Members of my family co-founded Minute Suites, so I'm very curious to hear thoughts from fellow flyertalkers. I'm not personally involved in the company, but I talk to the management team with some regularity and I'm sure they'd appreciate constructive criticism.

Today was the official grand opening. The Atlanta Journal Constitution ran a nice feature, and we're hoping there will be more media coverage in the next couple of days.

So far responses seem generally positive. As a penny-pincher myself, I've been skeptical all along as to whether people will be willing to pay, but penny pinchers clearly aren't the target market, and I'm told that in the first few days of operation they've already had a number of very happy customers and are very optimistic about the business's prospects (including one guy who apparently had a suite for 8 hours and said he'd be back).

As has been pointed out, there is no shower or private bathroom. Unlike Yotel and other similar offerings overseas, this is geared specifically toward US domestic connecting passengers looking for a quiet place to work or nap for an hour or two, as opposed to a long-haul international traveler looking for a place to grab several hours of sleep and a shower. And in their market research, they actually found people were turned off by the presence of a shower, as it made it seem more dirty/unsanitary--it also would have required it to be a lot more expensive to support the additional cleaning (they already have a very strict cleaning protocol after every stay) and maintenance.

It'll be interesting to see how it plays out. If it goes well, expect to see a couple more locations in the next year.