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For some reason this sounds like a network of hostels with some kind of membership? Maybe? Just the first image I had from the site description.
No, it would be apartments and houses with a 3-5 person capacity each.
Just got the hostel analogy from the way it was described I suppose, the idea of meeting people and having a place to quickly plop down at if you need a place to crash when you're someplace new.
How is this significantly different from CouchSurfing.com?
If the Zipcar analogy holds, then the company will own the apartments and there will be no permanent residents.
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If the Zipcar analogy holds, then the company will own the apartments and there will be no permanent residents.
I think this would work even better if they had 1 permanent resident to keep the place clean, and such. Free rent?
Sounds like an airbnb for workspaces :)
It took me a while to parse the title: consider "People who need nothing except the internet in order to work" vs "People who only need the internet in order to work" vs "People who need nothing except that the internet should work". I assume the second is intended. Also, how is this different to a hotel? I guess it's cheaper. So how is this different to a really cheap hostel with shared rooms? I suppose you can only…
how is this different to a hotel? When you buy time at a hotel, you're buying a bundle of services. You're getting a room, with a door that locks. You're getting regular cleaning service, even if you don't need/want it. You're getting a private bathroom. You're getting privacy from the locals even if you don't need/want it. You're getting geographically limited because you can only get a hotel room in a place where t…
This is basically a timeshare company, except the condos will be in places nobody ever wants to go to on vacation, right?
They would need to deliver/setup at hotels, apartments and other places I like to work and sleep.
13 inch laptop screens are great for the airport and coffee shops but I need my screen real estate on the road!