Unless you are British, you cannot have the cake and eat it too...

Spain ranked top for digital nomads

The Digital Nomad Index by VisaGuide ranks Spain as the best country for digital nomads to reside.

euroweeklynews.com

 

Digital Nomads are great but why do they have to do it in Cafes and Hotel receptions. I can't think of anything worse for productivity than being somewhere like this. Also, it adds nothing to the buzz of a place when you walk in and its full of non verbal laptop s. Do your work at home and then go and enjoy the cafes and bars properly.

 

I have a friend who does this and he moves from country to country. He is just a true nomad, he has spent time in around 20 different countries this year alone (all EU and eastern Europe this time).
Unfortunately the hostels he stays in dont have decent internet and its expensive to roam using his phone.
And, as he works for a uk company the hour or two time difference means he is at work when the cafe's are open. Did nobody think of that???
He does ask if he can sit for a couple of hours for work and forward pays for a couple of cups of coffee and a sandwich, so far all of the places he has been in have said yes and he always tips well.

The problem is where someone sits for three of four hours with one cup of coffee. But the owners could stop this easily by not having the for the wifi plastered freely around the place.
Only give the if you spend oh lets say €10 or make it clear that you dont approve of people hogging the seats... Its not rocket science is it???