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27 Dec '19

1mo

31 Jan

31 Jan
27 Dec '19

Kiev

3°C

Ukraine

21 Dec '19

26 Dec '19

26 Dec '19
21 Dec '19

Vienna

6°C

Austria

3 Dec '19

10 Dec '19

10 Dec '19
3 Dec '19

Lisbon

16°C

Portugal

21 Feb '19

24 Feb '19

24 Feb '19
21 Feb '19

Sharm El Sheikh

Egypt

3 Feb '19

10d

13 Feb '19

13 Feb '19
3 Feb '19

Kiev

1°C

Ukraine

22 Jan '19

12d

3 Feb '19

3 Feb '19
22 Jan '19

San Francisco, CA

14°C

United States

2018

5 Jul '18

26d

31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18
5 Jul '18

Kiev

22°C

Ukraine

30 Jun '18

5 Jul '18

5 Jul '18
30 Jun '18

San Francisco, CA

17°C

United States

27 Jun '18

30 Jun '18

30 Jun '18
27 Jun '18

Vancouver

20°C

Canada

24 Jun '18

24 Jun '18
24 Jun '18

Victoria

17°C

Canada

17 Jun '18

24 Jun '18

24 Jun '18
17 Jun '18

Seattle, WA

20°C

United States

14 Jun '18

17 Jun '18

17 Jun '18
14 Jun '18

Berlin

27°C

Germany

5 Jun '18

10 Jun '18

10 Jun '18
5 Jun '18

Lviv

24°C

Ukraine

2 Jun '18

4 Jun '18

4 Jun '18
2 Jun '18

Budapest

27°C

Hungary

18 Apr '18

2mo

17 Jun '18

17 Jun '18
18 Apr '18

Kiev

14°C

Ukraine

7 Apr '18

10d

17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18
7 Apr '18

Nice

17°C

France

3 Apr '18

6 Apr '18

6 Apr '18
3 Apr '18

Prague

16°C

Czechia

2017

24 Jul '17

26 Jul '17

26 Jul '17
24 Jul '17

Berlin

23°C

Germany

7 Jul '17

16d

23 Jul '17

23 Jul '17
7 Jul '17

Prague

23°C

Czechia

1 Jul '17

7 Jul '17

7 Jul '17
1 Jul '17

Brussels

22°C

Belgium

29 Jun '17

1 Jul '17

1 Jul '17
29 Jun '17

Amsterdam

20°C

Netherlands

27 May '17

1mo

28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17
27 May '17

San Francisco, CA

15°C

United States

26 May '17

30 May '17

30 May '17
26 May '17

Milan

18°C

Italy

21 May '17

26 May '17

26 May '17
21 May '17

Venice

16°C

Italy

19 May '17

21 May '17

21 May '17
19 May '17

Split

19°C

Croatia

13 May '17

18 May '17

18 May '17
13 May '17

Budapest

18°C

Hungary

3 May '17

10d

13 May '17

13 May '17
3 May '17

Kiev

21°C

Ukraine

27 Apr '17

29 Apr '17

29 Apr '17
27 Apr '17

Warsaw

16°C

Poland

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How to get SMS verifications for banks while traveling?

by @jackgopack | 4mo 3 months ago | 39 comments

Any suggestions for seamlessly receiving SMS Verifications from US financial institutions and other sites while traveling internationally continuously? Won’t keep my US Verizon account due to cost and currently plan to use local sims at each destination (T-Mobile and Project Fi are NOT an option as they terminate for continuous roaming). In summation, I won’t have a US mobile account.

Unless I’m missing something, which is very possible, this appears to be the single most complex issue I’ve encountered in my preparations, and one that no one addresses. I would greatly appreciate any possible solution that works 100% of the time. Can’t afford surprises in this regard. Many Thanks! Jack.

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This is an algorithmic recommendation based on @wooster's trips history to find places they haven't been to yet that other people with similar travels as them also went and liked.

Chiang Mai

Thailand

Chiang Mai used to be N.1 for the digital nomad life. It is still great and you can find really cheap apartments (300-400$) and restaurants (2-3$ for a main). Wouldn't recommend staying there during the burning season. The best area is Nimman, but it's also the most expensive. You can stay in the old city that's very nice but that gets noisy during the weekend for the night markets. Last but not least, very safe city. All in all would go back in a heartbeat.

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🌧 Feels 33° 91° 28° 83°🥵AQI 24

$1,100 / mo

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Bangkok

Thailand

Don't believe the prices on here for an apartment. 686 usd/month refers to an apartment in a high class condo, right in the city centre and seconds away from the BTS(train station). Just remember this, people working at supermarkets make 2 usd/per hour. If you want to live like a local, then you can save a lot of money. If you don't mind a 5-10 minute walk from the BTS, then you can easily get a one bedroom apartment for 300 USD per month, in a high class condo, plus with free golf cart ser

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$1,425 / mo

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Singapore

They say you get what you pay for. After having traveled the previous 4 months in India, Cambodia, VietNam, Myanmar and Thailand, Singapore was so easy! The subway system is a marvel, streets signs were easy to read, everyone speaks English (that just makes it easy for me as an English speaker) it is safe, clean, and parks are gorgeous. I was there as COVID 19 was breaking out fairly fast and that put a damper on my time but I was so happy to be there anyway and plan to go back. For digital

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$2,772 / mo

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Barcelona

Spain

During winter is quite safe plus much cheaper. Some nightclubs are free and yet there is still a lot of people. Great por lgbtq+ community.

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🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 64°AQI 33

$2,862 / mo

40Mbps

London

United Kingdom

London is the best city in the world - you just can't do it on a budget. It's got an amazing tech scene but ALSO world class media, fashion, finance, art industries and many others. If you don't want to live in a tech / expat mono-culture then it's for you. It is a genuine melting pot with a huge range of nationalities and cultures living together (the US has a large number of nationalities but there seems to be hard segregations between them geographically, economically, culturally - so they

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🌧 Feels 12° 54° 13° 55°AQI 51

$3,910 / mo

20Mbps

New York City, NY

United States

Having spent a total of two weeks in London on two separate occasions and having lived in NYC for two years, both are among my favorite cities in the world. Londoners are quite internationally and ethnically diverse, and seemingly better educated and more intellectual than New Yorkers in aggregate. The city very clean with a stunning mix of modern and historic architecture, and arguably has Europe's best public transit in terms of signage, availability, cleanliness and general efficiency. Meanw

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🌤 Feels 17° 63° 16° 60°AQI 14

$4,761 / mo

33Mbps

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

First time I was in KL was in 2015 as a backpacking student. I stayed for 2 weeks at an airbnb in Bangsar South and I loved it. Met up with Uni friends, made new friends and I really like the relaxed atmosphere, despite being in a huge city. Fast forward, 3 years later, I went by myself to KL for a 3 days stay on a visa run from Chiang Mai. I stayed in a hotel near Bukit Bintang. I actually really didn't like it - I think because I was by myself, in a fairly wild part of the city and got so us

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🌥 Feels 46° 115° 32° 90°🥵AQI 68

$1,274 / mo

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Madrid

Spain

I really enjoyed staying in Madrid. Reasonable coast of life, plenty of things to see/do and deliiiiicious food.

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🌥 Feels 13° 55° 13° 55°AQI 24

$2,805 / mo

32Mbps

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Ukraine

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☀️ Feels 15° 59° 15° 59°AQI 55

5mo

$1,056 / mo

25Mbps

United States

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☀️ Feels 14° 57° 14° 56°AQI 30

2mo

$3,228 / mo

42Mbps

Czechia

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🌦 Feels 10° 50° 10° 51°AQI 46

19d

$1,959 / mo

30Mbps

France

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🌧 Feels 14° 57° 15° 58°AQI 21

10d

$3,424 / mo

28Mbps

Italy

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🌧 Feels 16° 61° 16° 60°AQI 26

$3,507 / mo

17Mbps

Hungary

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

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🌧 Feels 17° 63° 17° 62°AQI 62

$1,546 / mo

55Mbps

Portugal

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🌥 Feels 18° 64° 18° 65°AQI 23

$2,079 / mo

29Mbps

Belgium

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$3,427 / mo

43Mbps

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Kiev

Ukraine

Kiev was a real bargain around 2016/17... Nowadays 2020, its prices are again comparable to a German city. Especially for same quality, since apartments here are the ugliest all over the continent. Many Turkish sex tourists looking for girls... and local girls therefore avoid foreign men because they think you're sex tourist too.

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☀️ Feels 13° 55° 14° 58°AQI 63

$1,508 / mo

31Mbps

San Francisco, CA

United States

I've been living in SF since 2014 and I have to say Cost of Living is misrepresented. It's a lot more expensive now (2020) than posted. 1-bdr in center is $3,500-$4,000 + $200-$300 for parking + $100-$200 for utilities. Almost impossible to find month-to-month rent, so this is for 1-year lease. Coffee for two + a pastry is easily $20. Dinner for two never less than $50, unless it's fast food (+20% tips are expected) and if you want actually something good it's at least $100 for two. Airbnb is $1

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☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 42

$5,440 / mo

67Mbps

Berlin

Germany

Berlin is overall a great city to be. Food is cheap and everywhere, easy to go out and have fun/meet for business. Rent has crept up but still far better value than where I came from. Internet: 36 EUR/month get me 450/40 mbps (cable -> DOCSIS 3.0) Public transport is 2.70 EUR/ticket. No woman I know has said they felt unsafe. Some really odd, xenophobic sounding comments on here. Biggest downsides IMO: service quality at restaurants - not that people are rude, but they don't seem to particular

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🌤 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 43

$2,964 / mo

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Prague

Czechia

My husband and I spent about 6 weeks testing Prague in Nov-Dec 2018 as we were considering it as a semi-permanent base of operations for the next year or two. Honestly it was great and we plan on leaving Malta where we have been for the past year. Pluses - transportation is very good and quite cheap, tons of restaurants, lots to do. People are more reserved, perhaps even a bit suspicious, so I would not say it was an OVERLY welcoming vibe, however there are a lot of expats from the US, CA, UK

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🌦 Feels 11° 52° 11° 52°AQI 46

$1,959 / mo

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Budapest

Hungary

I stayed here for a month in July last year. There's lots of cool aspects to the city but I hated it when I was there. The city has a problem with British stag parties, so if you look like you're a British male and speak English expect to be treated with disdain (it's fair enough) The Hungarians can just generally be unfriendly, especially bartenders. It's a weird experience waiting to be served while 3 people ignore you. Or buying the same drink and getting charged whatever they want (700-1500

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🌥 Feels 18° 64° 17° 63°AQI 77😷

$1,450 / mo

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Brussels

Belgium

Dirty, ill-managed city. Unsafe due to impunity and laxist law enforcement. Friendly people though and great food!

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🌧 Feels 10° 50° 12° 53°AQI 19

$2,775 / mo

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Milan

Italy

Didn't like this city that much. Been there twice and honestly it has nothing so special. Just the DUOMO in the center is the main great scenery but besides that, nothing in particular to bother for.

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🌧 Feels 14° 57° 14° 58°AQI 55

$4,103 / mo

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Nice

France

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🌥 Feels 17° 63° 16° 61°AQI 31

$3,325 / mo

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Kiev

Ukraine

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5mo

$1,508 / mo

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San Francisco, CA

United States

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☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 42

2mo

$5,440 / mo

67Mbps

Prague

Czechia

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19d

$1,959 / mo

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Nice

France

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10d

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Lisbon

Portugal

Please stop going to Lisbon, stop telling people to go Lisbon. It is a beautiful city, yes. The Portuguese people are some of the nicest, warmest I've ever had the privilege to meet, yes. But the housing crisis in Portugal is real and terrible. Airbnb and temporary accommodation for tourists / nomads, combined with rich foreigners who can afford exorbitant rents, are pushing locals out of their homes: literally. Search about the housing crisis, the police-enforced evictions of families and the e

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🌥 Feels 20° 68° 19° 66°AQI 23

$2,079 / mo

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Seattle, WA

United States

Seattle is a great city, especially if you like nature, there are plenty of outdoor activities to do all year round. People are generally open-minded and friendly. The cost of living is high but it allows you to be able to afford other places on earth easily if you can find a job here. You can also find plenty of good restaurants and arts around in the city. I recommend to stay at least 3-6 months to get the feel of living a PNW life.

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🌥 Feels 12° 54° 12° 54°AQI 30

$3,778 / mo

70Mbps