Coliving vs. Airbnb: Why More Digital Nomads Are Choosing Community
Coliving and Airbnb can cost the same. The real difference isn't price: it's what happens once you close the laptop.
By Roger Riera
Airbnb was, for years, the default option for people working remotely while traveling. But in the coliving vs Airbnb question, the cost can be roughly the same -the real difference isn't the price, it's what happens in your life once you close the laptop.
What Airbnb offers a remote worker
Flexibility, easy booking, immediate privacy in any city in the world. But you also generally have to figure things out yourself: where to work well, who to socialize with, what to do with your free time.
What changes in a coliving like Kalart
Everything is designed so you can be productive and also enjoy your downtime, without having to build it from scratch yourself. Sharing space with “like-minded people” -people with similar interests or in a similar life stage- is itself the reason many people choose it, not a bonus.
And in a coliving, things are always happening -mostly social, relational, spontaneous; in an Airbnb, they're not, unless you make them happen yourself. On cost, there's no fixed rule: coliving and Airbnb can cost the same, and sometimes one comes out more expensive than the other depending on the city and season -price isn't the variable that should decide this.
Who this is for
For digital nomads who've used Airbnb to work remotely and are wondering whether a coliving would give them something different beyond the accommodation itself.
The practical details
At Kalart: coworking included, weekday communal meals cooked in turns (everyone shares the cost of ingredients), spontaneous social activities at no extra cost, and a one-month minimum stay (this isn't a short-stay, Airbnb-style format).
If you're after something more than a bed with WiFi, apply to check out Kalart. Still weighing your options? Read where digital nomads actually stay long-term, or see how the one-month minimum stay works in our FAQ.
