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Nomads Beyond

Slow Travel Tips + Digital Nomad Life

Hi, we’re Allan & Kat, a digital nomad couple slow traveling the world since 2020. We share local experiences and budget tips for full-time travel to help you travel longer & deeper. Subscribe and you’ll also get our free slow travel starter kit with 5 easy ways to get FREE accommodation for travel 🙌

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Katharina sits at a wooden table in a brightly lit cafe with tropical decor, working on her laptop during a slow travel trip.
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6 tools we wish we found sooner

Hi Reader, Getting free accommodation is not the only tool in our slow travel toolbox. Over the last 6 years, we have tried many platforms to make our lives as full-time travelers and digital nomads easier. Most importantly - help us save money 😜 And we want you to know about them and save money too! 🐶 Trusted Housesitters You know we are big fans of house sits. They allow us to stay in epic locations worldwide rent-free by looking after cute pets while the homeowners are away. The best way...

28 days ago • 1 min read
Katharina overlooking the town square in Jardin, Colombia from a local coffee shop.

Hi Reader, I tend to be an all-or-nothing type of person. I am either fully in or fully out (working on this! 🙃) But travel doesn’t have to be this way. Slow travel doesn’t mean you have to be a full-time traveler. It’s also not defined by a length of time. It’s about your mindset and how you approach a trip. It’s about being present in the moment and fully immersing yourself. It’s about allowing time and space in your itinerary to talk to a local, linger longer at a street food cart, or...

about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Allan and Workaway host Juan standing on the beach in front of the ocean at sunset with two big yellow surf boards under their arm and a black dog next to their feet.

Hi Reader, Did you already check out the free accommodation guide we sent you last week? In case not, here it is again :) We really want you to take a look, because years ago we thought that traveling full-time or to expensive places would not be possible for us. Or only if we would win the lottery... But jumping 6 years forward, and we are still on the road! Our discovery of the slow travel lifestyle began in 2020 when we met in a hostel in Mexico City during a solo backpacking trip. We both...

about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Allan and Katharina pose for a photo on the side of a road in New Zealand's Mackenzie Basin, with the snow-capped peak of Mount Cook and the Southern Alps visible in the background.

Hi Reader, It has been a while since we last emailed you, because so many exciting things have happened! 🎉 We gave our site a full-on design & content overhaul and changed our name from Happy Healthy Nomads to Nomads Beyond. So if you are wondering now, who is emailing you and why - let me refresh your memory :) We’re Allan and Katharina, a digital nomad couple from New Zealand & Austria who hit the road in 2020 and have been travelling ever since. hi, this is us 👋 standing in front of Mount...

about 2 months ago • 1 min read