Thread: Working & Traveling- Is It Realistic?

I know I can't work while traveling. About all I do is emails.

First off, I don't like editing on a laptop. I have 2 - 27" split screens that make everything easy to see and move around.

2nd, is getting into a routine. It's very hard to do on the road.

That being said, I do think I could work from a different location if I were to be there for a long time. I would just set up an iMac with everything I would need.

I do it all the time. I was away from home 9 months in 2011.

My routine is simple... during daylight hours I travel, once the sun goes down i work. So i might do something like seeing an attraction or hiking from 9am to 4 pm and then work until 11pm. Smaller work days means less money... but the point of money is to enjoy life so for me it's worth it.

I agree with Ant's, day time travel, night time work.

Comes down to organisation as well - conferences are a little different though.. it is work night and day.

Only problem on this is that most hotels have very bad internet connections.. Nothing worse then slow speeds, except the high daily internet connection price tag.. Remember once in spain paying around 29 euros a day for internet..

Originally Posted by Lenny

Remember once in spain paying around 29 euros a day for internet..

That's steep. Barcelona internet is always poor at best.. but then so was Londons Grange, random drop outs killed me on calls

That is a huge problem... most places in North America have free good internet... the worse country for internet I found is Australia, outside of the major cities it's tough and they charge ridiculous rates... i got charged over $100 for a night once because i forgot outlook express on and it downloaded email (they charge by bandwidth) other places its hit or miss, Central America has had fairly reliable internet for me, Europe was hit or miss, South Africa was decent (and that was a long time ago)

Originally Posted by antoine

That is a huge problem... most places in North America have free good internet... the worse country for internet I found is Australia, outside of the major cities it's tough and they charge ridiculous rates... i got charged over $100 for a night once because i forgot outlook express on and it downloaded email (they charge by bandwidth) other places its hit or miss, Central America has had fairly reliable internet for me, Europe was hit or miss, South Africa was decent (and that was a long time ago)

We really know how to screw it up for travelers... and locals in Australia.

I pay about $150 for 200gb a month - there are cheaper options, but I went for speed and reliability, still steep.

Originally Posted by villa10

I was thinking in traveling and working at the same time, but at least Paypal blocks the access if you access from a different country than the registered in your account. I think Neteller and Moneybookers do the same. It is difficult to manage without these accounts.

My experience with Neteller is that you should always let them know if you are logging in from abroad - then it's no problem. Have never had this problem with pp or mb, but actually would prefer neteller's security solution.

Another problem while travelling in countries like France and Italy (and perhaps soon Denmark) is that some sites are blocked by operators or authorities...