Johnny Chen has a slew of marketing achievements under his belt: managing multimillion dollar marketing budgets, masterminding an increase in 5.5 million users in 3 months, running hundreds of marketing experiments… From the outside, it seems like he has always been on a “hockey stick” career trajectory. However, Johnny chose to give up many of…
Do you think traveling is always connected with money? You might also believe that the more money people have the longer they can travel. Not so. Traveling does not depend on your high salary and income, it depends on time, particularly on your holidays and days off. You cannot travel unless you have time off,…
The Internet, but also printed papers and television news, are full of stories of people quitting top-tier jobs and fancy apartments to go and explore the world while working on something they’re really passionate about. It’s very understandable, but it’s not until it happens to you that it becomes truly relatable. When the infamous “burn…
Living life abroad means a world of new. New foods, new activities, new cultural norms, and new routines. With all this newness, it’s no wonder why it can be so difficult for nomads to stick to a balanced diet and fitness routine. Fortunately, Sharita Jennings from Sweat Season, fellow nomad and certified fitness coach who…
Banking is expensive, especially as you travel and manage multiple accounts in multiple currencies. Luckily, digital banks and FinTech startups have appeared, offering a new banking experience with perks, such as very low currency conversion fees or free ATM withdrawals. In this post, we do our best to give you a quick comparison of the…
The work landscape is evolving: faster Internet speeds, rise of the gig economy, and surge of international projects. All this has made work much more flexible. While not every job role allows flexibility now, there are increasingly many out there that do. One of the consequences of that is that evermore people are working from home….
Digital nomads are sometimes perceived as simply opulent tourists. People often imagine them as young males enjoying themselves at the expense of local populations in developing countries. While that is sometimes indeed the case, there are people who prove that being a digital nomad can actually be much different from that. Being a digital nomad…
Is it possible to travel as a digital nomad with a family? We could think of no better way of finding out the answer to this question than asking someone who has been able to travel with a husband and a son by her side. Thus we’re continuing our series where we let digital nomads…
What do long-term nomads think about their journey? What would they do if they had to start over? At BeNomad, we’re starting a new series where we let digital nomads tell it in their own words. For this week, meet Kristin – a digital nomad who has traveled to over 50 countries and wants to…
Joshua Steinberg is a communications specialist who spent almost ten years advancing his career at Google, until one day he decided to quit in order to travel all the way across Asia and Europe while pursuing opportunities in the emerging blockchain industry. How did Joshua advance his corporate career, and why did he abandon it…