being a digital nomad right now is really really good because especially because of this pandemic joanna young is one of millions of people taking the phrase working remotely to a whole new level she's what's known as a digital nomad it's a lifestyle more people are turning to since the pandemic hit these are people who actually pick up their office and move it to a location of their choosing and work from there and that office tends to change over time tech firm mbo partners found 10.9 million americans described themselves as digital nomads in 2020 and almost
50 percent increase from the previous year for me as someone who loves traveling who is really really passionate about learning other culture and and going to different places in the world having just two weeks of vacation is just so not enough for me since starting this lifestyle in late 2019 young has traversed the globe visiting uzbekistan south africa vietnam and singapore just to name a few she left her nine to five job in toronto to work anywhere she wants to she now works part-time as a social media manager for a digital marketing agency and also
has freelance social media clients the jobs allow her to easily travel without having to work with her clients face to face the first thing of becoming a digital nomad is to find a way to earn money online and because of this pandemic there are so many opportunities where you can earn money online young and other digital nomads say figuring out logistics before you travel will also save you some headaches later on consider buying travel insurance and signing up for a special travel credit card that won't charge you foreign transaction fees buy local sim cards so
you always have a stable internet connection and know the local coronavirus and visa requirements with some countries heavily restricting international travel young spent nine months of 2020 living in the gili islands she was only recently able to hop on a plane and fly to bali for her next adventure before the pandemic everything was so expensive and now that i'm back in bali during the lockdown period things has become so affordable i'm able to book a really nice villa which was so expensive before the pandemic in an attempt to revive the declining tourism industry destinations like
aruba barbados dubai and mauritius are all providing so-called workation visas to allow foreign travelers to work while vacationing or living within their borders and the idea is that when you come there if you really want to do an adventure you're going to be spending money you're going to be going on tours you're going to be eating out you're going to be using taxis you're going to be paying for your rent and with more and more companies continuing to allow employees to work remotely the digital nomad trend could be here to stay 19 million americans told
mbo partners they're planning to become a digital nomad in the next two to three years and 45 million more said they'd consider it as for young she plans to keep up the lifestyle for as long as she can she hopes to next travel to south america and explore parts of peru argentina and ecuador for newsy i'm catherine beak
