Hostels are beginning to cater for digital nomads with co-working halls and networking occasions. This 12 months’s Hostelworld awards picked 5 of the most effective.
With the rise of digital nomad tradition, savvy companies at the moment are catering to travellers who wish to mix work and play – and that features hostels.
There generally is a notion that each one digital nomads are working tech firms and incomes massive bucks. However that is removed from the case.
Many are within the early stage of their careers and are making the most of being decrease down the skilled meals chain to work shorter hours and profit from their freedom.
In a latest survey from Hostelworld, a number one world on-line journey agent that accounted for round 1.5 million hostel bookings in 2021, one in 5 respondents stated they’d keep in a hostel whereas working remotely.
And though cafes and eating places stay the preferred locations for digital nomads to work from, a 3rd of respondents stated a hostel can be their subsequent most popular possibility.
To mark this development, Hostelworld’s annual HOSCAR awards launched a digital nomad class for the primary time this 12 months. Winners have been shortlisted primarily based on a public vote after which chosen by a judging panel of trade specialists.
Listed here are the 5 hostels which have been topped the most effective for digital nomads in 2022.
Co404, Mexico: by digital nomads, for digital nomads
Near Palenque, Indigenous villages and jungle trekking, Co404 in fairly San Cristobal de las Casas would possibly simply be the proper location for folks wanting to mix journey with work.
This light-filled Chiapas hostel was particularly designed for digital nomads by digital nomads. The intention was to construct a cushty office in Mexico for individuals who additionally wish to socialise exterior of labor hours.
Understanding the significance of sturdy wifi, Co404 has two networks in order that if one crashes there’s at all times a back-up. There’s additionally a four-night minimal keep, to assist construct a group amongst residents.
Yellow Sq., Italy: tech enhancements for media sorts
This Rome fixture close to Termini Station has stay bands, an affordable street-level bar and visitor experiences equivalent to cooking lessons and buying excursions. However it’s additionally made a reputation for itself with its co-working know-how.
Distant employees can e book a devoted quiet house with desktop and printer entry in Yellow Sq.’s co-working corridor.
However inventive media sorts can get much more than that, because the hostel gives free gear and gear for influencers and photographers. There’s even a particular soundproofed room for being on calls or recording podcasts.
Viajero Medellin Hostel, Colombia: after-work get together vibes
Within the Andean metropolis of Medellin, this sensible hostel was the HOSCARs total winner within the digital nomad class. It’s in El Poblado, a neighbourhood close to the town’s trendiest bar space. And it’s effectively arrange for digital nomads with a co-working house on the bottom flooring.
Above the Colombian co-working house there’s a restaurant the place you’ll be able to eat whilst you work, plus a jacuzzi on the rooftop for post-work wind-down. There’s additionally personal ensuite rooms when you want a great evening’s sleep.
Draper Startup Home, India: the house of entrepreneurs
Positioned in Bangalore, the Indian metropolis well-known for start-ups, this hostel particularly payments itself as a house for entrepreneurs.
The hostel is run by Tribe Idea, a worldwide hostel chain with an formidable goal to allow 1,000,000 entrepreneurs by 2030 (although we’re undecided that’s actually measurable).
Draper Startup Home’s massive promoting level is that it runs a schedule of networking occasions and offers company entry to mentors that may show you how to scale your concepts.
Take Hostel Conil, Spain: for lively, seaside dwelling
Take observe, surfers: this Costa Del Luz hostel close to Cadiz is only a sandy stroll away from a few of Spain’s finest seaside breaks.
The panoramic seaview lounge and proximity to watersports, together with kitesurfing and windsurfing, have made Take Hostel Conil an enormous hit with digital nomads. So in style, in reality, that the hostel lately upgraded its services to cater for distant employees’ wants.
Digital nomads can now reserve two new areas, one 100 metres from the seaside and one other within the hostel’s surf faculty. The hostel’s most important co-working space additionally contains personal workspaces for conferences, high-speed wifi, a espresso machine and printing services.
Particular offers can be found for digital nomads who wish to plan an extended keep.
