Spotlight How to rethink ‘home’ and ‘travel’ if your job is now remote Sam Kemmis, NerdWallet Apr 22, 2021 Apr 22, 2021 Updated Jul 16, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PennyGem’s Elizabeth Keatinge tells us about what the implications are of working remotely in different states. kAmpD D@>6 H@C<6CD 368:? C6EFC?:?8 E@ E96 @77:46 E9:D J62C[ @E96CD 92G6 366? @776C65 E96 @AA@CEF?:EJ E@ H@C< 7C@> 9@>6 :?567:?:E6=J] %H:EE6C[ sC@A3@I[ }6C5(2==6E 2?5 >2?J @E96C E649 4@>A2?:6D H:== =6E 6>A=@J66D 8@ 7F==J @C ?62C=J 7F==J C6>@E6[ 7C66:?8 E96> 7C@> 4@>>FE6D 2?5 A24<65 6=6G2E@CD]k^AmkAm*6E H92E 2C6 E96 EC2G6= @AE:@?D 2?5 C62=:E:6D :7 J@F’C6 ?@H H@C<:?8 C6>@E6=Jn $9@F=5 J@F 364@>6 2 5:8:E2= ?@>25n |@G6 E@ 2 ?6H 4:EJ @C DE2J AFEn xD :E C62==J 762D:3=6 E@ H@C< :? 2 92>>@4< @? 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