GoAbroad.Travel is the unfiltered, country-by-country playbook for young travelers crossing borders — for studies, work, gap years, workations, or extended trips.
Most travel sites are organized around destinations and inspiration: the best beaches, the prettiest cities, the 23 things to do in Bali. We’re not that. We’re organized around the move itself: the visa, the bank account, the SIM card, the lease, the healthcare, the taxes — the things you actually have to figure out before and during a long-stay abroad.
What you’ll find here
- Visa playbooks for the visas young travelers actually use — student, working holiday, digital nomad, D7, DTV, and more.
- Money guides covering the best banks, transfer services, and currency tactics for living abroad.
- eSIM & mobile comparisons that pull real prices, not affiliate-skewed picks.
- Insurance reviews where we actually bought the policies and read the fine print.
- Country playbooks — one per destination — pulling all of the above into one move-ready guide.
- Real numbers — actual budgets, receipts, and spending data from real trips.
Who writes this
GoAbroad.Travel is produced by a small editorial team of regional specialists. Our writers focus on the parts of the world they’ve actually lived in or moved through: a Europe editor, an Asia editor, an Americas editor. All work follows the same standards (read them here) — sources cited on every page, dates stamped on every claim, corrections published openly.
How we work
Every guide on this site has a “Last verified” date stamp. We re-check visa fees, income thresholds, government processes, and pricing on a quarterly cadence. When laws change, the relevant pages get re-written within days. When a reader emails us with a correction, we fix it within 48 hours.
We cite sources — embassy pages, government sites, official fee schedules — on every claim that depends on currency, dates, or law. If we say “the fee is €90,” the link to the fee schedule is right there.
How we make money
This site is free and we plan to keep it that way. Some links are affiliate links, meaning we get a small commission when you sign up for a service we recommend — at no extra cost to you. We never let affiliate revenue drive our recommendations. If a free option is the right pick, we tell you that. If a higher-paying affiliate is worse than a lower-paying one, we tell you that too. Read our full affiliate disclosure.
Get in touch
Spotted a mistake? Want to suggest a country we should cover? Email hello@goabroad.travel. We read every email.