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by ktothemc 3795 days ago
Again, the price is intended to be across a network. There will be another U.S. location in the next few months, and then more to come after that.

For Ubud, it's a two-dozen unit, newly-opened boutique hotel with contemporary design and architecture, rooftop open space for dance, capoeira and Bahasa Indonesia or Bahasa Balinese language classes, along with an adjacent vegan, raw food restaurant.

If you want to be on your own, find your own Airbnb or have a private home, that's great. There are lots of options in Ubud, and the rest of Bali. People should find the housing that is right for them. The point of this is to have a larger community with events, communal dinners, activities, and involvement with local institutions and leaders. The space is already evolving as is. Have had two dance classes this week, two acro jams, and a capoeira class coming on Sunday. People are working on their own projects and startups, and organizing nights for talks.

The plan is to have the price be fixed initially, but if we discover seasonality in movement across the network, then we might have to adjust prices based on that later. We'd like to keep it flat for as long as possible.

More feedback is obviously welcome though! This is an experiment to see if we can get people to move in groups to less obvious locations, and then to contribute or integrate with local communities. I personally dislike the "nomad" term, even though I've been technically living this way for 10 years.

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Not sure I understand the focus on the dancing classes and vegan food. I thought this was targeted at digital nomads, I may have misunderstood.
Like others have mentioned, you keep saying "boutique hotel with contemporary design" but if you're going after the common nomad, they don't care too much. I've been location independent, mostly in se asia, for over a year now and had almost exactly what you mention here, co-living with multiple nomads in a beautiful villa in Ubud, for around $400/mo (one quarter of what you have here). I understand it is part of a bigger plan but as a potential customer, I see no reason to use your service for the few months a year I want to spend in a cheap location like Asia, and would rather unsubscribe during that time. That is probably why you will require a yearly membership, or something of that sort :)