Remote Roundup: True Costs of Long-Term Travel, Taxes & Borderless Living, an Underrated Productivity Habit, + More (October 2025)

What tools and routines make the biggest difference for nomads? What really drives down your cost of living abroad, and what are you giving up to get there? 

On this month’s episode, Caitlin and Janessa swap stories on budgeting, daily tradeoffs, and what it takes to feel comfortable in constant motion. You’ll hear their thoughts on shifting priorities, overlooked productivity habits, tax residency trends, and why your “normal” might not be so normal elsewhere.

Remote Roundup is a new monthly series hosted by Zero To Travel’s associate producer, Caitlin Sunderland, and partnerships manager, Janessa Klatt. Explore what’s new in remote work and travel, including helpful tools and resources, need‑to‑know trends, destinations, and insight into what it really means to live and work around the world.

What’s something you’ve either given up (or refused to give up) to make remote work and travel sustainable for you? I’d love to hear about it, and I hope you’ll share by sending me an audio message.

Tune In To Learn:

  • Janessa’s experience traveling and working on Vancouver Island
  • A simple travel item that can seriously improve your remote work (that we often ignore), and how small comforts can make or break your productivity
  • What to consider before making borderless tax or residency moves
  • The hidden tradeoffs behind minimalist living on the road
  • Why your priorities might shift the longer you live as a nomad
  • What remote workers are getting wrong about cost-of-living savings abroad
  • The unexpected mindset shift that happens when you stop “vacationing” and start living
  • Which everyday habits feel surprisingly hard (or freeing) to give up
  • Cultural quirks that can challenge what you thought was “normal”
  • One playful question that reveals way more about someone than you’d expect (steal this!)
  • And so much more

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