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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
