Digital Nomad Packing List: Best Gear & Equipment

by Sharyn McCullum | Last updated Feb 14, 2025 | Gear, Luggage + Packing

Backpack

Last, but not least on my essential tech gear list for digital nomads is my trusty backpack for all my tech gear items to be carried around in. I try to be an organised person, it just seems to help me work better and I also like to know where all my stuff is. Firstly, because, as I said, I like to be organised and secondly, some of this stuff is expensive so I don’t want to have to keep spending on items if it is my fault they get lost. So having a backpack where I can keep all my electronics, plus be able to charge items while travelling is one of my great investments. I have the Kopack Anti-Theft and Shockproof Backpack. The padded straps aid in the comfort and support as I carry everything to my next destination.Check out the Travel Backpack on Amazon here >>

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My Essential Live and Work Abroad (and Play) Resources

🏠 Where Will You Be Sleeping Tonight? – Get a bed in a hostel dorm through HostelWorld or for a hotel room check out Booking.com. Get free accommodation house and pet sitting through Trusted Housesitters – this has saved me thousands on accommodation, no joke!

✈️ Need a cheap and flexible airfare – head to Skyscanner.

🚙 Car Rental – search and compare vehicles at DiscoverCars.

🚆 Train Travel: I love riding the rails. For a rail pass in Europe head to Raileurope. And Japan has a great one too – JapanRail Pass.

🚌 Travelling by bus is often the cheapest way to travel. Compare and get a ticket or a pass at Busbud.

🏃🏻‍♀️ Jump-the-queue entrance tickets and day tours: I book these through GetYourGuide.

🌏 How to pick a country to live and work abroad in? Check out my Working Holiday Visa Country Guides and Digital Nomad Visa Country Guides to see where you can live work play travel abroad.

👕 For travel clothing and gear I get a lot of stuff from Amazon, North Face and Anaconda.

🚑 Should you buy travel insurance? Absolutely Yes! SafetyWing is great digital nomads and long-term travellers and World Normads has policies for general and adventure travel.

Hi, I’m Sharyn. Travel addict. Lover of ’80s music. Chocolate, coffee and Mexican food connoisseur. Travel Writing Digital Nomad specialising in writing about how to live and work abroad (and play abroad too). Currently living, working and playing in Australia.