It is not that we don't accept them, it is that they are not really the people we are looking for. If there is room, drop ins are of course welcome, and there is pretty much always room.
But the relationship between digital nomads and a coworking space often amounts to mutual efforts at exploitation. This is not the relationship I care to have with my coworkers. If the primary driver for somebody walking in is that it is cheap, I can point them to lots of free places to glom onto somebody's wifi for free. On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 3:43:47 PM UTC+1, Saurabh Gupta wrote: > > Hi Jenanie, > > Is there a particular reason why you would not accept dropins even when > your space runs low on those days? > > > On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 4:23:49 AM UTC-6, Jeannine wrote: >> >> For hotdesking, Mondays and Friday afternoons are D-E-A-D; Wednesdays are >> also slow. Buut this last is I think local to the Netherlands, it is >> traditionally the day that kids are out of school early. >> >> But we do not really encourage dropins, if what you mean is people who >> are not regular members. We are above 90% regular members, but that's the >> point around here so it is not surprising. Amsterdam gets the most, >> obviously, I think hotdesking is much more common in larger urban settings. >> >> On Wednesday, December 24, 2014 7:27:18 PM UTC+1, Saurabh Gupta wrote: >>> >>> I spoke to some owners in my area and they suggested few trends that got >>> me curious if that is consistent at other coworking spaces as well. One >>> owner said that mid of the week is the peak when their hot seats are full >>> and Monday and Friday being the least utilized. Is this trend consistent at >>> your coworking space as well? What is your ratio of daily dropins vs >>> monthly members? >>> >> -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
