to get a few hours sleep before catching an early flight or if you are waiting for a connecting flight.

http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/guide/service/list/svc_37.html

kowloon

I used to carry a fleece blanket that wraps up really small for just these occasions. Great to have for delayed flights after a day spent just getting to the airport.

10green bottles

kowloon wrote: »

I used to carry a fleece blanket that wraps up really small for just these occasions. Great to have for delayed flights after a day spent just getting to the airport.

Now aka "a slanket":pac:

Sharkey 10

df1985 wrote: »

had to sleep in barcelona airport coming up on 3 weeks ago, was en route from ibiza so add the hangover and comedown of a lifetime into the mix and you have the worst 24 hours of my life.no chairs, just got a towel out of my suitcase to keep me warm and tried to sleep on the floor.didnt help there was a homeless woman hanging about too.

wouldnt wish it on anyone (think the hangover and comedown made it ten times worse to be fair)

I feel your pain its bad enough being in public in that situation let alone an airport

2 stroke

I'm fairly sure I'v met that little bollix at the airport, but your story reminds me of a time when I booked into the West County. Room was specially booked from 9am to 6 pm. Do not disturb sign on door, but the cleaning lady kept knocking on the door even after I complained to reception.

10green bottles

2 stroke wrote: »

I'm fairly sure I'v met that little bollix at the airport, but your story reminds me of a time when I booked into the West County. Room was specially booked from 9am to 6 pm. Do not disturb sign on door, but the cleaning lady kept knocking on the door even after I complained to reception.

Strip of all clothes.
Open door to cleaner.
Problem flees down hotel corridor.
:cool:

up for anything

Sleeping in Airports

rossie1977

Mrmoe wrote: »

I wish Irish hotels would offer day rooms like these ones in Japan. You can pay by the hour which is useful if you want to get a few hours sleep before catching an early flight or if you are waiting for a connecting flight.

http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/guide/service/list/svc_37.html

wouldn't work here, would end up like those hourly motels in the states and you don't get any sleep in those

jackiebaron

Should have gone to me ma's house a mile from the airport. Flannel sheets, a hot water bottle and a brekkie......would have cost you 20 bills.....that includes a grope.

Ebbs

Mrmoe wrote: »

I wish Irish hotels would offer day rooms like these ones in Japan. You can pay by the hour which is useful if you want to get a few hours sleep before catching an early flight or if you are waiting for a connecting flight.

http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/guide/service/list/svc_37.html

Have them in Amsterdam airport too...right beside macdonalds. After a long weekend over there...it could not be a more perfect combination.

Heaven.

ScumLord

Sleep is for the week! That's when the airport terrorists get you.

Coffeecoffeecoffeecoffee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkWJDos13vw

mikemac

Spent a night in Roma Fiumicino

Kicked out of one terminal by security as they lockup for the night, fair enough.

All the good places taken in the next terminal

They have wide windowsills that many were sleeping so tried that but people kept walking by. And hard wood isn't comfortable.

Eventually got a metal bench in a corner.
The place is draughty and cold too.

Horrible airport to try to sleep in, I hope OP that Dublin airport is better

SoulTrader

Mrmoe wrote: »

I wish Irish hotels would offer day rooms like these ones in Japan. You can pay by the hour which is useful if you want to get a few hours sleep before catching an early flight or if you are waiting for a connecting flight.

http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/guide/service/list/svc_37.html

Gatwick Airport has a pretty nice one, the Yotel.

I stayed there, and overslept, nearly missed my flight:o

http://www.yotel.com/gatwickhotels.aspx

scientific1982

df1985 wrote: »

had to sleep in barcelona airport coming up on 3 weeks ago, was en route from ibiza so add the hangover and comedown of a lifetime into the mix and you have the worst 24 hours of my life.no chairs, just got a towel out of my suitcase to keep me warm and tried to sleep on the floor.didnt help there was a homeless woman hanging about too.

wouldnt wish it on anyone (think the hangover and comedown made it ten times worse to be fair)

Hangover + comedown = A little slice of hell.

scientific1982

Could never sleep around strangers. I have trust issues.

ballsymchugh

why don't the hotels near the airport send someone up at about midnight and offer the people sleeping about a room only at a good discount? surely it'd be good business to have more rooms full.

Doc

I’ve slept in a couple of different airports for different reasons and the thing that I was most worried about is getting robed while I slept. I think airports often make it as difficult for you to sleep in them as possible the seating is nearly always designed so that you can’t lay down across them and the lighting is always really bright and harsh. I normally sleep with my head on my hand luggage in as out of the way place as possible.

They should have completely reclinable seats with a built in vibrating alarm and a lockable compartment under them that you can pay as small fee to use. Could be a nice little earner.

Mackman

Slept a few hours on the floor of dublin Airport before. Didnt have any problems, except the tiled floor.

Me and a bunch of mates slept a night in Zurich airport one night, in a nice corner that was secluded and had seats to ly out on. Cue us waking up in the morning with a bunch of pissed off swiss people standing there looking at us. turns out it was a bus waiting area and we were taking all the seats

Jazzy

Raina Tall Handlebar wrote: »

I've become a dab hand at sleeping in airports. Gimma a dark corner and enoug floor for a 6'2'' 125kg body & I'll sleep through world war's.

ha yeah! same. i even have a technique for keeping hold of bags

Gyalist

Last winter I missed a flight from Paris to Martinique and decided to stay in Charles de Gaulle to wait for the next flight. I eventually scoped out a nice warm, quiet spot to grab some sleep. Just as I was drifting off I was rudely interrupted by 3 gendarmes pointing guns at me.

I was so tired that I hadn't noticed that the spot that I'd chosen was almost directly opposite the El Al Airlines check-in!

ED E

Gyalist wrote: »

Last winter I missed a flight from Paris to Martinique and decided to stay in Charles de Gaulle to wait for the next flight. I eventually scoped out a nice warm, quiet spot to grab some sleep. Just as I was drifting off I was rudely interrupted by 3 gendarmes pointing guns at me.

I was so tired that I hadn't noticed that the spot that I'd chosen was almost directly opposite the El Al Airlines check-in!

I doubt they actually drew on you now.

testicle

Lethal_Bullet wrote: »

I doubt they actually drew on you now.

They did! With permanent marker too! A nasty little Hitler moustache and a swastika on his forehead...

drunkymonkey

Any word on the sleeping conditions in Zurich or Heathrow???

WindSock

I don't get why some Airports don't have rooms to sleep in. There was a good one in Seoul where there were mats on a floor in a dim room, and it also had a sauna in it for some reason. It was great to get a few hours kip in.

fakearms123

Had to sleep in Dublin airport before, it wasn't the best experience of my life but once my arms fold in place I am out for the count, I slept through a storm out in a field in belgium the night before Rock Werchter, I had slid down a hill in the rain apparently, can't really remember, they dragged me back up the hill into a tent

Tabnabs

http://www.sleepinginairports.net/

Bookmark it!

frank reynolds

well, at least you had the option of sleep... once, en route to thailand, we had to stop in Amsterdam airport, and there was a delay announced for the connecting flight. anyway, it would have been great to either catch a few winks, or at least know the time of the rescheduled flight so we could have spent a couple of hours in Amsterdam centre, as i'd not been before then... anyway... everytime you'd want to doze off, another announcement would be made to add another hour onto the flight.. it was a staggered delay... the WORST kind!!!

aaagh! but yeah, pretty much, airports are the WORST place to try and sleep... not only are there never any chairs, but those announcements through the loudspeaker are (im convinced) designed to be just loud enough to wake people up every ten minutes. sickening.

orourkeda

If you have to jerk off in an airport as a means of aiding sleep can you be arrested for indecent exposure or such like.

flyton5

Slept in Singapore Airport a few years back. They have one of those pay by the hour hotels there which was great. Pay for however many hours you want and they give you a wake up call about 10mins before your time is up.


The trick is to take the phone off the hook and have a nice free lie in...

LD

frank reynolds wrote: »

well, at least you had the option of sleep... once, en route to thailand, we had to stop in Amsterdam airport, and there was a delay announced for the connecting flight. anyway, it would have been great to either catch a few winks, or at least know the time of the rescheduled flight so we could have spent a couple of hours in Amsterdam centre, as i'd not been before then... anyway... everytime you'd want to doze off, another announcement would be made to add another hour onto the flight.. it was a staggered delay... the WORST kind!!!

I'd a great old sleep in Schipol coming back from a 'Dam trip, I think they locked the doors but let us stay. A middle-aged to old lady took pity on us and gave us money to buy Breakfast. Ledge.

Have any of the other regular Dam trippers noticed that there's a scrolling sign with really unsettling messages on it somewhere in the terminal? Like, kinda eerie stuff but it's hard to place why...

LD

http://wn.com/Not_so_subliminal_messages_at_Schiphol_airport


Here it is. Try reading that after frying your brain in the dam.

kylith

WindSock wrote: »

I don't get why some Airports don't have rooms to sleep in. There was a good one in Seoul where there were mats on a floor in a dim room, and it also had a sauna in it for some reason. It was great to get a few hours kip in.

I had a kip in one of those places in Hong Kong airport, it was great; little mat to sleep on and you could pay a couple of quid for a shower too. I can never sleep on planes so I'd been up for about 30 hours at that point and I regret that I swore horribly at the poor girl who came to wake me up. Hopefully she didn't speak english and thought that "Ahfuggoffouttaityab'ch" is English for "Thank you for waking me after my lovely nap".

Alpha Papa

orourkeda wrote: »

If you have to jerk off in an airport as a means of aiding sleep can you be arrested for indecent exposure or such like.

Clearly only if your caught in the act!