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September 5, 2018

The Alt-Nomad Guide to Road Trip Planning: Shortcuts, Hazards, and Pit Stops

Great planning leads to great road trips. We always leave plenty of room in our travel plans for the unexpected, but we do schedule the..

May 17, 2018

Gluten-Free Travel – A Survival Guide for Celiacs

May is Celiac Awareness Month and as someone with celiac living on the road full time, gluten-free travel has been a big challenge, especially when it..

Nomad Life

May 2, 2018

A Pocket Guide to Stellar Smartphone Travel Photography

I get asked all the time what I use to take the travel photos I post on Facebook and Instagram. When I say that most..

Destination Guides

April 27, 2018

A Dad’s Guide to Surviving Your Orlando Theme Parks Trip from Hell

Fewer things are more terrifying to a parent than planning a big trip with their kids–and there’s none bigger than the dreaded Orlando theme parks..

How To

April 23, 2018

How to Tell if Your Airbnb Host is a Cult Leader and Other Vital Lessons in Rentals

In the past year alone, Mike and I have stayed in a whopping 45 Airbnb rental units. Trust us–we’ve seen it all. From the good–when..

April 18, 2018

A Year In Our Camper Van: Lessons Learned After 43 States Traveled

We’ve certainly had some lessons learned in our camper van this year. It’s been exactly a full year since we set out from Austin for..

How To

February 8, 2018

Our Micro Camper: A DIY Ford Transit Connect Conversion Guide

Our Ford Transit Connect conversion cost us less than $2500, about 30 hours of labor, and a whole lot of planning to get us there. ..

How To

January 20, 2018

How to Travel More For Less By Making It A Priority in Your Life

I know, I know, you hear it all the time, coming from high-school graduates to senior citizens alike. It’s an effortless, universal icebreaker when you..

Nomad Life

January 17, 2018

The Plunge: An Expat Guide for Thriving As a Corporate Nomad

To tell you the truth, I was terrified. It’s 2009 and here I am, a young lab manager who had just walked out of..

January 10, 2018

How to Build a Career as an Online ESL Teacher

If you’ve done so much as dip a toe into the digital nomad community, you’ve likely noticed one prevalent trend– there are a LOT of..