* Quick note from me: I\u2019ll be having a live Q&A call on travel deals, living abroad, and the nomadic life for paid subscribers on May 20. If you\u2019d like to upgrade and join us, please do so before then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After what feels like a decade of pushed-back warnings, the \u201cReal ID\u201d requirements are now a reality at US airports as of today. A passport works fine and all states are now compliant with new drivers\u2019 licenses issued, but if your license is old enough, you may not have the little gold star in a corner showing you\u2019re good to go. So that piece of plastic won\u2019t cut it for domestic flights anymore. You\u2019ll need to obtain a separate ID with better security or renew your license to update. See the details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m currently attending the Dynamite Circle Mexico conference in Playa del Carmen, a get-together for remote-first companies and entrepreneurs. They also run one in Bangkok each year<\/a> and various regional ones organized by locals. I\u2019m rubbing shoulders with quite a few millionaires at this one but there are more casual options filled with solopreneurs like the Bansko Nomad Fest<\/a> in June that I\u2019ve attended twice, the Nomad Cruise Summit at Sea<\/a>, and Nomad Summit<\/a> (next one in Chiang Mai in January).<\/p>\n\n\n\n To get to Playa del Carmen for this event I\u2019m at, I got back on the Maya Train to ride a section of it that wasn\u2019t open when I was in the area a year ago. There\u2019s a free shuttle from the Cancun airport to the nearby train station, then a pleasant train ride of less than an hour that avoids the swarms of tourist and worker traffic on the main highway between the two places. The fare is around $12. The one big drawback is that the Playa del Carmen train station is way out of town and requires a bus ride (another 3 bucks) to get into the city itself. You can also only buy tickets a week out or sooner at the official website<\/a>. The train continues on down to Tulum and Bacalar Lagoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How much income do you need to show to qualify for a digital nomad visa? According to this rundown for Europe<\/a>, you may need to prove as little as \u20ac1,220 per month in Finland, but \u20ac7,075 in Iceland. Most are \u20ac5K or less, based on some multiple of the local minimum wage, not actual living costs\u2014it\u2019ll cost you far more than that income requirement to live in Finland. The best combo of low requirements and low costs is Montenegro, included in my book about living abroad for less<\/a>, but with a monthly requirement of \u20ac1,400. In bargain-priced Albania the requirement is only \u20ac9,800 per year<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A weekly newsletter with four quick bites, edited by Tim Leffel, author of\u00a0A Better Life for Half the Price<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The World\u2019s Cheapest Destinations<\/em>. See\u00a0past editions here,<\/a>\u00a0where your like-minded friends can subscribe and join you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nomadico issue #155<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2385],"tags":[2386],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44170,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44169\/revisions\/44170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Conferences for Remote Workers and Owners<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
South From Cancun by Train<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Digital Nomad Visa Income Requirements<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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