Absolutely love this solution. So many trends converging here. (Well-covered in the Bruno's origin post.)
- Pairing the nomadic lifestyle with a sense of both local and global community, bringing balance to a traveling lifestyle.
- The intersection of craftsmanship and stellar design with shared goods and shared space, making fine living more accessible.
- Distributed information work meets a distributed living network.
- Subscriptions and rentals supplanting individual ownership not only in transportation but also in the workplace (coworking) and the home.
Looking forward to seeing this model expand, and to the unique permutations that @brunohaid@kimmaicutler@sushimako and team explore with "belonging, location independence and technology."
Curious if @brunohaid or Airbnb's marketing team arrived at "belonging" first 😀
I'm curious to see how the pricing model will fare in cities with such vastly different costs of living. Coincidentally I'm going to be in Ubud for the month of July, and while I definitely see the value of the community of Roam, I ultimately can't justify the cost when I can get a beautiful and luxurious Airbnb for less half the price - esp without knowing more about the community beforehand.
Very cool to see this evolution of the co-working concept and super excited to see there are plans for a Miami location. Miami is an incredibly entrepreneurial community in general. The economics, talent and opportunities here are beginning to attract many startups. @brunohaid what were some of the most important aspects of a location that you considered when selecting your initial locations? And more importantly, how do I get on the waiting list for a spot in the Miami roam?!!
@carmelocolon Thanks! Indeed, we were really surprised to see how much is happening and are pretty grateful to have found an incredible location there. Just register (bottom left corner) and we'll spam you right in time
Wow, congrats @brunohaid! The first time I read about Caravanserai I thought it was a crazy farfetched idea. Well, I was wrong, this looks great! It's true that the pricing looks a little bit steep right now, but in 6 months from now, you're going to rock everyone socks. It's a really interesting concept which I'd love to try when I return to my traveling.
I have just one question, what does the pipeline of further locations looks like? What other places are you planning to cover? I read Lisboa, Kyoto, Buenos Aires, Miami and Mexico DF. I'm really interested to know more about this.
Best of luck to you!
@ivankreimer thanks so much! It's a bit like Christmas or Forrest Gump's box of chocolate at the moment, as we lock down the management contracts. But if have any sinister ideas or detailed questions, please do reach out to Janine or Dane who head the supply side of things at firstname@roam.co .
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@sushimako@brunohaid@kimmaicutler I am super interested in the topic. Looking at the pictures from the Ubud destination, I wonder if that's The Shift hotel behind the former Alchemy cafe in Penestanan area? If so, I remember it being recently built. Was it specifically built and dedicated to this project?
@izayats Irina, it is. It was intended as extended stay hotel, and has the perfect architecture to distinguish between private / public, which we think is pretty important, so we're happy to have it as initial inventory with some tweaks like a communal kitchen and co-working.
The local architect has bit more information at http://www.alexisdornier.com/#/r...
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