It is amazing what a difference a good commute can make to your life. According to a study in the UK, adding only 20 more minutes to your daily work trip adds the same damage to your job satisfaction as being slapped with a 19% pay cut.

Now imagine that commute is eating dust on the back of a Vietnamese Honda Wave instead of reading a book on a peaceful British train… That might well equate to an even higher pay cut!

How much time do you waste commuting?

You might work in the Old Quarter, or out in the provinces. You might be consistently in and out of Noi Bai International Airport, or you might spend the morning dropping off the kids at kindergarten and school.

No matter your field of work, a bad commute can really affect your way of life. This is the damage done commuting for just one hour a day, five days a week:

• You will spend 10 days every year just getting to and from work
• That is 300 minutes per week!
• During which time, Mark Zuckerberg would have earned $6,300,040, according to this commute calculator
• It is also 20 hours a month, which according to Josh Kaufman, author of The First 20 Hours, is enough time to learn absolutely anything!

Think of all the things you could do with all that extra time and freedom! That is why it is essential to pick an apartment in the perfect location, especially somewhere as convenient and travel-friendly as Kosmo Tay Ho.

Meet the fictional Kosmo characters who are already saving time and stress by living in their convenient and travel-friendly Kosmo Tay Ho apartments.

What can you do with the time saved by living in Kosmo Tay Ho?

Air Hostess Nguyet, 23

Nguyet’s Commute: Nguyet travels to and from the airport five times per week — that is 20 times per month. When she lived in the south of the city, her commute to and from work would take one hour longer, which is 10 hours per week and 40 hours per month.

Living in Kosmo Tay Ho means Nguyet can spend more time…

• with her newborn boy before work
• at the Kosmo Tay Ho gym
• watching Korean dramas and eating ice cream  

Buy Smart, Live Well. Be like Nguyet.

Startup Founder Petr, 28

Petr’s Commute: Petr cycles to Toong Co-Working Space in To Ngoc Van. It takes him 10 minutes, but if he worked in the Old Quarter, he would spend at least 20 more minutes every journey, which is 3.3 hours a week.

Petr can spend this time on…

• clearing his admin to focus on bigger picture strategies
• meditating in Kosmo’s 28th floor Sky Garden, keeping his mind sharp
• swimming lengths of the Kosmo Tay Ho pool, keeping his fitness on point  

Buy Smart, Live Well. Be like Petr.

Factory Manager Hien, 34  

Hien’s Commute: Hien travels to the factory of the Korean furniture shop she works for, which is 20km outside of Hanoi. Thankfully, the location of her Kosmo Tay Ho apartment means she can be the last person on the shuttle bus before it leaves the city over Nhat Tan Bridge. Others have already been on the bus for a whole hour, trundling through the Old Quarter.

Saving an hour every morning and an hour every evening means that Hien can:

• spend time eating breakfast with her family  
• prepare a lunch box for her son every day
• walk around the nearby park with her sister after work

Buy Smart, Live Well. Be like Hien.

Househusband Brendan, 37

Brendan’s Commute: Brendan walks to UNIS first, for his eldest, then back to drop off his youngest at the Kosmo Tay Ho Kindergarten. Brendan spends just 14 minutes walking to UNIS and back and it is great exercise too. If he lived where many other foreigners do in Ba Dinh, Tay Ho or Hoan Kiem, he would need to spend money on a taxi, and take at least double the amount of time. Being within walking distance of UNIS means Brendan saves money and time travelling, which he invests back into cryptocurrencies while his family are out for the day.

With the extra time saved, Brendan can:

• clean the house and do the laundry with plenty of time to spare
• work on the novel he’s been meaning to write
• play the kids’ video games without anyone finding out

Buy Smart, Live Well. Be like Brendan.  

Wedding Photographer Duc Anh, 25

Duc Anh’s Commute: Duc Anh travels to Noi Bai a lot — up to five times every month for both international and domestic flights. If he is not shooting in Hoi An, he is in Singapore for pre-wedding photoshoots. With his new apartment and home studio at Kosmo Tay Ho only 15 minutes from the airport, he saves one hour every time he travels in comparison to the commute from his family’s house in Minh Khai.

By saving 10 hours a month, Duc Anh can:

• spend more time editing his client’s images  
• keep his social media lively with new photos
• enjoy more time with his friends, drinking cocktails

Be Smart, Live Well. Be Like Duc Anh.