The Best Rental Services for Digital Nomads in 2026

Most digital nomads own less than they used to, but they still need more or less everything: a decent monitor, a stroller for the kid, a tripod for the one shoot that pays the bills, a couch that isn't the airport-lounge kind. Buying all of that and shipping it between Lisbon, Bali, and wherever comes next was never realistic. So a whole layer of rental businesses has grown up around exactly that gap.

We're one of them — we rent laptops, monitors, and workspace gear to nomads in Lisbon. But the category is bigger than us, and it's worth knowing who else is good at what, because your stroller problem and your monitor problem are usually solved by different companies.

A rented monitor and keyboard turn any furnished rental into a real workday

The Rental Economy Nomads Didn't Ask For, But Needed

An estimated 43 million people now work remotely while living across multiple countries, and most of them have stopped trying to own a home base. Furnished mid-term rentals, subscription furniture, and short-term equipment hire have gone from niche to default for anyone moving every few months.

📊 Fact: A 2025 Deloitte consumer survey found 78% of respondents say sustainability now influences their buying decisions — access-over-ownership platforms are riding that wave as much as the convenience one.

Rental companies also have a structural incentive traditional retailers don't: a monitor or stroller that breaks costs them money, so it gets repaired and reused instead of landfilled. That's a nice side effect for anyone who likes the idea of a circular economy but doesn't want to think about it while packing a carry-on.

1. Work Gear — Laptops, Monitors, and Full Home Offices

This is the category we know best, because it's the one we're in. If your work depends on a second screen or a laptop that isn't held together by hope, tech rental is the highest-leverage rental decision a nomad makes.

Oxigen — Lisbon, Portugal

We deliver laptops, monitors, gaming consoles, and other gear within 24 hours anywhere in Lisbon. No deposit, flexible weekly or monthly terms, and pickup is just as easy when you're moving on. Built specifically for people who land in Lisbon without a truck full of equipment. Trusted by travellers from 25+ countries.

Monis.rent — Bali, Indonesia & Chiang Mai, Vietnam

Monis runs the same idea for Bali's nomad hub: monitors, ergonomic desks and chairs, Starlink kits, even smart home gear, delivered same-day to your villa. They started serve customers in Bali and expanded toward Chiang Mai in Vietnam.

A Bali villa with a pool, and a work setup that showed up the same day you booked it

2. Furniture and Full Apartments, No Lease Required

If you're staying somewhere for a few months rather than a few weeks, an empty furnished apartment is still just an empty apartment. This is where furniture and apartment-specific rental fills the gap that Airbnb and mid-term rental platforms don't.

Rent Remote — Lisbon, Barcelona, Madrid

Rent Remote skips the furniture-only middle step and rents fully furnished apartments built specifically for remote work: dedicated desk, ergonomic chair, and 100+ Mbps fiber guaranteed in every unit. Month-to-month, no lease, move to the next city whenever the work does.

Feather (now Fernish) — US cities

Feather was the design-forward furniture rental startup (they'd partnered with Floyd); it's since merged into Fernish, which continues the same rent-don't-buy model with a style quiz that sets your options and full delivery and pickup on your schedule. US-only for now.

3. Traveling With Kids? Rent the Nursery, Not Just the Villa

Nothing kills the appeal of slow travel with a toddler faster than realizing you need to source a crib, a car seat, and a stroller in a city you landed in six hours ago. Baby gear rental is one of the most mature corners of this whole industry.

Rent Anything — Lisbon & Paris

Rent Anything covers strollers, travel cots, high chairs, car seats, and mobility gear, delivered to your accommodation, all sanitized and safety-checked. Handy overlap for families landing in Lisbon: sort your kid's gear through them and your work setup through us, both delivered before you've unpacked.

Landing with a kid in tow is a lot easier when the stroller is already waiting at the door

BabyQuip — US, Canada, Mexico, Australia

The largest network in the category, operating in over 1,000 cities through local providers, with insurance included on every rental. If you're nomading around North America or Australia with a baby, this is usually the first name that comes up.

4. Specialty Gear, From Cameras to Random One-Offs

A camera you rent for a week costs a lot less than one you own and use twice a year.

Comuna — Lisbon, Portugal

Comuna is a proper film and photo equipment house: cameras (Sony, RED, ARRI, Canon), lenses, lighting, and grip gear, bookable by the day or hour, with pickup or delivery across Portugal. If your income depends on the shot looking right, this beats sourcing gear from a stranger's spare closet.

Fat Llama — Global, peer-to-peer

Fat Llama is a marketplace, not a dedicated house — real people list their own gear, so alongside cameras and lenses you'll find synths, projectors, and tools that only make sense to own if you use them weekly. Expect to pay roughly a 15% service fee on top of the owner's price, plus insurance. Best when Comuna doesn't stock the specific thing you need, or you just want it cheaper for one use.

5. Outdoor and Adventure Gear, for the Slow-Travel Crowd

Decathlon Aluguer — Lisbon & across Portugal

Decathlon's own rental arm covers bikes (including e-bikes and cargo bikes), tents, and surf and water sports gear, booked at aluguer.decathlon.pt and picked up at a Decathlon store within 24 hours. Daily rates for short trips, subscription pricing if you want something for a month or more — a trustworthy default precisely because it's the same Decathlon you already know.

Outdoors Geek and Arrive Outdoors — US-based, ship nationwide

Camping, hiking, and ski gear arrives in a box with a prepaid return label — useful if your remote-work base for the month happens to be near a trailhead or a mountain and you're not about to buy a tent for one trip.

How to Pick the Right One

Match the platform to the trip length, not just the category:

✅ Staying under a month: look for delivery speed and no-deposit terms over price — you'll pay a bit more per day, but you won't be locked in.

✅ Staying 2+ months: furniture and full-apartment rental platforms (Rent Remote, Fernish) usually beat daily-rate services on total cost.

✅ Traveling with kids: book baby gear separately from your accommodation — dedicated services are cheaper and better maintained than whatever the Airbnb host bought in 2019.

✅ One-off need: a real camera shoot calls for a dedicated house like Comuna; if they don't stock it (or you want it cheaper), peer-to-peer marketplaces like Fat Llama cover cameras plus everything else one-off.

Our recommendation: don't try to solve every category through one platform. Rent your work gear from whoever's fastest in your city, your furniture from whoever's cheapest for your stay length, and everything else as it comes up.

Rental Services at a Glance

If Lisbon is that city, we handle the work gear — laptops, monitors, and workspace setups delivered within 24 hours, no deposit. Rent on oxigen-rent.com →