Paris is having a bad outbreak of them - 1 year before they host the Olympics....

I once booked a 2 month airbnb and the bed was ROTTEN with it. I moved to the couch but same thing. I eventually changed to a hotel after 2 weeks, it was terrible.

Just once on a boat trip while backpacking in Vietnam. I must have stayed in hundreds of places at this point so either I’ve been very lucky or they’re not _that_ common.

I’m on the paid version. It’s super accurate imho.

Yeah never had any issues

I’m not sure where to ask this, however, here’s the scenario:

• I’m a European citizen (Germany) and will also have US citizenship soon, I have my own business (psychotherapy, blog writing, and marketing)
• Boyfriend is US citizen and either will have remote job or his own business
By the end of next year we want to go full-time nomad and start in Central America around Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, etc. — however, then we’d like to go to Europe. Now, Europe is a bit tough with the visa restrictions. I know countries like Spain and France allow this life-partner visa where he can get residence through me — however, that means we’re bound to that country for a year, correct?

So, hopping from county to country wouldn’t work in that case, right? How have you guys been handling the visa stuff for Europe? Digital nomad visa would work but then again, we’re bound to that country for 1+ year — though we’d love to hop around every 3-5 months.

Any advice?

Why not go as a tourist everywhere?

We could but then we may get issues working remotely no? Plus we’d have to go to a non-Schengen area after being in a Schengen area.. I wonder if that could give us issues?

What issues?
You’re working for a foreign company , not getting paid to a local bank account.

You’re travelling through the country, what issues ?

Yes leave the Schengen area and go somewhere else, so many places in the world to explore

this might be worthwhile studying further www.reddit.com/r/digitalnomad/comments/15w7k5g/updated_info_on_europaeu_regarding_eu_spouse_stay/

yes, if they ask you and you say you’re working you might get into issues. technically this whole digital nomad thing isn’t exactly legal everywhere.

Just say ur travelling on vacation

I had an amazing experience with RY as a traveler on a 4-month program back in 2018, then had an ok experience as the program leader of a 12-month program from 2019-2020 (it's a tough job lol). All flights and travel from door to door is included outside of your first and last flight (aka joining and leaving the program). It has gotten more expensive but the biggest value IMO of RY are the city teams—they truly are incredible, supportive resources for you on the ground and help you make the most out of your time in the city. I have been curious to try out some of the other programs (HP, Wifi Tribe, etc.) so I can properly compare!

Hey guys! Looking for a good budget surf destination from Feb to April that are good to work from. Any recommendations? I’m from Cape Town so anywhere else 😄

Sri Lanka?

Morocco?

Goa

Famara, Lanzarote.

These are all amazing ideas!

Do you guys know a website where you can search for planes just by stating the destination? Not the departure?

I’m trying to flight to Honduras from Europe but I don’t want to check every airports 😅

no, I would probably just use Google flights and start typing in airports that could work as the departure

google flights could support multiple airports to multiple airports search. it's pretty cool

I'm not sure how you use multiple departure airports, unless it's a BIG city with multiple airports, like New York, then it will search nearby airports

(not sure I would book over them but a way to find easiest flights

Yeah I would like to avoid to do that manually, kiwi.com|kiwi.com did the job! I was able to select Europe and see what I was looking for!

Alas, Europe on the right doesn't work but as I said earlier you could put multiple airports both on the right and on the left

Pipa, Brazil.
Canarias, Spain.
Portugal.
Indonesia

gnuvpumq portugal is a bit cold around that time and Indonesia is rainy

Madeira is not cold and Indonesia even rainy is nice

Any one done the Selina digital nomad retreat?

wrt non-Schengen, Belgrade was always a nice option when 90 days was up, especially near Studentski Park. Been a few years, but the channel looks ok.

Just used it to find the flight and booked it directly with Avianca 😄

Hi everyone! Do you have any budgeting tool suggestions to help with planning finances?

google spreadsheets? 🙂

I already searched for a good one, but I could't find any 😕 if you did, let me know! Please. Until there, I'm using google sheets as well

I use Google sheets 😂

I’ve tried a few and Google sheets wins every time.

For personal finances I use RocketMoney. I've also heard about YNAB. - RocketMoney is an app that sync with your bank accounts to keep track of your spending and make a basic budget for yourself. YNAB is 100% for budgeting purposes only with more advance features it promises to change your relation with money - pretentious slogan if you ask me...

Tried ynab but couldn’t connect my Revolut which is where all my money lives

ncyxcnpopn tell us more about Nomad Plan, I’d love to see a website or collateral

Wallet by Budget Bakers. So many integrations worldwide and they have a lifetime offer that is worth it.

I can add you to our email list for when our website launches if you DM your email 🙂 lwlgmifrtnzjaa

Great idea! Thank you!

bulgaria good for hiking and skiing, bansko

If you are in the UK, Monzo is great but paying £5 a month for Monzo Plus also unlocks custom categories, auto Google Sheets import (and sync) as well as connected accounts for linking other bank accounts (In the app).

Monzo is also in the US (but it's very much a beta type/wip thing right now) but it has connected accounts and some nice features for managing your credit cards balances (via pots). The US side of it is free from what I remember

Disclaimer I work for Monzo

Would anyone be willing to share their google sheets budgeting template with me? Would be really helpful prayskin-tone-4

Looking for a 3rd party opinion. I see a cheap flight to athens, greece. I am thinking of spending the winter in the balkans, I am worried it would be too cold to go out and explore. Anyone visit the balkans in december?

it's not too cold, around 10C or so, and much less crowded.

eh, it depends where on the balkans. it is not a small area 😄

was thinking 2 months a week in each country or so. Maybe thats too fast?

there are (depending on the definition) around 8 countries on the area which are called “the balkans”. you can yet alone spend 2 months easily in greece alone

too fast and too freezing.
snow everywhere

hyfzkpxw but still possible to go out and explore right?

i honestly think you guys should update your basic school geo knowledge. especially regarding the balkans are ^^

the balkan peninsula roughly starts//includes the mainland part of greece and goes up roughly until the balkan mountains in bulgarias north/east

<@U018BK0T7CY> down at penepoles (greece) part of balkan peninsula it would surprise me to find, what syhxnbif describes as “snow everywhere”. this will start further north.

yup, plan was fly into greece, then go north into the balkans, my main concern is being able to explore since it is winter time, would not want to be stuck indoors the whole time. I have gone to europe and iceland during winters and was fine, but as this is a new region for me, wanted to get other opinions before I decide. like if its worth going now, or just to wait for the spring

qzhdoiqssehwsi reminds me of this from slavoj zizek :joy:
(just the first 2min)

cbnwufigxmsfneqow i still dont understand the “go out” part. do you freeze to death when touching some snow or as soon as temperature drops below a certain point?
if you worried about that, stay in greece because there will for sure be some snow north of montenegro.
it’s late autumn, wintertime in europe damn it. temperatures drop of course in northern and eastern europe 😄

I will rephrase. Will the snow and ice result in tourist destinations being closed during the winter season, will I easily be able to explore the castles and other usual destinations, or will they be inaccessible or closed due to the weather.

ah, see. thats a totally other direction. and i at least dont know anything about that. also, i’m pretty sure that also depends on each country ^^

As someone who grew up in Greece I would avoid during the winter. Can be anywhere from 10C sunny to -5C snowing, it's a coin toss. Not much exploration to do during the winter, tourist destinations will probably be open but they will be depressingly empty. Canary islands and Madeira are the places in Europe to explore during the winter IMO

> tourist destinations will probably be open but they will be depressingly empty
that's the biggest plus, no? 😆

i thought the same thing 😄

Decided to give it a try, worse case scenario, I enjoy some nice quiet cafes and work on my projects and really focus for a bit. Thanks for all the tips and comments

Justin, let us know how it goes afterwards 😉

Follow up question, I am trying to figure out an efficient plan, I like this one suggested by someone on reddit, but it does not include kosovo, which I want to visit. Does anyone have tips? imgur.com/dvmRJz6

keep the current poltical situation in mind and ask yourself again if you want to visit kosovo at the moment

Peaks of the Balkans trail for 15 days might be difficult because of snow and the weather, are you sure you want to do that in winter?

oh sorry, would be skipping that part

😂 I was worried for a second

Ah, a traveling salesman

ruftkddpb didnt know either! mjryixcnwwglqa just wanting a change of scenary

don't skip Bansko in Bulgaria

georgia? wtf?

I need to improve my geography 😀

😆

never too late to learn 😍

> I need to improve my geography
When russia attacked Georgia in 2008 there were some baffled americans trying to understand what the hell is going on in Atlanta

ahahhahahahha

cdjfjaryiwfpknx is the internet in sri lanka workable? its rated terribly on nomadlist

EL Salvador (El tunco, el zonte, etc.)

Zen money is my go to 🙂