Tucked inside the World Trade Center is a brand-new pod hotel offering the iGeneration a cut-rate cocoon for sanitized self-service. The Qbic's lobby lies just beyond the commercial complex's on-site post office, where workers and trendy tourists self-check-in, browse USB-stick-selling vending machines, and fiddle with the communal PlayStation 3. The rooms are spacious, high-ceilinged odes to contemporary Dutch design. You'll forgive the so-called Cubi's doorless bathroom and gimmicky LED lighting once you plunge into the extra-long Hästens bed and zap on the flat-screen TV. Guests can purchase vouchers for gym, spa, bicycles, laundry, and parking from the lobby vending machines throughout the WTC complex. Pros: self-service; affordable; located in major transportation hub; vending-machine Moët. Cons: windows do not open; can't control a/c.
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