Shawna Lum moved from the US to Spain 7 years ago, and after battling a series of personal changes that could have derailed her dreams of living abroad, she’s come to learn that if there’s a will to spend significant time in a foreign country, there is absolutely a way to do so. Today, Shawna is one of the world’s leading experts on helping people move abroad permanently. Through her coaching, courses, and masterclasses, she’s helped thousands of expats find their new home abroad, simplifying...

Bal Sieber is a world-class designer who has been featured in publications such as Forbes, Fast Company, The Washington Post, and Entrepreneur Magazine, for his work with companies like Toyota, Nokia, and Disney, to name just a few. In the past, this type of professional success would have surely come with a proverbial chain to a desk, but Bal has managed to convert his creative passion into a location independent business that has allowed him to travel the world, live abroad in Mexico, and...

Q Hamirani is known by many as the creator of Airbnb’s famous Live & Work Anywhere program, as well as his work as a global HR leader, startup investor, Forbes contributor, founder, and many other initiatives in his professional life. But today we dive into his personal story, exploring his childhood in India, the pros and cons of moving abroad, and how intentionally leveraging corporate nomadism quenched his thirst for languages, cultures, and travel. Connect and learn more about Q...

Domenico Pinto is the Founder of Great Shift, and an internationally recognized keynote speaker and author, who also happens to have traveled to 40+ countries, and lived abroad nearly all of his life. With long term stops in countries such as Germany, Italy, Portugal, Dubai, and Australia, amongst others, Dom knows a thing or two about the challenges and opportunities associated with finding a sense of home abroad. Today we cover a wide variety of subjects, but hone in on three destinations...

Kristin Wilson joins the show again this week for a fireside chat about her recent global adventures. Kristin is one of the original and leading travel vloggers in the world, serving a massive following of subscribers on her award winning YouTube channel, Traveling with Kristin, as well as via her podcast, Badass Digital Nomads, which is ranked in the top 1% of all podcasts in the world. She’s also the author of Digital Nomads for Dummies and a relocation specialist, who has lived and...

We’re joined today by one of the world’s leading travel writing authorities, Tim Leffel. Tim has won countless awards as the author of books such as: The World’s Cheapest Destinations, Travel Writing 2.0, and the living abroad book, A Better Life for Half the Price. He’s also the editor of Perceptive Travel, named “best online travel magazine” and “best travel blog”, while also running five online travel websites as an editor/publisher. Tim is also an expat living abroad in Mexico who has...

Lorraine Charles joins us this week to talk about her life as an expat in Abu Dhabi, and various experiences across the Middle East. As a British citizen who has lived and worked on multiple continents, she shares some excellent advice on building a life abroad as an educator. We also discuss her foundation, Na'amal, which is leveraging remote work to help provide training and jobs for refugees. Connect and learn more about Lorraine's work at: Website: https://naamal.org/ LinkedIn profile:...

Giulia Verdinelli is the Co-Founder of Remote-9 and she joins the show today from Japan where she’s hosting a group of digital nomads on one of their wildly popular 20-day adventurous co-living trips. But this conversation takes us around the world, ranging from hiking volcanoes in Iceland, to riding motorbikes across Nepal, to sailing in the Adriatic, drinking sake in Japanese forest breweries, and building digital nomad villages in Latin America. We also chat about some of the hidden...

We’re back for another mailbag edition for the podcast. In today’s episode we crowdsource questions from the audience and answer them live on the show. We’ll discuss digital nomad visas, return to office mandates, horror stories from abroad, and a variety of other travel-related topics on multiple continents.  Learn more about the regime impatriati here and contact Studio Rigo for more info:  Website: https://sites.google.com/view/studiorigo  Email: [email protected] This episode was...

Nathan Aguilera is known by many as the creator of the highly successful food blog Foodie Flashpacker, but he’s also an avid traveler originally from the US, currently celebrating 10 years of permanent globetrotting! He joins the show today from South Africa to share some of his learnings over the past decade on the road, and amongst other subjects, we discuss some of his favorite home bases in cities like Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Madrid, as well as how he’s managed to create a location...

John Lee is the Co-Founder of Work From Anywhere and a close friend of About Abroad. In today's show, we invited John back to chat about his recent move to Portugal with his wife and three children. We dive into the reasons for the move, why they choose Portugal, and some tips and tricks he has for everyone eyeing Portugal for their move abroad. This is currently ranked as the #1 place in the world for expats to move to, and it's easy to see why when you hear how John is thriving here! You...

Ebony Belhumeur started from humble beginnings but today she’s a location independent COO at a thriving tech company and living abroad in an idyllic town outside of Paris with her four children and partner. Today she joins the show to share her personal story and explain how she was able to build a thriving remote career with no formal education and eventually make the move from the US to France. She also shares details related to her experiences parenting abroad, traveling in Europe, giving...

This week Chase meets with Rowena Hennigan, founder of RoRemote, one of the top remote-work advocates in the world, and an internationally acclaimed author and speaker, as well as a veteran of the digital nomad world, currently living abroad in Spain. She walks us through converting from a nomadic lifestyle to one that better suits the needs of her young family, and how remote work provided her daughter with an opportunity to live a healthier and happier life. We also discuss adapting to life...

In this episode the tables are turned as Mandy Franz interviews Chase about his experiences living abroad, remote work, and some of the ups and downs with a nomadic lifestyle. Mandy is the Founder of Remote Workers Worldwide, the largest online community of remote workers in the world, with more than 125,000 members and growing everyday. She’s also a LinkedIn Top Voice for Remote Work and an expat herself, from the Netherlands, but living abroad in Portugal, and traveling frequently. She...

Alex Hernandez is a well-known future of work leader, as well as the Co-Founder of Jobgether, a flexible-work website designed to help job seekers find (truly) remote work, in whatever country they desire to work in. He’s also a French expat that has moved around the world, and after stops in cities like London, Barcelona, and Paris (amongst others), he’s landed on Madrid as the place he feels most at home. Today we dive into Alex’s personal story, as well as some of his favorite aspects of...

Italy is one of the few countries in the world to offer a citizenship by descent program, which essentially allows you to obtain a passport and citizenship, if you can prove you have ancestors from that particular country. Today, Anthony Calvanese joins the show to share his experience completing this process, and moving from the US to Italy. We also dive into some of his favorite places to visit around Europe, the pros and cons of building a life abroad, and how you can follow in his...

France is one of the most visited countries in the world, but the French doors are not only open to tourists - they also provide a super simple pathway to long term residency. Today we dive into the details of the French Visitors Visa and the French Freelance Visa, both of which offer the opportunity to live in France for a year, with the ability to renew it multiple times, and even a pathway to citizenship. To help us understand your options, we speak with Eléonore Tavares de Pinho, Head of...

Join me on the latest episode replay of Andrea Valeria from Season 1. She’s a remote-work expert and founder of “It’s a Travel O.D.”. Originally from Panama, but currently living in Mexico City, Andrea shares her knowledge about and moving to various countries around the world and expat life in Mexico. She also explains how anyone can find remote work, regardless of technical skills or experience. This episode originally aired in Season One and is being replayed today as part of our greatest...

Ken Weary is a well known leader in the tech and remote work space, as the COO of the fully remote team at HotJar. When not leading 100s of employees spread across 30+ countries, he’s just living a typical life as a nomad dad and husband, traveling the world, homeschooling teenagers, and trying to decide whether to settle in Portugal or move on to the next adventure on another continent. Ken takes us inside his life as one of the most interesting CXOs you’ll ever meet, and shares all the...

Today’s guest is Jess Romano, an American who made the move to the Croatian island of Hvar. She was one of the first people in the world to receive Croatia’s Digital Nomad visa, which allows remote workers to come and live legally in Croatia! Jess walks us through the process to get the visa and the requirements to do so. She also takes us inside island life in a small village and shares how the sense of community and beautiful landscapes made her feel like she was on vacation every...

Iwo is the Founder & CEO of Remote-how and Remote-First Institute, both of which are fully remote teams focused on helping others organizations make remote work, work. He's a Polish citizen but at the time of this recording he was calling Vietnam home, and has also lived all over Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia. Chase and Iwo dive into all aspects of life in Vietnam and the path he took to making the dream to move there, a reality. They touch on visa options and renewals, the cost of...

Peter Benei is the Founder of Anywhere Consulting, and a published author and podcast host, originally from Budapest where he helped create the Digital Nomad’s Budapest group. But these days you can find him splitting his time between his hometown and his favorite country in the world - Italy. Today Peter and Chase sync up for a call from two separate ends of Italy, to explore why these are two great places for digital nomads and expats, and share some of their favorite hidden gems and a few...

We’re back for another Q&A session, diving into the mailbag to answer questions from the audience. In this episode Chase covers a variety of topics, ranging from reviewing recent travels through Europe, to return to office mandates, foreign taxes, dealing with the downsides of full time travel, and the best places to live abroad.  For more info on retreats/offsites, drop your contact info in this form. For more info on entity formation or if you have a question to be answered in the...

Job van der Voort is the CEO at Remote, one of the leading fully remote companies in the world, on a mission to make hiring from anywhere as accessible as possible. Today Job stops by the show to chat about a variety of topics, from global mobility to return to office mandates, travel, and remote work, amongst others. We also introduce a new tool Remote is offering, designed to help people around the world find (truly) remote job opportunities. Connect and learn more about Job's work at:...