TRL 090: NomadX & Flatio Merger: The Future of Housing for Digital Nomads with Radim Rezek & Dave Williams

Today I am not joined by just 1 previous guest, but 2, because today I am going to be covering the recent merger of NomadX and Flatio with the founders of each Radim Rezek and Dave Williams. Radim was on the podcast earlier this week on Episode 89, while Dave joined us a few months back on Episode 80. This merger has the opportunity to really shake things up in the mid-term rental market and create real competition for Airbnb as a reliable place for digital nomads to find apartments and houses for rental periods longer than a few weeks, but less than a year, which is really a sweet spot for us global citizens. We covered a ton of stuff during this round table conversation like what led to the merger, what it means for users of NomadX and Flatio, and what we as a community can expect in the next few years as they try to expand into the American market and as the number of digital nomads is only to predicted to explode due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you'd like to leave a review and get a shoutout on the next episode of TRL I've made it very easy to do so, all you have to do is head over to RateThisPodcast.com/trl and write your review. That's it, it's that easy! Topics we covered during this interview: - How will the websites function after the merger? - Why 2021 will the year of the digital nomad - Why did NomadX and Flatio decide to join forces? - Why are they keeping the two brands separate instead of collapsing the brands into one brand? - Why Flatio believes it has a leg up on Airbnb in the mid-term rental market - What are some of the product benefits that make NomadX a better rental platform for nomads? - How Flatio & NomadX are making sure that their service isn't harming the local rental market the way Airbnb has. - How remote work will impact secondary and tertiary cities in the United States - Flatio and NomadX's plans for the next 5 years - The future of the digital nomad movement