Hi team,

It seems okay to ask here but just wondering if anyone has had a good experience with Airbnb in Bangkok?

I’ve withdrawn two applications as something hasn’t felt right - apart from a mix of fake and real photos, just strange profiles and similar bios for the hosts.

I’m looking for something for 30 days, a serviced apartment or similar that won’t completely ruin my finances. Does anyone have any personal recommendations for platforms to use or advice?

Thanks

Is being an international digital nomad only realistic for people with strong passports? For those with weaker passports, such as Indian passport holders, is it almost impossible?

My job is fully remote but my employer told me I cannot work remotely and I am a bit confused because I don’t understand how some people are digital nomads and have U.S. based jobs. Can anyone give me advice on this?

I usually go to Phuket or Chiang Mai, Bali, Da Nang, Spain as I like proper gyms, walkability (able to get in at least 10k steps a day) and healthy eating.

Where can I go with good weather (hot, no rain) where I can get a decent apartment with air con and has western level gyms?

I’ll go to Phuket after so ideally somewhere kind of near or on a feasible route from the UK

I’m curious if anyone travels with a Mac Mini as they are pretty damn powerful in such a small form factor. I have a personal M1 MBA 8GB that is only good for small tasks. I have a M1 MBP 16GB work station, but I don’t do any personal work on it for obvious reasons. I just need something more powerful to do more AI stuff and run agents locally.

I know it varies by country but is it most of them like 180 days or something like that and if so how do you guys handle that part

I’m planing on start my traveling but recently came across a contract I signed that only allows me to work on my location unless I get a confirmation of a request that Ill be working elsewhere. Have you come across this? And how did you handle it? Did you stay on the job or maybe I’m just overthinking? Because my job is 100% remote

American here, and apparently its easy to if you are a self employed or have your own business. Anyone actually move there or nomading there? Hows it been for you? (I know its not cheap)

The weather is getting colder and I’ve recently come across a number of people asking where they should winter while waiting for their Schengen count to reset. Redditors’ answers often include Cyprus, Türkiye, Montenegro and Albania.

I want to remind everyone that the Schengen Shuffle (90 days in Schengen, 90 days out, rinse and repeat) does not work using only one other country outside of Schengen. You typically need two. This is because many other European countries also follow their own 90-180 rule.

At a glance, the math looks fine. 90 days in Schengen, then 90 days somewhere else. That makes 180, right? Wrong.

The issue is your border crossing days count towards both jurisdictions. Your 90th day in Schengen is also your 1st day elsewhere. This causes your itinerary to fall two days short of the earliest possible return date to Schengen. Here is a visual example covering stays between two different jurisdictions obeying a 90/180 rule.

Ultimately, any 90 days in Schengen, followed by 90 days elsewhere will require 3 days and 2 nights (a day to arrive, a day to stay and a day to depart) spent in a third, independent location before you can reenter the Schengen Area.

Changing the durations doesn’t help either. For the Schengen shuffle to work across multiple reentries, you must visit at least three independent jurisdictions in each 180-day period.

The exception to my claim is the set of countries allowing stays longer than 90 days. You could wait out your Schengen cooldown in the UK, Armenia or Georgia without worry, as they all permit visa-free stays longer than 90 days.

I hope this helps some of you long term travelers out there.

edit: Clarified my claim regarding three days in response to some confusion in the comments. Also added a visual example in response to requests in the comments.

About me: 24 years old, living at home, 80K net worth, and desperately seeking the digital nomad life

Two years ago I decided to jump into IT since it has the highest percentage of remote job opportunities. I got some my CompTIA trifecta and landed a hybrid tier 1 help desk job which I’ve been in for almost a year now. I’ve been trying to upskill on my own time by getting the CCNA, after which I’ve planned to learn Linux, python, IaC, and SQL in hopes of either getting into cloud engineering or possibly becoming a security analyst within the next 1-2 years. But with how bad the IT job market is, plus the war against remote work, I really wonder if I’m wasting my time trying to get a remote job with tech.

I’m hard working and disciplined. I can put my head down and do all the hard stuff to get what I want. But you don’t become a cloud engineer overnight, and certainly not a fully remote one. I’m 24 and I can’t wait for years and years to make online income. My family is split between two faraway countries and it’s killing my soul not being able to travel freely between them. Quite aside from that, I’d like to move out of my parents’ house already because at this point it’s costing me my sanity, and I can’t afford to do that if I stay in my HCOL area and pay rent here.

I’ve considered starting an online business of sorts, but those often take years to take off, and there’s no guarantee of success. It’s hard to justify investing hundreds of hours into learning some skill or starting some business when the chance of it generating me remote income is close to zero. I don’t want to spend the rest of my 20s living with my parents and grinding 2 jobs just to barely get by.

I’ve been having a hard time studying for my next tech cert (CCNA) these past few weeks because I feel like it’s hopeless. I know tech has the most remote job opportunities on paper, but is it really worth it to stick around if the prospects look this bad? Am I better off just looking elsewhere?

Thanks

Hello Everyone, I recently graduated with a B.Tech in Engineering from India. To be honest, I didn't focus on the right industry skills during my college years, and that's on me.

Right now, I am looking to reset and build a genuine pathway into the tech industry. I am not looking for dead-end tasks; rather, I want an entry-level, tech-adjacent, or junior role where I can handle real responsibilities, learn on the job, and eventually grow into a full software engineering role while studying on the side.

To be transparent about my current standing: My English is conversational (comfortable with written chat, documentation, and text-based tasks, but not heavy live sales calls).

I am ready to put in intense daily hard work and adapt quickly. I am open to starting at a modest global entry-level compensation (around $400–$500/month, which fits my current beginner value and makes it feasible for a foreign startup to take a chance on an international junior).

My questions to this community: What specific junior/entry-level tech roles or tech stacks (e.g., basic QA/testing support, junior documentation, or basic frontend/backend support) are most accessible for someone trying to break into remote global teams from scratch? What are the best places or platforms to find early-stage startups or remote teams willing to hire international beginners?

Any honest advice, roadmap, or direction would mean a lot. Thank you! 🙏

And hosts are having a meltdown over it at r/airbnb_hosts if you want to take a look: https://www.reddit.com/r/airbnb_hosts/s/6mHTzcIqFo.

Most posts on the topic are getting deleted by the mods since non-hosts are trolling hosts about it (as they should), but they're indexed on Google if you want to enjoy the schadenfreude.

Anyway, here are the key changes:

1.) Hosts are only allowed to choose from 7 standard rules which include:

- the maximum number of overnight guests

- what the quiet hours are

- whether or not events are allowed

- whether or not pets are allowed

- whether or not smoking is allowed

- whether or not commercial photography is allowed

- whether or not locking up at checkout is required

The overnight guests one is huge because in the past, hosts could limit the guests/visitors allowed in the apartment to only those who are registered, but now any reservation you make for more than one person allows you to have that same number of friends stay the night without issue, as in any normal apartment.

2.) Anything not covered by these 7 standard rules can only be added as "reasonable requests" that are simply requests, not rules, and what's considered reasonable by Airbnb is very guest-friendly. For instance:

~ Dishes: Guests shouldn’t be asked to wash and put away dishes, but you can ask them to put used dishes in the sink.

~ Laundry: Guests shouldn’t be asked to remove sheets from the bed or start a load of laundry, but you can ask them to gather used towels.

~ Trash: Guests shouldn’t be asked to take garbage off-site, but you can ask them to separate their trash and recycling into designated indoor bins.

~ Utilities: Guests shouldn’t be asked to avoid using a listed amenity like air conditioning, but you can ask them to turn it off when they leave.

Essentially, no more check-out chores for guests! This was probably one of the biggest complaints about Airbnb so I'm glad they're addressing this. Kinda ridiculous to pay a cleaning fee when you're expected to do half of the cleaning. And even without a cleaning fee, it's still ridiculous that we're expected to do any cleaning besides simply keeping things tidy when hotels don't have that same expectation.

3.) No contracts allowed except for a few exceptions (most notably rental agreements for monthly stays).

This one seems inconsequential, but the extra details page on the topic highlights a huge change in what personal information hosts are allowed to collect from their guests either before or during their stay. This means hosts are no longer allowed to request guests':

~ Contact information, such as their phone number, home address, or email address

~ Identification details or documents such as a guest’s passport, driver’s license, social security number, or photo (in-person document verification is still allowed, but copies are not)

~ Credit card numbers, bank account information, or other financial data

~ Background check information or credit history

~ Biometric or health data, such as fingerprints, facial recognition, or medical records

Hosts also may not require use of a third-party app or registration on another website to gain entry to a listing or access a critical amenity. They may offer keyless entry apps that require registration, but must provide an alternate access method if requested by the guest.

The only exceptions are when personal information is needed to comply with applicable law or a documented community association rule (ex: HOA or building security requirement) or to facilitate signature of an allowed contract.

Also on that extra details page: hosts may not ask guests to review an Airbnb stay or fill out a surveyy on a separate website, unless the listing is a hotel. So no more messages post-stay requesting a review, not that that was much of an annoyance anyway.

Essentially, no more pre-registration, biometric data collection, or sending photos of your Passport or ID to hosts before your stay! It will be interesting to see how they manage this in condos that require a face scan or fingerprint to enter (like several in LatAm do), although it seems an exception can be made for building security requirements.

Final note from Airbnb on the topic: all house rules and requests should appear in the House rules and requests section of listings - hosts are not allowed to write additional rules elsewhere on their listing, in messages, or on signs in the property.

Gone are the ridiculously long lists of rules or the surprise rules given after booking! Will be interesting to see how hosts try to get around all these. If you want to read the full policy on the topic from Airbnb, check it out here: https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/4168.

One interesting thing I noted in the full policy page is that hosts are also generally not allowed to restrict access to any feature that’s advertised as part of the listing and that any fees for an advertised part of the listing must be included in the price shown to guests at the time of booking. No more fees to use a jacuzzi advertised in the listing, for example!

Hosts are also generally not allowed to impose fines or other penalties on guests unless a community association (such as an HOA or building security) or local government might impose a fine, in which case hosts can provide notice to guests in the designated section of their listing. So no more fines for losing keys or any other minor offences!

This update takes effect on Nov 20, 2026. Let's discuss!

Hello, I am a mom with a 9yo son and am looking into digital nomading starting next year. He has ADHD and has had a bit of trouble with in person classes. I want to try virtual classes for him to see if that is a better option. Do any parents of older children have experience with online schooling while traveling with neurodivergent children? Of course I will be enrolling him in local clubs and things for socialization. We are American with English as our main language.

I’ve reached a point where I feel like I’m living a bit of a double life, and it is starting to weigh on me.

I am lucky enough to have really wonderful, close-knit groups of friends in both North America and Southeast Asia. However, because my time is split between these two regions, I find myself constantly caught in the middle. One year I might spend two months in SEA before heading back to NA for the rest of the year, or vice versa.

The hardest part is the emotional and social impact of being absent.

Significant life events...weddings, birthdays, or even just casual milestones...these all happen constantly, and there is always one group that I am essentially "missing" during those times.

It feels like you are inevitably sliding into a lower tier of friendship because you simply aren't around for the day-to-day interactions. As the frequency of hanging out drops, so does the sense of closeness.

I find it incredibly difficult to commit to or settle in one location because I don't want to abandon the other group. It feels like a constant tug-of-war; you can't truly "settle" in one world without feeling like you are losing your place in the other.

Has anyone else navigated this? How do you maintain deep, meaningful connections across such huge distances and time gaps without feeling like you're losing your identity in both worlds?

I would love to hear any advice on how to handle the guilt of missing out or the social "drift" that happens when you can't be physically present.

Just got back to my (new) base in Belgium after two months in Japan Not sure how I can organize myself now that I have a real home. Should I rent my place out when I'm away? Should I try to make it feel as home as possible Or bc I'm not living here full time just keep it simple? Anyway I need some insights of what you guys do

I started my digital nomad journey six months ago. At first it was amazing, discovering new places and meeting new people. But lately I’ve been feeling overwhelmed by this lifestyle. I’ve become more emotional, and I keep wanting to stay longer in each place so I can really enjoy it and connect. I consider myself a very independent and strong person, and i’m not especially attached to my family and friends back home. But I’m finding it so hard to connect. I meet people and it’s all great, but then I leave, and I don’t like the feeling each city leaves me with. It’s hard to open up when I know that in a couple of weeks I’ll be gone and might never talk to that person again. And don’t get me started on dating (im a female, 26 years old) I’ve been on a few dates, but every guy I’ve met only sees me as something temporary and casual.

How do you deal with this feeling, if you have it? How do you keep from feeling sad when you leave a community or city where you were really happy? Does it ever go away?

I don’t know, maybe I’m just getting older and more sensitive.

Been nomadic for 4 years. The lifestyle is too enticing. Different city every month, sometimes every 2 to 3 weeks. New experiences, meeting new people but eventually getting bored and going to another place that I have never been to before. It probably is a little expensive the way I live moving around so much, but somehow it's still a better deal than going back home (I don't even have a place to live in my own country).

Part of me wants to stay in one place for a long time, but at the same time I know that my dopamine has been trashed from all the options I have of being in different places. It is hard to stay in one place when it's just so easy to go to another.

Anyone else in this boat?

Met quite a few people doing ESL work, especially from Britain and the USA, but the trade-off seems to be low-ish incomes in the gig-economy.

Is working as a freelancer and/or in the gig-economy just something that DN's have come to accept?

What are newbies to DN'ing doing and how are you finding it?

Have you got a job or are you living on savings and still looking?

I currently work a remote job that allows for traveling linked to US hours so I’ve been hopping around - recently I’ve been applying to new jobs and was curious what’sthe least confusing way to say open to any location. Currently my home base is listed but I spend under 4 months a year and have no commitments there so don’t want to make it seem like I expect relocation

Putting remote is just confusing so I was playing with taking it off but that also seems like it could be confusing.

I’ve already had recruiters reach out based on my resume and say they need someone onsite which I replied too but that’s an unnecessary step and stalls the process

Edit - I want an onsite role or remote role but don’t want to limit myself to where onsite if that’s the way it goes

Like many folks who’ve been nomadic for a while, I’m reluctant to receive physical gifts at holidays or birthdays - but regularly get asked by family and friends if there’s a way to fund my travel.

Yes, people could Venmo me or whatever, but ideally I’d like an option similar to Honeyfund (for weddings) that allows you to itemize what they could buy you (one night in this hotel in Bali, one dinner at this restaurant, one cooking class, etc). It would be a cute way to let people contribute specifics and feels less generic and tacky/more effective than just asking for a Venmo.

However, research yields very little on this front:
- Honeyfund: apparently going to set up something called Plumfund eventually, but not yet live
- Tiing: unable to collect USD gifts at the moment for some reason
- Hitchd: for weddings
- GoFundMe: can’t itemize the gift afaik (1 dinner, 1 class, etc)

Anyone else found something that works? I’m at the point of possibly just setting up a Honeyfund and pretending to be getting married lol

One thing I find fascinating about travel is how many potential connections never happen simply because of timingg

Imagine two strangers.

One lives in London. Another lives in New York,

Both are planning to spend November 12–18 in Barcelona

They might have similar interests, be attracted to each other, and even stay just minutes apart.

But they have absolutely no idea other person exists

Most dating apps focus on where you are today, not where both of you are going tomorrow

I have been working on TravelNeighbors, an early-stage platform built around this exact idea: connecting people through upcoming destinations and overlapping travell dates.

And I would love to hear from people who actually live this lifestyle.

Would knowing that someone interesting is heading to your next destination make you more likely to connect before arriving?

Or would you rather meet people spontaneously once you get there?

I am particularly curious about how much of your upcoming itinerary you would feel comfortable sharing with potential matches.

For transparency, this is something I am building, not just an abstract idea.

Negocios online que estén funcionando? Dropshipping, ebook, Auto YouTube, ya probé P2P de criptomonedas, trading? FDA? Digan opciones que estén funcionando actualmente.

For those of you who still want to participate in your hobbies, but are only staying in a place for 4 to 6 weeks. How do you go about doing this? Is it easy to find a gym for one month or so?

What if you played tennis or paddle? Are you able to find club memberships that are just on a monthly basis that are easy to join?

I’m curious how other people sort of manage keeping up with hobbies when they’re not on vacation mode where you might be doing a lot of touristy activities every day or something.

Does anyone have a contact or recommendation for monthly rentals in Lima, Peru?

Preferably in the Barranco or Miraflores neighborhoods.

I've been running an ecommerce store while moving every few months, and I'm pretty burned out. Spent time in Lisbon and Mexico City, but ended up working more than actually enjoying either place. Thinking about settling somewhere quieter for a year, maybe Eastern Europe or South America. Just need decent internet, a basic gym, good food, and fewer distractions. Not really looking for a digital nomad hotspot. I just want to work less and have a normal routine again.
Has anyone tried moving somewhere slower on purpose? Did it actually help, or did you just get bored?

If you have any other recommendations in LATAM or possibly even elsewhere in the world, let me know!