Throw away account, believe it or not, I've been doing exactly that for the past 3 years - operating a consulting business out of the Bay Area (virtual office)

Throw away account, believe it or not, I've been doing exactly that for the past 3 years - operating a consulting business out of the Bay Area (virtual office) while actually living in Thailand/India/Kenya, etc. I'm always available and working till 7pm PST no matter where I am (Google Fi/Google Voice numbers). It's actually pretty easy to pull off. It's almost a no brainer to me. If I can charge 3-4x more for the same skills that I have, why not. I'm not gonna take a huge pay cut just because my location changed. And there's almost no explaining involved. At times when you can't go somewhere physically, sometimes you can tell your clients you're traveling this month. If something is important, you can take a flight. The amount that you're saving, the flight costs are negligible.