Ambroise Debret: going freelance, then going nomad

Ambroise Debret has been freelancing since 2013 and nomadic since 2017, and he has spent most of that time documenting the mechanics of it in French. If French is your working language, he is one of the few creators covering the boring, decisive parts: how to register as an independent, how to price yourself, and how to keep clients while your address keeps changing.

What Ambroise Debret Does

• Free reference guides: four long-form guides on his site, covering how to become a freelancer, how to become a digital nomad, destination-by-destination advice, and the gear he actually travels with.
• Blog: regular articles on freelancing, remote work and life on the road.
• YouTube: a channel dedicated to freelancing and nomad life, with new videos most weeks.
• FREEMOTE: his paid coaching incubator for freelancers building an independent business, with more than 900 alumni according to his site.
• Community: an Instagram following plus a French-speaking Facebook group for nomads.

Why It Makes Sense for Nomads

Almost all nomad advice is written in English and quietly assumes a US or UK administrative context, which does not help much when you are dealing with URSSAF, French tax residency, or explaining freelance status to a French client. Debret's material is built for exactly that situation, and he has the mileage behind it: 46 countries over six years, on a stated travel budget of around 1,500 euros a month including flights. Welcome to the Jungle has called him the French reference on digital nomadism.

It is worth knowing what he sells. The guides and videos are free and useful on their own; FREEMOTE is a premium program and his one-to-one rate starts north of 200 euros an hour. Read the free material first and decide from there.

Pricing

The guides, blog and YouTube channel are free. FREEMOTE is a paid program by application and its price is not published on the site.

The obvious starting point if you want to go freelance and nomadic and would rather read it in French.