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Don’t be rich
                        Live rich
                          Nomadz.nu



Friday 1 April 2011
A
                nomadic
                Adventure


Friday 1 April 2011
THE LAST 12
                  months
                  LOOKED
                  like this:

Friday 1 April 2011
FLEW into
                      South
                      Africa


Friday 1 April 2011
MOVED ON
                  TO
                  THAILAND


Friday 1 April 2011
AND
                      TRAVELLED
                      TO
                      ARGENTINA


Friday 1 April 2011
WE SET
                FOOT IN 10
                COUNTRIES


Friday 1 April 2011
Lived in
                      A SOME
                      DESIGN
                      APPART-
                      MENTS

Friday 1 April 2011
Drove
                  A VINTAGE
                  CAR


Friday 1 April 2011
Game
                      watching
                      in Kruger


Friday 1 April 2011
Africa
                      Burn
                      in the
                      desert

Friday 1 April 2011
Surfing




Friday 1 April 2011
MAHOUT
                  FOR A DAY



Friday 1 April 2011
MEDITATION
                  RETRAITE



Friday 1 April 2011
WE HAD
                      BRILLIANT
                      FOOD OVER
                      AND OVER
                      AGAIN
Friday 1 April 2011
WE LIVED
                  NEAR THE
                  SEA


Friday 1 April 2011
All kind
                      of
                      custom
                      made
                      stuff
Friday 1 April 2011
saw
                 Iguazu
                 Falls by
                 full moon

Friday 1 April 2011
went
                      horseback
                      riding in
                      patagonia

Friday 1 April 2011
STAYED AT
                      MOST
                      BRILLIANT
                      REMOTE
                      HOTEL
Friday 1 April 2011
walked
                      on a
                      gletsjer


Friday 1 April 2011
Met
                      incredible
                      people


Friday 1 April 2011
Had
                      loads of
                      fun!


Friday 1 April 2011
ARE WE rich?
                          NO!


Friday 1 April 2011
THE COST, YOU ASK?
                      A normal monthly
                            wage




Friday 1 April 2011
HOW DID WE DO IT?
                      WE KEPT ON WORKING!




Friday 1 April 2011
WHAT do
                      we do ?
                  ★
                      Catherine: online
                      marketing+butikk.nu
                  ★
                      Ine: web designer
                      & photographer



Friday 1 April 2011
BUDGETBOUTIQUE
                 HOTELS.net
                      ★
                          Feel like staying in those splendid places we do?
                      ★
                          A site out of all those cheap wonderful hotels we
                          visited, and others. So all of you don’t have to envy
                          us anymore.
                          You can now stay in the same places without being
                          rich! :)

Friday 1 April 2011
Friday 1 April 2011
Friday 1 April 2011
Friday 1 April 2011
WHY DID
                      WE DO
                      IT?
                      ★
                          Love travelling
                      ★
                          Have more ‘time’.
                      ★
                          Wanted to do our own
                          projects again


Friday 1 April 2011
Don’t be rich
                        Live rich


Friday 1 April 2011
Lifestyledesign
                      ★
                          Design your own life according what you want
                          to make out of it.
                      ★
                          Don’t think in the normal ‘templates’ of life.
                      ★
                          Timothy Ferriss: exit 9-to-5
Friday 1 April 2011
Nu NOMADS
                      ★
                          Live on the road while working
                      ★
                          Location Independent
Friday 1 April 2011
Life HACKING
                      ★
                          GTD: Stop underperforming: Win ‘time’
                      ★
                          Achieve goals & dreams
                      ★
                          Time & space for personal projects
                      ★
                          Think out of the box: structures & money
Friday 1 April 2011
Mini Retirements
                      ★
                          Stefan Saghmeister
                      ★
                          Recurring sabaticals
                      ★
                          Travel to accomplish proper projects
Friday 1 April 2011
SO HOW DID WE
                          DO IT?


Friday 1 April 2011
First step
              ★
                      Choose destinations (gut feeling + internet available)
              ★
                      Made a budget & saved money (by selling stuff +
                      asking 4 money instead of presents
              ★
                      Started planning
Friday 1 April 2011
SECOND step
              ★
                      Checked for hacks: accountant / grants / gap year
                      subsidizing / ...
              ★
                      Bought cheap tickets and checked early booking
              ★
                      We told our clients we were leaving & prepared them
              ★
                      Made sure they had the right tools

Friday 1 April 2011
THIRD step
              ★
                      Had a hostel / hotel / couch for first days
              ★
                      Went on the for apartments
              ★
                      Got a local mobile number
              ★
                      Found locals
              ★
                      Found ourselves an office/wifi
Friday 1 April 2011
FOURTH step
              ★
                      Lived locally
              ★
                      Worked normal hours
              ★
                      Spent weekend on doing fun stuff




Friday 1 April 2011
SO, YOU REALLY
                      WORKED THROUGH THE
                          INTERNET ?

Friday 1 April 2011
The Future is Digital
              ★
                      In Belgium just starting,
                      in US more mainstream
              ★
                      Especially digital jobs
              ★
                      In the future more than only digital
                      jobs (think doctors, psychiatrists)



Friday 1 April 2011
Gear
              ★
                      Laptop
              ★
                      iPhone + Local mobile number + SIP solution
                      (local Belgian number is gated to our local
                      number abroad at very affordable rates)
              ★
                      iPhone + Skype
              ★
                      TelenetConnect for internet (on laptop + iphone)
              ★
                      Backup disks in case of emergencies

Friday 1 April 2011
PRO software
              ★
                      Skype for contacting clients + screensharing
              ★
                      Billings for tracking time + invoices
              ★
                      Dropbox / Sugarsync / Nomadesk
                      for filesharing
              ★
                      Backblaze for online backupping



Friday 1 April 2011
Other Working Needs
              ★
                      It really helped us to have an office in Buenos Aires.
                      We became much more productive
              ★
                      Headphones are a must
              ★
                      Good internet makes a hell of a difference, although,
                      not having it all the time makes you more productive




Friday 1 April 2011
WE TRAVELLED DIGITAL
                   TOO...


Friday 1 April 2011
Tools we loved
              ★
                      AirBNB.com, local craigslist & google: holy cow!
              ★
                      The combo wifi/3g + Booking.com rocks! We once
                      arrived in Thailand from Belgium, booked a flight on
                      low cost carrier, and immediately booked a hotel via
                      booking.com. All in the airport...
              ★
                      Facebook & twitter: travel recommendations


Friday 1 April 2011
Tools We Didn’t
              ★
                      KAYAK.com: although a very nice site + app.. We love
                      the convenience of a travel agency, and the fact you
                      can call them. And eventually, if not on low cost
                      carriers, they always have similar prices.
              ★
                      Lonely Planet Guides on iPad/iPhone SUCK. Better
                      think WallPaper Guides.


Friday 1 April 2011
& WE LIVED DIGITAL...
                          (but don’t we all do that a little today)




Friday 1 April 2011
THROUGH THE INTERNET WE STAYED IN TOUCH
              WITH OLD FRIENDS & MET NEW FRIENDS ON THE
              ROAD




Friday 1 April 2011
PEOPLE COULD FOLLOW US
              EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY
Friday 1 April 2011
Friday 1 April 2011
PERFECT TOOLS TO CONNECT
          WITH LOCAL PEOPLE TOO




Friday 1 April 2011
Friday 1 April 2011
WE HAD OUR PRIVATE CINEMA, LIBRARY, MUSIC
              COLLECTION, PICTURES AT HAND ALWAYS &
              EVERYWHERE




Friday 1 April 2011
SOME
                      AFTER THOUGHTS


Friday 1 April 2011
THE HARD STUFF
              ★
                      You just can’t do it all. You’re not a tourist, you have a
                      working life and are not on vacation. Although many
                      people think you are.
              ★
                      Tourist stuff is expensive. Very expensive.
              ★
                      Starting over and over again is tiring.
Friday 1 April 2011
WE MADE IT!
              ★
                      Came back with as much money as before (and even
                      a little more)
              ★
                      We are still on speaking terms with each other
              ★
                      We managed to travel & to make time for several mini-
                      retirement sideprojects



Friday 1 April 2011
ANY
                QUESTIONS?



Friday 1 April 2011
★
              www.nomadz.nu/lifestyledesign (EN)
      ★
              www.nomadz.nu/traveljournal (NL)
      ★
              www.facebook.com/nomadznu

      ★
              www.twitter.com/nomadznu




Friday 1 April 2011

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Don't be rich. Live rich. Presentation for Thomas Cook

  • 1. Don’t be rich Live rich Nomadz.nu Friday 1 April 2011
  • 2. A nomadic Adventure Friday 1 April 2011
  • 3. THE LAST 12 months LOOKED like this: Friday 1 April 2011
  • 4. FLEW into South Africa Friday 1 April 2011
  • 5. MOVED ON TO THAILAND Friday 1 April 2011
  • 6. AND TRAVELLED TO ARGENTINA Friday 1 April 2011
  • 7. WE SET FOOT IN 10 COUNTRIES Friday 1 April 2011
  • 8. Lived in A SOME DESIGN APPART- MENTS Friday 1 April 2011
  • 9. Drove A VINTAGE CAR Friday 1 April 2011
  • 10. Game watching in Kruger Friday 1 April 2011
  • 11. Africa Burn in the desert Friday 1 April 2011
  • 13. MAHOUT FOR A DAY Friday 1 April 2011
  • 14. MEDITATION RETRAITE Friday 1 April 2011
  • 15. WE HAD BRILLIANT FOOD OVER AND OVER AGAIN Friday 1 April 2011
  • 16. WE LIVED NEAR THE SEA Friday 1 April 2011
  • 17. All kind of custom made stuff Friday 1 April 2011
  • 18. saw Iguazu Falls by full moon Friday 1 April 2011
  • 19. went horseback riding in patagonia Friday 1 April 2011
  • 20. STAYED AT MOST BRILLIANT REMOTE HOTEL Friday 1 April 2011
  • 21. walked on a gletsjer Friday 1 April 2011
  • 22. Met incredible people Friday 1 April 2011
  • 23. Had loads of fun! Friday 1 April 2011
  • 24. ARE WE rich? NO! Friday 1 April 2011
  • 25. THE COST, YOU ASK? A normal monthly wage Friday 1 April 2011
  • 26. HOW DID WE DO IT? WE KEPT ON WORKING! Friday 1 April 2011
  • 27. WHAT do we do ? ★ Catherine: online marketing+butikk.nu ★ Ine: web designer & photographer Friday 1 April 2011
  • 28. BUDGETBOUTIQUE HOTELS.net ★ Feel like staying in those splendid places we do? ★ A site out of all those cheap wonderful hotels we visited, and others. So all of you don’t have to envy us anymore. You can now stay in the same places without being rich! :) Friday 1 April 2011
  • 32. WHY DID WE DO IT? ★ Love travelling ★ Have more ‘time’. ★ Wanted to do our own projects again Friday 1 April 2011
  • 33. Don’t be rich Live rich Friday 1 April 2011
  • 34. Lifestyledesign ★ Design your own life according what you want to make out of it. ★ Don’t think in the normal ‘templates’ of life. ★ Timothy Ferriss: exit 9-to-5 Friday 1 April 2011
  • 35. Nu NOMADS ★ Live on the road while working ★ Location Independent Friday 1 April 2011
  • 36. Life HACKING ★ GTD: Stop underperforming: Win ‘time’ ★ Achieve goals & dreams ★ Time & space for personal projects ★ Think out of the box: structures & money Friday 1 April 2011
  • 37. Mini Retirements ★ Stefan Saghmeister ★ Recurring sabaticals ★ Travel to accomplish proper projects Friday 1 April 2011
  • 38. SO HOW DID WE DO IT? Friday 1 April 2011
  • 39. First step ★ Choose destinations (gut feeling + internet available) ★ Made a budget & saved money (by selling stuff + asking 4 money instead of presents ★ Started planning Friday 1 April 2011
  • 40. SECOND step ★ Checked for hacks: accountant / grants / gap year subsidizing / ... ★ Bought cheap tickets and checked early booking ★ We told our clients we were leaving & prepared them ★ Made sure they had the right tools Friday 1 April 2011
  • 41. THIRD step ★ Had a hostel / hotel / couch for first days ★ Went on the for apartments ★ Got a local mobile number ★ Found locals ★ Found ourselves an office/wifi Friday 1 April 2011
  • 42. FOURTH step ★ Lived locally ★ Worked normal hours ★ Spent weekend on doing fun stuff Friday 1 April 2011
  • 43. SO, YOU REALLY WORKED THROUGH THE INTERNET ? Friday 1 April 2011
  • 44. The Future is Digital ★ In Belgium just starting, in US more mainstream ★ Especially digital jobs ★ In the future more than only digital jobs (think doctors, psychiatrists) Friday 1 April 2011
  • 45. Gear ★ Laptop ★ iPhone + Local mobile number + SIP solution (local Belgian number is gated to our local number abroad at very affordable rates) ★ iPhone + Skype ★ TelenetConnect for internet (on laptop + iphone) ★ Backup disks in case of emergencies Friday 1 April 2011
  • 46. PRO software ★ Skype for contacting clients + screensharing ★ Billings for tracking time + invoices ★ Dropbox / Sugarsync / Nomadesk for filesharing ★ Backblaze for online backupping Friday 1 April 2011
  • 47. Other Working Needs ★ It really helped us to have an office in Buenos Aires. We became much more productive ★ Headphones are a must ★ Good internet makes a hell of a difference, although, not having it all the time makes you more productive Friday 1 April 2011
  • 48. WE TRAVELLED DIGITAL TOO... Friday 1 April 2011
  • 49. Tools we loved ★ AirBNB.com, local craigslist & google: holy cow! ★ The combo wifi/3g + Booking.com rocks! We once arrived in Thailand from Belgium, booked a flight on low cost carrier, and immediately booked a hotel via booking.com. All in the airport... ★ Facebook & twitter: travel recommendations Friday 1 April 2011
  • 50. Tools We Didn’t ★ KAYAK.com: although a very nice site + app.. We love the convenience of a travel agency, and the fact you can call them. And eventually, if not on low cost carriers, they always have similar prices. ★ Lonely Planet Guides on iPad/iPhone SUCK. Better think WallPaper Guides. Friday 1 April 2011
  • 51. & WE LIVED DIGITAL... (but don’t we all do that a little today) Friday 1 April 2011
  • 52. THROUGH THE INTERNET WE STAYED IN TOUCH WITH OLD FRIENDS & MET NEW FRIENDS ON THE ROAD Friday 1 April 2011
  • 53. PEOPLE COULD FOLLOW US EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY Friday 1 April 2011
  • 55. PERFECT TOOLS TO CONNECT WITH LOCAL PEOPLE TOO Friday 1 April 2011
  • 57. WE HAD OUR PRIVATE CINEMA, LIBRARY, MUSIC COLLECTION, PICTURES AT HAND ALWAYS & EVERYWHERE Friday 1 April 2011
  • 58. SOME AFTER THOUGHTS Friday 1 April 2011
  • 59. THE HARD STUFF ★ You just can’t do it all. You’re not a tourist, you have a working life and are not on vacation. Although many people think you are. ★ Tourist stuff is expensive. Very expensive. ★ Starting over and over again is tiring. Friday 1 April 2011
  • 60. WE MADE IT! ★ Came back with as much money as before (and even a little more) ★ We are still on speaking terms with each other ★ We managed to travel & to make time for several mini- retirement sideprojects Friday 1 April 2011
  • 61. ANY QUESTIONS? Friday 1 April 2011
  • 62. www.nomadz.nu/lifestyledesign (EN) ★ www.nomadz.nu/traveljournal (NL) ★ www.facebook.com/nomadznu ★ www.twitter.com/nomadznu Friday 1 April 2011