About
From idea to boarding pass.
WorkationBase is built by Phil. My first workation was turned down at first: the legal side was too complicated for the company. A year later I made it happen as an internal pilot project: Gran Canaria, working as usual, just with evenings by the sea. What started as two permitted weeks per year has grown to up to four months at the same company.
Since then, I've planned a workation every year, two to four weeks, across different providers and formats — and every time, the research was the most exhausting part: where's it warm in winter? Where does the internet actually hold up? And why are the answers stuck behind paywalls? WorkationBase is the tool I wished I'd had. Not a VC-funded startup with a growth team, but a small, opinionated product for people who are just as tired of boring affiliate listicles as I am.
– Phil, building WorkationBase
Workation planning based on facts.
Planning a workation sounds simple. In reality, the information that matters most hides behind marketing pages, in Reddit threads, or in outdated blog posts. Which destination fits my climate preferences and my budget? Which provider actually has fast internet and isn't just another shared-office monoculture? Who could I travel with?
WorkationBase brings this information together in one place — with traceable sources, transparent data dates, and no sugarcoating. The goal: you make better decisions faster, and don't regret your workation before you've even checked in.
Where the data comes from
Every number on WorkationBase has a source. These are the main ones, and how often we check them again.
| What | Source | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| Climate per month | Station normals from national weather services (via Wikipedia climate tables), otherwise ERA5 via Open-Meteo and NASA POWER | Long-term averages |
| Cost of living | Numbeo | Dated on every destination page |
| Entry and visa for Germans | German Federal Foreign Office | Checked twice a year |
| Airports and flight times | OpenFlights | When places are added |
| Coworking nearby | OpenStreetMap (Overpass) | Monthly, links checked weekly |
| Remote jobs | Remotive, Arbeitnow, Remote OK, Jobicy, We Work Remotely, Himalayas, Working Nomads, Jobspresso | Continuously via automatic import |
| Destination photos | Wikimedia Commons, with license credit | Mirrored on our own server |
Real sources
Climate data, cost, internet quality — we name sources and collection dates. No gut feeling, no unsubstantiated superlatives.
Transparent as-of dates
Data is dated. What's outdated is marked as such — not silently replaced with more recent figures.
No gloss
If a place has bad Wi-Fi, it says so. We optimize for good decisions, not for high click-through rates on partner links.
What you'll find on WorkationBase.
- Destination finderFilter places worldwide by climate, cost, internet and travel time.
- Workation IndexThe ranking of all places with data, including the method.
- Trip calendarWorkation trips and colivings with fixed dates, sorted by month.
- ProvidersColivings, workation packages and guided trips with concrete facts.
- Remote jobsJobs you can do on the road, collected from several job boards.
- Travel buddiesFind people with a similar time window and destination.
- GuidesReference on law, taxes, insurance and gear, with an as-of date.
- BlogDated articles with experiences and analyses.
Questions, errors, ideas?
If a number looks wrong or a provider is missing, write to us. Every correction makes the data better for everyone.