My Second Sonder

Is the first time really the best?

Andy Spears
2 min readMar 8, 2023
Photo by Vojtech Bruzek on Unsplash

This week, I’m at work in Washington, DC.

I came up (from Nashville) a few weeks ago to get acclimated to a new client.

Instead of a hotel or an Airbnb, I chose Sonder.

As I noted then, it was a great experience. Cheaper than a hotel OR an Airbnb. No list of fees.

It’s like a hotel in an app.

There is no on-site staff. You enter and leave based on codes/mobile keys on your phone.

Yes, people clean — when you leave.

I actually stayed in the same Sonder but in a different unit.

This one was smaller than the previous one — but had a larger bathroom and a window with a street view.

Missing: A couch near the TV.

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Andy Spears
Andy Spears

Written by Andy Spears

Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .

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