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Phone booth or meeting room? How to decide for your office
When a one-person phone booth is a better choice than a meeting room, when it isn't, and where a meeting pod for up to four or seven people fits in.
Hybrid working has changed how meeting rooms are used. A lot of “meetings” are now one person on a video call, often holding a whole room for a conversation that needs only a chair and a desk.
When a phone booth is the better fit
- Most calls involve one person in the office and everyone else remote.
- Meeting rooms are booked for solo calls, leaving teams without a room.
- People take calls at their desks and disturb the people around them.
- You rent your office and can't build new walls.
When you still need a meeting room
- Regular in-person meetings of several people.
- Workshops that need a screen, a whiteboard and room to move.
A third option: meeting pods
If the problem is small meetings rather than solo calls, a meeting pod sits in between: an enclosed, acoustically lined room for a few people, without building walls. Ours come in two sizes, for up to four or up to seven people — see our meeting pods and our guide to meeting pod sizes.
Why pods suit rented offices
A pod is furniture, not construction. Our phone booth arrives assembled, plugs into a standard socket and can move with you when you change floors or offices. A fully enclosed pod can still count as a material alteration under the Building Regulations, so tell your landlord — our guide to office pods and Building Regulations explains what to check.
