Annual CPI reached 6.24%: coworking by the hour follows actual use

Annual CPI reached 6.24% in August 2026, according to DANE. That variation does not set the price of a coworking pass or predict price changes at a workspace: for a hybrid team, the decision starts with measuring the days actually used.

Coworking by the hour lets people use workspace for short periods. A coworking pass for flexible days, a package of credits for multiple uses, can fit weeks with uneven attendance without making every person a permanent desk user.

A useful model does not begin with an assumed rate. It brings together expected attendance, workday length, meeting needs and the provider's current commercial terms. With those inputs, a company can compare flexible use, a permanent desk or a private office without assigning an unsupported saving to any option.

How can a hybrid team budget coworking by the hour in Medellín?

A budget becomes comparable when it separates usage, meetings and operational extras. The calculation starts with expected weekly attendance, not the total number of people on the payroll. This avoids buying capacity for in-person work that only happens on certain days.

A working sheet can record, for each week, who is expected to attend, days of use and hours on site. It can also keep sessions requiring a meeting room separate, along with team needs such as private calls, mail reception or access outside standard hours.

• Estimated use: people multiplied by days or hours of use.
• Meetings: expected number, duration and attendees.
• Operations: connectivity, call booths, furniture, bicycles, pets and hours based on actual needs.
• Commercial terms: current price, taxes, credit validity, transfers and plan changes confirmed with the provider.

How many in-person days does a team need before buying a coworking pass?

The answer comes from the attendance pattern, not a universal rule. Four calendar weeks often show whether in-person work clusters on certain days, rotates among people or remains steady. An average can hide peaks that use up credits before the period ends.

When a team gathers on specific days, a coworking-per-day option helps contrast each day's use with a credit package. When the same person needs continuity, a permanent desk can be clearer; if a group needs privacy or sustained work, a private office changes the comparison.

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• Low, variable attendance: pay-per-use consumption can test the pattern.
• Clustered in-person days: the calculation needs capacity for the busiest dates.
• Stable attendance by one person: comparison with a permanent desk becomes more relevant.
• A stable team needing privacy: a private-office quote deserves separate review.

What should the daily cost of a flexible desk include?

A daily cost only helps a decision when it includes what the team will actually use and separates what is charged additionally. At NOI, workspaces include high-speed internet, sound-insulated call booths, ergonomic furniture, coffee, bicycle storage and a policy that allows pets; availability and service terms are confirmed when requesting a quote.

Meetings do not work like an individual workday. NOI has meeting rooms for 6, 10 and 14 people, so group size and session type change the reservation. Twenty-four-hour access and mail reception should also be in scope if they are important to operations.

• What is included in the day or credit.
• Services quoted separately, including meeting rooms when applicable.
• Available capacity on the team's in-person days.
• Access, booking and mail-reception rules for the selected plan.

What happens to credits when the plan changes or the team rotates?

Credits are only useful when their rules fit the way a team works. Their validity, transferability, shared use and combination with other plans depend on each provider and the current commercial proposal. A coworking pass should be assessed by its rules of use as well as its value per credit.

That is why a budget needs a column for assumptions: who would use the credits, for how long, what happens during an absence and how busy days would be booked. This makes proposals comparable on the same basis, especially when a team rotates across projects.

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• Exact validity of the credit package.
• People allowed to use it and transfer rules.
• Treatment of unused credits and plan changes.
• Booking for desks, rooms and access on high-attendance dates.

How does a coworking pass fit hybrid telework in Colombia?

Hybrid telework, an arrangement alternating home and the employer's premises, refers in Colombia's Law 2466 of 2025 to a dependent employment relationship with workdays at home and at physical facilities. The law also allows the weekly work schedule to be distributed by agreement over five or six days, with rest and without affecting pay, as stated by SUIN-Juriscol.

Using a coworking space does not by itself establish a company's labour, contractual, or occupational health and safety compliance. A coworking pass can be an operational tool for in-person days, while applicable obligations are reviewed for each employment relationship and project. NOI's current proposal can turn that consumption pattern into a concrete commercial conversation.