When I heard you could stay for free in nice homes around the world by pet sitting, I thought pet sitting as a digital nomad sounded too good to be true. Maybe it is? My First House Sitting Experience in Brighton It’s day 4 of an 8-day pet sit in Brighton. This is my first…
Airbnb feels like it’s reached a tipping point. Does it need to make some changes if it’s going to contribute to a future of more sustainable travel? My first AirBnb experience was in Barcelona for Primavera Festival in 2016. I was tagging along with a group of friends (only one of which I actually knew)….
“Holiday proving quite enjoyable with reasonable weather. Home Thursday.” – Bob. That tiny message, scribbled on the back of a postcard from 1956, is still one of my favourite flea market finds. I discovered it while digging through boxes of dusty vintage postcards in a shop called Snooper’s Paradise, hidden away on a cobbled side…
When I first became a digital nomad, I thought constant motion was the whole point. New city every week, new country every month, that kind of thing. I’d wake up in a hostel bunk, pack up my life in under ten minutes, grab a bad coffee from the airport lounge, and tell myself that hopping…
The Problem With the Way We Travel Most people travel like they’re trying to tick off boxes on some invisible life checklist. Paris? Done. Rome? Done. Bali? Done. Next? You’ve probably seen it too… tourists running around with selfie sticks, jumping from one attraction to another, barely stopping to breathe. And while there’s nothing wrong with seeing the world,…
Burnout is the hidden truth of digital nomad life. Here’s what causes it, how I went through it (twice), and how you can recover and build a lifestyle that actually lasts. Introduction From the outside, the digital nomad lifestyle looks like a dream. Laptops on the beach, constant travel, the freedom to live anywhere. But…
