Base of the Month
One city profiled every week — cost of living, wifi quality, visa angle, the best neighbourhoods, and the coworking spots that deliver.
For digital nomads, expats & remote workers
Your laptop.
Your passport.
The world.
Every Tuesday: one city deep-dive, visa & paperwork updates, cross-border money tips, and the best tools for a location-independent life — delivered in one honest, readable email.
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Inside every issue
Six sections.
Zero dead weight.
Each letter is built like a magazine column — familiar, structured, worth your eight minutes.
Visa & Paperwork Desk
Plain-language breakdowns of visa rules, tax residency, and bureaucracy — the highest-anxiety topics, made genuinely readable.
The Setup
Reader mobile-office and gear features. Real setups from real nomads, photographed and explained, warts and all.
Money Corner
Multi-currency banking, transfer fees, getting paid across borders — practical money for a location-independent life.
One Good Tool
A single useful app or service per issue. Vetted, honest, no affiliate-fluff dressed up as a recommendation.
Reader Mailbag
One reader question answered in depth each issue. Ask yours on Substack and it might be the next deep-dive.
The weekly rhythm
Three steps.
One better week.
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One email a week. No paywall, no spam, no guilt-trip unsubscribe page. Just a solid letter every Tuesday morning.
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Read in 8 minutes
Every issue is built to be skimmed on a coffee break or savoured over lunch. Actionable intel, zero filler.
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Pack smarter, live better
Leave each issue with a concrete next step — a city to shortlist, a visa to check, a tool to try, a tax to sort.
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Latest issues
Issue #01 is being written.
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Why this exists
Most nomad advice is out of date, overly optimistic, or buried behind a paywall. Laptop & Passport is the antidote — one reliable, readable email a week, built on research instead of hype.
Research, not recycled
Every visa update and city profile is checked against current official sources before it ships.
Honest recommendations
Tools and banks get picked because they work for nomads — never because they pay to appear.
Built by a nomad
Written by someone living this life, not observing it from a desk in one city.
From the mailbag
What readers say
Finally a nomad newsletter that reads like a human wrote it. The visa section alone is worth subscribing for.
Eight minutes, every Tuesday, always useful. It's the only newsletter I actually open.
The Money Corner taught me to stop overpaying on transfers. Paid for a year of subscriptions in a month.
Good questions
Everything you're wondering
Something else on your mind? Ask in the comments on Substack — the mailbag answers one reader question in depth every issue.
Is it really free?
Yes — the newsletter is free and will stay free. If it ever changes, subscribers will hear about it long in advance. No bait-and-switch.
How often do issues arrive?
Once a week, every Tuesday. Occasional special editions (visa rushes, border reopenings) may land between issues.
What kinds of topics will you cover?
One city deep-dive, visa and paperwork updates, cross-border money tips, and a single well-vetted tool — per issue. Practical, not inspirational.
I'm a digital nomad. Is this for me?
If you want plain-language intel instead of lifestyle porn — visas, taxes, cities, money, gear — yes. Whether you're two months or two decades in.
Can I unsubscribe anytime?
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