A Hotel That Fits on an 18-Wheeler

If you can't find a hotel you like where you're going, how about bringing one with you?

The current issue of Business 2.0 (not online yet) features a Spanish company making the HotelMovil, a portable hotel that can be transported on the back of an 18-wheeler truck. This is no micro hotel though, thanks to its Transformer-style action.

"A Hotelmovil arrives at the site--campground, beach, woods, etc.--looking very much like a standard semi. You simply detach the cab and press 'Play' on a handheld remote to start the 30-minute hydraulic unfolding process.

When all is finished you have 11 bedrooms with private bathrooms and a second-floor outdoor terrace."

The contraption sells for half a million dollars, or you can rent one for about $8,000 a weekend. From the looks of the photo though, there's one thing that's surely lacking: a room with a view.