Join us as we look into the operations of Homelike, a company offering extended stay accommodation solutions catering to digital nomads, remote workers, expats, and students. Covering a range of topics including the benefits of using Homelike’s platform, how it compares to short-term rentals and traditional accommodations, and how it helps ease the transition of relocating or moving in for an extended stay in a new city or country.
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00:00 Introduction to Homelike
00:27 How Homelike Works
02:07 Personal Experience with Homelike
03:07 Accommodation Duration and Renewal
05:15 Customer Support and Company Locations
06:13 Expat Life in Germany
15:03 Comparing Accommodation Options in Different Countries
23:23 Expanding Homelike to Other Continents
24:58 Advice for Remote Workers and Retirees
28:17 Conclusion and Future Plans
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Emily: Hello, everyone. It’s me again, Emily Braun. And today I have a pleasure to speak with Danny and Danny will entertain me and you, I believe this couple of interesting stories about where he’s from, what he’s doing now, and I’m looking forward myself actually to learn. Even more about Danny, I, I know a little bit but full of anticipation.
So Danny was born in Croatia. Please continue your story.
Deni: Hi, Emily. Thanks for having me. Yes. So I come from Croatia and currently I live in Germany in Dusseldorf. And yeah, I’ve been an expat for, well four and a half years now. And yeah, during this time, I learned let’s say I won’t say in a hard way, but it was a, a rough integration process because I came to the country just a couple of months before pandemic started.
So you can imagine with all the lockdowns and the things that were going on, how the integration process with the locals was, was going.
Emily: Okay, great. So just to feel a little bit more about you as a person Danny, can you please share some interesting or fun facts about what you’re doing on your free time?
Actually about yourself, just
Deni: sure. So I’m I’m a digital marketing professional with 10 plus years experience in the industry. I mostly worked in travel industry, but in recent years working for home like I work in a, let’s say, extended stays niche of the market and yeah, about my free time. Well I have many hobbies.
I’m trying to. Keep them all offline as much as possible. For example, I really enjoy exploring new, new music, going to concerts I draw a bit just to kind of try to change the daily dynamic to kind of slow down the, the pace of, and the rhythm of the day. And yeah, of course I do some sports on the side and yeah, many different hobbies And one in particular, maybe which helped me integrate into German community and speak with the locals would be board games.
So during the week, there are board game meetups and that’s the best way for me, at least, to find people of common interest and to find and meet new new friends and people, of course.
Emily: So, you were speaking German. Before you you were coming to live in, in Germany, correct? No, not really. What languages you using in your kind of today’s day to day life?
Deni: Hmm. Yes. So at, at our company, we are English first because we have remote offices in Spain UK, France, and Germany. And because people are from all over. The world and from these countries that I mentioned we use English as our first language.
And I didn’t speak German before I came to, to Germany. I didn’t have a plan to actually come to Germany. I wasn’t aiming for Germany in the first place. I was when I decided to move from Croatia to. Somewhere I was aiming a couple of companies and I was applying for the companies and coincidentally, they were all in different location in different countries.
So I ended up in in Dusseldorf in Germany, and I think it was a good fit, I would say compared with the other destination because Dusseldorf is well, it’s not a small city, but it’s not a million city. It doesn’t have, I believe it’s around 106 160, 000 So it’s I would say a good mix of business driven, very trendy city, but also very family oriented and relaxed.
Emily: Okay, great. So now from your personal story I’m trying to understand how your key skills and experiences you’ve had prior to starting this chapter back home in Croatia actually help you to land opportunity with the company you’re working now. You mentioned you were working before for travel industry, like Adriatic, it’s, it’s a travel company.
Deni: Yes. So in, in in my former years of starting in digital marketing I started as advertiser for or digital advertising on Facebook. And then I expanded that to Google ads. And along the way, I also started to work with affiliate corporations. So a lot of negotiation and partnerships and the topics or let’s say areas that I covered just kept on growing.
During my years at, at Riatic HR, I came came as a, let’s say assistant but in two years I managed to take over the whole department and was a lead for the five member team. And during these years, yeah, I mean, Adriatic HR is a big company in Croatian standards, but in, in, in international markets it’s.
Well, not that I won’t say relevant because we have a, they had a really good accommodation selection, but in terms of international appearance it was a small player and negotiating with the big players, not to name them now was Very good experience for me to kind of see how the dynamics of not only negotiation, but also how things are done and how they should be streamlined.
And what makes the difference when you’re trying to, let’s say. Partner with new new websites where to advertise or to negotiate better deals. And I’m mentioning all this because all this experience was very relevant for my next next job. And the first one that I got in Germany was at Trivago.
I joined their Google hotel ads team, which is basically advertising their supply on a separate platform for comparing hotel prices.
Emily: I’m very excited. I can tell you I’m using Trivago for years, even being a back travel agent. I was using Trivago and I like this tool.
Deni: Yeah, exactly. So, Trivago is for those who don’t know, they’re comparing prices from different, different sources. And I was advertising the supply that is listed on Trivago on a separate platform, which is Google Hotel Ads. And it was a good opportunity for me to work on exciting projects because That was still the beginning of Google hotel ads.
A lot of things needed to be developed and to adjust it to to a certain, let’s say, standard that Trivago had. And yeah, basically once pandemic started, I I was forced to look for a new job opportunity. And I managed to find one in Cologne in home like, and I joined here as an affiliate marketing manager.
And yeah, after three and a half years now, I’m still here and we are doing great things to bring extended stays to expats, digital nomads, and remote workers.
Emily: So it’s pretty interesting for me to learn more about your company and specifically how your company is helping expats specifically retirees remote workers with families who have, you know, special accommodation needs. So please describe a little bit more what is special about your company and how it’s care about people I care.
Deni: Sure. So at Homelike, we offer extended stays to digital nomads, remote workers, expats even students. So think anyone who needs a temporary extended stay or monthly accommodation. What that means is that we are an online booking platform where you can select the dates and with ease, book your accommodation.
But what’s even more important is that when you book, you also have the opportunity to register yourself at the address. So if you’re first time coming to the country and you have a job, you need an accommodation, right? So you maybe have trouble with finding accommodation online because you’re in another country, you cannot visit the apartment.
There’s a lot of bureaucracy, a lot of checks from the agents and so on and so forth. With us, you can, as I said, select the dates, book, move your move to a new country, new city move in and then register your address and your bank account and then start to look something long term. With indefinite contract, right?
So it’s, it’s funny because when I came to Germany by coincidence, I was also in this position, I couldn’t find anything online to through standard agencies I was sending emails, but I didn’t get any replies. And for those that I did get a reply, I was asked to come to visit the apartment, but I was in Croatia still.
So along the way, I actually found Homelike and booked my first three months in Germany with Homelike, not working for the company back then. And yeah, I guess I made a full circle by joining joining the team. And This is actually one of the reasons why it appealed to me to work from home. Like, because I experienced the service and it was very useful and I think it solves a lot of problems for for the people.
So I hope that we will continue to bring much more accommodation in, in many more cities in, in the, in the near future.
Emily: It’s great. It’s great to hear. And I’m just thinking, what is the maximum time personal family can live in your company, apartments, accommodations?
Deni: So in general, there is no maximum apart from, let’s say, a local regulation depending on the country.
So for example, in Spain, 11 months because. Then everything about that is considered like a long term accommodation and it’s a different let’s say contract, right? The same reason because if you rent below some, some days, I believe it’s 34, you’re considered to be Like vacation rental provider.
So depending on the country, the laws are different, but let’s say in general we advertise or we communicate between one month and 11 months. However if you book, let’s say for three months, you can extend your stay for another, whatever months you need. And it’s not only months you can extend for a number of days, right?
So the, only the minimum that we have. Or that we used to have until recently is 30 days at the moment we are trying to see if weekly we’ll make more sense as well.
Emily: But can people renew with your company after, say, 11 months? Or they need to change location, kind of, to be, to move to different apartment?
Deni: Not necessarily they can stay in the same accommodation if there’s availability in the, in the calendar of the current apartment. So it can be the case that while you’re staying there, someone will book the next month when you’re supposed to move out, right because it’s online booking. However, if you react on time and you see that the next month when you don’t have an extension is open, you can extend your stay and then others won’t be able to book.
So, but in some situation, of course, we have a customer service in, in many languages that we support our customers. If they have a problem, for example, they want to extend but someone else’s. Someone else booked their apartment where they are already living right in the, in the next months we will assist these clients and we will help them find let’s say another accommodation nearby.
Emily: so if there is any issue, you know during the long term even months or weeks The renter is dealing with your company because they don’t kind of connect with you know property manager or owner of apartment who take care of, you know, if something not working.
Deni: Yes. So the client is or the tenant is in direct contract with the landlord and home life acts as a as a booking provider in the middle.
However, if there are any. Issues that cannot be resolved only with the between landlord and the client home like is in a position to to assist and resolve let’s say, as a intermediate in the process.
Emily: Okay, and I notice obviously the company is German based company there are more location in Germany rather than other countries, European countries.
What is your personal Germany relocation experience? I believe that you relocated a couple of times as well. And as, as far as I know, and I’m not professional in the German rental market, but it’s pretty specific in Germany. So what is your relocation experience inside Germany?
Deni: Yes. So the German market is rental market is very specific because the first shock that everyone gets who’s not familiar is that you’re renting an apartment without, which is not furnished without any furniture.
And also in 90 percent of the cases without even a kitchen. So you’re basically renting the empty space. So once you know this, you kind of understand that you need to have some money in advance to kind of equip the apartment, right? And it’s not included in the price. So this is also an advantage of Homelike because all the apartments are furnished.
So, but my experience, yeah, exactly. So my experience is that it’s very tough. The demand is very high and supply is very limited. You apply for an apartment. It’s really a gamble. Will you get a visit invitation or not just to see the apartment? And after you get the invitation and visit the apartment you soon come to realize that 2050.
More people have been invited and that you’re competing with them for a single apartment and many, of course, we’ll not like the apartment, but let’s say 10 or 20 people are interested. Basically, then it’s up to landlord to decide who gets the apartment and, well, I, I won’t say it’s a lottery, but it’s not very far from that description.
Yeah. Who gets the apartment?
Emily: So you started your work in Cologne and now you in Dusseldorf, correct?
Deni: So my first job was in Dusseldorf. I the first apartment that I rented is in Dusseldorf. And Homelike is based in Cologne. However, since we work remotely we are remote first company. We work from our home offices.
I decided to stay in Dusseldorf, but I changed a couple of apartments here in Dusseldorf.
Emily: Where the Homelike company, or not?
Deni: So with Homelike, I changed too. And then after, I couldn’t find anything long term. So I needed to, I actually had the situation that I was describing, or that you asked about can you extend your stay?
So I rented the first accommodation for a month, and when I wanted to extend, someone else booked the same accommodation in the next month. So I booked another one. For two months. And during these two months, I managed to find something for a long term. And currently so after three months, I managed to find something.
And currently I’m in that apartment. So a little bit about three years now.
Emily: Okay. So from accommodation, let’s move a little bit to your personal adjustment and adaptation period living in Germany, actually expat life. So what, what you can tell about it?
Deni: Well, I can say that I see a lot of stories that Germany is not very expat friendly or a lot of articles that it’s not on top of the list of being like a remote worker or digital nomads preferred destination.
Emily: Why? By the way, why? I, I’ve, I’ve seen as well. I personally couldn’t find the reason why Germany is not on the list being actually like Berlin and many other cities, you know, for years good cities to live in, in here.
Deni: I would, I would agree with them to some extent with some other, I won’t. So I believe we can separate or we should separate Berlin from rest of the Germany because Berlin is, I would say a startup hub. There are completely different vibe and culture within the city. I cannot speak much about Berlin. I have not lived there, but I visited many times and you can definitely see the different atmosphere within the city and people even though they speak English in other cities as well.
I believe it’s much more common to, to hear English in the street than, than in other cities. So I would say why people don’t or struggle with integrating in, in, in German is sorry, in Germany is the language barrier. So once they come here if they are not a fluent speaker or if they are not confident speaker they need to rely on English.
And in many cases, this is enough. Well, me first time, I’m not a fluent speaker. I, I get by from day to day, but when it comes to, let’s say official offices bureaucracy. Nothing is supported in English. You will often speak, well, you’re supposed to speak with them in in German, all the contracts are in German, so it’s not English friendly at all.
While on everyday basis in the, in the stores or when you’re meeting people they’re very open to, to speak English. I cannot say it’s any different from Berlin here in, here in Dusseldorf.
Emily: Just culturally more close society, I would say, yes, it’s kind of language and just culturally different from, I would say, you know, Italian, Spanish, where there are more sun, more vitality.
No, no, with all respect, there are differences in temperament, of national temperament, yes.
Deni: Yeah, I believe to integrate with, with the locals, with Germans you really need to speak the language. I do have friends who are German, but I still speak with them in English. And it’s much harder to kind of bond.
In that way, rather than if you would speak German but so I ended up hanging mostly with expats and there are a lot of expats in Dusseldorf or in this whole region in general, and people have the same. I won’t say consciously, but probably unconsciously, they kind of hang out among themselves.
There are expat meetups ex, ex expat cafes or pubs where people go. And I also think, I mean. The best way to, to meet new people is within the company or through some hobbies that you might have or through some networking events. And yeah, then on the other side, if you only speak English to some people who are maybe more introvert than the other would have this.
Let’s say blocker in themselves to speak English while everyone’s speaking German. So it can be a little bit tricky on, on the psych, psychologically. But I would say you can still have a very nice life. It’s okay. It’s not super sunny as it is in, in Spain. But once you get used to it or accept the weather as it is It’s, it’s not as bad as it is, for example, in Ireland, let’s say, like that.
Emily: No, no, no, Ireland, yes. And Scotland, with all my love, it’s not my climate and not, I visited it and I understood that it’s not for me. Can be good for, for other people. Yeah. But speaking about social life and I understand that experts with, you know, certain amount already creating their own kind of environment and vibe, like cafe, clubs, and.
Even probably inviting some local young people who are eager to speak English and, you know, to communicate with professionals, newcomers. Yes.
Deni: Definitely. Yeah. I mean I wouldn’t, I wouldn’t even say young people, anyone below 40 or even 50 speaks English fluently. I, I didn’t have any obstacles with, with anyone.
As I mentioned, I play board games, so I interact with people of all ages and Germans are very much in love with these with this hobby. So I played many times with people who are 50, 60, and I’m still friends with, with some of them. We hang out on a regular basis, but also younger people. And even those who say, Oh, sorry, my English is not good.
They speak much better than I speak German. So I would say there are much more English educated in that sense than that people think they are. And they’re much more open to communicate in English that people might have, Mis, misconception about.
Emily: Okay. So now let’s compare I’m still interested about accommodation in different countries.
So if you will take rental and accommodation options these days in Spain. Portugal, which are super kind of popular expats and retirement oriented countries versus Germany. How you would evaluate it?
Deni: Well, I would say the, the prices are actually in line. So because this is a, a specific niche and temporary extended stays I would say that the prices are more or less the same between.
I would say Spain and Germany doesn’t make much. I mean, it depends on the size of the city. So I’m comparing Berlin, Madrid and Barcelona. But if you compare, let’s say Leipzig in Germany or Stuttgart or Dortmund with let’s say Valencia or Lisbon. Of course, it’s cheaper in these German cities, right?
But on top of that, also depends on the accommodation type. In Spain, co livings, and especially in Portugal, co livings or sharing the apartment is much more popular than in Germany. In a sense of temporary accommodation so I would say that actually the other day I was checking some accommodation for one month around Easter so around the end of March, beginning of April.
For a month, and I found accommodation that is only 30, 30 euro per day in Valencia near the beach. So, you can really find good deals, especially outside the summer season in Spain. During the summer season yeah, I would say the prices in Spain go really high, because then people are renting daily more than weekly or monthly.
But in Germany, it’s There are no high peaks or seasonality effect, so the prices tend to stay on average during the whole year.
Emily: But a level of amenities, you know, because for remote workers, you need to, obviously for everyone, but for remote workers specifically, like good internet some, Ergonomic furniture for working, you know, from this perspective, what country, so how actually you selecting the properties?
I know it’s a little bit different question and I’m just wondering how different countries are equipped in this regards, helping people to work. from home, not only live, but to work, to spend maximum of, you know, daytime.
Deni: Yeah, that’s a good point. Definitely. So the accommodation that we offer is very much standardized in a sense that we offer not only furnished apartments but these are, let’s say for business professionals.
And what that means is that we secure or the supplier secures high speed internet, working desk, ergonomic chair the fully equipped kitchen and of course the TV and the cable and so on and so forth. So everything that you need for a comfortable life and for working from home or from your let’s say vocation office.
From that point of view the difference between the countries. Well, we mostly work with housing housing companies and not with individual landlords. So on other other platforms, you will see, of course, people who are renting one or two apartments or just the room in apartment where they live.
And it’s a different standard, right? Even the individual landlords that we work with, they optimize their offer for with having remote workers in mind. So they, they’re not the same, let’s say providers as those who are renting. I don’t know, in, in, in Palma for, for two months during summer, right? It’s, it’s, it’s a different.
Approach and different. I won’t say mentality, but it’s a different concept. I think it’s a good word for, for making an offer. And of course with this, the, the prices. Can look a bit higher or can be kind of, let’s say challenging to kind of accept that the prices are higher than the standard apartment that you rent.
But with all the benefits that you get, all the flexibility that you that you get and all the bills and utilities are already included in the price. So you don’t have any costs on top of it. I think it makes a difference difference in the market.
Emily: Okay, but I’ve heard and tell me if I’m correct, but I know That in Portugal there is a little bit shortage now with the rental options Maybe your company doesn’t have it because you already kind of settled this side of Europe, but because of big influx of People coming in Spain and in some places in Portugal, there is a shortage.
How your company kind of navigate these issues?
Deni: Yeah. So when, when you’re reading about shortages in accommodation those articles are. Regardless of the country, those articles are always going from a direction of long-term rental and, mm-Hmm, . They’re not speaking about this niche that is still very small.
Let’s be realistic and it’s not very known. So from this point of view if you go to our websites, you will find. a lot of accommodation, tens of apartments, maybe even hundreds in Lisbon that you can rent today and move in tomorrow. And this is, I mean, it’s, it’s it’s, it’s not short term accommodation, so they cannot speak about it From a point of view of how successful the summer season was and how was the occupancy during the summer, but they cannot even speak about it.
What is the long term shortage? So it’s somewhere in between. I will say it’s still not in the focus of media or. I’m sure that a lot of journalists are not even aware that these options are available. They just see on classic rental portals there are not many ads or the prices are super high.
And then the writer article about it, generalizing a bit, but I don’t think I’m too far from the truth. However, there are. Not seeing this offer that’s already there. Hey, you can book today and move in tomorrow for a, at least temporary time until you find something long term.
Emily: So we need to try you know, to, to make offers of the company.
To have more knowledge for people because I myself, as I’m learning, I’m thinking and again, I’m not checking prices, the dates now it’s exactly what I need. And many other people need who, because I’m a little bit tired of Airbnb for different reasons and Airbnb now kind of have their own issues.
To have alternatives and I’m I was recently in Spain and in a Portugal, obviously I, I was renting not obviously I was renting hotels because I found that there is not a lot of accommodation for the time. I was in the Christmas time, but so I believe for this specific niche. It’s really what many people need when they relocating and need time to figure out what to do next maybe a couple of months up to year for remote workers, for the digital nomads.
So I really support kind of your idea and I will be client when it will be available for me in the places I I’m planned to travel. But now I’m curious as your company is mostly known. Developing accommodation in Europe. As far as I understand, remember Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Ireland, UK, and a little bit Belgium.
What about other continents? And, you know, I care specifically about Mexico and Latin America, where actually a lot of retirees and remote workers and digital nomads are flocking as well. What and yeah, you have some location in New York, but New York, it’s kind of different country by itself What what about expansions?
Deni: Yeah, definitely we are expanding every year and Even though we started New York, let’s say already two years ago In the meantime, we added more European countries like Denmark, Portugal and Italy latest. But yeah, every year we adding new markets and new opportunities in other continents are I would say around the corner, it’s it’s a natural way to, to grow our, our presence and to share our solution with many digital nomads.
Because we also know, of course, they they tend to pick, let’s say the warmer destinations. During the year and we, we need to be present to solve their issue in those destination as well, right? But there are a lot of let’s say challenges and blockers since it’s a market outside European Union, which takes a lot of time and effort from our side to understand the local laws, the the payment processes and everything.
So we are getting there but nothing in concrete that I can share at this moment.
Emily: Okay. So, and lastly what would you recommend to other remote workers with families? Or there is who looking for rental option, planning to relocate, actually in transition and considering to start the new life, a chapter in new country.
What you would say?
Deni: Yeah, so I would say there are definitely solutions for every problem or challenge that they might have. It’s just a matter of finding the right solution, let’s say when we are speaking about people who are eager to start their new life in a new country I believe home, like can definitely help them is this transition in many European countries when it comes to family families or couples with, with children Even though they might not have the strong decision to move somewhere take a month do a vacation or remote work or extended vacation, see how it feels.
So this is a great opportunity to see how, how the city feels. Do, does it fit you and see if you want to live there, right? Or. For example, when you’re retiring, right? So maybe you want to move from a cold England, rainy England to Spain but you don’t know in which city maybe a couple of days it’s not enough to kind of get the real impression of the destination because you’re still in honeymoon, let’s say.
Mentality. You’re in love with the destination for a couple of days, but staying there for a month, it’s a bit different. And there are many, many cases, even students, right? So if you wanna go to, I don’t know, to to Milano from Brazil to study for for a semester. You can do this with with home like as well.
You can rent a room and call living. It doesn’t need to be a full apartment. So we cover many cases, many different, we saw many different pain points. And I would just say as a general suggestion to, to people in general, just listen to, to your heart, do what you want to follow your path. And you can, you will always find solutions as home like is in this case for many,
Emily: thank you very much. And I believe that it’s a really solution for people who are considering to relocate all along, as now they say, slow travel and I’m the same type of person. And I’m telling to my customers that don’t buy quickly in the first year. Don’t fall kind of to the first available trough take your time to to learn more about country, about more about a particular city or area.
You would be comfortable, you know, to, to connect your life with the future. You’d be speaking about leaving. So home like and sounds good. Yes. Home like offers a really place to start from, and you can move to different area and see. How it’s matching your particular situation budget, even I understand there are different budget, different areas and different requirements.
So thank you very much for letting me and others know about this opportunities. Thank you for sharing your personal stories. I I enjoyed it, so I wish you the best in your. professional direction in your personal life and travel, and I feel, I believe it will be probably not your last no, no, it will be your work for many years, but not last city where you’re working from.
And I wish you to have more vacation and work from your home in Croatia, Famous for nice beaches and actually places to visit and from other wonderful places of the world for your company exploring, you know, new world and new opportunities. Thank you, Danny.
Deni: Thank you, Emily, for the invite. It was a pleasure and very comfortable speaking with you.
Yeah, regarding it just quickly regarding working remotely I’m kind of particular case I work from my home country and I travel in my. spare time while others would do other way around, but I kind of enjoyed it this way and taking advantage that I can actually work remotely while working from home.
Like, so, yeah, thanks so much for having me on the, on, on this podcast and I wish you a best of luck in the future with other episodes. I’ll definitely follow.
Emily: Thank you very much. We are living now in a world with freedom to live everywhere. And I am really interested to know more about companies who promoting this lifestyle for people from different kinds of age categories.
And I wish more services will be not only accommodation, like I’m thinking about like medical services and social. Adjustment, I would say companies or clubs it’s what will make life of newcomers, you know, more comfortable for people to feel better, to integrate to the local. Culture if they wish, and they should be interested, but at the same time not to feel this, you know, first punches when people coming to the new place and kind of no accommodation and no friends or people to speak with.
So it’s very important as I say, to have a good landing at the beginning. And after then many things and experiences of life in new places will be better. Okay. Thanks a lot see you soon and have a good day.
With ten years of experience in digital marketing, I have developed a strong expertise in creating and managing effective online campaigns, optimizing performance, and building strategic partnerships. Currently, I work as an Affiliate Marketing Manager at Homelike, a leading platform for furnished apartments for business travelers. In this role, I am responsible for identifying, creating, and nurturing relationships with existing and new partners, ensuring that our partnerships meet our business objectives. I also monitor and analyze data to turn insights into actionable opportunities and improvements. Additionally, I handle all affiliate operations, such as feed integration and cost reporting. Previously, I worked as an Account Developer at trivago, where I optimized and monitored Google and Bing campaigns, and as a Head of Marketing Department at Adriatic.hr, where I led a team of digital marketing specialists, managed a six-digit budget, and coordinated the integration process with new business partners.
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Homelike’s platform allows you to book accommodations for a couple of weeks or even months, providing the flexibility required by remote workers and expats. Unlike traditional rental options, Homelike allows you to extend your stay beyond the initial booking, providing you with a seamless transition while eliminating the need to move to a different location.
When relocating to a new country, finding accommodation can be a daunting task. Homelike solves this problem by offering the convenience of address registration. Upon booking, you have the opportunity to register your address, making it easier to settle into your new environment and handle necessary administrative tasks such as opening a bank account.
Navigating the rental market in a foreign country can be challenging due to language barriers and bureaucratic processes. Homelike eliminates these hurdles by providing a straightforward online platform that transcends language barriers. By working with reputable housing companies, Homelike ensures that your accommodation is equipped with all the necessary amenities for remote work, including high-speed internet and ergonomic furniture.
In case any issues arise during your stay, Homelike offers dedicated customer service in multiple languages. Whether you need assistance extending your stay or resolving any problems between you and the landlord, Homelike acts as an intermediary to ensure a hassle-free experience.
Germany, known for its unique rental market, presents its own set of challenges for expats and remote workers. The German market requires individuals to rent unfurnished apartments, often without kitchen fixtures. However, Homelike eliminates this inconvenience by exclusively offering fully furnished apartments that cater specifically to remote workers and expats. As a remote worker who initially faced difficulties finding long-term accommodation in Germany, I had the opportunity to personally experience the benefits of Homelike’s services. Having booked my first three months in Germany through Homelike as a client, I can confidently attest to the value and effectiveness of their platform.
While Homelike began its journey in Europe, it has steadily expanded its presence in various countries. Currently operating in Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Ireland, the UK, and Belgium, Homelike continues to grow its footprint each year. The company aims to cater to the needs of digital nomads and remote workers worldwide, including popular destinations outside of Europe. Though specific details regarding expansion into continents like Latin America are yet to be confirmed, Homelike acknowledges the demand for accommodation in warmer destinations and is actively exploring opportunities to extend its services.
For individuals seeking temporary accommodation while pursuing their professional goals abroad, Homelike presents an ideal solution. With its tailored services for remote workers, retirees, expats, and families, Homelike takes the hassle out of finding extended stays in various cities. By eliminating language barriers, providing top-notch customer service, and offering flexible booking options, Homelike ensures that you can focus on your work or exploration without unnecessary stress. So whether you’re a digital nomad embarking on a new adventure or a retiree seeking a change, Homelike is your trusted companion in finding the perfect accommodation to suit your needs. Start your journey with Homelike today and experience the convenience and comfort it brings to the remote work and expat lifestyle.
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