

This week marks one year since the company announced its Live and Work Anywhere policy, and now, it's time to gloat. Work from home, work from the office, work from ArgentinaĪt a time when more and more workers are finding themselves back in their offices at least a few days a week, Airbnb is going full throttle on flexibility.

"And then when the workday was over, I'd close my laptop and you know, go snorkeling," she says. Extended Stay America, Homewood Suites, and several chains by Marriott all offer extended stay units. These hotels cater to long-term travelers and offer studios and even one-bedroom units with kitchenettes. Her weekday routine for the next three months was typical - eat breakfast, open laptop, attend meetings, get stuff done. Extended stay hotels offer the best of both worlds when it comes to the comfort of home and the amenities of a hotel.

"It was this opportunity I couldn't not take," says Kissell, an internal events planner formerly based in San Francisco. The thought came to her: Why not just stay on the boat? When Carrie Kissell learned that her employer, Airbnb, was letting people live and work anywhere, she was on a sailboat off the coast of Key Biscayne, enjoying some time off with her partner. "When the workday was over, I'd close my laptop and you know, go snorkeling," she says. Carrie Kissell spent nearly three months on a sailboat after Airbnb told her she could live and work anywhere.
