After starting and running numerous businesses, KeeKee built her consulting business to cater to a location-independent lifestyle. She’s based in San Diego but travels frequently and chooses to live on vacation no matter where she finds herself on the map.

 

In This Episode

• Building relationships online and off
• What it means to “live on vacation”
• What she wishes she’d known before she started
• The essential mind-set that prepares you for this lifestyle
• How to create a business you love
• And so much more

 

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Gabriella and Vernon sold it all and moved their family to Mazatlán, Mexico, in October 2016. They have spent the last ten months growing closer as a family, raising three third-culture kids who are now 4, 5, and 6 years old, building their location-independent businesses, and simply living life on their own terms.

 

In This Episode

• Why they decided to move to Mazatlán
• Doing a reconnaissance trip to scope things out
• Preparing to move abroad as a family
• Challenges of living in Mexico
• Safety in Mexico (and the rest of the world!)
• Must-have tools for a location-independent life
• And so much more

 

See www.nomadtopia.com/104 for show notes plus other interviews, resources, community, and more. Support Nomadtopia Radio by becoming a patron! More info at www.nomadtopia.com/patron.

Kit and Nick have been working while traveling the world for nine years. They don’t have a home base, and they move around a lot more than some other long-term nomads (like me!). They also co-founded the 7in7 conference for nomads, and joined me to talk about everything from how much we spend each month to travel hacking and other insights from nine years on the road.

 

In This Episode

• How they came up with the idea for the 7in7 conference for nomads
• Finding the “secret nomads”
• How much we spend on our lifestyle
• Travel planning and travel hacking as a nomad
• Why Kit and Nick don’t have a home base
• Living intentionally
• And so much more

 

See www.nomadtopia.com/103 for show notes plus other interviews, resources, community, and more. Support Nomadtopia Radio by becoming a patron! More info at www.nomadtopia.com/patron.

With freedom as her core value, Emily has made intentional choices to create a location-independent life that works for her (and her partner who chooses not to be location independent). We talked about budgeting for the lifestyle, exploring a city via Airbnb, and lots more.

 

In This Episode

• How she created location-independent income streams
• Choosing to go freelance
• Making intentional choices to create freedom in our lives
• Managing money as a freelancer/nomad (and why we’re both huge fans of YNAB)
• Using Airbnb to explore neighborhoods in a new city
• Tips for having a relationship with someone who doesn’t want to be location independent
• And so much more

 

See www.nomadtopia.com/102 for show notes plus other interviews, resources, community, and more. Support Nomadtopia Radio by becoming a patron! More info at www.nomadtopia.com/patron.

After several years abroad, Naomi and her family moved back to the States, where she wasn’t at all prepared for the challenges of repatriation. Learning about the idea that her experience had shaped her into a “triangle” helped her make sense of it all, and it led Naomi to create what is now a thriving community of people living global lives. Tune in as we talk about what it means to be a triangle, differing experiences of being an expat (and why she’d like to remove that word from our vocabulary completely), and so much more.

 

In This Episode

• Setting up a location-independent real estate business
• What it means to be a “triangle”
• Challenge and privilege of the word “expat”
• Why a sense of belonging is important (and how to find it)
• How to handle the challenges of repatriation
• And so much more

 

See www.nomadtopia.com/101 for show notes plus other interviews, resources, community, and more. Support Nomadtopia Radio by becoming a patron! More info at www.nomadtopia.com/patron.

I never thought I’d end up doing 100 episodes of Nomadtopia Radio! To celebrate this milestone, I asked a few nomad friends to join me, and we recorded this episode live on video on August 7, 2017. Tune in as we talk about our nomad lives, our favorite tools, and so much more. You can check out the video replay at www.nomadtopia.com/100live.

 

In This Episode

• How we find good internet access (and manage if we don’t)
• How we make money/support our lifestyle
• Our favorite tools
• The “best” places to go
• Some of our favorite books
• Tips for borrowing and highlighting Kindle books
• And so much more

 

See www.nomadtopia.com/100 for show notes plus other interviews, resources, community, and more. Support Nomadtopia Radio by becoming a patron! More info at www.nomadtopia.com/patron.

After falling in love with overland travel on the Pan-American Highway, Dan went home to save money for his next adventure: two years overland through 30 countries in Africa. He’s about halfway through his trip and joined me from Cameroon to talk money, logistics, and more.

 

In This Episode

• Cultivating the mind-set to save money for travel
• Costs of overland travel vs backpacking
• Deciding where to go and getting visas
• Tools and community for overland travel
• Do you need a lot of driving experience to travel overland?
• Biggest misconceptions about overland travel
• And so much more

 

See www.nomadtopia.com/99 for show notes plus other interviews, resources, community, and more. Support Nomadtopia Radio by becoming a patron! More info at www.nomadtopia.com/patron.

I'm hosting a LIVE video broadcast for our 100th episode! Join me and special nomad guests on August 7, 2017, as we celebrate, chat about our lives, answer questions, and more. Register at www.nomadtopia.com/100live.

The way we each live our Nomadtopia often changes over time, so I’ve asked Valerie back on the show—two and a half years after she first joined me in February 2015—to share where she is now. We talked about how things have gone and what’s changed in her Nomadtopia—and why—in the last few years.

 

In This Episode

• Choosing to have a home base
• Creating a home
• Finding or building community
• Getting sick on the road
• Knowing when it’s time to make a change
• Ignoring the shoulds of this lifestyle
• And so much more

 

See www.nomadtopia.com/98 for show notes plus other interviews, resources, community, and more. Support Nomadtopia Radio as a patron! More info at www.nomadtopia.com/patron.

Elizabeth intentionally created a business that fits the lifestyle she wants to live. As a location-independent lawyer for small businesses, she manages a remote team and takes lots of road trips.

 

In This Episode

• Where to set up your business if you’re traveling within the U.S. or abroad
• U.S. state taxes when traveling domestically
• Structuring contracts when your clients are in different locations
• Legal concerns with partnerships and in-person events
• Business liability insurance
• Signing contracts online, terms and conditions, etc.
• And so much more

 

See www.nomadtopia.com/97 for show notes plus other interviews, resources, community, and more.