Before Coronavirus, the digital nomad lifestyle was on the rise, seeing more and more popularity every year as people took advantage of the convenience of technology to be able to work while traveling around the world. But then came COVID-19 and it changed everything, including the working world and the traveling world. So how did this impact digital nomads?
Well, they basically had two options. Go home or wait it out, and nobody knew how long Coronavirus was going to last. But now, over a year later, with vaccines allowing the world to open up again, digital nomads find themselves in an entirely new scenario.
On the one hand, there are more remote work options than ever, as the Coronavirus pandemic proved to companies that an employee doesn’t have to be physically present in the office in order to do their job.
On the other hand, traveling hasn’t gotten much easier than it was in the height of the pandemic, with constantly changing policies about planes, hotels, vaccines, green passports confusing us and possible Coronavirus variants looming over us as a constant fear.
So what can digital nomads do? Get vaccinated, keep proper documentation, and become experts on different countries’ travel regulations. But taking advantage of more remote work opportunities is a must for somebody truly committed to the digital nomad lifestyle.
