So for a whole month it's basically facing the idea that we're not going to
have jobs like we're not going to have income
you fixed it, you're a fixer, I fixed it, I'm a fixer.
Well, we didn't think this would happen to us!
It's totally our fault like completely our fault but well we're in
Athens, Greece, at the moment and we managed to book an Airbnb with really bad internet
and it was our doing and we communicated before we booked with the host and asked
if there was some decent internet there and he said yes it is the best internet
you will get in that area and so we figured well hey that that sounds ok and
he can't get into the property at the time so we'll just go with it and we
booked it and then we arrived and sheer panic unfolded
probably should have seen me on the day we should have got the cameras out
because I was freaking out! I would not have dared!
Complete panic stations! We, in case you
don't know I'm Ross and I'm Bek! And we work online like so for a whole month
it's basically facing the idea that we're not gonna have jobs like we're not
gonna have income and well you guys know how much it does cost to travel the
world and what we love eating food and other things that people like to do too
yeah I was gonna be a disaster so today we're gonna share with you what we've
done about it but also going forwards what you could do to completely avoid
this happening so yeah we hope you find it valuable! So priority one was finding
somewhere that Ross could work and that was way more difficult than we thought
it was going to be so I would have given up way earlier than Ross did but he is
very determined fortunately and so we started just looking into co-working
spaces and there are plenty around Athens but most of them are closed on a
Saturday and Sunday which is when most of Ross's work is scheduled in! So none of
them would bend the rules they weren't flexible in that or they were going to
charge more, an absolute fortune guys out of me!
much if not more than what Ross would earn in the month so that would have
been completely pointless! I would have been working for free! So just meant thinking outside
the box a little bit! So he started ringing real estate
agents to see if they had office space available and he did eventually find one
and so that's what we went with in the end it's a good deal it was like maybe
for the whole month $160 euros for a whole month with weekend access mainly
so unfortunately it meant that Ross had to get two trains at the crack of dawn
to the other side of the city to be able to get there in time for his work yeah
and I was the only one in the building it was a lovely place but on the
weekends no one's working there so yeah the one thing they did have going for
them was well electricity and really fast internet amazing so I basically sat
in this building by myself doing some teaching! So just to put the record
straight we do love our landlord our host for Airbnb he was so nice about
everything else and he just couldn't do anything about the Internet and it was
probably our fault in hindsight for booking the place in
the first instance which is you know something that we've learned from now so
being that we we stay in places for you know close to a month we prefer to use
Airbnb and when we book places now what we've learned we've actually just this
week because this is front of mind for us we've just booked the next five
months worth of accommodation or the five different cities and the one thing
that we've learnt to do is you know contact the host before you book and
start asking the questions that are really important to you so for us it's
internet because we work online but you know if you're a family and you need
space or you need separate rooms and you know sometimes the pictures aren't clear
you know ask the question if you need laundry facilities or
you know some places are on like the fifth or sixth story with steps as
access we've had that yeah we've had like lots and little things with
different places that we we should have asked the question on so without being
too over-the-top definitely pick a couple of the highest priority things
and email them we've actually just got speed tests arranged with each of the
hosts over the next five months they've all sent the results to us we've looked
at them and they are way above what we need so we're just so excited to now go
on the travels and know that you know we've got the right accommodation for us
and booking for a month means you get a big discount if you booked for over 28
days so we absolutely love using Airbnb now and this isn't sponsored we don't
earn anything from Airbnb if you haven't used Airbnb before down
below in the description we do have a link that you can click and that will
give you a discount for your first time using it and that will help support us
as well for the next time we book but yes so far so good I've actually been
able to teach you know multiple weekends now and I've loaded up my schedule so
I'm actually earning a bit more to pay for the rent that I now have to pay for
as well so yeah definitely a silver lining and yeah we're very very happy
with the outcome problem solved we hope you enjoyed this it's just a little
helpful thing and experience of ours that you know has sadly gone a little
bit of pear shape but we did find that cheap solution get on board if you like
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