Perspective | How I tried to work remote in London on a $100 budget

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Perspective: “Can you still save while visiting Europe’s most expensive city? I found out.”

12:27 p.m., beans for breakfast

I get to Half Cup, where there’s free WiFi, water carafes full of mint and other people inside on laptops, so I feel comfortable bringing out mine. I order a cortado andThere’s no electrical outlet nearby, but otherwise it’s a perfect place to remote work. In my , I order a second cortado. I don’t possess the energy to estimate how this indulgence — and my humiliating Tube ticket purchase — will affect my daily budget.I walk to Generator London, the police station-turned-hostel I booked, which is described online as “chic” and “modern.”

On my walk, I stop in a grassy park to do some Googling. I love public baths like Korean spas and Russian banyans and wanted to sweat out myPrices are not in my budget , so I try looking with Wowcher, a British take on Groupon. There were discounts, but the places were either far away, expensive or not available during my time in London. No hammam for me.

When I get to my accommodations, it is not the “poshtel” advertised. The room is painted with bright geometric designs, but there a warning about the fire-hazard heater peeling off the wall, and my twin bunk bed has sheets that feel like a shower curtain. There’s no time to wallow; I have to start working again. I post up at the table facing the window — and the old sink installed in the middle of the window.Somehow it’s night already, and I need a change of scenery.

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