EXCLUSIVEI swapped my flat for a 5-星／主役にする all-inclusive hotel in Turkey for one month - here's why I would happily live there 十分な-time (and the things I 行方不明になるd most about the UK)

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An 従業員 who swapped his UK apartment for a five-星／主役にする all-inclusive hotel in Turkey for a month ? because he discovered it would be cheaper than his home life in the UK - said he had been 'living a dream' and could happily move there 十分な-time.

Josh Kerr, 24, spent 28 days at the Port River Hotel and Spa in Antalya on a trip that cost £944 compared to the £950 per month he 支払う／賃金s for rent and 法案s at his Manchester pad.

Returning home on Saturday, he said he would 貿易（する） his flat for 永久の hotel living if he could work abroad 十分な-time, にもかかわらず 行方不明の bacon and Irn-Bru in Turkey.

During his stay, the creative strategist worked remotely from the hotel, logging into his laptop in the '炎ing 日光' and spending his lunchbreaks dipping in the pool, playing 卓球 or stopping by the beach for a quick game of football.

'The first few days, it didn't even feel real,' he told MailOnline Travel.

Josh Kerr spent one month living and working from a five-星／主役にする all-inclusive 訴える手段／行楽地 in Antalya, Turkey, which he said was cheaper than rent and 法案s at his flat in Manchester. Here, he is pictured 調査するing the coastline

Josh checked into the Port River Hotel and Spa, pictured, in February and stayed for 28 days

'It's a 賞与金 way of living, for such a cheap cost. The fact I didn't have to cook a thing in the past month was amazing. My apartment also doesn't have five pools for me to take a lunchtime 下落する in. Thinking about it, I need to get myself 支援する to Turkey ASAP.'

Josh said it 'was a sad one' packing for his flight home on Saturday and he didn't want to leave the 20C 天候 after 審理，公聴会 the rain 予測（する） in Manchester.

The first thing he did when he got home was 'whip up a 十分な English brekkie' as he said 'pork isn't served in Turkey so I was 絶対 craving a bit of bacon by the end'.

Josh worked remotely from the hotel, logging into his laptop in the '炎ing 日光'

However, he was anything but 欠如（する）ing in food at the 訴える手段／行楽地 where breakfast, lunch and dinner were 含むd in his stay.

'The all-inclusive was amazing, you'd just be able to get anything you want, anytime you 手配中の，お尋ね者 it,' Josh said.

'There were so many 選択s that I just kept changing up what I had to eat every day.

However, the best thing was definitely the rotisserie chicken and gravy - made me feel 権利 at home.'

He also 可決する・採択するd a 地元の tradition that he hopes to continue 支援する at home.

'Anywhere I go I always try and embrace the 地元の culture, and in Turkey it's culture to have a Turkish tea after every 選び出す／独身 meal,' he said.

'By the end of our trip we were drinking that stuff more than the 地元のs, it became part of our 決まりきった仕事 too. I've already started looking at Turkish tea マリファナs now.'

Josh was 招待するd on the trip by On the Beach after he 株d the price of a one-month hotel stay on TikTok and pointed out that it was cheaper than his rent.

Bosses at the online travel スパイ／執行官 got in touch and challenged Josh to do it after his clip went viral, racking up more than a million 見解（をとる）s in 24 hours.

He checked in on February 17 and spent the 週末 調査するing the area before continuing his normal work 決まりきった仕事 from the hotel on weekdays.

LEFT: Josh relaxing by the hotel pool すぐに after checking into the hotel in February. RIGHT: He got to experience the water slides and take 下落するs in the pool during his lunch breaks

述べるing a typical day of hotel living, he said: 'Every day kicked off with breakfast, a glass of orange juice and then some eggs on toast was my usual.

'But with Turkey 存在 three hours ahead of the UK, I had so many 選択s as to how I'd go about our day.

'I had to work UK hours and flexi-time 許すd me to start anytime between 7am and 9.30am, which meant the 最新の we could start work would be 12.30pm. So some days we'd get up 早期に and go out and 調査する the 地元の towns and some of their markets. Other days we'd just dive straight into work.

'I'd always be logging into work in the sun, and staying there until my laptop died. It's 安全な to say anyone on a Teams call with me hated me for the past month as they saw me sitting in the 炎ing 日光.'

The only downsides for Josh were 支払う／賃金ing to use the hotel's laundry service and 勇敢に立ち向かうing the 冷淡な water of the outdoor swimming pool, above, during his winter stay

During the evenings, Josh enjoyed 調査するing the nearby town of 味方する, relaxing with a cocktail at the hotel 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 and the 時折の visit to the hotel's nightclub.

His 最高潮の場面s were having 接近 to 'any food you want any time' - favouring Turkish mezze, bread and 下落するs in particular - and never having to clean his room, thanks to the hotel's daily housekeeping service.

And he was pleasantly surprised by the 量 of culture and history in the area, with '古代の 廃虚s more than 2,000 years old just a 10-minute walk away'.

The only downsides were 支払う／賃金ing for the hotel's laundry service to wash his 着せる／賦与するs and 勇敢に立ち向かうing the 冷淡な water of the swimming pool.

LEFT: Josh pictured at a Turkish football match during his hotel stay. RIGHT: He embraced 地元の customs and enjoyed a glass of Turkish tea after every meal

'Because it's wintertime, the outside pools were like an ice bath, so I had to channel my inner Wim Hof,' Josh said.

'But even that wasn't an 問題／発行する as they had a heated indoor pool if I 手配中の，お尋ね者 a quick 下落する. Another minor problem was that the juices weren't freshly squeezed and were more like cordials ? but as I say, very minor.'

The advantage of visiting off-season was that the hotel was 'not too （人が）群がるd' but 'a nice level of busy'.

Summing up the experience, Josh said it was 'incredible' and that he is already planning his next one-month hotel stay in Vegas.

Josh said it 'was a sad one' packing for his flight home on Saturday and he didn't want to leave the 20C 天候 after 審理，公聴会 the rain 予測（する） in Manchester. Pictured: The hotel lounge area

What's more, he said it's '公正に／かなり accessible to anyone who has the ability to work from anywhere'.

He 追加するd: 'You could put your flat or home on a 賃貸しの 場所／位置 and, given the prices city centre flats go for in the UK, for a 週末 stay, you could use this money to 支払う／賃金 for your travel.

'If you would keep switching countries every month, it would be amazing. Going country hopping, experiencing different five-星／主役にする hotels.

'There would 明白に be home 慰安s that you'd 行方不明になる but you'd （不足などを）補う for it with new cultures to dive 権利 into.'