Digital Nomad FAQs
What is a digital nomad and how do I become a digital nomad?
If you find yourself asking these questions and want to find out more about what it takes to travel and earn a paycheck at the same time, you’re in the right spot.
Our FAQs will reveal all the burning questions you have about life as a digital nomad. From how digital nomads make money to how they get about while they’re in a different city, you’ll learn everything you need and more.
How Geo-Arbitrage Can Help Digital Nomads Lead a Better Life
There are lots of different types of digital nomads in the world with different approaches to travel, work, and managing their finances. But one common motive for many digital nomads is to find a better work-life balance, usually leveraging geo-arbitrage....
How to Work from Cafes Without Becoming a “Laptop Squatter”
Occasionally working from a café is a fundamental part of being a digital nomad. If you are working from your accommodation, it can feel stifling to be stuck staring at the same four walls for hours every day when you are in an exciting new city. Working from a local...
Can You Be a Digital Nomad as a Digital Marketer
Can you become a digital nomad if you are a digital marketer? The short answer is absolutely yes! While not all digital marketing jobs are remote (just because a job has digital in the title does not mean that it is remote), there are a growing number of fully remote...
6 Best Digital Nomad Jobs for Beginners
So, you want to be a digital nomad, but you aren’t sure what kind of work you can do to support yourself while traveling? The first thing to ask yourself is what skills and experience you have that you could exploit. If you are a developer, website designer, social...
Can Accountants Embrace Remote Work? A Digital Nomad View
As more and more jobs go hybrid or remote, more people are asking whether their profession is suitable for the digital nomad lifestyle. Today our question is: can accountants become digital nomads? While any job that allows you to work fully remotely is technically...
Best Places to Work From: A Digital Nomad’s Guide
Digital nomads have the luxury of working from anywhere, but where do they actually work from? Despite what posed photos on Instagram suggest few choose to work from the beach or a resort pool. No one wants sand getting into their laptop, the sun overheating, or the...
The Number of Digital Nomads: Exploring the Statistics
How many digital nomads are there in the world? Researchers have been trying to track this statistic since before the pandemic, but it is challenging since it relies on self-reporting. Consequently, there are a few different figures out there. Estimates vary from...
Can Lawyers Work Remotely? A Closer Look
An increasing number of white-collar jobs can be done remotely. You can meet online and deliver work via the web, and since the pandemic, most clients and colleagues accept this as a legitimate way of working (unlike before the pandemic). But is every job compatible...
Are Digital Nomads Rich? The Truth Behind the Lifestyle
If you follow any digital nomads on Instagram, you probably assume that they are pretty wealthy. Flying to beautiful international destinations every month, staying in incredibly beachside hotels or jungle treehouses, and taking in local adventures. This can make the...
Schengen Survival Guide: Mastering the 90/180 Rule for EU Travel
If you are a citizen of a third country and you want to travel to the European Schengen area, you get one tourist visa that lets you travel to all 27 Schengen countries. It allows you to spend up to 90 days in the Schengen area every 180 days. If you have a visa, for...
The Advantages and Challenges of Remote Work for Psychologists
Psychology used to be a job that required professionals to establish a permanent office where they could see people in person. While many psychologists and patients still prefer this arrangement, even before the pandemic, psychologists started to consult online. The...
Are Digital Nomads Really Homeless? Debunking the Comparison
A swathe of recent articles have compared the experience of being a digital nomad to being homeless. One LinkedIn writer suggested that: Being a digital nomad is a lot like being a hobo. You have no home, drink too much, and often get stared at. When you speak, nobody...
Why Locals Hate Digital Nomads: Exploring the Concerns
As South Africa prepares to officially launch their digital nomad visa, debate rages in the beautiful city of Cape Town about whether the digital nomads who have already descended on the city are a boon or a burden. Cape Town is not the only city to start to complain...
Balancing Freedom and Stability: Navigating Remote Work and Digital Nomadism
There is a growing trend for clear-cutting of work life and personal living areas. The upcoming trend of remote work and the feature of digital nomads operating outside an office and from anywhere around the world allow people to get out of the office working routine...
Should Remote Workers be Paid Less than In-Office Staff?
The question of whether companies can or should pay remote workers less than their counterparts in the office is not a new one. But the debate is boiling up again after a survey published by the spend management platform Pleo in February 2024. Their survey of small...
Is the Digital Nomad Lifestyle Right for You? Pros and Cons
For years, digital nomads have been praising the lifestyle and telling others that it is the way to live while posting fantastic photos from impossibly beautiful destinations. This was definitely the general consensus when the digital nomad lifestyle was aspirational...
Digital Nomad Salaries and Income: Myth vs. Reality
Many myths circulate about how much money and how well you can live as a digital nomad. But is it realistic to imagine that you can earn US$50,000+ per year working only a couple of hours a day while spending only a few hundred a month living in a beach paradise and...
Profile and Motives of Digital Nomads: Debunking Stereotypes
We often have a very fixed idea of what a digital nomad looks like. Perhaps a man around the age of 30 from a wealthy country who works in an area such as programming, probably single and without kids. But how accurate is this description? Many digital nomad...
Are Digital Nomads Happier? The Truth Behind the Promises
If you listen to advocates for the digital nomad lifestyle, you will often hear them promising that it is a recipe for a happier and more fulfilled life. But is there evidence that digital nomads are happier than other people? It is hard to measure happiness, as it is...
Unveiling the Future: Digital Nomads’ Role in Shaping Society
The pandemic was the catalyst for the remote work revolution. While many companies are now asking employees to spend some days in the office in a hybrid work style, there is no going back. An increasing number of people are prioritizing the ability to work remotely,...
FAQ Digital Nomad Reddit: Your Burning Questions Answered
What are the most common questions that people have for digital nomads, and what do digital nomads really think about these burning issues? You can find this information on the Digital Nomads Reddit sub, where the digital nomad curious can get responses from real...
15 Best Digital Nomad Jobs for 2024
Have you decided that 2024 is the year that you finally embrace your digital nomad dream? It all starts with finding the perfect digital nomad job that you can do while on the move with just your skills and experience, a laptop, and an internet connection. While any...
Preventing Identity Theft for Digital Nomads
Published in January 2024, Regula’s Identity Verification in a Globalized World Report interviewed 750 digital nomads and 750 fraud prevention decision-makers from around the world to better understand the interplay between digital nomadism and identity fraud. There...
Unveiling the Trends: MBO Partners Digital Nomad Survey
For the last five years, MBO partners have been conducting an annual study to understand digital nomadism. Focused on the United States, they ask who digital nomads are, what type of work they do, how they travel, their biggest challenges, and how satisfied they are...
The Influence of a Powerful Passport for Digital Nomads
Does having a powerful passport matter? If you have one, it is probably not something you think about much. You can visit most countries as a tourist without getting a visa before you go, or you apply for electronic clearance online before you travel and pay a small...
How to Select Your Next Destination as a Digital Nomad?
Are you a digital nomad considering where to go next? When the world is your oyster, how do you choose? Read on for our complete guide to how to select your next destination as a digital nomad. We start with how to come up with a long list of destinations to consider,...
What is a Workation?
As remote work practices make working more flexible, lots of new jargon is being introduced into our work vocabulary. We now talk about hybrid working, asynchronous communication, remote first, and zoom fatigue. Another new word that has entered our vocabulary is...
The 5 Types of Digital Nomads: Which One Are You?
Pre-pandemic, people generally agreed that there were three types of digital nomads, based on how they earn income. But new research, focused on American workers, conducted by anthropologist Dave Cook and recently published a study in the World Leisure Journal,...
Are Digital Nomads Destroying Local Economies?
Many countries see digital nomads as an opportunity for an economic boost! An increasing number of countries have introduced digital nomad visas to attract remote workers to spend the relatively high incomes that they earn from overseas companies in their local...
Challenges Faced by Digital Nomads: 2023 Study by Passport Photo Online
With digital nomadism becoming an increasingly accessible lifestyle choice thanks to the remote work revolution, a growing number of studies are being conducted to determine whether traveling while working really does produce the better work-life balance and overall...
What to Expect from AI in Coworking Spaces?
We have been talking about AI and its future impact on work for years. But now, with the launch of usable applications such as ChatGPT and DALL-E, we are starting to see what this might look like in practice. If you work in a field where AI is proving useful, then...
The Pros and Cons of Being A Digital Nomad
The digital nomad lifestyle, which was at one time only a niche kind of living usually reserved for some “eccentric” freelancers, writers, and workers in tech, has now gone mainstream. While many people may still scoff at the idea of living out of a van or suitcase...
How “Hush Trips” are Changing Remote Work and What It Means for Employers and Employees
The term “hush trip” is the latest jargon to appear in the remote working sector. Similar to a “workation” or “bleisure”, a hush trip is when you travel when working and specifically choose not to disclose this information to your employer. How exactly might this...
Top Passports for Digital Nomads According to Nomad Capitalist
Different passports have different power, and while we all know that, digital nomads are especially aware of it. As a digital nomad, having a strong passport has a huge impact on your life, as the reality is, some passports allow you to travel freely and work remotely...
Will AI Take Over the Jobs That Digital Nomads Do?
“AI will take over my job” that’s a thought many (if not all) of us have had lately, with the rise of generative AI applications like ChatGPT, DALL-E and the hype they created, it’s hard not to worry about losing our jobs to artificial intelligence. Digital nomads and...
MBO Survey: Rise of Digital Nomads Following the Pandemic
MBO Partners, providers of a platform for independent workforce management, has just released the results of their annual American workforce survey that focuses on digital nomads and remote workers. What are their headline statistics? Read the full report here. ...
The Feynman Technique and How to Use it to Learn Anything
The Feynman technique is a method of learning that was created by Richard Feynman, the renowned Nobel prize winning physicist. The technique was founded on the idea that if you are unable to explain something in uncomplicated language, then you don't have a deep...
33-Year-Old, Single Males: These Are the Average Digital Nomads
Is your work fully remote or hybrid? Are you a digital nomad? These are very normal questions to ask and be asked in 2022, when a few years ago, only a handful of people in your circle would know what “remote work” or “digital nomadism” are. It’s estimated that the...
Everything You Need to Know about Digital Nomad Villages
Choosing a destination as a digital nomad is no easy task. You need to research not only the place you will go, but whether it has good internet, the rent is affordable, if there are activities to do or adjacent areas to discover and whether there is a digital nomad...
What Are Transferable Skills and Why Are They Important?
If you’re looking for a new job, then it’s vital that you’re able to communicate your transferable skills. That helps employers know what you’re capable of, and can help you to get a competitive edge over other candidates. It can also be a way of communicating that...
What Does the Modern ‘Anywhere Worker’ Look Like?
The changes in working patterns brought on by the pandemic mean that an increasing number of people have been freed from the office. This has swelled the ranks of the digital nomad community and changed what exactly that community looks like. In fact, today a more...
4 Reasons to Become an e-resident in Estonia
Estonia recently launched e-Residency in 2014, which is a digital identity provided by the government of Estonia that gives you access to Estonia’s e-services as well as the ability to start an EU-based company online while living anywhere in the world. To date, this...
What Digital Nomads Need to Know about Web3?
It feels a little like digital nomadism is to work what Web3 is to the internet. Both represent the decentralization of activities that were previously tightly controlled and a reach for greater freedom. As Web3 continues to emerge, we predict that it will become...
Are All Digital Nomads Minimalists?
What is the minimalist lifestyle and why do we associate it with digital nomads? On their website, The Minimalists joke that: “…. to be a minimalist you must live with less than 100 things, you can’t own a car or a home or a television, you can’t have a career, and...
4 Reasons Why Digital Nomads are Good for the Economy
Researchers estimate that there will be 1 billion digital nomads in the world by 2035; the number is estimated to have been around 4 million before the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital nomads are people who work online using the internet while traveling from one country to...
Are You a Digital Nomad or a Digital Expat – What’s the Difference?
Before there was the digital nomad, there was the expat. The term expat is generally used for people who relocate to another country, usually for work purposes, but people who retire overseas are also often called expats. Expats often relocate because their work...
The History of Remote Working
Many believe that we are in the beginning of paradigm shift of sorts, moving away from the traditional office workplace to a remote working oriented one. If this is the case, then the concept of the office as we know it, which is a relatively modern one, would have...
6 Things You Need to Leave Behind to Make it as a Digital Nomad
Freedom, having control over your life, seeing the world and experiencing novelty. These are some of the things being a digital nomad is all about. Digital nomads are people who work remotely, online while travelling. You can break the name down to “Digital”, which...
Do I Need to Take a Course to Become a Digital Nomad?
Are you one of the employees who experienced remote work during COVID-19 (or before) and you want to be doing this full time? Remote work is not the future, it has quickly become a reality. The breakout of COVID-19 pandemic forced many companies to work remotely and...
How Much Money Do I Need to Become a Digital Nomad?
“I want to be a digital nomad, but I don’t think I can afford it” If that’s what you are thinking, then this article is for you! Many people who heard about digital nomadism, would love to subscribe to this lifestyle. Many want to experience the freedom, the different...
Do Digital Nomads Ever Settle Down?
Technology gave us great power. Not only the power of knowledge, or having the world at a click of a button, but also the power to make lifestyle choices. Digital nomads are people who used the power of technology to pursue freedom and experience. They are people who...
Digital Nomad Visa vs Tourist Visa, Which One Should I Apply for?
Digital nomadism is here to stay. That’s a fact, supported by the rise in numbers of digital nomads around the world and the legal steps countries are taking to accommodate them. Digital nomads are people who work remotely while travelling from one place to another....
How To Become A Digital Nomad Family
In a previous article, we took a look at what actually is a digital nomad family life. Specifically, what are some of the realities of being a digital nomad family - both the upside and the downside. But here we’re gonna delve into how to become a digital nomad...
Thriving Nomads Summit 2021 launches on 16th April
When you hear about digital nomads, usually, two questions come to mind, Why would I become a digital nomad? And how do I become a digital nomad? Digital nomads are people who work remotely while travelling. They have a job that they can do online and they travel the...
Digital Nomad Family Life
The idea of being a digital nomad and having a family at the same time may seem like a pretty far-fetched idea. But actually, we think it isn’t such a crazy thing! The digital nomad family life can be an amazing one that’s especially rewarding. This isn’t to say that...
Is it Legal to be a Digital Nomad?
Digital nomads are people who use the internet and technology to do their work while travelling. More specifically, they are people who do remote jobs while travelling from one country to another. Digital nomads usually stay for a period, longer than a tourist but...
Do digital nomads pay taxes?
Digital nomads broke the common rules of the work life. They packed their suitcases, said goodbye to their bosses and got on a plane; moving from one dream destination to another. All of this, while working remotely. But do digital nomads break other rules? Like...
10 Common Mistakes Digital Nomads Make
Imagine this, you walk up to the check-in counter at your local airport, stoked to be starting a new chapter in your life as a digital nomad, and the person at the counter asks you for your passport. You hand it to them and they pull through the pages looking for the...
How Much Money Can I Earn as a Digital Nomad?
Don’t you wish you can leave your job, say goodbye to your boss and live your life travelling around the world? A decade ago, this might have been a retirement plan for many, but guess what?! You don’t have to wait for retirement to do that. Living as a digital...
12 Skills you Need to Become a Digital Nomad
People who love travelling, would certainly love to do it for more than just a holiday. We bet you have been to at least one place where you said, “Oh! If only I can move here!”. Digital nomads are people who at some point felt that they can’t be tied to one place....
Moving Your Money as a Digital Nomad: Best Services for International Banking
One of the biggest challenges faced by digital nomads is managing money between different countries. It can be difficult to get the currency that you need, where you need it, and when you need it, especially without having to pay hefty fees to have access to your own...
What is a digital nomad? 10 frequently asked questions
What comes to your mind when you hear the term “digital nomad”? Maybe a guy on the beach somewhere with his laptop? A tired but excited traveler, taking a video call while balancing his luggage in a coworking space? Or a group of young people in a café-like place with...
What is Estonian e-Residency and How Can it Help You?
We all know that with each upcoming year modern physical borders and national regulations are becoming the attribute of the past… But could you have thought even 5 years ago that people would be able to live in one country, have the citizenship of another country and...
A New Home for Digital Nomads in Madeira
Beautiful beaches on the ocean, warm weather all year round, amazing mountains for hiking, a sunset that takes your breath away plus the advantage of good internet. Yup! That checks the list of every digital nomad for the perfect destination. The place we are talking...
Living as a Digital Nomad during COVID-19
For several years, digital nomadism has been an increasingly popular trend. But this way of life, which consists of traveling the world while working remotely from a laptop and anywhere that has an internet connection, has had to face consequences of COVID-19. How is...
Crypto Nomads: the Pros and Cons of Using Cryptocurrency as a Digital Nomad
Imagine a world without borders, where you can travel, explore and live everywhere, where the whole world becomes your home and the journey and adventures never stop. This is not a dream anymore, as more and more people around the world are travelling from one place...
Top 9 Digital Nomad Blogs To Follow In 2022
Whether you are just thinking of becoming a Digital Nomad or you’ve already headed down this road, you are sure to have lots of questions and might often need some advice from other experienced travelers and online entrepreneurs. Luckily a community of Digital Nomads...
10 Best Cities For Digital Nomads In 2024
It has never been easier to travel the world while working and making money. The only question that you may want to ask yourself is where to go. According to most digital nomads, the most important criteria when choosing the right place to move include: the quality of...