{"id":11845,"date":"2016-02-23T12:37:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T11:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/?p=11845"},"modified":"2016-03-01T08:53:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T07:53:57","slug":"jacob-laukaitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arttrav.com\/it\/jacob-laukaitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Venice by foot: interview with digital nomad Jacob Laukaitis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone knows that Venice is best explored on foot<\/strong>. You can walk for days, getting totally lost, finding hidden alleys and charming scenes. Jacob Laukaitis<\/strong><\/a>, a self-defined nomadic digital entrepreneur<\/strong>, recently spent three days doing just that, and filmed the results.<\/p>\n

This millennial is inspiring travelers to give up the 9-to-5 and explore the world \u2013 in the past few years he\u2019s been to some amazing places, judging by his Instagram feed! On his radar: Venice, Rome, Siena<\/strong> and the rather smaller Orvieto<\/strong> and Asian-favourite Bagnoregio<\/strong>. Catching up over a virtual coffee, I asked him about the nomadic lifestyle, his trip to Italy, and some tips for Venice<\/strong>, which he says he particularly enjoyed.<\/p>\n

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Jacob in Venice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Tell us about yourself \u2013 what inspired you to travel full time and run a business abroad<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been running my own online ventures ever since I was 15. However, right after I graduated High School, I decided I wanted to travel and see the world. So I started working on ventures that would allow me to be completely location independent and let me do my job from anywhere. What inspired me? The wonders of the world!<\/p>\n

You set up a successful online coupon business \u2013 how many hours do you put into this and other \u201cwork\u201d projects in an average day?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I currently focus all of my work time on the online coupons business I co-founded a year and a half ago, called ChameleonJohn.com. So I work full-time, travel full-time and make travel videos as a hobby. Recently I was also approached by an online hotel booking platform Travel-Ticker.com<\/a> who wanted to sponsor my travel videos (including the one from Venice), so that\u2019s been helpful, since I didn\u2019t have to pay for editing and equipment.<\/p>\n

You travel full time, but you don\u2019t have a travel blog \u2013 you communicate entirely using a private Facebook page, Instagram, and occasional articles on Medium. Tell us about this interesting choice.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was starting out, I would occasionally write a blog post about my travels. However, I realized it\u2019s extremely difficult to get enough traffic to make it worthwhile, so I resorted to posting pictures from my travels on Facebook and Instagram. And I also started making travel videos 4-5 months ago, which has been extremely interesting and rewarding.<\/p>\n

Your latest long trip focused on Asia \u2013 Japan, Dubai, India\u2026 what made you \u201cstop by\u201d Italy for 10 days?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Initially I was supposed to travel around Asia for 9 months, but I faced some health issues and had to stop after 4 months. Since I had to spend some time in Europe, I decided to go explore Italy for at least 10 days, which was wonderful.<\/p>\n

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A photo posted by Jacob Laukaitis (@jacoblaukaitis)<\/a> on