Long-term travel

Have you excitedly announced you’re going to go travel around the world or work remotely from another country, but the response from your friends and relatives was kind of muted? Was their first reaction “Be safe!” “Be Careful!” Did they say something dumb like, “Gosh, that must be nice to be rich!”? As a backpacker, …

Do you need to rent a mailbox because you no longer have a physical home in your country of birth? Do you need to maintain residency for banking and a driver’s license but you’re nomadic or are based in another country? After you’ve found a cheap place to live in another country, it can get …

 If you’re setting out for a round-the-world trip, an extended sabbatical, or the nomad life, you might want to pad that budget a bit to account for all the unexpected expenses you weren’t counting on. Otherwise, the nasty surprises could mean your money will run out before your trip plans do. Let’s say you’ve done …

I’m not the only one who has said my travel education was much more lasting than my many years of formal education. I absorbed much more about geography, history, politics, and economics while backpacking around the world than I ever did cramming for tests. My educational travel continues to this day, every time I’m outside …

“Have I saved enough money for my trip around the world for a year?” “How much will an around the world trip cost per month? Back when few people could work remotely and even fewer Americans were traveling around the world for a year, I used to get questions like this on a weekly basis. …