Remote YearReviews of remoteyear.com

Remote Year helped me change my life. I can't imagine a better way than world travel to come to grips with what it means to be a human. Remote Year makes that happen.

Remote year does a great job of handling the logistics of working remotely while traveling abroad. I’ve enjoyed my trip leaders, city guides, and the friends I’ve made, both in my RY group and in the cities we have visited. While it’s not a full service travel agency, and you need to take care of yourself and “roll with the punches” of international travel. And it’s an excellent platform to start something, share knowledge, find travel buddies, and express yourself in new ways.

Remote Year has been an amazing experience, but not without challenges. Not all of the accommodations have been great (I've been fortunate in this regard but others have not). Internet has not always been up to standard (I'm looking at you Bolivia). The reality, though, is that many of these issues would exist regardless of my participation in this program. The true value of Remote Year (RY) is the community of individuals that it puts together to embark on a year-long journey. The local staff works tirelessly to resolve issues for participants. The optional events provide a sense of structure to your life while traveling. But the people that I've been fortunate enough to travel with have enriched my life beyond measure. I've traveled on my own for most of my life and will return to solo travel at the end of RY. I've been to places I never would've seen on my own because I decided to say "Yes" to RY and the experiences to which the program/participants have invited me. I wouldn't trade this for anything. It's one of the best decisions I've ever made.

I love RY, my favorite part is the networking and community aspect of it. Travelling for a whole year with 75 people (50-ish towards the end...) is amazing, specially since we're all pretty different. Just having the "travel bug" brings us all together like a great big family. Housing is sometimes great, sometimes not so good... I haven't really been working too much during the year so internet and workspace haven't been a problem but I do know it's an issue sometimes. I'm also in the second year of RY and I know they've come a long way with new groups from listening to our feedback and with recent investments they're also working on better platforms to make the experience better. For a start-up and being one of the "guinea pig" groups, I think it's going great so far! Also, have heard of other groups, and I think RY is the best way to go :)