Have you ever been called to U.S. jury duty while traveling?

I've heard travel to CO from USA is blocked until September. Any news on this and may this change anytime soon?

What is your ergonomic set-up while traveling?

I personally have an external keyboard, and am currently exploring getting a laptop stand, some lumbar support, and a trackball-mouse.

What do you use? How are you balancing health / portability?

I just came across https://stripe.com/atlas and what they offer sounds too good to be true.

Has anyone used these services?

If yes, how was your experience? any cons?

Their claims are pretty high:

Atlas helps you incorporate a U.S. Delaware company in a couple of days. You just fill out a simple form; we generate the necessary paperwork and handle the rest.

Stripe Atlas opens a business bank account for you with Silicon Valley Bank, the world’s leading bank for tech companies. There’s no need to visit a bank branch in person to get set up.

Cherry on top:

Stripe Atlas entrepreneurs will have access to guidance on U.S. law and taxes from Orrick, the international tech law firm, and PwC, the global accounting firm. Every Atlas entrepreneur will be able to chat–for free–with a professional from PwC.

We set up a Stripe account that you can use to start accepting payments from customers in 100+ currencies right away. You can take advantage of the complete Stripe product suite, including Connect and Relay.

Hi!
I found this perfect solution https://www.didlogic.com/ that will forward phone calls to whatever SIM card you currently are using and really cheap too. But… Really horrible reviews http://www.oregonherald.com/bnews/story.htm?id=1113.

What do you guys say?

I’m traveling with my girlfriend and she takes birth control pills, one pill every day. Can any of the digital nomadic women on here give her any tips on what time to take it to best suite global travel inside many timezones?

I’m an author, US passport, Spanish residency. I could live anywhere (or nowhere), but I’m unsure what the best option would be. I’ve been told I should pay tax in the country where I wrote the book, where I reside when the money is paid, where I reside when the advance is paid, etc. Nobody really seems to know. Any other writers facing these issues? Thanks.

Can anyone recommend an insurance company that will specifically insure a laptop for a few months or more for a UK citizen whilst already abroad for over a year and without a return date?

I do not want to be an “alarmist” but today we had a recent major bombing at an airport & subway in Brussels. A few months back there was Paris. I am currently on my European part of this years trip and it is on my mind.

There are many places that are off the map for Digital Nomads and for good reason. Safety due to war or major crime. I am talking places like Syria, parts of Iraq, few islands in Philippines, a few province in Mexico, El Salvador, etc. But places that aren´t historically unsafe do causes concern to people, specifically your back home family&friends.

As a traveler how do you deal with terrorism or major crime when it is around where you are visit? Also secondly how do you deal with at home messages from family members.

Hello fellow nomads! How do you guys go about proving residence in a country if you’re always moving? European banks will continue to send yearly statements of holdings and earnings to your old tax jurisdiction (even if you’ve legally left) until you prove (address/utility bill) residence in another country. Any experience with satisfying the banks in order to keep some financial privacy while being a nomad?

Have you tried to use skype/viber services of psychotherapist/coach when you’re travelling?

Almost got caught out very badly the other week and looking for advice.

Visa
30 day visa free entry. Went to check-in at the airport, staff wanted to see a departure ticket. Thankfully I had already booked a flight out (this is often not the case, Philippines are basically flight-only options though) however due to leaving Australia I had no SIM card in my phone. Thus no 3g, or access to the itinerary. It was with the same airline however they couldn’t look it up (given the complete lack of competence this probably is true). Thankfully the airport had wifi and I managed to eventually load up an email after some stressful minutes. A number of airports only have wifi near the gates not out in departures too. If I couldn’t load up the ticket she literally wasn’t going to let us on the flight. Wtf. Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam… all places I have been, had no exit flight/transit booked because was going over land, and train/bus tickets in a lot of countries aren’t readily available online. None of them have ever cared.

Is this usual or was this chick just nuts? Of course when we arrived customs didn’t care at all, “when are you leaving, where to?” and that was it. How many Australians exactly are smuggling themselves to live illegally in the Philippines, especially with only 7kg of luggage? Come on…

Money
We finally arrive Manila at 1am. Literally no ATM works. 3 different cards with 3 different banks, half a dozen ATMs… nothing, all “error communicating”/some generic message. By this stage we were attracting a fair bit of attention having wandered the airport trying every ATM, our only saving grace was $30 I still had in cash that I exchanged at a booth, which was enough to get a taxi to accommodation 5km away. Next morning found an ATM nearby, stomach full of nerves… worked perfectly. We used 2x cards, both worked first go. Same bank as one of the airport ones. God knows why they didn’t work at the airport (well, insert a nothing ever works or is done properly in the Philippines joke here), however I haven’t read much about people carrying much cash. It seems like we should always have $100 - or more if an expensive country - in case this ever happens again? Even though I can’t think of why this even happened in the first place. All the money in the world won’t help if you can’t get your hands on it

Hey all,
The feeling I get from a lot of nomads I talk to is that their time is very much their own-- no need to be “on call” or super-responsive to clients. I’m in a position of often needing to get back to clients quickly; checking email once a day really won’t do. This causes a lot of stress if I’m off the grid for more than a few hours. Would love to hear from others in this boat as to how they manage it.

I wasn’t exactly expecting to be in Thailand - so I have a winter coat, a few books, and more clothes than I need to travel.

I want to donate or give these things away while I am in Bangkok.

I figure if there is anyone in Bangkok traveling to a chilly place - I have a winter coat for you!

And I figure I can give my books to some hostels - any recommendations?

I want to rent a car in Italy but I didn’t get an IDP. I’m currently living in Spain. Can I get one here? If so, where? Thanks!

It’s just occurred to me that I have mobile-based 2-factor auth for almost all of my critical online accounts.

I’m about to head off from London through multiple countries, so not sure I can rely on my UK phone number to access those accounts.

Has anybody who uses 2-factor auth and regularly moves to different countries found a good solution to this?

I’m not really happy to disable 2-factor as a solution, and so far I’m thinking my best bet might be to set up a Skype number that I can then forward on to any mobile number I’m using at the time.