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...
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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...
Gringo Go Home: Mexico City Struggling with Digital Nomads
Not long ago we published a post about the potential negative impact that the major influx of digital nomads has had on Lisbon, Portugal, and how locals are starting to pull up the welcome mat. Now it seems that Mexico City, a very popular digital nomad destination,...
Digital Nomad Salaries and Income: A Survey by Flatio
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...
Why Europe is Attracting Digital Nomads?
While digital nomads tend to seek out a more affordable cost of living, it is not Southeast Asia nor South America that has emerged as the world’s most popular digital nomad regions. Europe, with its accessibility and diversity, has become the most popular travel...
Do Digital Nomads Lead Fulfilling Lives?
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...
Why Digital Nomads Should Stay in the Swiss Alps in the Off-Season
There is just something romantic about the idea of the Swiss Alps. The mighty peaks that spring up as tall boundaries between some of Europe’s richest countries, and which, of course, featured in The Sound of Music, as the von Trapp family flees Salzburg over the...
Insights from the Latest 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 Rise of Chinese Digital Nomads
We don’t often see the words “digital nomad” and “China” together, largely due to the difficulty of getting visas to travel there, something which has only become harder since the pandemic. Nevertheless, you will see some travelers sharing their views on why Shanghai...