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Tried co-working in a hostel common room and my productivity tanked to zero
Booked a 4 week stay in a hostel in Medellin thinking saving money and being around people would boost my focus. Nope. Turns out group tours leave at 7am and folks start drinking by 3pm. I got maybe 2 hours of coding done per day over 10 days before I gave up and moved to a private Airbnb. Lesson learned: coworking spaces with quiet zones are worth the $150 a month extra. Anyone else find hostel vibes kill your work flow?
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nancyw971mo ago
Folks start drinking by 3pm" haha yeah that sounds about right. I did a hostel in Barcelona once thinking I'd be productive between sightseeing and ended up joining a pub crawl at 2pm on a Tuesday. I swear the common room turns into a bar by noon if someone breaks out a bottle of rum. My laptop stayed in my bag for three days straight. After that I just accepted hostels are for meeting people and partying, not for getting anything done. Airbnb with a simple desk saved my sanity.
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taylor.amy1mo ago
Why do people keep trying to turn hostels into offices? lol. I did the same thing in a hostel in Thailand last year. The common room smelled like stale beer and feet by 2pm and some dude was blasting reggaeton from a speaker. I got exactly zero work done in three days. Ended up working at a coffee shop a mile away that charged $3 for a latte. The only productive people in hostels are the ones scrubbing toilets for a free bed.
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the_matthew1mo ago
The annoying part is the constant reggaeton. Every hostel has at least one guy who thinks his speaker is for the whole world.
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