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17 Oct '19

1mo

17 Nov '19

17 Nov '19
17 Oct '19

Saint Petersburg

7°C

Russia

30 Aug '19

1mo

10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19
30 Aug '19

Barcelona

29°C

Spain

20 Aug '19

10d

30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19
20 Aug '19

Moscow

21°C

Russia

22 Jul '19

29d

20 Aug '19

20 Aug '19
22 Jul '19

Milan

30°C

Italy

23 May '19

2mo

15 Jul '19

15 Jul '19
23 May '19

Saint Petersburg

15°C

Russia

22 Apr '19

1mo

23 May '19

23 May '19
22 Apr '19

Moscow

10°C

Russia

21 Mar '19

28d

18 Apr '19

18 Apr '19
21 Mar '19

Sofia

15°C

Bulgaria

1 Mar '19

20d

21 Mar '19

21 Mar '19
1 Mar '19

Rome

17°C

Italy

1 Feb '19

28d

1 Mar '19

1 Mar '19
1 Feb '19

Florence

13°C

Italy

2018

16 Dec '18

1mo

27 Jan '19

27 Jan '19
16 Dec '18

Limassol

18°C

Cyprus

13 Nov '18

1mo

13 Dec '18

13 Dec '18
13 Nov '18

Barcelona

16°C

Spain

25 Oct '18

19d

13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18
25 Oct '18

Moscow

11°C

Russia

1 Sep '18

2mo

25 Oct '18

25 Oct '18
1 Sep '18

Saint Petersburg

12°C

Russia

1 Aug '18

1mo

1 Sep '18

1 Sep '18
1 Aug '18

Moscow

21°C

Russia

18 Jul '18

13d

31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18
18 Jul '18

Budva

29°C

Montenegro

4 Jul '18

14d

18 Jul '18

18 Jul '18
4 Jul '18

Belgrade

28°C

Serbia

4 Jun '18

1mo

4 Jul '18

4 Jul '18
4 Jun '18

Venice

27°C

Italy

29 May '18

4 Jun '18

4 Jun '18
29 May '18

Verona

18°C

Italy

24 Apr '18

1mo

31 May '18

31 May '18
24 Apr '18

Zurich

13°C

Switzerland

17 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18
17 Apr '18

Geneva

15°C

Switzerland

12 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18
12 Apr '18

Madrid

15°C

Spain

22 Feb '18

2mo

12 Apr '18

12 Apr '18
22 Feb '18

Buenos Aires

27°C

Argentina

2017

27 Dec '17

1mo

27 Jan '18

27 Jan '18
27 Dec '17

Santiago

28°C

Chile

14 Dec '17

13d

27 Dec '17

27 Dec '17
14 Dec '17

Buenos Aires

25°C

Argentina

14 Nov '17

1mo

14 Dec '17

14 Dec '17
14 Nov '17

Rome

16°C

Italy

8 Nov '17

14 Nov '17

14 Nov '17
8 Nov '17

Florence

15°C

Italy

4 Nov '17

8 Nov '17

8 Nov '17
4 Nov '17

Aosta

Italy

31 Oct '17

4 Nov '17

4 Nov '17
31 Oct '17

Milan

20°C

Italy

25 Sep '17

1mo

31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17
25 Sep '17

Sofia

26°C

Bulgaria

15 Sep '17

10d

25 Sep '17

25 Sep '17
15 Sep '17

Madrid

25°C

Spain

1 Sep '17

8 Sep '17

8 Sep '17
1 Sep '17

Porto

22°C

Portugal

14 Aug '17

18d

1 Sep '17

1 Sep '17
14 Aug '17

Lisbon

25°C

Portugal

13 Jul '17

1mo

14 Aug '17

14 Aug '17
13 Jul '17

Moscow

20°C

Russia

29 May '17

2mo

13 Jul '17

13 Jul '17
29 May '17

Saint Petersburg

15°C

Russia

17 Apr '17

28d

15 May '17

15 May '17
17 Apr '17

Budva

18°C

Montenegro

13 Mar '17

1mo

17 Apr '17

17 Apr '17
13 Mar '17

Novi Sad

15°C

Serbia

3 Mar '17

10d

13 Mar '17

13 Mar '17
3 Mar '17

Istanbul

13°C

Turkey

21 Feb '17

10d

3 Mar '17

3 Mar '17
21 Feb '17

Casablanca

18°C

Morocco

23 Jan '17

18d

10 Feb '17

10 Feb '17
23 Jan '17

Madrid

11°C

Spain

16 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17
16 Jan '17

Valencia

16°C

Spain

7 Jan '17

16 Jan '17

16 Jan '17
7 Jan '17

Barcelona

13°C

Spain

2016

6 Nov '16

1mo

13 Dec '16

13 Dec '16
6 Nov '16

Belgrade

16°C

Serbia

29 Oct '16

6 Nov '16

6 Nov '16
29 Oct '16

Athens

25°C

Greece

22 Oct '16

29 Oct '16

29 Oct '16
22 Oct '16

Santorini

22°C

Greece

15 Oct '16

22 Oct '16

22 Oct '16
15 Oct '16

Mykonos

23°C

Greece

12 Sep '16

28d

10 Oct '16

10 Oct '16
12 Sep '16

Istanbul

25°C

Turkey

26 Jul '16

2mo

12 Sep '16

12 Sep '16
26 Jul '16

Saint Petersburg

18°C

Russia

23 Jun '16

1mo

26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16
23 Jun '16

Moscow

24°C

Russia

12 Jun '16

11d

23 Jun '16

23 Jun '16
12 Jun '16

Hong Kong

30°C

Hong Kong

4 Jun '16

12 Jun '16

12 Jun '16
4 Jun '16

Macau

31°C

China

22 May '16

13d

4 Jun '16

4 Jun '16
22 May '16

Hong Kong

27°C

Hong Kong

29 Mar '16

2mo

22 May '16

22 May '16
29 Mar '16

Seoul

9°C

South Korea

24 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16
24 Mar '16

Tainan City

Taiwan

16 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16
16 Mar '16

Taipei

22°C

Taiwan

4 Mar '16

12d

16 Mar '16

16 Mar '16
4 Mar '16

Hong Kong

23°C

Hong Kong

21 Feb '16

12d

4 Mar '16

4 Mar '16
21 Feb '16

Singapore

31°C

Singapore

13 Feb '16

21 Feb '16

21 Feb '16
13 Feb '16

Kuala Lumpur

33°C

Malaysia

24 Jan '16

20d

13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16
24 Jan '16

Ko Samui

26°C

Thailand

16 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16
16 Jan '16

Bangkok

32°C

Thailand

13 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16
13 Jan '16

Milan

6°C

Italy

10 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16
10 Jan '16

Nice

12°C

France

3 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16
3 Jan '16

Marseille

11°C

France

2015

29 Dec '15

3 Jan '16

3 Jan '16
29 Dec '15

Avignon

12°C

France

22 Dec '15

29 Dec '15

29 Dec '15
22 Dec '15

Toulouse

11°C

France

15 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15
15 Dec '15

Bordeaux

13°C

France

8 Dec '15

15 Dec '15

15 Dec '15
8 Dec '15

Paris

9°C

France

4 Dec '15

8 Dec '15

8 Dec '15
4 Dec '15

Podgorica

12°C

Montenegro

27 Nov '15

4 Dec '15

4 Dec '15
27 Nov '15

Kotor

16°C

Montenegro

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What's your system for finding places on Airbnb?

by @kathrynoh | 5yr 5 years ago | 51 comments

Since I started travelling 6 months ago, I’ve used Airbnb a lot to find apartments. I’ve had some great experiences but enough bad ones to start wondering about the whole system. Arriving at places to find they are nothing like described, even when they have scores of glowing reviews is not good.

Even though Airbnb have done all in their power to help out when I’ve had issues, I’d rather avoid these situations in the first place. I want to arrive at a place to find it’s what I’ve paid for so I can get to work rather than spend time resolving issues.

Do other people have any system for finding places on Airbnb? Do you use recommendations, send the hosts a checklist or have any other methods? Or do you just not care so long as you have a roof over your head?

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What's the best SIM/WiFi package with coverage in entire Europe?

by @stretford_dogs | 5yr 5 years ago | 7 comments

Currently with Orange Spain but looking to dump them and move to an EU wide sim - one I can use ideally for phone calls around the world as well? Also, any recommendations for WiFi on the move. Was looking at Open Sky recently - it’s for on the move in a campervan http://www.opensky-europe.eu/

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What's one piece of technology that makes your life as a nomad easier?

by @nomadcapitalist | 5yr 5 years ago | 7 comments

Any nomad-specific gadgets that you’d get someone for Christmas or use to make your iife/location independent business more easy?

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✨ Recommended destinations

This is an algorithmic recommendation based on @deensel's trips history to find places they haven't been to yet that other people with similar travels as them also went and liked.

Canggu, Bali

Indonesia

Bali is amazing, but Canggu isn't really that great -- actually there are SO MANY better places, like Uluwatu, Gili Islands or even Ubud that I can't understand the hype. As almost everyone said below, beaches are crappy, roads are terrible, sidewalks are non-existent and having a motorbike is a must. On the other side, food is great and cafes are pretty reasonable with all those incredible bowls. Anyway I wouldn't recommend it for more than a week.

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety good

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🌧 Feels 35° 95° 29° 84°🥵AQI 47

$1,355 / mo

23Mbps

Berlin

Germany

Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular

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💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 3° 37° 5° 41°AQI 74

$3,000 / mo

38Mbps

Prague

Czechia

I visited Prague on more than one occasion and tried something new each time. I really wanted to enjoy it, but unfortunately it turned out to be one of my least favourite cities. Perhaps it was just me, but there was an overwhelming sense of distrust and dislike towards foreigners, you have to try pretty hard to blend in if you want to experience the life of a local & avoid the tourism. I met some wonderful people and and there’s some cool communities to be part of, but another extended stay

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels -1° 30° 2° 36°AQI 47

$2,112 / mo

36Mbps

London

United Kingdom

London is a SO beautiful city. The historical center is cute, but also majestic and luxurious. You feel the culture at every step. British people are really kind and welcoming! Plus, more than just one, you can enjoy TWO skylines 😍 so many skyscrapers, nothing beats its collection in Europe.

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💵 Cost 🧐 Too expensive

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun great

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 6° 43° 7° 44°AQI 21

$4,245 / mo

23Mbps

Budapest

Hungary

I stayed here for a month in July last year. There's lots of cool aspects to the city but I hated it when I was there. The city has a problem with British stag parties, so if you look like you're a British male and speak English expect to be treated with disdain (it's fair enough) The Hungarians can just generally be unfriendly, especially bartenders. It's a weird experience waiting to be served while 3 people ignore you. Or buying the same drink and getting charged whatever they want (700-1500

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 8° 46° 9° 49°AQI 64

$1,477 / mo

39Mbps

Ubud, Bali

Indonesia

Honestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of an older vibe than Canggu, and there's certainly a big chunk of yogi's kicking around — but I liked it much better than Canggu and found it less pretentious. Plus, you can drive down there in 45mins whenever you want some beach or party vibes. As others mentioned, there's some great coworking spaces, cheap warungs, some really nice spots to stay cheaply if you go just outside of the mad tourist

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😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety good

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🌦 Feels 32° 90° 27° 81°🥵AQI 56

$1,776 / mo

15Mbps

Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam

Usually goes dead after one month. Polluted streets and antisocial locals. It’s okay for a few weeks, but the fun diminishes quickly and boredom sets in. You are left with high rent and no fun after about a month.

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💵 Cost 😝 Cheap

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌤 Feels 39° 102° 32° 90°🥵AQI 60

$957 / mo

21Mbps

Minsk

Belarus

Spent a month in Belarus this July - we have some good friends there we work with so it was an excellent time. Some good restaurants. People are extremely friendly, just gotta adapt to the culture a bit. Most seemed to be very interested in the fact that I was American. Felt kind of like the country is just starting to open up and it will be of more international interest in the upcoming 5 - 10 years. English is spoken in Minsk but probably less then in ukraine (my only other former soviet

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👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels -4° 25° -1° 30°AQI 28

$1,013 / mo

23Mbps

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Russia

⭐️ Overall Score

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun bad

👮 Safety very bad

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🌥 Feels -5° 23° -1° 30°AQI 33

1yr

$1,251 / mo

18Mbps

Italy

⭐️ Overall Score

💵 Cost 🧐 Pricey

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 77😷

5mo

$3,529 / mo

19Mbps

Spain

⭐️ Overall Score

💵 Cost 🙂 Okay

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 16° 61° 15° 59°AQI 45

4mo

$2,777 / mo

31Mbps

Serbia

⭐️ Overall Score

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 57°AQI 110😷

3mo

$1,391 / mo

33Mbps

Bulgaria

⭐️ Overall Score

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 16° 61° 16° 61°AQI 64

2mo

$1,511 / mo

30Mbps

Argentina

⭐️ Overall Score

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun good

👮 Safety bad

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🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 76°AQI 19

2mo

$1,030 / mo

17Mbps

South Korea

⭐️ Overall Score

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 14° 57° 14° 56°AQI 59

2mo

$2,157 / mo

22Mbps

Montenegro

⭐️ Overall Score

💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 Internet 🏎 Fast

😀 Fun mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌧 Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 77😷

2mo

$1,476 / mo

25Mbps

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