Guest Post by Courtney Rosenfeld Taking your life on the road as a digital nomad offers a unique blend of freedom and adventure. However, if you're considering this lifestyle and have a pet, it's essential to carefully plan to ensure both your and your pet’s needs are met seamlessly. Here’s how you can transform into a digital nomad without leaving your furry friend behind. Assessing Your Pet's Suitability for Nomadic Life The first step in preparing for a nomadic lifestyle with a pet …
Need Travel Documents? Make it Easy on Yourself…
Thanks to COVID and its many variants, travel today is even more complicated than it used to be. Fortunately there's a simple way to uncomplicate it. Here's the challenge: In addition to getting yourself from point A to point B, arranging accommodation, passports, and visas, you also need to be aware of quickly changing COVID-related travel restrictions, which vary widely from one country (or even one state of the United States) to another. It’s a lot to keep track of. And then, of …
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Want to Live Your Most Rewarding Life? Get Rid of Your Excess Baggage
To succeed as an Anywhereist, you need to get rid of your excess baggage. What do I mean by that? It's simple — anything that can bog you down or slow you down, will. More than you think. So, to live your most rewarding life, get rid of your excess baggage, whether it's physical, digital, or emotional. Before moving to Panama, we sold nearly everything we owned. We stored a few things, and sold or gave away everything else. When we moved, we went with our suitcases and our …
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How to Cope When a Travel Injury Interrupts Your Plans
What do you do when your delightful location-independent arrangements are interrupted by illness or a travel injury? I found out the hard way on my recent Panama trip. In early February, I spent a delightful week traveling around Chiriqui Province in Panama with Jackie Lange and her Panama Relocation Tours bus. I was seeing what I wanted to see, in the company of interesting and enthusiastic people. But my plans for my time in Panama were suddenly, seriously derailed. I left the …
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Pack Lighter: 10 Items to Leave Behind
Part of the art of packing light involves knowing what to bring for the trip you're on. If you're going on the road for fun -- not work -- you'll pack differently than when you're moving around as a digital nomad. Here are 10 things you should leave behind on a backpacking adventure or non-working trip. Guest post by Yogi and Suchna When you pack items you don't need, you slow yourself down, tire yourself out, and can even add to the cost of your trip. The art of packing light …
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How to Travel the World (and not Pay Rent!)
In 2008, Eden and Denny owned two businesses in the US. One was an ice cream shop they opened in September. Talk about bad timing! Today, they live all over the world -- with no housing expenses. I talked with Eden recently, via Skype, about their nomadic lifestyle. The Downsize Their adventures started in 2012, when they sold the ice cream shop. They had spent several years downsizing from a house with a big garage, and left the US with 12 suitcases and the dog. They knew they …
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