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The advantage to me with Spaces (which I believe is owned by Regus) is that I can do guest co-working in any city they happen to be present - and since I travel

by jen20 7y ago

The advantage to me with Spaces (which I believe is owned by Regus) is that I can do guest co-working in any city they happen to be present - and since I travel extensively, the bigger the network the better, as far as I'm concerned. Sadly WeWork do not appear to offer this option (or didn't last time I looked).

ageitgey 7y ago
WeWork offers this if you sign up for an American Express Platinum Business card and take advantage of the free year of WeWork benefit. I can (and do!) book any WeWork in the world any day - all for $0. Yes, that's right, the free AMEX WeWork plan is significantly better than any WeWork plan you can buy. That's start-up logic for you. I stopped paying WeWork after 1-2 years as a paying customer because their free plan was better. I live in London and I can choose from any of 36 WeWork London locations for tomorrow along with anywhere else in the world. It's nice living off of VC money.
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago
  What will you do after your free year is up?
  - stevarino 7y ago
    Same thing that he would have to do otherwise: shop the market for the best offer. ... Assuming any true competition is still in business in a year.
- fro0116 7y ago
  Wow... this is actually quite tempting for $595! Are there any limits to how much you can make use of this offer or the kinds of spaces available? _Surely_ they won't let you just camp an entire private office in SF all year round when it's supposed to cost upwards of $1000 per month?
  - ageitgey 7y ago
    You can use it everyday as your main office, but you are limited to the hot desk areas and you can't use private offices.
- jen20 7y ago
  Interesting - does this mean you have a _UK issued_ Amex Platinum Business? If so, I've not spotted this, despite having had one for years - and I need to rectify this! Many of the benefits only apply to US-issued cards.
  - ageitgey 7y ago
    I have a US-issued card.
tcc8 7y ago
i think you are looking for wework global access https://www.wework.com/workspace/on-demand/global-access https://www.wework.com/workspace/on-demand/global-access
- zilchers 7y ago
  I wanted to sign up for this as an individual, but you need to be at least a 10 person company, so I couldn’t. No idea why they’d have that restriction
  - jen20 7y ago
    That's the hurdle I hit with it last time I looked.
sbr464 7y ago
I may be misunderstanding, but one of our offices is at a WeWork. I’m listed on the team and we have a ton of monthly credits that I’ll use while traveling in random cities, it’s convenient to have a place to work from.
goatinaboat 7y ago
Every business-traveller orientated hotel like Marriott or Hilton has a “business centre” in which you can rent anything from a small meeting room by the hour to a space for a 500-person conference for a few days, all fully serviced and catered by the hotel too.
- jen20 7y ago
  I usually stay at Marriotts, and the 'business centres' are often woeful - if not 'closed for renovation'. Not only that, but renting a meeting room for a couple of hours costs the same as a Spaces membership for a month.
szczepano 7y ago
I was looking for that option too as I plan to travel for some time while working remotely and all I found is https://copass.org/plans https://copass.org/plans but didn't tried it yet. Is someone can write more about it it would be nice.

by jen20 7y ago

ageitgey 7y ago

WeWork offers this if you sign up for an American Express Platinum Business card and take advantage of the free year of WeWork benefit. I can (and do!) book any WeWork in the world any day - all for $0. Yes, that's right, the free AMEX WeWork plan is significantly better than any WeWork plan you can buy. That's start-up logic for you. I stopped paying WeWork after 1-2 years as a paying customer because their free plan was better. I live in London and I can choose from any of 36 WeWork London locations for tomorrow along with anywhere else in the world. It's nice living off of VC money.

Wowfunhappy 7y ago
What will you do after your free year is up?
- stevarino 7y ago
  Same thing that he would have to do otherwise: shop the market for the best offer. ... Assuming any true competition is still in business in a year.
fro0116 7y ago
Wow... this is actually quite tempting for $595! Are there any limits to how much you can make use of this offer or the kinds of spaces available? _Surely_ they won't let you just camp an entire private office in SF all year round when it's supposed to cost upwards of $1000 per month?
- ageitgey 7y ago
  You can use it everyday as your main office, but you are limited to the hot desk areas and you can't use private offices.
jen20 7y ago
Interesting - does this mean you have a _UK issued_ Amex Platinum Business? If so, I've not spotted this, despite having had one for years - and I need to rectify this! Many of the benefits only apply to US-issued cards.
- ageitgey 7y ago
  I have a US-issued card.

tcc8 7y ago

i think you are looking for wework global access https://www.wework.com/workspace/on-demand/global-access https://www.wework.com/workspace/on-demand/global-access

zilchers 7y ago
I wanted to sign up for this as an individual, but you need to be at least a 10 person company, so I couldn’t. No idea why they’d have that restriction
- jen20 7y ago
  That's the hurdle I hit with it last time I looked.

sbr464 7y ago

I may be misunderstanding, but one of our offices is at a WeWork. I’m listed on the team and we have a ton of monthly credits that I’ll use while traveling in random cities, it’s convenient to have a place to work from.

goatinaboat 7y ago

Every business-traveller orientated hotel like Marriott or Hilton has a “business centre” in which you can rent anything from a small meeting room by the hour to a space for a 500-person conference for a few days, all fully serviced and catered by the hotel too.

jen20 7y ago
I usually stay at Marriotts, and the 'business centres' are often woeful - if not 'closed for renovation'. Not only that, but renting a meeting room for a couple of hours costs the same as a Spaces membership for a month.

szczepano 7y ago

I was looking for that option too as I plan to travel for some time while working remotely and all I found is https://copass.org/plans https://copass.org/plans but didn't tried it yet. Is someone can write more about it it would be nice.