Here’s our Intentional Travelers collection of blog posts on location independent travel experiences, travel tips and resources for digital nomads.
Traveling long-term has taught us that healthcare abroad doesn’t have to be intimidating. In fact, it can be affordable, high-quality, and sometimes even better than what we experienced at home. In this post, we share real experiences, practical strategies, and lessons learned for planning preventive care and medical treatment while living or traveling internationally. This…
Finding cool new places with wifi where we can work is one of the perks of being digital nomads. We’ve worked remotely from cafés all over Salem, and these are the places we personally return to. In bigger cities, there are great resources to find new cafes, co-working spots, and other work/study-friendly environments. I don’t…
After returning to travel post-pandemic, Jedd and I felt that trip insurance and travel medical insurance were more important than ever for our trips. We first learned about SafetyWing at a digital nomad conference. With further research, specifically considering all the uncertainties around Covid-19 and travel restriction changes, we decided to use SafetyWing for our…
If you’re like us, finding the best small town destinations and off-the-beaten-path gems is a big reason why we love working remotely. Since becoming digital nomads in 2014 and trying out various places to live and work abroad, we’ve learned an important lesson: Some of the big “digital nomad hubs” are not really our style….
I can’t imagine traveling without some of our tech gear. From navigating in a new city using Google maps on our smartphones to making sure our devices can be recharged with power adapters, technology has become integral to travel. Since we work remotely while traveling, compact, portable, and effective technology is essential on our trips….
Today we’re covering something we get asked often when traveling long-term: what do you pack for multiple months of travel? In this two part series we’ll share our long term travel packing list recommendations for both travel clothing and gear essentials. Part One: Global Nomad Clothing Today’s post includes: 1. How to pack for your…
Whether it’s in government, a non-profit, or a random gig on the other side of the world, these are the best sites we know of to get your international job search started. We originally wrote this post to help our fellow Peace Corps Volunteers look for interesting, meaningful jobs after their two years of service…
I first stumbled upon the relatively new concept of “digital nomads” by reading blogs when we were in Peace Corps and was instantly fascinated. After we completed our volunteer service, we spent the remaining 8 months of 2014 testing out the digital nomad lifestyle for ourselves. Eventually, we deemed that initial experiment a success. Today, the term…
If there were such a thing as a Digital Nomad Capital of the world, Chiang Mai, Thailand would be it. Since becoming location independent, this was the place we kept hearing about over and over. Nearly every nomad and traveler who had been there, raved about it. We had to go and see for ourselves!…
We pack and re-pack our bags a lot as Digital Nomads. Typically, we travel with a backpack and laptop bag each; or a rolling carry-on suitcase and a laptop bag. Our trips can be a house-sitting gig just a few miles away, to visiting our Peace Corps community in Jamaica, or country hopping around Europe…