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Cold and too hard to sleep
  by coneyisland (April, 2012)
Reason for Stay: Hotels unavailable
Where: Landside
Pros: some benches
Cons: cold, noisy, cleaning staff wake up you at 3 a.m if you sleep on the floor
I slept in the airport just for a night. Airport have a marble floor (really cold) and cleaning staff kick off you at 3 a.m. So, if you don't take a benches, you can't sleep in this airport!1 person found this review helpful Was this Helpful?
Free hostel at the Stansted Airport.
   by Trond (March, 2013)
Reason for Stay: Other
Where: Landside
Pros: No problems
Cons: None if your are properly equipped (pillow, mattress and blanket).
Do not waste money at a hotel, B&B or lodge if
properly equipped with pillow, mattress and
blanket
Landside Stansted Airport is one big free hostel!
I did arrive late, right after midnight. After
a quick meal and two pints of beer from the 24 hour open Spar Shop I picked a spot at the far
end of the terminal.
With the mattress, pillow and the blanket in
place I got another night of sleep at no extra
charge.
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Helpful information (January 15th)
by giotos (January, 2013)
Reason for Stay: Early flight departure
Where: Landside and Airside
Pros: Comfortable sleeping, no music
Cons: Slightly cold, white noise (from airconditioning?)
The Airside part is closed from 12AM to 3AM. Very useful tips from previous review (soylentyellow): 1) POWER OUTLET behind coke machine section K, I couldnt find nowhere else. Airside: no problem for power outlet - 2) COME EARLY. At 9:30PM I had a great choice of benches with no armrests between seats. At 1:30AM I got up because I was cold and there were only a few single seats left. I had nothing to do so I counted the bodies: 258 people seated, sleeping on the benches or the floor (93 were in section K), plus 43 people walking around (might have missed some or counted twice). I can only imagine at peak season. Now I am at Costa cafe and found another 13 sleeping in comfortable couch/easy-chair in front of a cup of coffee as pretext (only drawback the loud music). WiFi BOINGO: I was not able to connect, I tried again, I realized later th continued >>3 people found this review helpful Was this Helpful?
A peacful nights sleep
by Hinris (November, 2012)
Reason for Stay: Early flight departure
Where: Landside and Airside
Pros: Comfortable seats, lots of other people, dimmed lights
Cons: Lots of other people
I stayed at Stansted due to a very early morning flight the next day. I arrived at around 10.30pm and was directed by a nice security guy to an area of seats were many people were already settling down for the night. He also pointed out the one restaurant that stayed open 24 hours. I didn't really see any other security for the rest of the night but the amount of people sleeping the same area made me feel safe.
I managed to find a section of three seats that had no armrests in the middle and settled down to sleep. With the Christmas lights hanging from the ceiling and the dimmed lights in general it created quite a nice peaceful feel. There were a few announcements through the night but not many.
I awoke at 3am and headed through security where I found even more comfortable seats to sleep across for another hour before the area beg continued >>Was this Helpful?
Slept like a baby
by Expresscans25 (July, 2012)
Reason for Stay: Early flight departure
Where: Landside
Pros: Lounge chairs without arm chairs available
Cons: None
I have an early flight so I had to camp at the airport. It was better than what I was expecting. There was a cafe and a burger king that was open (24 hours?). I slept like a baby until my 6 flight. Although I did wake to the occasional usyling of people arriving. Under the circumstances, it was a great experience. There were no security guards that woke me.Was this Helpful?
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