Whenever we ask our readers what they want us to write about next, the most common answer is always a variation on the theme of “how do you… you know… start being a digital nomad?”. Which confuses us, because we feel like we’ve written about every facet of every aspect of how to get started, many times over. Still though, a lot of people seem to have the impression that there’s some some kind of secret mystery ingredient that we’re missing out – which, when revealed, will make the path…

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This week marks the third anniversary of us upping and leaving our home, jobs and friends in London behind. Back then, we thought we were just going on a career break: we’d never heard of the term “digital nomad” – and it didn’t exist outside of a small number of blogs run by people mostly in their 20s, mostly designers or programmers, and mostly travelling on their own or as a couple. Now, the lifestyle is so widely understood that it barely needs its own label – which is just…

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The default option for getting paid as a digital nomad is PayPal: it’s easy and it’s ubiquitous, but it’s not cheap. Especially, as we’ll see later, when multiple currencies are involved. So is there an alternative? What method should you be using to get paid for your services? I’m not an expert, but I’ll run through the options we’ve tried and the challenges we’ve faced along the way. (We have a UK bank account and UK PayPal account, and work with clients in the US, UK, Australia and Europe. I’ve…

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