Worldwide, 20 to 35 million digital nomads have embraced a way of working that allows them to travel. Packing a suitcase and a computer, and jetting off to a vacation destination is sometimes known as a workation. Many who try it value its effects on their wellbeing, and this seemingly contradictory concept can be adapted to suit various individual set-ups and profiles. But the experience and its benefits can differ considerably between salaried employees and freelancers.
There's been much talk of the workation in recent months. A contraction of the words "work" and "vacation," this neologism defines the act of teleworking in a flexible context, from somewhere traditionally associated with leisure. Indeed, the workation originated in a country where vacations are few and far between—the US, where workers have an average of 10 days of paid vacation per year.