Coliving for remote workers and digital nomads
Coliving combines a private room with shared common spaces (kitchen, lounge, often a coworking area) plus a built-in community of other location-independent people. It removes the apartment-hunt friction and gives you human contact on day one in a new city. We track 27 vetted coliving properties globally.
How coliving works
You book a private bedroom (usually with private bathroom). Shared spaces include kitchen, lounge, coworking area, often a pool or rooftop, sometimes a gym. Most properties include high-speed wifi, weekly cleaning, all utilities, and some kind of community programming (yoga, dinners, day trips, skillshares).
Typical pricing runs 800 to 2200 USD per month all-in. Some properties offer week-long stays (300 to 700 USD), most prefer monthly. A few do longer commitments at a discount.
What to look for
Internet matters as much as the room. 100 Mbps minimum, backup connection a plus. Read recent reviews on Google, NomadList, and the property site to gauge actual community energy. Photos lie about size and natural light. If you can, book a week first to test the vibe before committing months.
Coliving destinations on the platform
Coliving is concentrated in nomad-favorite cities: Bali (Canggu, Ubud, Uluwatu), Lisbon, Madeira, Mexico City, Medellin, Tulum, Cape Town, Bansko, and a growing number in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe.
Coliving versus apartment versus hotel
Apartment is cheapest long-term but you set up everything yourself and there is no instant community. Hotel is fastest but expensive and isolating. Coliving sits in between: pricier than an apartment, cheaper than a hotel, and you walk into a built-in social scene. Best fit for first-time nomads, solo travelers, and anyone optimizing for ramp-up speed in a new city.
Pair with coworking
Some colivings have a coworking space inside the property. Others sit a 5-minute walk from one. Check the property page for setup. See our coworking guide for context on the 522 coworking spaces we track separately.
Find your coliving
Browse all 27 properties by destination, or start from the top digital nomad cities and see which colivings are local to each.