The prices are affordable. Pods in Hollywood are $50 a night but in downtown LA,they are $35 a night, $225 a week and $900 a month.
At the heart of it all is community. “At check-in, we say, ‘you get your own pod, but we share everything else,’” said Beck.
“Sharing an open space with strangers who have their name written beside their sleeping quarters, and who cook different foods, leave different toiletry products in the shower, and play different music on the PA system, is the reason we travel,“ Beck said.
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“We always invite participation,” she said. “We build the pods surrounding a common area, never a corner or boxing anyone out. If community was a shape, it would be a circle.”
Could pod life be the future of living in cities with skyrocketing rents? It might not be for everyone, but it has proved one thing.
“There is a market for affordable, flexible, multi-location, co-living in an urban city,” said Beck.
There is a pre-screening process before one sleeps at PodShare. There is also a post-profiling process, which includes their profile page, which includes a personalized review of every visitor.
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Affordable and set in central locations, some of the obvious limitations, especially for long-term guests, include the lack of privacy. There are also rules that include “No PodSex,” which can be a challenge for their queen-sized pods, which are a great money-saver for couples.
“We built the pods facing each other so the community polices itself,” said Beck.
It’s not like sex is important or anything. Haha. Wow.
