Buy App while in another country?

I have seen numerous posts about trying to change stores, etc., but I haven't seen an answer to this:
If you have an Apple ID and it is linked to the US store, what do you do when you are travelling the globe and are phyiscally in another country? Can you not just accept the message that says you can only buy in the US store and till get a free Google App or whatever downloaded to your phone?
We are SOOOO frustrated with this. We have sveral iPhones, iPads, Airbooks, etc etc etc. We have numerous homes around the world and a yacht and constantly are moving back and forth through Europe, the US and elsewhere. We are hardly going to go open bank accounts in every country on the planet and our credit cards are used everywhere in the world.
How on earth are we supposed to be in the UK or France or Portugal or Russia and be able to download a FREE app for something like Google when we need it if we are constantly told we can only buy in the US store or whatever that Apple ID is linked to? Why can't we say 'sure buy from the USA we don't care about the VAT or the exchange rate or whatever", we need the app at the moment!
There must be a work around for this, esp for free apps that aren't buying anything!
Is there an answer to this?
Thanks!

when we need it if we are constantly told we can only buy in the US store or whatever that Apple ID is linked to?
That is correct.
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