Back when I kept seeing the trend of bubble hotels pop up on my feed, I knew I had to investigate. So I stayed under the radar and went on Coconuts’ dime so I could conduct a full-length, unbiased editorial review for Coco Travel.
As Instagram takes over our lives, driving us to do things we wouldn’t normally do all for the sake of a good photo, there’s been one travel sector that’s really thrived on this new norm: “alternative” accommodations that make for epic pics.
The bubble hotel in Bali burst into the scene at some point in 2017, and with its prevalence as the photogenic background of choice among IG influencers, it’s fair to say: The bubble is hot.
The Bali Bubble Hotel wasn’t the first to come up with the transparent inflatable accommodation concept. There are bubble hotels popping up around the world, in photogenic locations hot on the blogger trail like Iceland, Sydney, Baja, and Mauritius, to name a few. Conde Nast has called bubble hotels the “hottest hotel craze of 2018.”
We’ve continued to see many photos of this hotel coming up in our Insta feed in the past year. And, of course, we had questions. How hot does it get in that bubble? Can you even breathe comfortably in there? How private is the space? Do passerby just stare at you? What’s the bathroom situation? Where do you get food? What if it rains?
And most importantly, is it as epic as it looks on Instagram?
The only real way to answer these burning questions was to experience it for ourselves and investigate, so we checked in for a one-night stay. Here are our comprehensive AF findings.
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