Remote Roundup: Egypt Solo Travel, Building Intentional Seasons, Managing Daily Travel Stress, Creative Remote Work Workarounds (May 2026)

Zero To Travel Podcast

Jason Moore

Society & Culture, Business, Entrepreneurship, Places & Travel

4.6 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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From destinations that challenge your assumptions to the routines and mindsets that make this lifestyle actually sustainable, join Caitlin and Janessa as they unpack what's been on their minds this month. Remote Roundup is a monthly series hosted by Zero To Travel's associate producer, Caitlin Sunderland, and partnerships manager, Janessa Klatt. Explore what's new in remote work and travel, including helpful tools and resources, need-to-know trends, destinations, and insight into what it really means to live and work around the world. In this episode, Janessa reports back from a solo trip to a destination most travelers hesitate to visit alone, Caitlin shares a surprisingly simple tool for building calm and consistency into nomadic life, and both take a hard look at a habit nearly every long-term traveler has that might be doing more harm than good. There are also a few remote work stories from the community that prove people will go to remarkable lengths to keep living life on their own terms. Have you ever talked yourself out of a destination based on what you'd heard, or found a way to build more balance into a life that never really stops moving? I'd love to hear your thoughts, and I hope you'll share by sending me an audio message. Tune In To Learn: Why Janessa says this distinction is one of the most important things solo travelers can internalize when traveling somewhere new How a single offhand comment on the podcast led Janessa to an unexpected scuba trip What solo travel in Egypt costs, why Cairo might not be your best nomad base, and what to consider instead A breathing technique that's worth adding to your daily routine while traveling Why you may want to create intentional seasons in your year even when the weather never changes The most committed remote work workarounds, and why it actually made sense And much more Resources: Sign up for our FREE newsletter Caitlin on Instagram Janessa on Instagram Diving Nomads Want More? Remote Roundup: Solo Travel Hot Takes, Nomad Budgeting, Rookie Mistakes, Cape Town & Mexico City (March 2026) 7 Epic Travel Fitness Adventures (For All Levels) and Solo Travel for Transformation with Heidi Nicklaus (+ Jason’s Ultimate Travel Blunder) 7 Pro Tips For Traveling In Dangerous Countries w/ Bjorn Palsson Thanks To Our Sponsors Become a Fora Advisor today at foratravel.com/zerototravel Get 20% of at Cozy Earth with code ‘TRAVEL’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Inspired by jet engine silences.
0:03.0	The Dyson Hushjet Purify powerfully purifies the entire room, quietly.
0:10.0	Capturing pollen, allergens and pet dander, removing odours and harmful gases such as NO2, day and night.
0:28.5	Ashjet, powerful, compact purification, that's quiet.
0:35.3	Several times I would get in the Uber and the driver would offer me a cigarette.
0:41.5	And then when I would say, when I'd say no, they would light one up for themselves anyways and just smoke while driving me.
0:44.6	And I've never seen that happen in another country.
0:53.8	You're listening to the Zero to Travel podcast where we explore exciting travel-based work,
0:58.9	lifestyle and business opportunities, helping you to achieve your wildest travel dreams.
1:04.6	Welcome to Remote Roundup, where you'll get a curated list of the latest and greatest
1:09.0	from the world of remote work and long-term travel, including insanely helpful tools and resources, need to know trends, destinations
1:16.9	worth spending time in, and plenty of insights into what it really means to live and work
1:21.8	around the world. And we do it all with a dose of humor, or at least we try. I'm Caitlin, associate producer of the
1:28.8	Zero to Travel podcast and a digital nomad for the last year and a half, currently on pause,
1:34.0	we'll get more into that later, who loves to help people do life differently. Fun fact for me.
1:40.2	So I have this ridiculous goal to one day be on some sort of reality game show. And I have
1:49.7	officially applied for Survivor twice already. And I am still waiting to hear back.
1:55.6	Have you? Well, I hope they give you the call one of these days. I want to watch you on Survivor.
2:01.4	Right. I think I would be like a really interesting character, you know, like kind of like the
2:07.4	personality hire. Like I would definitely be a good personality hire for Survivor.
2:15.3	All right. We'll just stick at it. Maybe it'll happen. Okay. And I am Janessa, the
2:21.6	partnerships manager for Zero to Travel. I'm a slow traveler working remotely who took an adult
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