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Articles and content on personal and professional development and remote work and travel.

Hispanic Heritage Month - A Remote Year celebration of cultures and communities

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re sharing personal stories from across our Remote Year community.

Launching a Business and Finding Love On The Road: Meet Whitney Bateson

Discover how a life-changing year-long Remote Year program helped Whitney launch a business, travel the world, and even find love.

Travel Tips

After Remote Year: Staying Connected and Navigating Reverse Culture Shock

When you land in a new country and get a bit of culture shock, it’s not entirely surprising. But what happens when you come back home and get that same feeling? Here we give you our best tips on dealing with reverse culture shock after you finish your Remote Year program.

An Open Letter from Remote Year’s CEO on Our Updated COVID-19 Policy

Our CEO, Shaun Prime, shares an update on our COVID-19 Policy with our communities across the world.

Future of Work

How to receive approval from your employer to work remotely on Remote Year

Are you ready to embark on a Remote Year program, but aren’t sure how to get approval from your employer? Discover tried and tested tips that have helped thousands of members of our Remote Year community get approval to join our work and travel programs.

Travel Tips

Working Remotely & Living in Lisbon: The Remote Year Guide

What could your workweek look like in Lisbon, Portugal? Discover insider tips and insights for experiencing productive days and exploring like a local in this city guide by Remotes for Remotes.

RY Programs

How Remote Year’s Yugen Program Raised $80,000 and Built 3 Homes in Bogota, Colombia.

What positive impact could you make while traveling the world for 12-months? To celebrate our commitment to including at least 1 positive impact experience in each destination we visit, we are spotlighting one of the most prolific positive impact projects to date, the Remote Year Yugen Build. We hope that this incredibly successful initiative inspires our Remote Year Nation to effect positive change as we explore the world together and prepare for future journeys together.

Remote Spotlight

How One Entrepreneur Co-Founded Fully-Remote Marketing Agency Galactic Fed While On The Road With Remote Year

While traveling on a Remote Year 12-month program, entrepreneur Zach Boyette Co-Founded the fully-remote marketing agency Galactic Fed. Learn how Zach’s Remote Year experience inspired his approach to business and discover how he has continued to use the Remote Year community to help grow Galactic Fed into the global remote agency it is today.

Remote Work & Travel

5 ways remote working could change your life

Whether you are taking your job on the road across Asia, starting a business virtually in Europe, or brainstorming with your team from Latin America, working remotely can transform your life for the better-and here are the statistics to prove it!