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Show HN: A Global Co-Living Subscription for Nomads

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Re: Show HN: A Global Co-Living Subscription for Nomads

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This is a really interesting idea, though maybe a bit too expensive and, ah, "hip" for my tastes. (Currently hopping from Airbnb to Airbnb flatshare, paying $1000 or less a month for housing with internet and utilities included. Would be even cheaper if I wasn't in Western Europe.) I've been thinking lately of where I would like to live for most of my late twenties and early thirties. I'm definitely a bit of a loner,…

Bard House in Iowa City might be to your taste.

Love all the suggestions, please keep them coming!

Re: Show HN: A Global Co-Living Subscription for Nomads

#52

This is a really interesting idea, though maybe a bit too expensive and, ah, "hip" for my tastes. (Currently hopping from Airbnb to Airbnb flatshare, paying $1000 or less a month for housing with internet and utilities included. Would be even cheaper if I wasn't in Western Europe.) I've been thinking lately of where I would like to live for most of my late twenties and early thirties. I'm definitely a bit of a loner,…

Great concept!

I guess the selection that will occur based on the price can be either positive or negative depending on your taste.

One of the reason to join one of these communities, I would think, is to socialize and network with interesting individual... and you might want to pay extra for that. Then again, if the prize de facto excludes the people you find interesting than not so much :)

I think I'd try to do a little prize segmentation with tiered costs, that way you could perhaps get more interesting people and maximize profit. Then again maybe it will book fully using these prizes

Re: Show HN: A Global Co-Living Subscription for Nomads

#53
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Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's very high up the list, bulk shipping of standardized boxes is the favorite solution atm, but didn't do in-depth cost comparisons etc. Just was stuck for a few days in the Alps with the overhead bin luggage for Bali on the way back to SF, so i feel your pain. How would you prefer to have it handled?

I would love to be able to travel between one of your houses in London to Bali with only a carry on luggage (e.g. a few days clothes and my laptop) - then have a box of clothes follow me within the week. Clothes are probably a good place to start. Having a simple cupboard draw that is automatically sent would be good (cost permitting). - Most people shouldn't have a problem with you searching through this sort of thi…

Love the modular idea of literally using the drawer (we plan something similar for the kitchen cold storage).

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: A Global Co-Living Subscription for Nomads

#54

This is an awesome idea and I'm very interested. - Are there more locations that are considered? - Is this meant to grow with demand, or be limited to a few first-come/first-served offering? - It's not clear to me (maybe I misread) what happens when I move to another country. Am I holding a lock on the rooms everywhere, or am I allocated a room on request? I work remote, and currently in school but once done, I total…

A lot of, from Greek fishing villages to Oakland, growing by demand.

The rooms are allocated on request, month-wise, we hopefully figure out a good & fair system for everyone and you're more than welcome to switch informally with others.

Re: Show HN: A Global Co-Living Subscription for Nomads

#56
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I just don't dig the locations. I'm not going anywhere close to large groups of Muslim Extremists, or Narcoterrorists. I guess I'm just spoiled by the relative safety of the US.

Many people in Ubon, Mexico City and Lisbon probably think the US is unsafe after watching TV & movies set in inner-city LA and Detroit, Baltimore & Albuquerque, et cetera.

Re: Show HN: A Global Co-Living Subscription for Nomads

#57
You've probably already thought about this, but you might want to make sure clients understand the legal side of things. We've certainly had some cases at Mozilla where remote workers had to be "reminded" that we could only pay them if they maintained residency in their official company of employment, that they would be in violation of the tourist visa they had traveled to these other locations under if they worked there for 3 months, etc.

It's a bit of a minefield, and I only know the warnings that legal/HR tell managers :-)

Re: Show HN: A Global Co-Living Subscription for Nomads

#58

This is a really interesting idea, though maybe a bit too expensive and, ah, "hip" for my tastes. (Currently hopping from Airbnb to Airbnb flatshare, paying $1000 or less a month for housing with internet and utilities included. Would be even cheaper if I wasn't in Western Europe.) I've been thinking lately of where I would like to live for most of my late twenties and early thirties. I'm definitely a bit of a loner,…

This is something I may create w/in the next decade. If I ever get enough $$ (don't need much, actually) to build several/a dozen tiny houses in a village somewhere, I'd do it in order to create what you describe.

On a side note, something I've been looking for for many years is a simple, no frills, cheap room rental service across the world's largest cities. Of course, now there's Airbnb, but I'd prefer one company that administers the living locations + design/look of the rooms, if that makes sense, rather than a network of regular people using a site to rent out their places. Basically, I want to know exactly what I'm getting (ie, same price, size, amenities, ease) no matter which city I go to. Like a hotel chain but for short, middle, and/or long term rentals.

Caravanserai looks like a promising start, though I'm also aware of the effort + price points from living abroad (I'm currently in Lisbon), and it's about 50-60% less than the lofty $1,600 mentioned (however, a co-working space here is around $220/mo, and I didn't include this factor in my estimate).

All that said, I am quite the stickler but surely most people won't mind paying the currently-set price.

Re: Show HN: A Global Co-Living Subscription for Nomads

#60

You've probably already thought about this, but you might want to make sure clients understand the legal side of things. We've certainly had some cases at Mozilla where remote workers had to be "reminded" that we could only pay them if they maintained residency in their official company of employment, that they would be in violation of the tourist visa they had traveled to these other locations under if they worked t…

Right to the point, that's one of the reasons we choose the countries we did, as they make it OKish to work for a non-local (!!!) company. The Chiang Mai raid a few weeks ago was good example and scared a lot of people, but overall the risk is manageable.
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