Often while traveling, it seems that there’s no place immune from a wireless connection. Hotels, cafés—even buses allow you to connect with the world using your cell phone, laptop, or notebook. It’s been many years since I’ve heard someone make a call from an airplane using those seat-back phones: “Hey, you’ll never guess where I’m...

Looking to take your work on the road with your travels? The technology is available. There is a lack of role models, though. It would be great if we all knew digital nomads we could learn from. What would you ask a successful one if you had the chance? Enter Chris Jankulovski. The CEO of...

Last week, I wrote about Outside magazine’s Best Places to Work feature for those searching for a workplace that values the right work-life balance. Another option is breaking out of your own home territory. If you don’t love where you live, but you can’t cut the ties to an office paycheck just yet, you might...

Perhaps the perma-vagabonding life isn’t quite within reach and you need a job that will not only value your love for travel, but also will pay you enough so you can squirrel away cash for that travel. How do you know which companies support a healthy work-life balance? Outside magazine’s May issue helps you weed...

Lots of people want to travel, right? Who wouldn't? However, precise numbers are hard to come by. Gallup, a polling organization, spent 2007-2010 asking this question to young people in 148 countries: "If you could move permanently to another country, to which country would you move?" To see their answers, check out this cool infographic:...

Nigel Marsh, the author of Fat, Forty and Fired , gave a great talk at the TED Sydney conference that addresses something many long term travelers deal with -- how do you balance your life and the need to work and earn money? As Marsh notes, "I found it quite easy to balance work and...

Seeing a place for the first time—whether Paris or Machu Picchu—has magical moments that stay in our memories long after the trip is over. And for travelers who want those new experiences, it’s tempting to discourage or eliminate return travel. While I’m drawn to places I haven’t yet visited, there are destinations that I return...

On the surface, it can seem that vagabonders and entrepreneurs live in different worlds. Vagabonders are constantly going to new lands and learning new languages. Entrepreneurs are constantly working on new ideas and promoting their businesses. This blog post by Peter Shankman got me thinking that the two are more similar in mindset: How to...

UPDATE: WorkShifting is holding a $10,000 contest for digital nomads. Details at Freedom Let Go contest . The Internet and web apps have freed a generation of people to work from anywhere they choose. This is a relatively new movement, so it's hard to find reliable information about telecommuting. Beyond technology, what about the other...

Over-organizing travel plans—where you’re in a different place each day due to a long checklist of things to see—can actually result in seeing less. Sure, you may get to all the monuments or museums you want, but while the checklist blinders are on, you could be missing out on a lot of local culture. Recently,...

It's the dream of many vagabonders: to earn money online while working remotely. But as anyone who's done a Google search for "make money online" knows, there are a lot of scams out there. Finding credible, honest information can be difficult. That's why it was so refreshing to read about a vagabonder who gave the...

The Adventurer's Handbook is entertainingly subtitled, "From surviving an anaconda attack to finding your way out of the desert," which carries the implication that it's another one of those worst-case survival manuals that reminds you to clench your butt cheeks when you dive off a cliff so water doesn't rush into your nether regions and...

Getting out of your comfort zone on your travels not only opens you up to new experiences, but also teaches you a lot about yourself. It’s advocated by a wide variety of travelers—from Rick Steves to Nicholas Kristof . And when you’ve done it once, it can change the way you travel for the rest...

Three years ago, I changed my travel plans in order to visit friends living in Croatia. The country was definitely on my list, however it didn’t happen to be in the top five “must go now” destinations at the time. What changed my mind? My friends were nearing retirement age, and would soon leave Croatia...

This time of year can be a very reflective time for some people. You may find yourself looking back and appreciating the high points, remembering the lower points, and thinking about what you can do better next year. This time of year, a lot of people are making New Year’s resolutions in hopes of incorporating...

Pension Santa Elena near Monteverde, Costa Rica. Photo: Alex Steffler / Flickr Creative Commons Opening a business abroad has an indelible appeal. You get to stay in one place you love and be your own boss. If your business serves travelers, you can prolong the experience of meeting interesting people on the road. The New...

Back in college, there was a board on campus plastered with cards from students seeking rides back home from other students lucky enough to have cars. The first year I was in school, I was without wheels, so I consulted the board a handful of times to get a ride with someone I didn’t know....

It’s easy to get caught up in current events and how they impact us, especially when those events have something to do with the money we have, or more likely, don’t have. But what happens when those events take a toll on your travel dreams? We’ve all had to put off traveling, cancel an already-planned...

You have a good start. Anyone who's even considered taking a long-term travel break, or even several shorter ones, has to have an adventurous spirit. But how do you stack up against other folks looking for adventure? A post on Gadling this week discussed a recent survey commissioned by Intrepid Travel , which found that...

As you might guess from the title, Don't Tell Mum I Work On The Rigs, She Thinks I'm The Piano Player In A Whorehouse , is a bit of a quirky exploration of the itinerant oil rigging lifestyle. As vagabonders, we get pretty focused on how we can work and travel; can we write for...