Digital Nomad Experts - Beach Commute Beach Commute

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 episode, they explore:


Do you need to wait to have a significant other before starting to travel?
What if you want to travel and your partner doesn’t?
Do you have to choose between having a life partner and living a nomad life?
How do people meet significant others while traveling? (Apps, meeting locals, meeting other digital nomads, etc.)
How do you date while being a digital nomad? (Logistics, long distance, etc.)
Can you travel and have kids?

If you have podcast topic requests, send them to hello@beachcommute.com!

Jeff and Marisa love getting correspondence from their thousands of subscribers, so don't be shy!

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 perks. Each company is scored based on Beach Commute's proprietary weighting scale and stored in the database.

It's the 1 list that’s worth more than 10,000 remote job postings

It truly is a database of the very best companies in the world for employees.

To get on the waitlist for the beta version of this database, send an email to hello@beachcommute.com with the subject line "Anywhere Atlas."

Get in quick because prices will be going up after the launch!

In this episode Jeff and Marisa celebrate three years of podcasting by answering 21 questions created by a combination of Marisa's brain and ChatGPT.

Like always, they don't pre-plan their answers to these questions. They give raw, unfiltered responses while recording "live."

You will definitely learn something in this episode, and most importantly, you'll have a few laughs.

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.

The idea of "starting over" is a terrifying idea to most people.

In this episode, Marisa explains her decision tree that you can use to help determine which scenarios warrant a career change, and which do not.

Curious about which types of jobs are best for being a digital nomad? Check out our ⁠91 jobs⁠ downloadable to get inspiration!

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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 experiences and the digital nomads in their community, they created and shared a list of the top 5 reasons people become digital nomads.

If any of the items on this list sound like you, the digital nomad lifestyle might just be your thing!

Teaser: If you have a rebellious side, you might have a key ingredient of a digital nomad.

Episodes referenced:

10 Otherworldy destinations to visit as a digital nomad (Ep 135)

13 Cool locations you'll only get to as a digital nomad (Ep 129)

Curious about which types of jobs are best for being a digital nomad? Check out our 91 jobs downloadable to get inspiration!

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 actual costs around the world. 
An estimate of how much total money you need to make per year. 

Relevant episodes mentioned: 

11 Ways to find cheap flights as a digital nomad (episode 121)

Remember, the FASTEST way to become a digital nomad is to get a job that gives you permission to work anywhere in the world. 

Unfortunately, only about 1% of "remote" job listings allow you to live as a digital nomad. Beach Commute teaches you how to identify these jobs (episode 142)

But, it's hours and hours of work to find that needle in the haystack. We find these jobs for you and send them to your inbox Monday through Friday. Become a member today and join our community of digital nomads.

Become a member today and join our community of digital nomads

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 changing from year to year. Destinations can be a bit trendy from year to year, falling in and out of favor. 

Listen in and find out where people are going to be living as digital nomads over the next year.

Other relevant and mentioned episodes:

9 Safest digital nomad locations

9 Locations to live as a digital nomad for under $2k per month

5 most popular travel destinations and where to go instead as a digital nomad

The absolute fastest and financially safe way to become a digital nomad is to get a job with a fully remote company. This allows you to:

1. Have a stable income.

2. Allows you to give the digital nomad lifestyle a "test run" before you fully dive in.

3. Allows you to start traveling right away.

Unfortunately, only about 1% of "remote" job listings allow you to live as a digital nomad. Beach Commute teaches you how to identify these jobs (episode 142).

But, it's hours and hours of work to find that needle in the haystack. We find these jobs for you and send them to your inbox Monday through Friday. Become a member today and join our community of digital nomads.

Become a member today and join our community of digital nomads