Beach Commute - Digital Nomad Experts

Imagine flying first class for 13 hours in your very own cabin, with a lie-flat bed, shower, and an onboard chef who brings you delicious food whenever you want...all for less than $20. Elliot Rosenberg has mastered "travel hacking", a strategy for getting deals on flights and accommodations at a fraction of their cost. There is a small world of people who understand travel hacking, and are able t...

Dev Chandra is a rare digital nomad who created a job for himself that would give him the freedom to travel the world. Instead of a finding a job with a fully remote company like most, he quite literally sculpted the life he wanted. He definitely did things the hard way, but it's resulted in Dev being able to take on amazing adventures as a digital nomad. He started his journey by living in severa...

What does the future of remote work look like? The Beach Commute team nows has fresh data that clearly explains the direction things are moving for employees.  Will companies pull employees back into the office for good? Will we see employees push for fully remote work freedom? Will companies compromise with hybrid structures?  What about employee perks? Why are companies starting to offer free la...

Is the digital nomad lifestyle sustainable for the planet, indigenous cultures, and nomads themselves? Some people accuse digital nomads and the lifestyle they bring with them of gentrifying impacted nomad hubs, raising the local cost of living, pushing out local businesses, and being culturally insensitive. But is it justified? What are the facts? What can digital nomads do to minimize their glob...

There is a growing list of digital nomad hotspots all around the world! But, when you're traveling as a digital nomad, sometimes you want to venture off the beaten path and explore some less-commonly traveled places. In some cases for better, and in other cases for worse. In this episode, Jeff and Marisa talk about six destinations that they lived for a significant amount of time as digital nomads...

Most people who become digital nomads are looking for more from life. Whether it's seeking more freedom in life in their lives, cultural experiences, adventure, community, or checking new locations off their bucket list, everyone became a digital nomad with some sort of goal. Usually, "becoming happier" in life isn't a primary goal. But, it tends to be a surprising byproduct. The...

LinkedIn looks like an absolute gold mine for finding remote jobs, no? A quick search will generate up to thousands of job listing opportunities. But are these jobs REAL? Are they actually FULLY REMOTE? Do they have a RETURN TO OFFICE policy? In this episode Jeff and Marisa walk you through a live attempt to find a legitimate remote job on LinkedIn. You will learn: How to search for jobs on Linked...

In this episode Jeff & Marisa picked out 3 awesome companies directly from Beach Commute's Anywhere Atlas database of 300+ organizations that let their employees work from anywhere in the world. Jeff introduces Automattic, Bejamas, and Outseta, highlighting their unique cultures, flexible work environments, and innovative approaches to remote employment. The episode aims to inspire listeners w...

Listeners constantly write into Beach Commute with the question, "Are there specific organizational characteristics that make them more likely to hire digital nomads?" While there is no perfect model for a company that allows its employees to work from anywhere, there are some specific traits that make them more likely to be digital nomad-friendly. Jeff and Marisa discuss 5 specific trai...

Rosie Bell is an amazing example of someone who felt trapped working in an office every day, but had the courage to take a leap of faith and realize her dream of travel and location independence. Rosie is now a freelance writer and location independence mentor & author of Escape to Self. Rosie has been featured on Forbes, National Geographic, Huffington Post and many others. Rosie started her...

Natalie Thomas is a mindfulness coach and digital nomad with a deep interest in how geography and astrology are interrelated. Like most digital nomads, Natalie started her career in a typical corporate job and "followed the signs" that led her to a life of travel. In this episode Natalie talks about how she was able to shift her career path in a way that supported her dreams of travel. S...

One thing that you never get from your standard two week travel vacation is a truly cultural experience. Typically you get stuck in the tourist loops - expensive hotels, overpriced restaurants, crowded attractions, and lots and lots of other vacationers. When you live life as a digital nomad you tend to get way outside the tourist bubble. In this episode Jeff and Marisa discuss 15 awesome events a...

Beach Commute has launched a database of 300+ fully-remote companies that let you work from anywhere! This is the result of 3+ years of filtering through tens of thousands of companies from remote job boards, LinkedIn, and Beach Commute's personal and professional networks. Only about 1% of remote job listings you find on job boards ACTUALLY let you work from anywhere. Most companies come with...

Most people assume that they can get a remote job by directly applying to job listings they find on job boards.  It’s VERY rare that people actually get jobs this way. The majority of the time these job applications get lost in the abyss of hundreds of applications.  As a matter of fact, if your application DOES get looked at, the average amount of time a recruiter will spend on it is 6 seconds. 6...

Most people assume that being a digital nomad will cost similar to what they spend on a typical vacation. That CAN be the case, but typically it's not. Counterintuitively, most digital nomads spend LESS money when they are traveling than when they were stationary. In this episode Jeff and Marisa walk you through 7 surprising ways that they and other digital nomads manage to save more money while t...

This is a listener requested episode! The dating world for digital nomads is very, very different than that of a "normal" life living in one location. In some ways it's better, and in other ways it can be more logistically challenging. Jeff and Marisa both have experience dating as digital nomads, and have hundreds of friends/acquaintances who have dated as digital nomads. In this ep...

For Beach Commute's anniversary, they are launching a new product called the Anywhere Atlas. It's an extensive database of the very best, full-remote companies that give you permission to work from anywhere. The database was curated over three years of manually investigating tens of thousands of companies' employee feedback, company culture, fully-remote hiring status, and employee per...

The most significant questions about becoming a digital nomad revolve around whether or not you need to make significant career-related changes. Which types of careers will let me travel? Do I need to switch careers to travel? How much money do I need to earn in my career? One of the most significant life changes you can possibly make is changing jobs. Even more significant is changing careers. Th...

Why would someone want to become a digital nomad? Instinctively, you would think that most people become digital nomads because they want an excuse to travel more often. While that CAN be true, it seems that the truth has many more layers. Jeff and Marisa have been digital nomads themselves for 12+ years, and have interacted with hundreds of other digital nomads. Based on their personal experience...

One of the most commonly asked questions by up-and-coming digital nomads is how much money they need to make and how much to save to live as a digital nomad.  Jeff and Marisa have been digital nomads for over ten years, and they are part of a community of 1k+ digital nomads. With their combined experience, they explain:  The top expenses you will need to budget for, in order of cost.  Examples of...

Tune to to find out what the data says will be the hottest digital nomad hotspots in 2024!  In order to make these predictions, Jeff, Marisa and Diego pulled data from a community of over one thousand digital nomads to find out where people will be traveling, and where they are most interested in traveling over the next year.  What we know about digital nomad hotspots is that they are constantly c...

Jeff and Marisa take on the second half of the top 10 most searched questions about digital nomad life. Think of this episode as a the ultimate guidebook (with references to amazing resources) to becoming a digital nomad. In this episode you will hear the top most commonly asked questions about digital nomad life and jobs answered candidly, from years of experience from seasoned digital nomads and...

Google searches for digital nomad related questions are growing exponentially. For example: 2,700 people per month search "What is a digital nomad?" 350 people per month search "How do I become a digital nomad?" In this episode, Jeff and Marisa found the top 10 most Googled questions you ask about the digital nomad lifestyle and how to make money to live as a digital nomad. Epi...

In this episode Jeff and Marisa discuss four fully-remote (work from anywhere) companies with current job listings. Jeff and Marisa clearly outline exactly what you should be looking for in a job listing and company's website to determine if the company is high quality, and will actually give you permission to travel the world while you work. They discuss specific language to look for in job l...

Finding legitimate, fully-remote job listings is NOT a straightforward task. As a matter of fact, job boards are a bit of a mirage. With thousands of "remote" job listings posted at any given time, you would think that your potential for finding a strong opportunity is good. In reality, around 1% of those job listings are legitimate, fully-remote, and from quality companies. In this epis...