helvetic

Curious how many others are traveling or living out of hotels full time?

I've gradually and progressively made the switch, culminating in a move to "full time" this year. Simultaneously, my travel has somewhat decreased, while I moved from "on the road full time while 'living' in San Francisco and being never home" to "living in Hong Kong mainly but out of hotels."

I know a few other people in similar situations, and while it sounds rather crazy, I'm sure there's quite a few of us. I started a small Facebook group where we discuss topics that are unique to the full time travelers… such as

- experiences negotiating corporate rate and long term stay rates

- how to do laundry and not pay an arm and a leg 😡

- general status games with airlines and hotels…

- how to have real relationships while being a nomad

- dealing with mail, visas, taxes, citizenship issues

- living in a city primarily out of hotels instead of an apartment

- doing all of the above on your own dime while being reasonable about the costs

Anything else particularly unique to full time travelers? Anyone else do it not just for a job, but as a chosen lifestyle? What are the biggest difficulties?

For me, the trickier bits are (1) laundry, and (2) resisting the urge to accumulate stuff.