The Luxpats

Category: Go Nomad

  • Travel Stress or Grief?

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      “Grief is the thing with feathers.” –Max Porter “I measure every Grief I meet with narrow, probing eyes.” –Emily Dickinson As our friends from Seattle will tell you, falling asleep has never been a problem of mine. If you peeked through our roof at 11 pm on any given Friday night in 2010, you…

  • June Nomad Income Report 2016: Golden Opportunities

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    It was a crazy month, both for travel and our June nomad income statement. Sarah and Spencer flew back to the States for three weeks to see family and friends with stops in New York, Washington state, and New Jersey. During their US tour, I left Budapest for a short vacation in Copenhagen, and caught…

  • Solo Parent Travel Tips and Tricks

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    We survived! In fact, this trip with my son was the easiest solo parent travel I’ve ever done, despite a few delays and setbacks. See below my high level takeaways and a few specific tips on solo parent travel. Read our next installment for the play-by-play, or our first installment for packing and preparation. Solo Parent…

  • May Nomad Income Report 2016: Writer Takes All

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    Our May nomad income report received a boost from a new source this month. Sarah competed against 2,099 other authors in this years’ NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge – and WON! This is a huge accomplishment for Sarah and the beginning of a very exciting career. Sarah has always planned to be an author and works hard…

  • Traveling Alone with a Toddler: Preparation and Packing

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    Will you be traveling alone with a toddler? Are you starting to freak out? Well, here’s how I do it: the preparation, packing (one carry-on bag), and the reasons why. See our upcoming post to find out how well I did. It’s not my first long trip alone with my son, but it’s the first since…

  • April Nomad Income Report 2016: The Home Stretch

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    So…it’s June and I’m publishing our April nomad income report. I promise we didn’t procrastinate this time! The weeks leading up to Nomadica’s launch left little time for anything else. WE ARE NOW LIVE, coming to you from around the world with the first travel ecostore for digital nomads and nomad families. Check it out.…

  • How to Convince Your Partner to Travel

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    “I really want to be a digital nomad, but my wife/husband/boyfriend/girlfriend isn’t convinced. What do I do?” This is one of the questions I’ve seen most often in nomad forums, and I’m answering it from the perspective of the partner who needed some persuading. David was raised in a military family, and the mobile lifestyle comes…

  • How to Sell Everything You Own

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    Selling everything before we left South Africa was a long, exhausting, and informative process. If anyone is facing the same task, here are a few nomad selling tips that worked well for us and a few things I wish I’d known beforehand. Start Selling Early Yes, duh. But there are more benefits to starting early than just preparation.…

  • March Nomad Income Report 2016: Still Building

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    I’ll admit, the March Nomad Income Report took a while to put together. Unlike the previous month, March was a very productive month for Nomadica. We completed the site map and content strategy, which led to the design and build of the site. We’ve added travel resource content, secured multiple vendors enabling us to offer some the best in…

  • Introvert vs. Extrovert Travel

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    One of my former managers and favorite human beings has a magnetic personality. Let’s call her Rachel. When Rachel walks into a meeting, she sets the tone. If she’s wearing a wry grin, it spreads quickly around the room. Inside jokes are exchanged in glances and you know it’s going to be a fun discussion. If Rachel looks…