Beach Commute - Digital Nomad Experts

You may have heard many episodes of Marisa and Jeff talking about travel and remote careers, but you haven’t heard their full stories, failures and triumphs on their own journey to digital nomad life.

Until today…

In this episode, Marisa interviews Jeff on his story from college dropout to getting paid a remote salary as a marketer who got out of a deep depression by traveling the world.

Throughout this episode, you’ll learn:

Links:

91 digital nomad jobs that people in our community are actually doing while traveling the world: www.beachcommute.com/91

Danny Burton had a plane ticket to Japan where he intended to live permanently with his then-girlfriend. 

His new life was literally DAYS away. 

Then Covid hit, and an alternate life path unfolded. 

He got stock (literally STUCK) in Lisbon where he was forced to lock down. 

Out of necessity, he found a few other digital nomads to room with while the early days of Covid raged on, and lockdowns remained in full effect. 

Despite the inconvenience of the situation, Danny came to found that he really REALLY enjoyed sharing space with like-minded people while living abroad.

It didn't take long before Danny realized that his life's calling was to travel the world and share memories with fellow travelers.  

Danny talks about: 

Listen in to hear a truly authentic story about a person who took the plunge into the world of being a digital nomad. 

If you're on your way to becoming a digital nomad (or already are one!) take a look at Danny's latest app: Nomadago, a social travel planning calendar that helps you keep track of and sync up with your friends around the world. 

Visas, tourist stamps, tourist cards, oh my!

The very last thing you want to happen when you arrive in a new country is to get denied entry at the airport, and get stranded in a McDonalds. 

Especially if you're a first time digital nomad!

But how do you figure out what you need to do to get into a country? 

Unfortunately, there isn't a clear answer - it's truly the wild wild west out there. Every country has different requirements, paperwork, duration, etc. 

So we have come up with a list of the 7 critical things you need to watch out for to ensure that you won't get turned away. 

In this episode we will help you figure out: 

We also talk about exactly what you need to do to get into the some of the main digital nomad hot spots, including Bali, Mexico, Colombia, Europe (Shengen), Panama, Costa Rica, Vietnam. 

Do you wish you had a remote career that you could pursue while you travel the world to epic places….but you’re not sure which skills you have, what career you’d transition to, or who in the hell would hire you?

If so, this episode has an amazing solution that could be a great fit for you.

In Marisa’s interview, our guest, Bradley Rice, shares how he landed a job in the Salesforce niche making $70,000 right out of college (with no previous experience)...

And how, by age 30, he was earning $220,000 per year while only working 20 hours per week...

And living the digital nomad life around the US and Europe with his wife and toddler. 

At age 31, Bradley technically had enough money to retire from his job (which he did)…

But rather than “sitting around on his porch drinking tea,” he felt inspired to help others get hired to work in the Salesforce industry as well (Brad is truly awesome, kind, and super helpful, as you'll hear in this episode).

Bradley has helped thousands of people (with zero experience!) land a Salesforce job, with the incredible following salary statistics:

If you’d like to learn more about Brad’s path to success, his life as a digital nomad, and how you can get into this industry too making these kind of numbers (with absolutely no prior experience), give this episode a listen now!

If you’re interested in the 5 day challenge mentioned during the interview, click here to check it out now.

http://www.talentstacker.com/beachcommute

Most people seem to think, "I don't have the necessary skills to become a digital nomad", but here is Rob Bone, a professional chef who founded a web design company and started traveling South and Central America six months ago.

Rob has an insane story arc, starting over a decade ago as a professional chef in the United States. 

Over the past ten years Rob has made three huge life changes: 

Rob walked us through the courage and ambition that fueled him to make the hard decisions he needed to make in order to take hold of the life he wanted. 

In this episode Rob talks also talks about: 

If you have any questions/comments for Rob (or Beach Commute), send us a note to [email protected]. 

Meet Jim Haff, a previous high school chemistry and physics teacher turned digital nomad. 

Six years ago Jim's lease was expiring and he decided, "I don't want to renew my lease, I want to travel." 

So he literally abandoned his life and did it. 

He let his lease expire, sold his all his stuff, bought a ticket to Lisbon (alone), and hoped for the best. 

Then, he started working remotely. He basically fell into the world of digital nomad-ism and rolled with it. 

Listen in to hear Jim's journey across the world where he talks about: 

If you want to hear an authentic full arc of becoming a digital nomad, the ups and downs of daily life, what life is like in specific cities across the world, and a few tips for new digital nomads, this episode is for you. 

If you have any questions about any episode, please write in at [email protected] 

Sure, there are TONS of places you can live for under $1k per month…but the question is whether or not they are legitimate digital nomad destinations.

So we came up with a list of places we have actually lived in that are both under $1,000 per month AND are digital nomad-worthy.

In order to qualify for this list, each location had to satisfy the following criteria:

And you would be shocked by the number of places we were able to come up with - as a matter of fact we had to substantially cut our list just to keep the podcast length manageable!

Expect many more suggestions in the future!

In this episode you’ll learn:

-First-had reviews and experiences in each of the 10 destinations.

-The exact cost of living comparison for various foods, restaurants, and apartment rental.

-Things to watch out for, and places to check out.

Links mentioned:

www.beachcommute.com/gre

www.beachcommute.com/91

Numbeo.com

The search topic "digital nomad" has 6x'ed in global monthly searches since the start of the pandemic. 

Searches have 3x'ed in just the last six months alone, reaching an all-time high!

The numbers are mind-blowing. And in looking at these numbers we thought, "instead of guessing what you're searching about the digital nomad lifestyle, we should use data to tell us exactly what you care about, and answer those questions. And with some quick keyword research, we were able to do exactly that. 

We found the top 7 questions you and other aspiring digital nomads ask Google every month, according to cold hard data.

Without giving away the whole podcast, here are a few of the topics we discussed: 

In this episode you will learn what people just like you are searching, how often, and the answers to these questions that are searched thousands of times per month. 

Teaser: You'll also learn exact cost of living amounts for various locations around the world, down to the exact dollar it will cost you to rent an apartment. 

Links mentioned: 

91 jobs 

Go Remote Employment Course

Numbeo

Contact us with questions or comments at [email protected]

Have you ever wondered which remote career you could possibly do while you travel the world, but you have no idea where to start? And once you figure that the right remote career, what next steps do you take?

If so, you'll love this episode.

Listen in as Marisa does a live coaching session with 57 year old Terri, who has worked in an office job for a wine and liquor distributor for the past 32 years. She and her 60 year old husband (who has some health issues) have had the desire to move to Costa Rica for the last 17 years, but haven't known how to do it (until now!).

Terri began listening to the podcast, just like you, and began to realize that she could find some way to make a remote income (to support their bills and cover the cost of her husband's medical bills). However, she didn't know where to begin or what job to do. So she came to us for help.

The goal if this coaching session was for Terri to find a job that she can not only do remotely from Costa Rica, but to find a job that she will enjoy as well.

Listen in on the process as Marisa helps Terri find (and get excited for) the PERFECT remote career that she never dreamed could be done remotely. 

Resources:

List of 91 jobs that can be done remotely: www.beachcommute.com/91

Want to apply to do a live coaching session with Marisa? Click here now to apply.

Having thoughts on becoming a digital nomad, but still have a few lingering unanswered questions?

Then this is the podcast for you!

Listeners like you send us their awesome questions all the time.

Jeff and Marisa read and answer these questions from the audience on-the-fly (with no preparation!), so you’re getting raw, unfiltered advice about how to become a digital nomad, and how to to maintain the lifestyle.

Here are the questions they covered in this episode:

Want your questions answered in another Q&A sessions? Send us a note at [email protected]

Resources:

List of 91 actual jobs that real digital nomads in our community are doing (click here to download)

Nomadago app for tracking where your friends are traveling