Sightseeing is not always a simple matter: how to choose the right time to travel, the right place to get away, and the right expedition partners. Whether to leave in the morning or the afternoon, whether to wear closed-toe shoes or slippers, there are so many questions to be answered if you want to make the most of your trip.

On a more serious note, rather than talking about how to travel, we’re going to talk about how to travel.

To make it even easier for you to get around, we’re going to talk about alternative ways of getting around. First, we’ll look at what a digital nomad is, and then we’ll talk about expatriates working for private companies abroad, before moving on to the secondment of civil servants and the status of volunteers.

Digital nomad.

A digital nomad is someone who works in a digital profession in a foreign country. This may involve travel blogging or other topics. When the work is carried out solely from one’s computer, one can speak of a digital nomad. This term is occasionally used for bloggers in real estate, banking, sales and website management in general.

When your work is totally online, and contact with other people in your work chain is minimal, you can do this work as a digital nomad.

As a digital nomad, you’re free to travel as you please. The digital nomad can move from country to country without constraints. This is the best status on the list for free tourism.

Expatriate for private operating company.

By definition, expatriation means leaving one’s homeland to work. Expatriation offers many advantages, including salaries, climate and other benefits.

An expatriate in a private company is by definition a traveler. Like the company’s other employees, they have free time, weekends and paid vacations.

Their breaks are spent sightseeing and visiting. If you’re an expatriate, you can also ask to visit during your stay, as this is often tolerated and sometimes encouraged.

Secondment or transfer for civil servants.

A secondment for a civil servant is a request to leave a job while maintaining a link with the local authority.

A transfer is a change of workplace for a civil servant, a form of mobility that takes place within the same public service.

These two options enable civil servants to move from their place of work while maintaining a direct link with the government. The practices allow the worker to move within his or her job, and therefore offer an opportunity to become a tourist.

If you are a civil servant and wish to travel, you can request a secondment or transfer. Travelling as a civil servant offers certain advantages, namely the status you take with you, and the guarantee of being seen properly.

If you want to travel as a civil servant, check your government’s website for more information than you’ll find in this article.

Volunteering for associations.

Volunteering abroad is the last way to travel that we’ve found in this article for you to become a tourist. You can become a volunteer at any time in your life, when you’re learning, working or retired.

Volunteering offers the opportunity not only to meet people, but also to travel. If you travel as part of a volunteer assignment, I can tell you that you’ll get to see the sights and become, in spite of yourself, a tourist in the country you’re visiting.

These are ways of doing tourism in a different way, almost without leaving your workplace. It’s not all rest and idleness, but its ways exist and are increasingly practiced. We’re not fans of these modes of travel, but we know people who have tried them, and we’ve had excellent feedback, particularly from volunteers and digital nomads.

Our advice, however, remains simple: make the most of your experience, whether it’s a transfer, a volunteer mission, or a digital nomad destination, make the most of your experience so that you can enjoy your trip and turn it into a tourist activity.

Our final recommendations for those moments of escapism on the fly, would be to choose your activities wisely, with foresight. We’d recommend off-the-beaten-path places for a unique experience, or “must-sees”, or the local nugget (whose destination address will be in your best colleague’s address book).