Nomadico - Schengen Stays/Virtual Moves/Worldwide Flight Deals
EU Schengen Stay Calculator
Americans and many other non-EU citizens can stay 90 days in the Schengen Area of Europe every 180 days. Here’s a calculator to help you understand how many days you can stay based on recent past visits. This easy map shows which countries are excluded from this list.
Mail Services That Change Your Tax Status
What happens to your snail mail when you leave your home country for months, a year, or permanently? There are lots of services out there to help you with this problem. The most common ones will open, scan, and trash mail according to your specifications and you can access scans remotely. If you need to maintain a permanent address in a specific state for taxes, banking, and voting, that gets more complicated. The easiest route is to use a relative’s address, but some services help you get residency sorted out, including a “permanent address” for a driver’s license. The easiest is South Dakota, where there's no state income tax. Search Dakota Post or Your Best Address in that article or online.
An International Mobile Phone
Even though I am based in Mexico, I have held onto my U.S. T-Mobile cellular plan because I can call or text anywhere in Mexico, the USA, or Canada without any extra fees. Plus I get free (though sometimes slow) data and texting in most countries when traveling. If you want a cheaper and more portable solution though, check into Google Fi: you can maintain a home country number for all those 2-factor authentication texts but it’ll work on any phone, starting at $20 per month. You can tether it to your laptop in a pinch if that Airbnb rental or hotel has lousy Wi-Fi.
Best Flight Deals to Anywhere
Google also has the best option out there for searching flight options if you’re flexible about where you’re headed and when. Put your home airport in Google Flights, leave the destination blank, then pick a date. It’ll show you a map of the world that you can zoom in and out of to see which cities have the cheapest flights, either round-trip or one-way. It’s missing some airlines that don’t share data (like Southwest and Allegiant), but it’ll give you a general idea of where the bargain routes are worldwide and close to home.
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