Tbilisi: the last affordable nomad capital?

Rents rose 40% in two years, the cafés fill by 10am, and the one-year visa is still free. We ran the numbers on staying vs. going. This is placeholder editorial for the launch — replace with the full story in the CMS.

The honest math

We ran three months of receipts so you don't have to guess. The numbers below are one person, comfortable but not extravagant, and they assume you book monthly rather than nightly.

Compared with the usual suspects, the value still holds — just not the way the 2021 blog posts promised. Prices moved; so did the smart money.

Where it actually works

The Instagram spots and the working spots are rarely the same place. We tested wifi, noise and the unspoken laptop etiquette at each, then ranked them for people with real meetings.

Book the window seats before 9:30am. After that it's standing room and a hunt for an outlet.

The verdict

Go — but plan the boring parts first: the visa, the insurance, and the month-one apartment. Do that and the rest of the trip runs itself.

Just stop telling everyone. The best-kept secrets have a way of doubling in price the moment they trend.