3 Digital Nomad Website Ideas To Fund Your Travel Adventures

Jen Lambert on August 6, 2018

There are more and more people joining the digital nomad movement. Many are finding remote opportunities with businesses looking to outsource more company tasks to remote workers.

However, there are a growing number of digital nomads branching off from traditional means of remote opportunities to start businesses of their own to fund their travel adventures.

This fresh digital nomad trend has given rise to a variety of new online businesses that global communities and other travel enthusiasts find useful. From ecommerce websites to travel blogger sites, digital nomads are entering the entrepreneur space and having success.

Here are three of the most common types of websites for funding your travel adventures, keeping wanderlust in your heart.

  1. Remote Business Website

Many digital nomads have taken their previous in-office professional experience and struck out on their own. This usually happens prior to being a digital nomad, since many people will build up their client list before jet-setting the globe.

However, building a successful remote business while on the go is also achievable. This can also help fill those rainy days at the exotic beach location you’re currently living and working remotely in.

Here are a few questions you should answer before developing a remote business website:

    • How can I leverage my previous professional experience?
    • Is there a demand for my skills?
    • Can I easily do what I’m good at remotely?
    • How will I network while globetrotting?
    • Do I need a team, or can I do it all myself?
    • How will I invoice clients and get paid?
  • Will I still have time to enjoy traveling while tending to my remote business?

To create a professional WordPress business website, draw from the many WordPress business site themes that are responsive and simple. You want to spend time with your clients, not dealing with website issues.

Pro Tip: Since your business is all about your online presence and engagement from global users, be sure your services are clear and highly informative. Use plenty of industry keywords as well, to ensure organic search dominance.

  1. Creative Portfolio Website

One common theme among digital nomads is creativity. There are truckloads of creative people funding their travel adventures by providing unique creative services.

From website design to freelance writing, there are plenty of opportunities to land clients while traveling. However, people need to be able to find you, read about you, and see your portfolio. This is where the creative portfolio website comes in handy. 

This type of website is all about you. Even though you are operating as a business in a sense, you are selling yourself as much as the remote services you provide. The creative portfolio website is a simple site layout with three to four web pages that showcase you, your talents, and the easiest way to connect with you.

A creative portfolio site should have:

    • Homepage with your photo and your story
    • About you and your creative life (supports homepage)
    • Portfolio page showcasing your previous work and clients
  • Contact us page that has multiple ways to contact you (include social media channels)

Pro Tip: Your creative portfolio website should be only one online channel. Have a profile on Fiverr, Upwork, and other creative freelance sites to increase traffic to your site. Link all these sites to crate a perfect web of online visibility.

  1. Travel Blogger Website

One of the most common types of websites that digital nomads employ to fund their travel adventures is the tried-and-true travel blogging website. This is the most common simply because it is in a way the easiest. You travel, write about it, get readership and funds, travel more, than rinse and repeat. Another fun and useful website when travelling, which I’ve recently discovered is where am i right now. It will locate exactly where you are and let you, it’s always handy to know exactly where you are in a new city or country.

What is the anatomy of a successful travel blogging website? Well, there is no one way to do it, but there is definitely a formula that many digital nomads use to speed up success.

The first is to travel a lot to keep the content coming in. But the design of a travel blog can include:

    • Homepage with lots of images showcasing you traveling the world
    • Recent blog excerpts filling up the page (can be sectioned by type of blogs, like travel tips, news, travel tech, etc.)
    • Homepage side bar with widgets highlight trending blogs, tags, newsletter signup, and social media sharing icons
    • About page that connects with your audience on a very personal level
    • Location pages that are all about specific cities, states, countries, or regions (navigation tactic)
  • Contact page for readers to connect with you, as well as a way for brands to connect with you for future influencer opportunities (very important)

Pro Tip: Try not to use automated ads on your travel blog, because it can get really spammy, thus turning off your audience. Instead, think about affiliate marketing by teaming up with brands. For example, if you tend to stay at a certain hotel, provide an affiliate ad that is non-intrusive on your homepage (usually in sidebar).

Get Paid to Travel!

There are plenty of ways to fund your travel adventures. There are plenty of digital nomads making their travel dreams come true by simply working while on the go. However, instead of working for a company remotely, they are the CEOs or freelance creatives making their own schedules, enjoying travel to the fullest.