Financial Case Studies

In this updated Financial Case Study, Deborah Benbrook shares how her traveling life has evolved over the last 5+ years, while working along the way.

Dalene and Pete Heck are the Hecktic Travels writer/photographer duo, and National Geographic Travelers of the Year! But 2016 threw them a curve ball, so they made lemonade. Read this updated Financial Case Study to see how things have changed.

Here’s a financial case study of graphic designer Janet Brent, and how she makes ends meet while living and traveling around the world.

Becky van Dijk (of We Are Travel Girls) is super-honest about her location independent lifestyle with this case study! She has some great real-world advice.

Isabel Leong is Bel Around the World; a travel blogger and digital marketing & SEO consultant. Learn more about her lifestyle, career, and income in this case study!

Sharon Gourlay shared her blogger career/lifestyle financial details here 2016. Now in 2019, she’s kind of a big deal, so I asked her to give us an update. Read on for this unique comparison of her lifestyle and business in 2016 and 2019!

Lidiya K is a full-time blogger and creator of Let’s Reach Success teaching millennials to achieve financial freedom through side hustles. More on her location independent career and lifestyle here!

Michelle Schroeder-Gardner hustled her way from $40k in debt to becoming a millionaire blogger. Learn more about her amazing journey in this fascinating Financial Case Study!

Mitch Glass of Project Untethered earns his location independent living through blogging, copywriting, content writing, and real estate investing. Learn more here!

Kelly Hayes-Raitt has been housesitting around the world, full-time, for the last 10 years! Here’s how the lifestyle helps this HouseSit Diva earn a living.

Hannah and Chad have developed a truly passive income through Wall Street Minimalist, and are flying around the world (in business class!) for nearly free. Learn how they manage this idyllic lifestyle and what their finances look like!

Mikkel Thorup has a substantial portfolio of investments, real estate, and businesses (including the Expat Money Show) – all of which (more than) fund his full-time travel lifestyle. Learn more about his lifestyle and career here!

Less than 2 years ago Nina Ragusa’s travel blogger career was new, and now she makes a living that financially sustains her full-time travel lifestyle! Learn more about how she built her career thus far, and where she’s headed (literally and figuratively).

Starting a business abroad may seem intimidating, but Jon Pepper built and ROCKS Tigit Motorbikes in Vietnam. Here’s how he did it, challenges and all, and how he plans to be a millionaire in the next two years.

Amar Hussain turned his “gap year” into a “gap life”! The last 9 years has taken him to 7 continents and almost as many income streams! Now the bulk of his work is as a digital marketing consultant and blogger. Learn how he has modeled and changed his career over the years!

Daniel Kiteski has enjoyed a fascinating variety of careers and jobs around the world! In this case study, he outlines what he’s done and where, how he financially sustains his full-time travels, and shares some great advice.

Susi Kaeufer took skills she was already good at and built a career of coaching female entrepreneurs. This earns her a consistent 5-figure income each month, and allows her to travel the world full-time, living as luxuriously (or frugally) as she wishes. Learn more about her awesome life and lifestyle here!

Robyn Hartzell’s intended 12-month career break grew into a 32-month sabbatical, after she got into Scuba diving along the way and became a scuba diving instructor. Here’s how and where Robyn (known as Robyn Around the World) traveled and worked as a scuba diving instructor, and what it’s like to dive around the world.

Elaine Mendoza learned she could live and travel around the world for a fraction of the amount of money she formerly needed to live in Washington D.C. Now she fills her days with activities she loves that also earn her money: online teaching, freelance writing, leading tours/retreats, and even professional singing!

In this financial case study, Fiona Harper shares some great advice based on 15 years of freelance travel writing experience. Read on to get her take on work-life balance, setting rates, and the inner challenges of an outwardly glamorous lifestyle.

Kim and Ryan Desmond are the cofounders of CodingNomads, a traveling coding bootcamp helping aspiring digital nomads learn career-changing tech skills while on an international trip. Learn more about how they live their own lives abroad educating an empowering others to do the same through CodingNomads!

Beck Power has her fingers in a few entrepreneurial pies that mean she has a wildly variant income and lots of work on her plate…and she loves it. Read more here!

Sam Wood earns his living as a freelance writer and blogger while basing in Germany and living/travelling around the world. More on his lifestyle here!

Rebecca traveled for five years, and in the last year went freelance with her graphic design skills as A Creative Nomad. Here’s more on her career and life!

Leif Harum has been on the road forever, and earns his living managing multiple websites with various income streams. Find out more about how he does it!

Jon and Kach blog at Two Monkeys Travel Group, and have also earned money on the road as english teachers and yoga/massage therapists. Here’s how they do it!