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Every time you arrive in a new destination, you feel anxious about how you are going to meet other nomads. You probably wished you...

When we e-met Amanda for our first interview for the Community Manager position at Swiss Escape, she had just left her corporate job in...

Of course, we do "the working, and the living". But being on a Cretan island for several weeks with old and new friends, you are bound to go on adventures and learn new things! Here are a few of the things we did during our first season. We cannot wait to explore more with you over the upcoming seasons! Wine & Olive oil tasting Not necessarily at the same time of course but last season, our guide Yanis from Chania Experience Tours organized private outings for us at local vi

It was almost 2 years to the day since I last worked alongside my colleagues when I started my week at Swiss Escape. I was drawn to the opportunity to be near the slopes without having to take time off work. Better yet, I was working Eastern Time, so I had the mornings to ski all weeklong. It had never occurred to me that I’d once again be working alongside other people, but it became one of my favourite parts about my stay. Being present The past two years can be summed up i

When Swiss Escape opened its doors in 2016 there were almost no other coliving spaces around to talk of. Six years later, colivings are...

It takes more than 30 seconds to explain what the Greek Escape experience can be. But we tried our best to sum up what a typical day could look like. Last January we followed our resident (and Operation manager) Morgane around for a day. Here is what happened. Morgane is an early bird and she loves waking up with the sun. Something even more enjoyable to do when you can step out of bed and directly onto your balcony overlooking the sea. After taking the view of the day in, i

Here are the different phases of being a digital nomad

After a study abroad year in Ireland during which she went to visit the Swiss Alps when she was 13, Paulina knew she would have to share this feeling with the ones she loved the most. So not long after she met Diego, she told him that they would go. One day. One Day... years passed, Diego and Paulina launched their Marketing Agency and coworking space in Mexico City , where they are from and traveling, the thing that brought them together, went down the top priority list. Run

When we caught up with Elspeth, a few weeks after her stay at Swiss Escape, she is calling in from Sun&Co , another coliving & coworking space in Spain. Change of plans This wasn't the plan at first but " we're going to do way more of this" she says right away. When her and her partner Ari left home in Canada for six months, they had only booked their Swiss Escape stay, wanting to try something new. After a week in our little community, they decided to change their plans an