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1 HN user recommended this in 2022, in one comment.
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1 HN user recommended this in 2022, in one comment.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
> I want minimum, verified internet speed,
I would check the reviews hoping that a previous guest would mention anything about the internet. Sometimes we took a leap of faith and it worked out. Sometimes a host would include a speed test screenshot in their images and that was great.
I spent a lot of 2021 and this year staying at AirBnBs for weeks, or a month, while working remotely. It does take a lot of energy to find the right place but we managed to barely have internet issues anywhere we went and we found that even places with about 15Mbps download (and even less upload) was still good enough for the 2 of us to work (and she was on video calls all day long)
> a real deal with a real deal chair, a external monitor I can plug in to.
We actually traveled with our own equipment so this wasn't an issue for us. We brought monitors, folding card tables to use a desks, and had standing desk converters[1] so chairs weren't needed. This relieved us of having to find places that had suitable workspaces. I can only imagine how much harder it would have been to search for places that had desks and chairs for 2 people to work
One thing I found annoying in AirBnB searches is that studios would show up when you put "1+ bedroom" and we definitely needed 2 separate rooms so that we could both be on calls at the same time. So if you needed a true 1 bedroom you would need to put 2. Seems like either AirBnb, or hosts trying to get their places in wider search results, conflate "room" with "bedroom"
1. This is the standing desk converter that I traveled with and that I'm still currently using: https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-Adjustable-Converter-Workstation...
I really like it but it was a pretty bulky item to travel with. My girlfriend's was a bit lower profile, having only one level (no separate keyboard tray). I probably could have made that work as well