After having her daughter, Cara West felt unsupported living in the U.S. She's on track to earn $136,000 as a travel concierge and content creator in Greece.
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West began looking into how other countries around the world helped parents, and tinkering with the idea of moving her family abroad.Vicky Markofela for CNBC Make It Now, West, 33, works remotely from Greece as a luxury travel concierge and travel content creator and is on track to earn over $136,000 in 2024. Her husband stepped away from his job as a restaurant manager in Texas and is a stay-at-home dad.
" saw how happy I was, how much of a glow I had, how much time we were spending with each other and as a family," she says. The couple used the money they raised from selling their stuff to help pay down her husband's debt. And this allowed him to step away from his full-time job and become a stay-at-home dad. Meanwhile, West continued to work remotely and earn money from content creation, she says.
The family enjoys exploring the island, trying new foods and traveling to various countries, including Albania and Italy."It's really easy to get around the country. You can take the ferries, you can take flights," West says. "Overall, our life is just so much more fulfilling here in Greece."As a Black woman, West says she feels freer to be herself in Greece without worrying about encountering the racial microaggressions she faces in the U.S.
In addition to needing to pay for their flight to Greece and first and last months rent for their apartment there, they paid an attorney who helped them apply for their digital nomad visa.
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