Adventures in Coliving & Coworking and The Future of Hospitality with Peter Fabor (TRL 188)

That Remote Life | Interviews with Digital Nomads and Location Independent Entrepreneurs

Today on the podcast, Mitko (@mitkoka) is joined by Peter Fabor (@faborio), the founder and CEO of SurfOffice which facilitates remote working retreats for some of the top remote companies.

During this episode, Peter shared how a surf trip to Gran Canaria inspired him to start a coliving and coworking business, why coworking is a terrible way to make money, and some ideas on what the future of hospitality and workspaces could look like.

💬 Topics Discussed:

• What are some cultural differences between the US and Europe?
• Some of the challenges of working from home as a pet owner
• How did Peter start SurfOffice?
• Why doesn’t SurfOffice have its own properties for rental purposes?
• Coworking as a business model
• Using coworking spaces to build your network
• Building a community in a coworking space
• Ways of earning money in the coworking industry
• When did SurfOffice start with its first location?
• The growth of the coworking and coliving industry
• Developing and growing your ideas
• Efficiently organizing offsites with SurfOffice
• What do companies usually look for in an offsite?
• What are the red lines in terms of travel time to an offsite?
• Organizing individual flights VS Organizing flights for large groups
• What is the future of working spaces and hospitality?
• Developing solutions for digital nomads with kids
• The future of education for digital nomad kids
• Being a digital nomad together with your partner
• Can glamping be the next big thing with digital nomads?
• What’s the future of SurfOffice?

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🎒 Resources:

• https://www.surfoffice.com/
• https://twitter.com/faborio
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabor/
• https://www.peterfabor.com/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-n8R1eQ020&ab_channel=aboutabroad
• https://share.transistor.fm/s/8401d8c1
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/chase-warrington/
• https://www.kiwi.com/en/
• https://www.google.com/travel/flights
• https://share.transistor.fm/s/40ddb282
• https://share.transistor.fm/s/98b8c08c
• https://www.boundless.life/
• https://basecamp.com/