A few years ago a coworker of mine at the time (a young single consultant) was in a similar situation to yours. Initially, he felt like he needed at least a place to be an anchor, because he was scared of not having any place of his own. So he found a really really inexpensive shared apartment that happened to be in a decent neighborhood in a major city. It was a super tiny room, but his rent was almost nothing, especially in relationship to salary. Over time, he ended up couch surfing all over the place with friends, and friends of friends, hardly ever returning to his actual apartment. After his lease expired, he moved all of the stuff he had that he never used and moved it into his parent's garage. Over the following year, he couch surfed all over the country with friends, friends from college, people he met on the internet, and sometimes family. Sometimes, instead of couch surfing, he would spend weekends camping out and hiking. Other times, he would go with one of our other coworkers or other friends and they would share a hotel on the super cheap at a nice beach location. Sometimes he had to get creative to make it work, but with the ability to always just spend a little money on a hotel or fly home to family for a weekend, he made it work. It was certainly cheaper than rent, and he definitely regaled us with stories of the great experiences he had. The biggest challenge for all of us as consultants is that the travel every week can take its toll. It can be fun and exciting, but after a year or so of flying every Monday and Thursday, it can go from being exciting to an absolute drag in a hurry. Enjoy it while you can!