When planning a trip abroad, there are a number of important things to do before your departure. The last thing you want is to arrive to your destination, only to realize that your passport is expiring or you left something important at home. We’ve put together this simple checklist from our own international travel experience…
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….
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…
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…
We’ve written quite a bit about digital nomads because that’s what allows us to pursue transformational experiences around the world. Now that the concept of remote work is more common and the number of digital nomads is booming, we get (slightly) fewer strange looks when we talk about what we do to make a living….
People often ask us how we choose our next destination as digital nomads, so I thought we could take the opportunity to share our thought-process and a few resources we use to plan our remote work and travel. The process for choosing a digital nomad destination is slightly more specific than how to choose a…
People are often curious about our digital nomad lifestyle. What does being a nomad actually look like? Well, everyone has their own take on how to be a digital nomad. Today, we’d like to peal back some of the mystery and share a glimpse into our own digital nomad life. This day-in-the-life video shows how…
Every digital nomad has their own way of making money online and traveling the world. The possibilities are endless when it comes to digital nomad jobs (more about that in our What is a Digital Nomad post). One way to answer the question, “How do digital nomads make money?” is to share our own experience….