The advantages of Virtual Office are innumerable and are best known to those who have tapped on the opportunity. But a lot depends on the judicious selection of the Virtual Office too. The market might be flooded with the companies offering Virtual Office space, but before opting for the solution, you should know if you really need their services and to what extent. Know your need- The Virtual Office concept is best suited for those who have to meet clients or work in a big team. Thus, if you are working from home but don’t have any requirement of face-to-face meetings or web conferences, then it will not be a viable option. Choose the one near to operational area- Choose the Virtual Office which is central to your or your team’s operational area. This will save your expense and traveling time. Customized packages- Select the one which offers customized service packages as per your requirement and frequency of that requirement. Thus, if you are only using their fax machine, make sure that they are not charging you for receiving the calls too. Or if you are using their Conference Room for just four times in a month, they shouldn’t be charging you for the full month. Privacy Policy- Check the company’s privacy policy and system before trusting them with your data, mails or fax. Merely having the policies written on the papers wont be enough. Thus make sure that those policies have been implemented too. Make sure that your confidential business faxes are not landing in unsafe hands or that they have a reliable system to retrieve the data if their data storage system goes for a toss. Security Systems- Check what kind of security and alarm systems the company has. CCTV,s security guards, fire and smoke alarms, insurance, all might be important before you trust them for your business. You might wonder that why to bother about so many things if the space has to be used only for a couple of hours in a week. But then, would you like to be in a building which is prone to fire even for two hours? Security Deposit- Finally check for the amount of security deposit and what is their policy for redeeming it.  Though you might be sure that Virtual Office is the way you would like to go, still you might need some administrative, managerial or technological assistance in the beginning to run it. Go for the some professional advice before finalizing. Discuss the nature of your work and the future growth prospect and see if Virtual Office would be worth investing for not.