WOW! Budapest is one of the best places for a “workation”

The coronavirus pandemic also has some advantages. These include the advent of the home office. Thanks to the spread of telework, a new travel trend has emerged called “workation”. “Workation” is made up of the words work and vacation, so during “workation”, one works and has fun at the same time. Based on the list of foreign websites, Budapest is one of the best places for “workation”.

One defence against the coronavirus epidemic was to reduce social connections. This created a way for many to get to know the home office system in the long run.  Working from home was comfortable and practical for most people, and the companies also recognised the inherent possibilities, writes napi.hu. Not only companies but also employees are trying to take advantage of the new situation.

“The ‘workation’ is the perfect way to spend more time in a destination we want to explore while not consuming our annual vacation,” Sarah Siddle, PR and marketing manager for German travel site Holidu, told CNBC.

The perfect workation city is not too expensive, there are many attractions and good internet connection.

Holidu has compiled a list of 150 different cities around the world. It examined the extent to which cities meet specific requirements for telework. Important aspects are the speed of wireless internet access, the number of community jobs, the average price of a cup of coffee, the average cost of two glasses of beer, the price of a taxi, the number of tourist attractions, the price of a meal and the rent of a single room. They also looked at how many photos we could find related to that city by searching the hashtag on Instagram.

It follows from the aspects of the list that the cost of a venue matters a lot. For example, the first U.S. city to rank is Los Angeles at the 30th. While, for example, there are many program options in New York, they are too expensive to get the city to the top of the list.

Budapest is the fifth-best place for workation.

It is pointed out that in Budapest, coffee and beer are both very cheap, while the number of hours of sunshine is less than 2000. The first place on the list is Bangkok, Thailand, the second is New Delhi in India, and the third is Lisbon, Portugal. Bangkok has the best internet speed, and 450,000 free wifi hotspots are available. The cost of living is very low, especially the meal. There are many multinational companies, and the city also abounds in attractions.

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Source: napi.hu, CNBC