before you hit the road.
With a U.S. or Canadian passport, you can stay for up to ninety days
in many different countries around the world. In some of them, you
can do a “visa run” across the border after the time is up and then
return for another extended stay.
You can learn about the visas required for different countries by
visiting
VisaHQ.com
or
VisaHQ.ca
, a commercial service I use for
my own visa applications. Other companies offer the same
assistance, and you don’t need to use a service to apply for visas if
you’re not traveling that frequently.
As much as possible, keep your work “in the cloud” by using online
services such as Google Docs and Dropbox. This way, you can
access it from anywhere and don’t have to worry as much about
keeping your data with you.
Change your password frequently, and don’t use the name of your cat
as the password (not that I learned this through experience or
anything …).
Stay for free with helpful hosts through
CouchSurfing.org
, or at low
cost from
individual landlords at
AirBnB.com
.
You can start from anywhere, but as a general recommendation, Latin
America and Southeast Asia are two of the easiest and most
hospitable regions to begin your nomadic adventures.
Some places are more tech-friendly than others. To be aware of what
to expect before visiting a new country, study up by reading the
forums at
BootsnAll.com
or
MeetPlanGo.com
.
As you roam, maintain a balance between adventure and work.
Remember that most people work regular jobs and travel only once
in a while, so be sure to take advantage of sightseeing and
experiencing the local culture. But similarly, don’t feel bad about
needing to devote more hours to work whenever needed. It’s OK;
the work allows you to travel.
Digital nomads and roaming entrepreneurs come in all packages, and it’s
hard to get away from their infectious stories. As I interviewed business
owners and put the word out for more submissions, I kept hearing story
after story that sounded like those of Brandon, Kyle, and Bernard. I’d
continue to cast the net for more traditional businesses, but I kept thinking:
This is a great business model. Why would you want to do anything else?
In these examples, Brandon is a music teacher, Kyle is a photographer,
and Bernard is a developer. The list could go on: Cherie Ve Ard, whom
we’ll
meet in
Chapter 13
, is a health-care consultant, and Brandy Agerbeck,
whose story is in
Chapter 7
, is a graphic facilitator. Because of the nature of
their work, many of the businesses in the other case studies are technically
location independent even if they currently have a fixed address. There is
more than one road to the road, in other words, but one business model is
especially useful for location independence: the business of information
publishing. Since this model is both common and highly profitable, let’s
look at it in some detail.
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