Get yourself sorted
before you go

Arrange for post to be collected, forwarded or scanned

Ask your employer whether your presence abroad raises a permanent-establishment question

Book the first two nights somewhere you are confident about

Check how your destination counts permitted days, and count the days you have already used

Check the plug type and mains voltage at your destination

Check whether any vaccinations are required or recommended for your destination

Check whether the country runs a digital nomad or remote-work route, and whether you would qualify

Check whether your home or contents insurance covers kit taken abroad

Check whether your intended length of stay could affect your tax residency

Check your passport's expiry date against the destination's minimum-validity rule

Confirm whether you need a state healthcare card for your destination and that it is in date

Get repeat prescriptions to cover the whole trip, and check the medication is legal at your destination

Shortlist two or three places to work near where you are staying

Store scans of your passport, insurance and travel documents where you can reach them offline

Tell your bank and card providers your travel dates

Turn on full-disk encryption and device tracking on your laptop and phone

Update your calendar working hours, timezone and status everywhere your team looks

Buy a local adapter and a spare charging cable

Check your entry stamp or electronic entry record is correct and legible

Check your first local transactions went through and nothing was blocked

Do a test video call at the time your real meetings happen

Find one regular thing outside work in the first week

Note the nearest clinic and the local emergency number

Post your working hours where your team can see them without asking

Set a daily shutdown routine so work does not swallow the whole trip

Set up somewhere to work with the screen at eye level, not hunched over a table

Tell one person at home your address and rough plans

Visit your backup workspace before the day you actually need it

Ask your team whether your hours are actually working for them

Book onward or return travel before the dates get expensive

Check spend against your budget weekly rather than at the end

Check your work is backed up somewhere other than the laptop

Keep contact with people at home on a schedule, not just when you feel homesick

Keep receipts and note what is a legitimate business expense as you go

Move workspace if the one you chose is quietly wrecking your focus or your back

Re-test the connection before blaming the other end when calls drop

Record the meetings you cannot attend rather than quietly dropping them

Take at least one full day genuinely off

Cancel or pause the eSIM, local SIM and any local subscriptions

Change any passwords you typed on networks you did not control

Claim on travel insurance for anything that went wrong, before the window closes

Close out day passes and coworking memberships you no longer need

Give yourself a buffer day before your first day back at full pace

Reconcile your expenses while you still remember what they were

Record your exact departure date for your day count

Reset your calendar and working hours to home time and tell your team

Write down what worked and what did not, and add it to the community checklist