Where will Manifold team have an offsite in July or August?
We're doing an offsite in Mexico City in June: https://manifold.markets/Austin/how-many-people-will-stay-at-mexifo
And likely one in Washington DC in September: https://manifold.markets/noumena/will-i-be-part-of-a-group-renting-t
But in between, we'd like to have another offsite sometime in July or August. Where and when should this be?
Some ideal qualities in an offsite location:
- Comfortably house + work 10+ people
- Not too expensive: <1.5k/night for 10ish nights
- Close to cool stuff to do
- Flights are not difficult or expensive
- Good weather
Oh, and ideally we'd be close to EAs/awesome startup people. (Or be able to convince a lot of them to join us!)
James Grugett answered
Anchorage, Alaska
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SirSalty answered
Seoul, Korea
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Boise, Idaho
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Istanbul
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Las Vegas
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Austin answered
Orlando, Florida
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Austin, TX
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Boston, MA
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Chicago, Illinois
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Toronto, Canada
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Denver, Colorado
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South Africa
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James Grugett answered
Anchorage, Alaska
72%
James Grugett bought M$10
It's summer time so we should go somewhere northern!
Alaska is really interesting and Anchorage is the largest city. We can stay downtown, near other young people. It's clean, there's cool bars, lots of hiking and water sports on the lakes/ocean.
July/August is the time of year with the best weather and tourism in Anchorage (https://weatherspark.com/y/252/Average-Weather-in-Anchorage-Alaska-United-States-Year-Round)
The days also have ~18 hours of sunlight, which I argue will make us more productive, haha!
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Biggest downside: flights are a bit more expensive
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I like the idea of Alaska (never been!) and going north for the summer. Though I don't see great housing options for Anchorage; things seem to be some combination of more expensive, less large, and less "nice" haha.
This seems to be the best? https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/30687017?check_in=2022-08-01&check_out=2022-08-08&guests=1&adults=12&s=67&unique_share_id=820f5e70-87dd-40a0-8f2e-01c327ace4ef
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David Glidden bought M$100
Task board suggests this is decided: https://manifoldmarkets.notion.site/Organize-Alaska-Onsite-e2397ab55395430dac599c5480d0ece7
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SirSalty answered
Seoul, Korea
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SirSalty bought M$1
Cons: Prob way more expensive than other options
Pros: Everything (insane internet, food, things to do, weather). I might be there anyways and can be tour guide?
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Austin bought M$2
Haha would be pretty down actually! The houses themselves actually look really cheap, here's one I like: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/35895424?check_in=2022-07-20&check_out=2022-08-03&guests=1&adults=12&s=67&unique_share_id=865933e5-9735-43fb-a235-d8f1d60a1822
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Though, apparently the weather is kinda bad in July (hot, monsoon season?)
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@Austin It will be pretty hot but shouldn't be too bad. If we were to go in the summer the other option would be to go to Jeju Island instead of Seoul.
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James Grugett answered
Boise, Idaho
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S G answered
Istanbul
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S G bought M$1
From an FX perspective, this is the best time to go. https://manifold.markets/Duncan/will-the-turkish-lira-trade-at-high
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James Grugett answered
Las Vegas
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James Grugett bought M$3
According to @DavidGlidden's calculator, this is the cheapest city for us to all fly to. I think we should save it for the Fall / Winter though
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@JamesGrugett yeah I would avoid Vegas in summer for sure
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Austin answered
Orlando, Florida
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Austin bought M$3
Pros: Cheap housing, close to Disneyland https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/44754422?check_in=2022-08-16&check_out=2022-08-27&guests=1&adults=16&s=67&unique_share_id=e3e5f998-e1fe-4d1d-bdd2-158fea3050c7
Cons: Hot weather, I was there in January
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@Austin +1 to the heat, I lived in Orlando and you do not want to be there in July unless you’re forced to.
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S G answered
Austin, TX
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Boston, MA
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Chicago, Illinois
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Toronto, Canada
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Denver, Colorado
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Benefits: Ian and Gavriel are already in the Boulder/Denver area!
Drawbacks: wait to go in winter, so we can go skiing on weekends
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Austin answered
South Africa
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Austin bought M$1
Pros: Cool Airbnb https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/30982823?check_in=2022-07-25&check_out=2022-08-04&guests=1&adults=16&s=67&unique_share_id=20e14265-a601-447e-9b9c-fb27d551a4a3
Cons: Flights are ???
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@Austin if you do this, definitely make it Cape Town, maybe with a personal trip to a safari before or after
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David Glidden answered
Chicago, IL
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Some more boutique US options: Raleigh, NC, Charleston, SC, Boston, MA, Atlanta, GA
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Come winter, consider Vegas and Cancun. Cheap flights and good infrastructure for out-of-towners.
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