Remote Year: Travel with interesting people while working remotely (opens in new tab)

Pretty interesting. This is what I've been doing for the last 12 months throughout Europe, but with a new location every 1-2 months.

At first the organisational details were the frustrating part, but after almost 12 months and 8 cities the lack of longer term friendships is more of a problem.

In regards to "the headaches of looking after 100 people", surely that's something that can be addressed by limiting the scope of services provided? I think handling 1) accommodation and 2) work would be more than sufficient for most responsible people.

Looks like the classic MVP page to test if this is a good idea. Seems interesting, but can you imagine the headaches of looking after 100 people, in 18 locations across the globe, in one year?! Coordinating jobs, visas, accommodation, people leaving, getting fired, personal issues, flights, buses, etc. I have taken coordinated trips with 90+ people on the same plain to remote destinations, and it takes months of planning for a single stop. You would need full time handlers.

ps. don't get me wrong, I like the idea, but you are likely going to burn these people out with tons of logistic issues.

Are the travel costs footed by the remote worker? I'm trying to understand how Remote Year would make money off of this. Kind of like a programmer/recruiter/travel agent all in one?

I just started to work remotely and I agree that the solitude is easily the worst thing about it. You have to make an extra effort to go out and establish relationships, but even then, if you move around a lot, long-term it is going to be tough.

I think having a group or network of similar minded people would greatly help.

I have actually thought about this a lot, what if there is a network of airbnbs/hostels around the world which a group of remote workers agree upon to be more concentrated? I think co-working spaces do much of it right now, but it can always be improved upon.

Nice job!

You got a nice simple idea, created a quick gmail account, built a quick SquareSpace landing page with collection form and now you are on the front page of Hacker News collecting some good data.

This my friends is quick and dirty and it works, if you can hack this idea and get it onto the front page of NH in 30 minutes you will make this happen.

There is some missing information on the page I think, such as, what do you get paid, and who pays for accomodation, and, what are the 18 locations?

Ok, as a remote worker this sounds super cool and all but I am going to have a minor complaint which has nothing to do with the feature at hand.

"REMOTEYEAR@GMAIL.COM"

Really? You have a domain name, couldn't set up "contact@remoteyear.com"?

Even though I'm sure nothing was meant by that, it makes the whole thing sound incredibly unprofessional and simply detracts from the offer.

It sounds like a coworking (coworkation?) round the world holiday. Can participants work on other things or are they tied to those jobs that the organisers assign them, I wonder...

The wording on the page suggests that you get to live the nomad lifestyle while still maintaining your comfort-zone. I strongly believe that exactly the opposite makes this kind of lifestyle so interesting and worthwhile (i.e. being pushed out of your comfort zone on a regular basis).

I understand that it may sound very compelling to many and I absolutely don't want to advocate against their "product"; just think about what you want. "traveling without any of the risks" also takes away much of the fun, adventures and personal growth you'd experience on your individual, non risk-free journey.