Thinking of doing some long-term travel? If you’re planning to be gone for more than a few weeks - say a few months, a year, or even a few years - your life will likely be severely affected. Family and friends might be affected as well, not to mention your boss and teammates at work. The Lost Girls (who recently won the Travvies - congrats) wrote a informative post about how they quit their jobs to travel, how they prepared, how they broke it to others.

It was great reading this post because about nine years ago, I had a plan to travel around the world for 10 years. This was before blogs and working online from home. I never did it, for a variety of reasons, but I still hope to some day. This time, though I’ve have only myself to report to, since I work from home online as a freelance writer and publisher.

Now that I work online, though, it’s just as tough to go away, even for a short time. For example, my planned move to Toronto has been delayed until I can figure out how I’ll work online during the transition. It’s not easy. (I’ve been using Schmap to plan part of my move, and Craigslist Toronto filtered through Yahoo Pipes to find cheap apartments/ rooms).

Of course, if I plan to travel the world some day, I have to do some serious planning. Any blogs of mine that are written by others are fine, though I have to figure out how to pay them on time, other than making sure that I Internet access on a laptop no matter where in the world I am. That would suffice for my updating my own blogs, accessing my bank accounts, making my bill payments, and ensuring I’m getting paid. (Obviously, I’d have to cut back on the freelance writing, with the exception of maybe travel writing.)

So now, all I have to find out is what my technological options are for essentially ubiquitous Internet access that doesn’t cost a fortune. If solutions exist, then I plan to probably start some initial travel within 3-4 years, after I’ve saved up some money. The only thing that bothers me is all these RFID-enabled passport, etc., which I ghostwrite about elsewhere, and may delve into here, as it applies to travellers.

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