ノマドコーディングのチェックリスト

Holafly

愛用中

Unlimited data eSIM for most destinations, installed before flying so there is internet the moment the plane lands. For a stay of about a month it is usually all you need: no shop, no local number. There are single-country, regional and global plans, and you can share the data with your laptop.

Airalo

The biggest competitor to Holafly, with per-gigabyte packs for 200+ destinations instead of unlimited plans: cheaper when you use little data.

Proton VPN

愛用中

Swiss VPN for daily use while traveling: it gets past geo-blocks, protects sessions on untrusted wifi, and keeps working in countries where many other VPNs fail.

Surfshark

The value pick among the big worldwide VPNs, based in the Netherlands, with unlimited simultaneous devices on one plan: the whole kit covered by a single subscription.

OnwardTicket

愛用中

Many countries ask for proof of onward travel at check-in or immigration when you arrive without a return ticket; this service issues a real reservation valid for a couple of days for a few dollars, in minutes. And if you are already at the airport without one, buying a real ticket at the airline counter right before check-in also solves it.

Anytime Mailbox

A permanent street address while you roam. Your mail gets scanned to an app where you read it, forward it or shred it from anywhere.

iVisa

Handles the e-visa paperwork before you fly: pick the country, upload your documents and get the approval in your inbox instead of deciphering government portals. Note that many common destinations are visa-free on an EU passport, so check before paying.

Xolo

Invoicing, accounting and tax compliance for solo devs billing clients from anywhere. The Leap plan runs an Estonian e-Residency company entirely online.

Airbnb

愛用中

The default platform for month-long stays almost anywhere on the planet, with meaningful discounts once a booking crosses the month. Filter for dedicated workspaces and read the recent reviews for the wifi.

Flatio

Furnished rentals for one to six months, built for remote workers. Most listings skip the deposit and show real measured wifi speed, which matters when your workday is a voice call with an agent.

Intermundial

愛用中

Travel insurance with some of the lowest prices around, an optional add-on that covers your electronic devices, and easy invoicing if you contract as a company.

Heymondo

Travel health insurance built for long trips: quick online contracting, coverage priced by trip length, and a proper app for managing the policy and filing claims from the phone.

IATI

One of the best-known travel and health insurers among Spanish-speaking travelers, with policies aimed at long trips and backpacking routes. A veteran standard of the travel world.

SafetyWing

The digital-nomad classic: health-focused travel coverage billed as a monthly subscription that can start after leaving home and pause between trips.

RentalCover

Per-rental excess cover bought online in minutes, available worldwide and usually far cheaper than the counter upsell. After an incident you pay the rental company’s excess and claim it back.

iCarhireinsurance

A specialist excess insurer and a veteran of the category, with annual policies for European residents that pay for themselves after a couple of rentals a year.

Revolut

愛用中

The everyday spending card that pairs well with Wise. Disposable virtual cards protect you when you sign up for yet another AI service from a hotel wifi.

N26

A real licensed EU bank in an app, with deposit protection and zero foreign-exchange markup on card payments. A solid home base for salary while Wise and Revolut do the traveling.

Wise

Hold euros, dollars and 40+ currencies in one account and pay at the real exchange rate. The card covers ATM withdrawals abroad with a monthly fee-free allowance, so your bank stops taxing every trip.

Payoneer

Receiving accounts in dollars, euros and pounds for invoicing international clients and marketplaces, with withdrawals to a local bank. The getting-paid half of the money stack.

Remitly

愛用中

App-first remittances that make sending cash to yourself painless: transfer from the phone and the money is ready for pickup at a local counter in minutes.

Western Union

The widest pickup-counter network on the planet: wherever the destination, a counter with your cash is rarely far.

MoneyGram

The other global counter network, worth comparing before sending: on some corridors it offers the best rate of the three.

Ria

One of the largest money transfer networks in the world, with an especially strong footprint in Spain and Latin America. Solid rates and hundreds of thousands of pickup locations.

The base machine: it stays at the accommodation running KoeCode and the AI coding agent, with the real code executing on it. Any current Apple silicon model handles the job.

The voice remote to the base and the travel device itself: camera, maps and payments included. A regular model is enough; nothing about voice sessions needs a Pro.

The microphone is the actual dev tool when you code by voice, and noise cancelling buys focus in any café or airport.

The open-ear alternative for walking sessions: you hear the city while you talk to the agent, with no isolation. They pair like any Bluetooth audio device.

Far smaller and lighter than the laptop’s stock charger while charging it just as well. The single easiest weight win in the bag.

Phone, watch and earbuds on one compact piece: one plug at the nightstand instead of three.

One in the document pouch, one per backpack, one in the suitcase. Peace of mind for checked bags and a real recovery tool when something goes missing.

One that also charges the laptop over USB-C turns any café or bus into a work spot. Airlines want it in the carry-on and under 100 Wh.

Rescues rentals with weak or absent wifi: it shares the phone’s connection over USB tethering and puts your own network on top of any wifi. Variants with a SIM slot exist for true standalone 4G.

A second screen for focus sessions when reviewing what the agent built. A tablet used as an extended display covers the same need.

When you code by voice the microphone matters more than the speakers: the audio pipeline is the actual dev tool.

A small rechargeable flashlight covers blackouts and unlit streets, and the UV mode has a very traveler-specific use: checking mattresses and rooms for stains and bed bugs before unpacking.

One adapter that fits every wall socket you will meet, with USB ports to spare. The most overlooked item in the bag until the first night in a new country.

Folds to the size of a baton and raises the laptop to eye level, which also lifts the microphone and camera to face height for voice sessions and calls. The neck notices the difference within a week.

One connector for HDMI, SD cards, USB and wired Ethernet. Cabled into the travel router it gives call-grade stability for voice sessions when the wifi wobbles.

Local backup of the repos and agent workspaces that does not depend on the rental’s upload speed. Pocket sized and drop resistant.

Washable silicone earplugs for sleeping through corridors, street noise and thin walls. The night half of the noise problem the earbuds solve by day.

A steel wedge that locks a door from the inside in seconds, no tools, for rentals whose locks inspire little confidence. It only works on inward-opening hinged doors.

Carry-on sized, opens flat like a suitcase, and fits the laptop and the whole mobile office.

A set of zipped organisers in several sizes keeps clothes sorted by type inside the suitcase and makes living out of a bag for months workable: the same space holds more and everything stays findable.

An 18-liter daypack that packs down to nothing inside the main bag and comes out for coffee shops, beaches and day trips. Unpadded, so daily laptop carry wants a structured pack instead.

The honest alternative to the backpack: settling somewhere for months means rolling luggage through two airports a quarter, not hiking with it. A hardside cabin spinner with a built-in TSA lock saves the back and the shirts.

A memory foam neck pillow makes long flights and buses survivable, and the sets that add a sleep mask and earplugs cover the whole sleeping-in-transit problem in one pouch.

Combination locks with the TSA keyway let airport inspections open the bag without cutting the lock. The cable versions also loop through zipper pulls, lockers and hostel cabinets.

A pocket digital hook scale weighs the bag before the airport does. Moving between countries every few months means flying often, and repacking at the counter is the avoidable version of that day.

A windproof folding umbrella with automatic open and close earns its slot in any destination with a rainy season, which is most of the tropics for part of the year.

A pocket refillable atomizer carries a few millilitres of fragrance instead of the glass bottle: lighter, cabin-safe, and enough for weeks away.

Silicone holders with a safety pin hide a Bluetooth tracker inside clothing, a backpack lining or the suitcase, where it is not the first thing a thief finds and removes.

One zipped pouch for the chargers, cables, SSDs and dongles that make up half a nomad bag. It doubles as the desk drawer of every rental.

Polyester training tees dry overnight after a sink wash and survive months of constant rotation, which beats packing a week of cotton for the same space.

Merino wool resists odor, so three or four wears per wash are realistic and the wardrobe you carry shrinks. The natural-fiber complement to the synthetic training tees.

The same no-odor, fast-dry logic as the merino tees at a fraction of the cost, on the garment that bottlenecks every small wardrobe’s laundry.

A rain jacket that packs into its own pocket, for the months when the destination has a monsoon and an umbrella is not enough on a scooter or a long walk home.

A palm-sized kit with dressings, bandages, scissors and an emergency blanket covers the small accidents of the road without claiming real luggage space.

A transparent waterproof film sprayed over small cuts and scrapes replaces a box of plasters, stays on through showers and sweat, and one bottle lasts dozens of applications.

Effervescent electrolyte tablets turn any bottle of water into a rehydration drink: the cheap fix for hot climates, long walking days and the occasional stomach bug.

A 50% DEET repellent made for tropical areas keeps tiger mosquitoes and ticks off for hours: the concentration that actually works where dengue exists.