{"id":9,"date":"2026-10-07T00:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-deskly\/hot-desk-or-dedicated-desk-which-suits-you\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T00:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:07:34","slug":"hot-desk-or-dedicated-desk-which-suits-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-deskly\/hot-desk-or-dedicated-desk-which-suits-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot desk or dedicated desk: which suits you?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most coworking spaces offer two kinds of desk membership. A hot desk lets you sit at any free seat in the shared area. A dedicated desk is the same desk every day, kept for you. Neither is better, they simply suit different weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A hot desk may suit you if\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>you come in two or three days a week, or your schedule changes a lot;<\/li>\n\n<li>you work from a laptop and carry everything you need;<\/li>\n\n<li>you like changing your view and sitting near different people;<\/li>\n\n<li>you want the lowest monthly cost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A dedicated desk may suit you if\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>you come in most days and like a routine;<\/li>\n\n<li>you use a large monitor, a docking station or other equipment;<\/li>\n\n<li>you want to leave notebooks, a plant or a spare jumper at your desk;<\/li>\n\n<li>you prefer a quieter area with the same neighbours each day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions to ask before choosing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Is there always a free hot desk at busy times, such as Tuesday to Thursday mornings?<\/li>\n\n<li>Can I lock anything away overnight, for example in a locker or pedestal?<\/li>\n\n<li>How many meeting room hours are included with each plan?<\/li>\n\n<li>Can I switch plans later, and how much notice do I need to give?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are not sure, start on a hot desk for a month and keep a note of how often you come in. Many people move to a dedicated desk once their routine settles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both give you a place to work outside the house. The difference is how often you come in and how much you like to leave things set up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-deskly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-deskly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-deskly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-deskly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-deskly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-deskly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-deskly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-deskly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-deskly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/block.ltheme.com\/lt-deskly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}