Imagine being able to rent clothes from airlines now

Hey AWWs! 💜 Here are interesting things we’re sharing this week.

• the most popular destinations for digital nomads around the world

• Japan Airlines is renting out clothes to travelers

• how to set boundaries when you have 1001 obligations, businesses to run, and relationships to maintain

RESOURCES & OPPS FOR THE TRAVELING AWW

🛂 Traveling: Interested in giving back to local communities? Check out Nomads Giving Back—it was built to connect foreigners and locals to create positive social change through cultural exchanges, skill sharing, education, support, and more.

😍 Inspired by an AWW: Anam Hakeem (@girlwithgreenpassport) shares how digital nomad-ing has been as a women of color and Pakistani. She shares her personal struggles with family permissions and societal expectations, and how she fought for her dream to travel the world.

🧠 TIL: Subtle Asian Travel is another online community that serves both men and women. Sitting at 97K members, it’s a good place to meet new friends from all over the world. You can also read cute online love stories from Subtle Asian Dating featured in NBC.

📚 Readings: I’m an experienced female solo traveler—here are 4 tips I use to be smart about my money on the go 

Coping with reverse culture shock—an odyssey from Singapore to San Francisco

My mental gymnastics into tricking my brain it’s ok to take a gap year at 29

WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

For the estimation of the most popular DN countries, Traveling Lifestyle has used data collected by Resume.io. Their analysis tracks Instagram posts with the #digitalnomad hashtag to identify the countries where contemporary remote workers are currently connected and engaged. The top three countries are US (surprisingly), Spain, and Thailand.

JAPAN AIRLINES RENTS YOU CLOTHES, SO YOU CAN PACK LESS AS A TRAVELER

According to CN Traveler, you won’t need to pack your bags if you’re flying Japan Airlines. “They just launched a new initiative dubbed “Any Wear, Anywhere,” which allows passengers aboard JAL-operated flights the option to rent sets of clothing for the duration of their stay in the country, eliminating the need to pack. The program will be run on a test basis through August of 2024.”

• Depending on the number of items included, rentals run anywhere from ¥4,000 ($28 USD) to ¥7,000 ($48 USD)

• Those interested can register on the program’s website a month in advance of their travels

• “The concept of the service is therefore to provide a travel experience with minimal luggage by offering clothing rentals at the destination, thereby creating environmental value.”

UPCOMING AWW MEETUPS

1. [Paris] Wednesday, July 19th at 6 pm CET - Paris Meetup
   Please make sure you’re in the Facebook group and RSVP to the event! Bring a picnic blanket, snacks to share, and see you all there for the sunset.

2. [Online] Sunday, July 30, 2023 AT 4 PM PST - Fireside Chat: Taking an Adult Gap Year and How to Prepare | Have you been considering or have ever thought about taking an adult gap year? Did the idea come and go because it seemed scary and overwhelming? This month we're going to sit down with Mars Escobin and talk all about how she came to the decision, prepped, budgeted and so much more. This is your chance to hear about the experience directly from the source.

AWW MEDIA CORNER

Emily and Ivy discuss the importance of setting boundaries when it comes to entrepreneurship, family and friend relationships, as well as making space for our own well-being. Being community founders, many people will have questions or want your time and expertise on a certain topic; we discuss how we decrease the amount of meetings and how to set the right expectations.

Want your podcast, video, or article featured in our media corner? Email us at [email protected].

🎙️ Find our Asian Wander Women Podcast on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple. Please rate our podcast if you’ve found it helpful!