(Archived in: Expatriates Related Miscellany) Excuse the pun, but here is an idea that has been floating around for a few years. I had a private message from someone on a popular social network site today that jarred my memory about this project, and I thought it would be fun to post about it here for other dreamers. The Freedom Ship would be unlike any previous ship ever conceived. It would provide for some unusual travel and in a seemingly permanent way. For anyone that is still with me on...
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(Archived in: Related Miscellany Virtual Office) A Store and Voice for Modern Travel Culture? WEJETSET says it will provide innovative and timeless solutions for modern travel. Just might be right for Sovereign Individuals and the "PT" in you. I have had some email contact with the company, but little yet is known about the product and service offerings. Still, it is a good online business concept...stay tuned. From The WeJetSet Website "WEJETSET is your online destination for premium...
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(Archived in: Social Design Technology in Plain English) A lifestyle? A business model? Your portable worldwide e-commerce portfolio? Greg Moulinet and Yoko Chiba can answer yes to all of the above. They run several virtual businesses now mostly from there new base in Japan. These are cross-cultural enterprises by design with interests in Europe, the United States and Asia. Over the past few years you may have heard the terms technomad, digital nomad, new nomad, virtual workers, and...
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I have recently come upon an interesting travel idea. Over several months/years I have had an increasingly unquenchable desire to travel. Coupled with a very low/nonexistent budget, this was a bit frustrating to me until I found an interesting idea...Au Pair-ism. It's way to experience another culture first hand: living with a family, making friends with them, and working for them (babysitting and help around the house), doing some traveling on weekends. I originally thought I wanted to go...
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