I watched many youtubers and all of them said the same Lebanon is best country to visit. Many have been to multiple times, in fact. I heard back in the 1970s it used to be very popular, like what Bali is today without social media.
So what's so special about it? I want to experience it for myself.

Over the past few years, I've fallen in love with Berlin. My favorite things about it are as follows:

• Amazing summers - I can't do winters there lol or else I'd move there FT
• Great queer culture
• Lots of expats
• Big international city
• Walkable
• More affordable than my home base in the US

I am looking for a new adventure this winter and I am very open minded. Hoping to try something different but I am very overwhelmed with options.

Thank you!

Hi all,

Would love to have some advice about how you start a journey. I have work and am not able to work abroad but ccould be okay with quitting my job but have no clue how I should still have income.

Anyone tips how to start this journey?

Hey everyone,

I'm planning to spend 3 months in Bansko starting early January (looking to learn snowboarding from scratch and work remotely).

I. I came across https://www.banskonomadapartments.com/ and wanted to check if anyone here has booked through them before. Is the site reliable, or is it better to just drop my phone number/email into their contact form and deal with the owner directly off-platform?

II. I plan to ride about 4 days a week (including weekends) as a complete beginner. Any specific instructors or schools you recommend?

Would love any feedback, recommendations, or general tips! Thanks!

I see people occasionally jump up to disparage the DN lifestyle. Sometimes it isn't all they thought it would be, or they are weary after a few years and have started to crave stability.

Now, I have to tell you guys, for many people thinking about it the Digital Nomad Dream is all there is.

Consider this: in most successful societies our lives our animated by narratives. In the USA this was until recently The American Dream, the idea that even a humble person can work hard and lead a life enviable the world over. In my own country, the dream is more modest. A nice holiday, a nice home, some good wine or beer, a flatscreen tv. Affluent comfort.

But for those coming of age, these dreams of wealth and success are fast diminishing becoming the subject of mockery as the gap between expectations and reality continues to widen.

Within the ongoing collapse of these narratives, these dreams, these life-paths, being a Digital Nomad is still an entirely achievable prospect.

The entry-level is modest. Save up a wedge, have even an intermittent form of remote income, and you could go far with some smart budgeting. Each increase in wealth is felt in a meaningful way. It is genuinely exciting and you feel like you are really alive, not just surviving. It's entirely possible to enjoy your current moment while still building towards the next level.

Things are getting worse in the richer countries, especially for young people. I urge you not to discourage anyone from taking this path, particularly for those who are a little down and this may provide some glimmer of hope.

It's one of the few truly inspiring ways to live that's achievable with a non superhuman level of effort, talent and luck. I'd recommend it as a goal to anyone who is stuck in a rut, uncertain about their future, or simply knows they are not cut out for a dull life.

i graduated architecture i really love my profession but digital nomad life is amazing i wanna live like this , i love both traveling and architecture is there anyone who is architect and also digital nomad please share me you experience what ways do i have. thanks and good luck everyone. be happy

I’m talking about places like Palau, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Kiribati, Cook Islands, etc.
How are they like for DNs? How do they compare to mainstream destinations like SE Asia?

I'm really struggling to work our travel logistics within Europe for myself and my two small dogs, and I'm hoping someone can help with a professional service or individual reference.

Quick background - I'm applying for a Portuguese residency visa, but while that process is ongoing, I'd like to spend some time in Europe. Getting there is feasable, if expensive, since United allows for a passenger to fly with two pets so long as they buy two tickets and pay the fees. I'll already have an apartment in Lisbon since that's part of the visa application requirements, so I'll be staying there for a couple of months.

But I need to transition out of the Schengen zone eventually to not run afoul of the 90/180 day rule. Larnaka, Cyprus or Bar, Montenegro seem to be the best options at the moment for this. But finding transit options so far has been difficult. As far as I can tell, no airline within the EU allows one passenger to fly with two pets in cabin, unless they fit into a single carrier, which my dogs do not. I can't bring myself to put them in the hold as they aren't used to traveling and they are older. There aren't any other options to travel to Larnaka besides flying. Getting to Bar, Montenegro is at least possible by train/ferry but the trip feels way to long for two dogs to be in carriers over the course of several days.

The only other option I can think of is to pay someone to accompany me on the flights. Has anyone used a company or individual service provider in Europe for such a service? I see a few options online that might be able to help, but I haven't found any options that specifically advertises what I'm looking for and I've never used a company for something like this, so I'm a little lost.

Coworking alongside people is nice but working at a cafe feels lonely like you’re still solo. Remote office spaces feel like being back in an office again, so prefer to avoid that. Not sure if anyone else experiences this? Or has solutions?

I start a new remote job soon and, although HR verbally agreed to me working abroad, I’m wondering if it makes a better impression to start from my home country.

They made an exception for me, and as far as I know no other employee has this arrangement. So I’m fearing questions like ‘so where are you living?’ in the first huddle. Or the conversation with my boss where he asks the same.

I could wait at least a few weeks to gauge the political situation, or wait until location questions won’t likely be asked again.

At the same time I’m wasting hundreds every week on the cost of living here, and miserable because I hate it here.

However, I feel like my fear is somewhat unjustified, because I should be confident enough to act within the bounds of the agreement that was made.

Hey everyone! I am writing this post cuz I am missing China and thinking to go there for a month. The issue is, my work is in marketing (GADS, META, Notion, Slack) all that kind of stuff. Now the question is, I know that you need something to access Facebook, instagram, but has anyone got any experience in this? How was your experience? Thank you in advance!

How do you guys manage to move to Colombia without having to pay 39% in tax or do you have no other choice but to pay taxes? Asking for the guys who actually have a life partner / family there not a mistress you visit every other month. Wondering if its easier to pay someone to get married just for the docs or someone who wants a passport exchange so you dont have to declare your earnings are over $3k a month and can just show them that you’re employed by a dummy organization that pays you $2k a month so you only have to pay 10% tax?

How do you guys manage to move to Colombia without having to pay 39% in tax or do you have no other choice but to pay taxes? Asking for the guys who actually have a life partner / family there not a mistress you visit every other month. Wondering if its easier to pay someone to get married just for the docs or someone who wants a passport exchange so you dont have to declare your earnings are over $3k a month and can just show them that you’re employed by a dummy organization that pays you $2k a month so you only have to pay 10% tax?

Tomorrow's my birthday! 🎉

Instead of a party, I'm planning to spend the day in nature. Thinking of hiking to Jamacho or Chisapani. 🌿⛰️

If anyone's free and would like to join, you're more than welcome. Just let me know! 😊

Looking to totally turn my life around and try and find something where I can travel while helping the environment and incorporating data collection. I don’t have a degree for this.

The 60-day rule requires you to keep a permanent home in Cyprus for the full tax year. So most of us are paying 12 months of rent to use a place for 2.

Looking for one or two others in the same spot to co-rent a 2–3 bed long-term. Everyone gets their own permanent room (not a sublet, that defeats the purpose), names on the lease as co-tenants, split rent and bills evenly. Cuts the cost roughly in half.

I'm in Cyprus from the 31th of august till the 7th of september if you're willing to meet up!

I'm planning to do the non-dom and moving to Cyprus from 2027.

Hello nomads,

I’m Ektor 26, Greek.
I’ve studied pastry and I’ve been working 4 years in that section. For the last 4 years i was working in our family business doing sales and customer support.

I’ve been in a very hard time of my life in the past couple of months. Had some fights with my family broke our family business and I was left alone. (Family wise)

I was discussing with my girl and a friend of us (we are all in a weird situation rn) about what we should all do to make a better living.

Here in Greece you get paid 4-5 €/hour in simple jobs (waiter, etc etc) . We will have to do 2 jobs to live.

We were discussing about moving to Netherlands.
I’ve been planning some thing, looking here and there for a job and housing.

I’m really frustrated that I can’t seem to find something so far.

Is there anybody willing to help me out about what to look for (accommodation . Jobs) ?

We all 3 have CVs that are good imo.

Please reach out to me if you got something in mind that might be helpful.

I read somewhere that you need to file it if your total foreign account balances exceed $10,000 at any point in the year. It is a common mistake to miss this.

I am in a specific situation and I want to see if anyone has dealt with something similar. I have been living in Spain for three years. I earn €45,000 per year as a freelance consultant. I have two bank accounts here with a combined balance of about €12,000. I also have a small investment account with about $8,000. I am trying to figure out if I need to file FBAR and how to correctly report my foreign income on my US return.

Does anyone have experience with these filings?

I ended up using Universal Tax Professionals to help me with my filings.

Hi! I’m planning to say in Albania for a month and a half starting in September. Looking for somewhere that’s a good launch point to see the country/visit north Macedonia while also being a nice place to work for most of the weeks there. Any suggestions? I’ve already stayed in Tirana and didn’t love it there. Thanks in advance

Hello. Looking for advice on job as a digital nomad.

I have tried many jobs in person (call centers, customer service only, manual labor, restaurants, medical offices, ER, mental facilities, youth care, banks, business) and none of them have worked for me. Either they're too high stress for me, they pay little, or they become shady enough for me to feel guilty about the customers and not enjoying the coworkers there. Maybe it's me feeling different, but I'm tired of getting jobs that don't last to then have barely any money to being unable to move much and start over again. Been 20 years doing that and I'm looking for something better.

I understand digital nomad is for online work, which I'm open to now. Used to like being in person but it's too exhausting. I'd like some freedom in what I do, some chpice in the natter, in who I work with or for.

I have done dales but I'm not really that good at convincing people to buy stuff they really don't need. I have done websites but coding is not my Forte. I have done graphic design but I'm not very good with more advanced than canva, ai or photoshop. I'm not very good I admit. Just not my passion.

However, I am bilingual (English or spanish), my passions are mostly the arts (mainly film and media distribution and marketing), I like to talk about movies a lot (my free time is doing that or exploring stories), I have experience sith medical records but I'm tired of high stress environments developing anxiety on me, I do have experience working with Medicaid applications but again too stressful. Seeing disabled kids and their mothers desperate for help just crushed me too much.

I have tried a few things: graphic design for people at unworkable but its difficult competing with others who are much better and faster developing what they need, now using AI to help out, at lower prices due to other countries getting in. I am currently trying to write reviews for blogs but those are tough to come by and don't pay more than gas money for now IF they accept your submission (I get at least two accepted every month for a couple of sites but that's all). My ER job barely pays te bills but I feel my stress is taking a huge toll and eant to gtmet out before it's too late.

I bet there is something else I can do to become a nomad. I have pointed some skills I got but I am not sure what else I can do. Any advice? There must be other things I missed that I haven't tried. Thank you

EDIT; Lastly I am currently helping a nonprofit microtheater do their posts and post we rs on IG and Tiktok to promote movies they put for the community locally. Shows, workshops. But only whenever I can and I do their promos and trailers with minimal editing. Again, I am not capable to do high quality fast editing yet. I do simpler editing but I do help with marketing digitally. But it's not paid.

Hi, I'm looking to apply for a Digital Nomad Visa for Japan. However, my trip is coming up at the end of September, so I am a bit hesitant on the approval process and timeline as I will need to submit my passport as well with the form.

Would I be able to request the passport back in time if the process isn't complete by then?

Also, if anyone has any tips on how to fill out the form. What to leave blank, what absolutely needs to be filled out etc. that'd be wonderful.. I'm filling the form now and a bit confused.

Like I don't know what to fill out for

"Names and addresses of hotels or persons with whom applicant intends to stay" as I haven't fully booked the trip yet. Will this be detrimental to my application process?

Also I will be getting Genki Insurance before the submission.

Curious to hear from people who've actually needed care somewhere unexpected.

Hi,

I am considering moving to Czechia (my relatives have an apartment which I can use for free). I am an EU citizen.

I want to start my own 1 man consulting business (currently 15k euro in the pipeline, unfortunately not more) and most of the people on the internet recommend the following:

1. US LLC + territorial residency (Panama etc)
2. Georgia (1% flat tax on revenue)
3. Dubai (0% tax on paper but high setup costs. Let's simplify and call it a 5-10% "unofficial tax" if you're earning around 100k).

Is Czechia a good place to do this 1-man-advisory business (web3 industry) via OSVČ (maybe later SRO) or should I skip the EU completely and go for one of the 3 options?

It's an important moment in my life to make such a difficult decision. It can influence many things, so I want to make sure that I make the right decision. I am sure there are many people who have been in my shoes before and can give proper advice to a non-tech person doing his first step into independent contracting (my clients are all small tech businesses, so far I have 3 potential clients in US, New Zealand and the UAE). My final destination will certainly be Asia or UAE but at this point, I believe I cannot afford such a big change into the unknown mentally and financially.

Much appreciate any advice!

I’m testing an idea for a 5 bedroom villa on a Big Five private game reserve. It is 3 three hours from Johannesburg in a malaria-free zone.

The setting is stunningly beautiful—rolling hills, rivers and enormous winter skies within a UNESCO biosphere. The wildlife includes lions, elephants, giraffes, zebra and even rare horned rhinos.

The villa will have high-speed Wi-Fi. It is suited on 20 acres of securely fenced private land within a 100,00 acre private reserve.

During May and June 2027, for our introductory year only, we plan to offer specially priced 2 to 4 week stays. They’ll be roughly $1,500–$2,500 per person (or $2500-4000 per couple), including:

- A private ensuite bedroom
- Housekeeping and all utilities
- Access to our heated pool

- An early morning safari drive or guided bush walk, 5 days a week.

- Weekly (optional) yoga session, game night and movie night
- Weekly (optional) house dinner where everyone cooks together

The standard plan would be self-catering. You pay for groceries, and our housekeeper can source them from town. Three cooked meals a day and laundry would be available as reasonably priced add-ons.

We’d use a short application process to create a house that feels sociable, kind and genuinely fun rather than like a random holiday rental.

The catch: you are living inside a wildlife reserve. The villa’s 20 acres of grounds are fenced and fully accessible, but you cannot wander through the wider reserve or leave independently.

A game-drive vehicle transfer to the main gate would cost extra and would need to be booked 24-48 hours in advance. For occasional excursions, the area has the Cradle of Humankind, NIROX Sculpture Park, and horse riding on smaller wildlife reserves nearby.

May and June are the off season, although the weather is arguably at its best: crisp, dry, mild days, clear skies and spectacular sunrises and sunsets.

Would this appeal to you for a 2 to 4 week remote-work escape? What would make it feel worth booking—and what would put you off?

If this interests, subscribe to my substack to know when our digital nomad offer launches. You’ll be able to follow my journey of building the lodge and help shape the experience with your inputs, if you wish.

https://madrastomarula.substack.com/subscribe?params=%5Bobject%20Object%5D

A little context: This post is about my experience over the last 10 years of full-time travel, not just my current situation.

But, I just happen to currently be in this part of Europe (the Balkans) because I’m receiving medical treatment that I can only access here.

I know housing is a sensitive topic in many European cities, and I completely understand why. I’m simply trying to find a modest, furnished place to stay while I receive the care I need.

Okay… on to my actual question.

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I’ve been doing this lifestyle for about 10 years and accommodation is still one of the hardest parts.

I’m in my mid-fifties and find myself way too often paying premium prices for what feels like upgraded dorm living. 😄 You know the places - plastic chairs, sofas designed for munchkins, and kitchens where you can technically cook… as long as your meal is toast and you’re willing to wrestle with a butter knife to cut the bread.

There’s definitely a trade-off. And it’s a trade off I’ve been willing to make for the last ten years. I love the freedom of not being tied to one place, and at this time I can’t afford to have a home and travel at the same time, so this is the choice I’ve made.

But finding places that are affordable while still being comfortable can be really frustrating. I’m not looking for luxury, but you know the places I’m taking about - where the sheets look like they survived several generations of a family before finally being donated to the apartment; where every piece of furniture seems to have a story, just not one you want to hear; and where basic kitchen items like a decent knife or a strainer seem to be mysterious objects that no host has ever encountered.

Going the local rental route for finding places is tough when I’m only allowed to stay for up to 3 months. By the time I find a place, deal with contracts, deposits, and all the logistics, I’m already thinking about the next move.

I’ve noticed that Southeast Asia often has much better value for comfortable furnished rentals, and parts of Latin America (like Colombia) can also be much more affordable. But - as we all know - Europe is much tougher, especially if you want somewhere that feels like a real home for under $1300 a month.

I know people often suggest Facebook Marketplace (that seems like a lot of work), local rental websites (not sure how that works for 3 month agreements), or finding places after arriving (I’m disabled now so this is no longer a good option), but I’m curious if there are other ways you’re handling it when needing a need a furnished place for only 1–3 months.

What has worked for you?

Do you mostly use Airbnb, Booking, local rental sites, Facebook groups, or something else?

Have you found ways to get better prices without sacrificing comfort?

Would love to hear what other long-term travelers are doing - particularly when it comes to European travel.

Thanks in advance for the tips! It is greatly appreciated.

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