Interesting, nobody commented on productivity.

I used to liveaboard and work on my 37 foot yacht. I ended up selling her as it just wasn’t a productive way to live. At the time I had committed to founding a new startup and I ended up moving cities and left the boat, eventually selling her rather than to sail her to the new city and live at the marina.

In this case it was only two of us onboard and it could easily get crowded, I mean you spend a lot of time each day packing and unpacking gear, so much time maintaining the boat and provisioning it. And while underway, reliable Internet connectivity was an issue.

I can see it working if you have a flexible 10-20hrs/week work routine, but I doubt it’d work for 30/40+hrs/week.

HI Gabor,

We are an English family that own a house in Balaton. We always spend our summers there. We usually rent a yacht but have frequently been let down.
We would be interested in hiring the boat on a daily basis but with a skipper.
We will be in BalatonFured from July 27th to Aug 15th.

Regards
Laura

I love sailing, and I have lived aboard for a while.
Having said that, I would never ever pay around 4K a month sharing a 50/60/70K boat (used).
The rationale is that the owner would recover the investment in 1,5 to 3 years (at the most) while having only one person renting. Having two or three people paying rent means you’d pay your boat in less than a year. That’s an insane ROI, even taking into account the maintenance and any other costs.
Of course, this applies mostly for a digital nomad living and working aboard. That’s a whole different type of customer than a person having a 1-week vacation on a beautiful boat like yours.

Almost by definition, a nomad lives frugally. 4K a month per person just for rent is far, far from frugal.

I also own a sailboat, but it is a very old classic sailing yacht and much much larger than the Bavaria 33. I rent it for anything between 350-500 Euro per person per week and that works okay most of the time. For longer stays I am certainly making better prices. But the costs to maintan a boat like this are around 15-20.000 Euros a year. And that does not even inlcude my own costs of living.

So if anyone here is interested in spending some time on my boat, let me know. http://vega-sailing.de.

I also offer it for workawayers and have a profile on workaway.info.

Best regards to everyone around here

I’ve done this several times in Greece. Paid ~€350 a week. Don’t remember type of the yacht (was 3 “bedrooms”, shower, small kitchen). My mindset was like: bit of work in morning/late afternoon, sailing during the day. So less work than I usually do.

Well, as someone who is planning on buying a boat, here are my thoughts:

• I am interested in living on a boat, and plan to, but not on a lake.
• $1k/week seems REALLY high and I wouldn’t pay anything near that much. It cost me less than $1.5k to sail from St Lucia to Portugal over the course of 2 months. If i’m going to drop that much in a week it will be for a vacation, not work, and that would have to be all-inclusive.

I know this is a super old thread but it is my exact same question. I’ll be in Budapest from May 15-June 15 and would love to grab a drink or coffee or something with any digital nomads in town.

Anyone still in Budapest? Moving there in 2 weeks for about 2 months.

bad time leaving tomorrow morning for Belgrade

sorry, just saw this… I’ll be around until the 9th… if you are still in town…

Hello there! I think me and a friend of mine will be in the city this evening. Still around?

Kelet Cafe and Gallery
Address: Budapest, Bartók Béla út 29, 1115
Notes: Has outlets, good food and coffee. Good vibes, cozy. Upstairs loft area is more brightly lit. Walls lined with books. Outdoor seating.
Cup of coffee: USD$2.00
Wifi: kelet
Password: kelet100
Wifi Speed (Mbps): 3.9 down, 0.9 up

Konyha
Address: Budapest, Madách Imre út 8, 1075
Notes: Cozy upstairs, plenty of outlets. Pretty good coffee and food.
Cup of coffee: USD$1.80
Wifi: konyha
Password: konyhabudapest
Wifi Speed (Mbps): 8.3 down, ? up

Adna Café
Address: Budapest Török Pál u. 6. 1093 Hungary
Notes: Pretty good coffee, good food. Feels a bit hidden, built in an old something.
Cup of coffee: USD$1.80
Wifi: ADNA
Password: Nehemias12-15
Wifi Speed (Mbps): 7.3 down, 0.6 up

Believe it or not - the Aquarium Klub is an open space library-vibe study area during the day with couches/tables/etc, and its totally free AND the WiFi speed is close to 100mbps. I stumbled upon it on a whim and my jaw actually dropped when I tested the speed.

I personally found myself tethering a lot in Budapest, but there were some cafes to work from as well. Espresso Embassy is a nice place, Budapest Baristas, Tamp & Pull, and My Little Melbourne.

What are you looking for exactly? I stayed there last month and loved it. Very affordable, great food, lots to do day and night, people are friendly … in their own way - oh and also its a great place to become an alcoholic if that’s on your bucket list.

The Danube splits the city into two sides. The Buda side to the west is more residential with only two or three big attractions, the Pest side has much more attractions and all of the nightlife. Getting around is incredibly easy. You could walk the length of it in an hour, and the public transit system is excellent.

Let me know more about what you’re looking for and I’d be happy to give you recommendations

Hi @pparma! See hoodmaps.com/budapest

Hey!
Not sure if still relevant, but for posterity’s sake, I’m not aware of any limitations for US citizens, even though the press was pretty loud of reports about “the end of visa-free travel for US citizens in the EU”, no binding changes have been implemented (that I know of anyway). So yes you should be able to fly in without an issue on a tourist/business trip.

Actually the place would be 10 mins from the city centre on the Buda side where people mostly living. It’s on the main tramline and on a bike road so people can come over really easily.

There are some cafes nearby which calling themselves co-working space but in reality they have average internet connection and usual cafe place environment. Instead we would provide comfortable desks with HD displays to use for free. Does it make sense?

Having tried this in Melbourne, I think you will be much better off in the city centre where people can find you easily. You can deal with noise in other ways.

I’m heading there next week and was looking at coworking space options. I’d be much more likely to pick the place closest to me as opposed to going out of the city and needing to pay and figure out a tram ticket to get there; unless you had something worth it like cheaper entrance, better internet, better food and drink or just a cooler “space” (honestly that is not that impt to me though as much as fast internet, cheap entrance and near where I’m staying)

Go for it, guys! New co-working places are just that cool. Good luck! Budapest is a very nice city in my opinion with relatively low prices, I think many nomads do make it there. On the downside, Schengen with a 90 days limit : )