The World's Most Traveled Man's Top 60 Travel Tips: For the Seasonal Traveler to the Full-time Digital Nomad

By Ian Boudreault

To all future globetrotters! Learn the secrets of traveling the world through this spoon-fed, all-you-can-eat collection of the best travel tips and hacks compiled by the world's most traveled man, Ian Boudreault. Commonly known by his blogger name “The Digital Globetrotter,” Ian has spent more than half of his life as a full-time digital nomad—almost 20 uninterrupted years on the road as a pioneer digital nomad. The young Canadian committed to sharing his most innovative travel tips learned on the road once he finished his international travels. He has now fulfilled his promise, revealing to the world his most sought-after travel secrets in this book.

The author of the acclaimed book Globetrotter, Ian, shares with us The World’s Most Traveled Man’s Top 60 Travel Tips, a collection of the absolute best tricks to get anyone from zero to hero—from complete travel novice to full-blown digital nomad! These easy-to-follow hacks can help guide your travel decisions and counter-attack the untold schemes that try to squeeze as much money out of you as possible in the travel industry.

Learning these travel tips from the world's most traveled man is sure to help future generations of hopeful travelers eager to jump aboard the ever-growing nomad community around the world. And as the pioneer digital nomad for two decades, Ian’s invaluable insight on the best methods to succeed as a full-time globetrotter will enlighten even those hesitant about the sustainability of a nomadic lifestyle.

Bonus in this limited edition: build your own itinerary with my map guides! Includes seven in-depth destination analyses with maps comparing every country of the world on different aspects, including best digital nomad destinations, best food destinations, most historically rich destinations, most friendly nations, most beautiful regions in the world, and the most challenging countries to reach. An invaluable resource to start planning your next destinations right away!

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Digital Globetrotter
• Release date: Sep 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9789962137931

Book preview

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Getting started: lifestyle tips

Part 2: Money saving tips

Part 3: Choosing a destination tips

Part 4: Travel gear tips

Part 5: Booking flights tips

Part 6: Accommodation tips

Part 7: Health tips

Part 8: Safety tips

Bonus Part: World map comparison series

About the Author

Also by Ian Boudreault

Appendix

Introduction

IN 2005, WITH only a few years of travel under my belt, I left Canada for an open-ended journey that is still ongoing today. With no job and virtually no money, I wanted to adapt to a lifestyle where I could travel the world self-funded with online work. That’s when I envisioned a life on the road indefinitely, pioneering the concept of becoming a digital nomad. Since then, my system has helped me roam every corner of the world, empowering me to visit every country in the world, a total of 230 countries, including every single one of the 195 recognized by the United Nations.

You might think that leaving the comfort of home to travel long-term can seem intimidating at first, but with the right mentors and resources at hand, the task becomes much easier. I used to dream of finding a spoon-fed travel resource with all the pros’ tips and tricks, but it just didn't exist when I started. I had to learn the hard way; the only foreigners I could model were expatriates who had resettled in other countries and seasonal backpackers. It was prehistoric times in terms of resources on globetrotting back then. I struggled to find a sustainable way of living, and I learned through trial and error. By sharing my best tips and practices, I hope to help you as best I can to start your globetrotting journey on the right track and as seamlessly as possible to become a real traveler. To help others follow in my tracks, I’ve committed to reveal the best travel secrets I had learnt by the time I reached all the countries in the world. So, here they are, my top 60 travel tips and tricks!

This edition includes seven bonus tips intended to help you decide which destinations could be potential stops on your trip. As I was getting closer to my goal of reaching all the countries in the world, I imagined a way to compare them all in different aspects. I designed several maps comparing all 195 countries and categorizing them in divisions, including best digital nomad destinations, best food destinations, most historically rich destinations, most friendly nations, most beautiful countries in the world, and the most challenging countries in the world to reach. I invented this tool for myself initially, but I’m excited to share it with my readers.

Going on a two-week trip is one thing, but leaving to travel the world indefinitely is another. The advice I provide in this book is oriented to teach you how you can make your dream come true traveling long-term as a digital nomad. While working from home sounds like a standard practice in a post–COVID-19 world, 17 years ago, it was definitely not. Teleworking was pretty unusual at the time, and people called me crazy when I attempted to make a living this way. But I am now proud to say that technology and culture have grown to accept this new lifestyle, with thousands of new digital nomads joining the globetrotting ranks every year!

This book focuses on two concepts: long-term travel (or globetrotting) and the digital nomad lifestyle. Both have been my specialty ever since I created my blog, thedigitalglobetrotter.com. To help new travelers start off on the right foot is a passion of mine, and the name I chose for my blog was specifically based on those two concepts. I hope you will benefit from these tips as much as I benefited from them myself when I was applying them to my travels daily. Enjoy!

PART 1

Getting Started: Lifestyle Tips

IF YOU WANT to become a globetrotter, the first step is to stop dreaming, get ready, and start traveling! To become a long-term traveler, you need to think outside of the box. Once you are on the road, you will experience a refreshing feeling of freedom, empowerment, and joie de vivre—the benefits of getting out of the comfort zone provided by your home—but it won't be easy. You will need to accept that there will be a lifestyle change: for the better and the worst. You will need to accept change and detach from long-practiced habits acquired during the years of sedentary life. But trust me, once you get a feel for the globetrotter lifestyle, you will never look back. You will grow as a person into a new and improved version of yourself. The following lifestyle tips are meant to start you off on the right track from day one.

Tip #1: Stop being a spectator and start being an actor!

We live in societies where television has converted swaths of the population into a massive audience to consume other people’s stories. Movies, TV shows, Youtube channels, and even internet consumption has created the effect of being a spectator for many individuals. However, when it comes to our own lives, we are the main actors of our own show, and it is our own script we are writing every day. It’s not an option to live life behind a screen, virtually experiencing other people’s adventures. So consider this: if traveling is a dream of yours, then no matter what might be stopping you at the moment, you must stop traveling through other people’s stories and become the main actor in your own adventures! Whatever is stopping you from living your dream of traveling right now might be an obstacle that seems too hard to overcome. But the truth is, I see very few barriers that justify not traveling.

Money is usually a big concern for most people before they understand that traveling can be made cheap—as cheap as you want it to be! Other limiting factors could be maintaining a career, family pressure, having kids, being in debt, etc ... The truth is that most of the time, it’s about fear of the unknown and the fear of making a drastic change in your own life by risking going off the beaten path. This is why travel is said to drastically change a person—because it pushes you out of your comfort zone and makes you grow; you are learning about yourself every day and learning what you love in life. After all, it’s your life. You only have one, so take your best shot and make it a good one!

Tip #2: Firmly believe that you qualify as a traveler as well

Some people live with the belief that traveling is just a dream or for somebody else and that their life is just too different or complicated for them to become a long-term traveler. Over my 20-plus years on the road as a full-time traveler, I met literally thousands of others on my path and heard every story imaginable: inspiring stories, and crazy ones, too! I met couples, families of six or more, an 18-year-old girl traveling solo on a bicycle in Pakistan, 80-year-old solo backpackers, backpackers in wheelchairs, and even travelers crossing the world on skateboards! I’ve seen it all. I am now confident that anybody can be a candidate for traveling! When someone finds an obstacle that they believe justifies staying home, they usually have a misconception