Work vs Travel: Recommendations
Tags: Digital Nomads, Traveling, Tips And Tricks, Work Life Balance, Recommendations

Most people take vacations to get away from their life for a little while and go someplace relaxing and traveling. The problem is that while you can leave your responsibilities behind at home, those responsibilities never go away. There is always a need to stay in touch with the office, family and anyone else who might need to hear from you. Thanks to new technology, there are plenty of communication options you can use to stay in touch with the important people in your life without having to stop your vacation.

Take Care of Responsibilities While Traveling

Most people are connected to their banks, credit cards, and other important vendors through the Internet. Since the Internet is found all over the world, it is easy to take care of the responsibilities of home while you are on vacation by using a laptop or a smartphone.

VPN

When you travel abroad, it is hard to tell just how secure your Internet connection will be. You can pay your bills while on vacation, stay in contact with relatives, and even access your work computers through the cloud, but you will want a VPN connection to make sure everything is safe. A VPN connection hides your point of origin and makes it impossible for hackers to steal your information.

Anytime Mailbox

It used to be that if you received important mail while on vacation you did not get a chance to read that mail or respond to it until you got back home. But with a digital service such as, you can see all of your standard mail through an Internet browser and address important mail issues as they arise.

A service such as Anytime Mailbox receives your physical mail, scans it, and sends it to you in a digital file through your email. This convenient service allows you to stay in touch while on vacation in ways you never could before.

Plan Ahead & Schedule Communication

Technology not only allows you to stay in touch through email, Internet and standard mail, but it also allows you to schedule important meetings and events even when you are on vacation. If you absolutely cannot avoid a business meeting while on vacation, then you can use various Internet services to plan ahead and schedule your non-vacation events.

On the other hand, you might be a digital nomad who makes their living by traveling and communicating online. The same services that would help a business person on vacation would be extremely useful to a digital nomad.

Google Calendar

Google Calendar is one of the most popular scheduling programs in the world. You can schedule any type of meeting or event, give yourself a reminder alarm when the event is closer and keep all associated notes regarding the event in your Google Drive folders. Once a digital nomad or business professional on vacation uses Google Calendar, they will wonder how they lived without it.

Use Technology to Keep In Touch While Traveling

There are plenty of programs that allow you to use the Internet to stay in touch with friends and family and have a convenient business meeting no matter where you are. Some of those programs include:

Skype — A program that combines video and audio conferencing with document collaboration.

Facetime — A smartphone app that lets you have a quick video conference with anyone in the world.

WhatsApp — A secure communications app that can be used by digital nomads to find work and work with clients no matter where they are.

Google Hangouts — A group chat app that can help nomads to find new opportunities throughout the globe.

iMessage — The iPhone messaging app that has a variety of convenient communication features.

Facebook Messenger — Billions of people all over the world use Facebook and Messenger can be a convenient way to contact new people anywhere in the world.

Compose a Message for a Mass Email List and Share Your Travel Experience.

Some people like to share their travel experiences with friends and family members all over the world. Digital nomads generally maintain a large database of email addresses that they stay in touch with using a monthly newsletter that tells of the nomad’s recent adventures. With today’s technology, you can compose a travel newsletter and get it out to a large audience quickly.

MailChimp

Mailchimp is a mass email service provider that allows you to access your database through your smartphone and send out mass email updates whenever you want. This is an excellent way for you to stay in touch with every important person on your list and keep them updated on what you are up to.

Start a Blog

Some digital nomads have blogs they use to not only share their experiences but to also generate revenue. Using a blog is so easy that anyone can create a comprehensive vacation memory that they can look back on whenever they want. The best part about starting a blog is that it is free and you can find blog hosts with plenty of templates you can use.

WordPress

WordPress is one of the largest blog platforms in the world and can help you to create a blog that will get attention. There are thousands of add-in apps you can use for WordPress that make it very easy to start and maintain any type of blog.

Blogger

Blogger has been around for a long time and it can offer you a blog that has strong SEO features built into it. Blogger is easy to use and every template that is available can be customized to meet your needs.

Instagram

Instagram is a rapidly growing social media platform that makes it easy for anyone to create a video blog or use primarily pictures as their blog content while traveling . There is a lot of content sharing going on with Instagram, which means that your vacation or digital nomad blog has a good chance of being noticed by people with similar interests.

When you travel either on vacation or as part of your lifestyle, you have plenty of communication options available to help you stay in touch with the rest of the world and take care of important issues as they come up.