[jimmychoozyx]

This is a really good idea. For years I've wanted to know:

- Which AirBNB hosts actually have a good "dedicated workspace". Criteria: at least a 30" deep desk, and a comfortable adjustable height office chair.

- Which AirBNB rental units actually have fast internet. Ideal in a perfect world: Let me ping their router, or somehow get the airbnb host to visit https://speedof.me or a similar site, then upload the results. (i.e. -- once per day or once per week, live wifi speed data from that Airbnb Host's rental unit is uploaded to a site where I can access the speed data publicly)

- (This one is more of a "local cafe" functionality) Which AirBNB rental units have a cafe with strong, reliable wifi within <toggable> distance. i.e. let me toggle a .5 km, 1km, 2.5km, etc radius. Show cafes within that radius as well as their wifi

[ajmurmann]

I spent hours and hours in 2020 clicking through AirBnB listings trying to find a viable place to work remotely from for a month. Sitting on a dining-room chair at a "desk" that cannot even fit a screen is not viable and arriving somewhere with the expectation to work remotely and then you cannot is a complete disaster and untenable risk. I wonder how it is that AirBnB still hasn't solved this. Intuitively I'd expect that they must have missed out on so much money during the pandemic due to this shortcoming.

Edit: Another alternative to the cafe would be which AirBnBs have a good co-working space in walking distance.

[idoescompooters]

I can speculate one reason Airbnb hasn't/refuses to solve this issue is similar to the reason YouTube got rid of the dislike button. It has the potential to decrease views, and in this case, decrease bookings if things are not good enough.

[kjkjadksj]

Its telling that all the advertising in the media you see of the prototypical digital nomad is someone at a cafe or in a hammock with a laptop, versus someone with three monitors and a herman miller chair.

[ajmurmann]

I wonder how much this feeds into the negative image many people have of "working remotely" as barely working. It might fall into a pattern where framing something as nicer than it is makes it less likely that we as a society continue to permit the thing. A similar case would be all new housing being positioned by developers as "luxury housing".

[idoescompooters]

I definitely plan to add some sort of data input for workspace that includes decent criteria (i.e., not a coffee table and wood stool).

Yep, I give the user several different options to post speeds including speedof.me. Contrary to what many might think, different speed test websites function differently and will reveal different types of speeds such as a max (under high load) or best "stable" speed.

The cafe idea is another good one that could be built into this site. Though, as someone who needs the ability to take voice calls, I certainly don't want to try doing that in a public environment. Thanks for your comment!

[nantersand]

I've been meaning to build smth like this for a while. Reach out at [username] @pm.me!