Outsite - Flexible co-living membership for $99/year

A frequent guest of Outsite at san diego and venice beach. A stay usually over delivers in terms of experience. A positive, welcoming and friendly atmosphere.

Pros:

Great location and interesting and friendly guests

Cons:

No locations in Europe.

I started using Outsite last May and have really loved going to their coworking locations. I get just as much work done there as I do in the city, plus they have new and interesting spaces for me to shoot videos (I do an On Storytelling vlog for aspiring writers), and a whiteboard for me to brainstorm new product features. I've been a virtual worker for 10+ years and am so glad to finally see companies giving us new offerings to support this lifestyle. Highly recommend.

Pros:

The Flexibility, Great Spaces in Amazing Locations, Fabulous People

Cons:

Encourange more female entrepreneurs to stay - maybe do a promo?

Does the $99/year give you unlimited access to stay in any of your locations or just a 10% discount?

I'm a big fan of Outsite. First off, their team is great. Emmanuel has a great story and a real passion that shows. I've had the pleasure of working with others on the team through Workfrom and I've enjoyed it every time. I recently stayed at one of their locations and I've been recommending it to others since. I met some great people during my stay at Outsite and it was a great blend of productivity and fun. I'm looking forward to my next experience!

Love everything presented here. Would be amazing to connect employers to the service - in many ways they're like supporters of this kind of lifestyle. That's not an easy ask tho :)

The idea is noble and looks like it would be something that only a specific market would consider. Being a digital nomad, there's not only 1 night involved, but can be one or two months at least involved, making this expensive. The service IMO it's like HomeAway except that you brand the experience around the idea of co-working alone or with other people in the house. So my question is this:

What stops AirBnB/HomeAway to offer the same experience on their platform, which given a few adjustments on their end, they could potentially do the same, except they would not charge a per year exclusivity fee, and prices are roughly the same on houses, plus you have more options?

Pros:

Location, Location

Cons:

Not really so much different than AirBnB/HomeAway/Others

After staying in Outsite San Diego for the least couple of weeks, I'm really blown away by how nice it is. I had reservations about co-living because I usually prefer to have my own place, but the way the house is set up, it doesn't feel crowded at all. The people who I've met are mature and have their sh*t together, so it's an economical way to stay in a really nice place, have a great place to work, and stay social effortlessly.

Pros:

Beautiful space, great location, cool people

Cons:

Availability can be tough sometimes

What a brilliant idea! Can’t wait when it’s available in Europe though 😉

Only tried the Brooklyn property and this review is from a one week experience.

Overall the concept is great, the spaces are nice, the people staying here are great. We possibly got here in a bad week but in any case a few tweaks and the experience could be amazing.

Some people come here for just 3 days and other for a few months, and many of the people spend most of their day working from here, meaning it's more like a hybrid hotel/co-working space so everything should be cleaned much more regularly, since some people may potentially never see the place clean.

We arrived to filthy towels in all the bathrooms.

Showers blocked up/didn't drain.

Found eggs in the fridge that were 2 1/2 months old. The fridge looks like it hadn't been cleaned in months.

We were one towel short and it took a couple of days to get one.

If someone has to come in to clean a guests room it would seem to me to be smart to clean the bathrooms and Kitchen while they are here so that new guests see a clean space when they start (first impressions matter).

All the issues were communicated to Outsite (one of them was living here) and they had no real response except to say that the cleaners come once a week, ask other guests and the community manager has left...If you are going to have an Outsite person staying here they need to show off the values of the brand by being social, engage with the guests maybe even take the opportunity to check on the experience.

There is supposed to be a community manager, we missed out on that since there wasn't one when we arrived and whilst someone was hired it was at the very end of our stay.

This property is not exclusive to Outsite members (when we were here only one other guest was a member). Also turns out people booking via Airbnb can get more or less the same prices as a member which was disappointing. Plus they can book the room with a months notice.

(We've tried to book multiple times and it's always been booked out for the dates we wanted ...now we know why), perhaps better to fill the spaces with member offers first and then have last minute availability on Airbnb.

The people staying here are all very nice and friendly (no matter how they booked) which tells me the vetting process isn't needed.

So overall, the concept is good, there is a need for something like this, but the execution falls short of what it should be to really be a great brand. When things go wrong it's so much better to be friendly, proactive and maybe even a little apologetic with a few statement like "we are working hard to sort things out" , would make a difference and buy them some consideration.

The majority of people staying here would/should be members but I suspect they constantly miss that opportunity to convert people.

Pros:

The design of the spaces is good. Very close to the L train (although it's due to close soon). Guests all interesting and fun..

Cons:

NYC space- needs to be cleaned more often,

Congratulations on the membership launch! Love this idea