World Traveler Jobs
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Ever had the desire to quit your lame 9 to 5 job, tell your boss to shove it, pack up and start traveling the world?
All of us have had that desire at one point! The thing that stopped you was probably the same thing that stops most people: money.
"How will I pay for my flights, food, lodging, transportation, yada, yada, yada," you asked yourself.
Don't let these concerns bother you too much, because there is an underground, growing group of travelers who are utilizing some simple but hidden techniques to make significant incomes while traveling.
Here's an overview of how we make money traveling and by landing travel jobs:
Underground Travel Income Method #1 - Traditional Travel Job - Hold a job that either a) pays for us to travel or b) is located in the place we wish to travel to. This is the lowest paying and most complicated method of all, but is the most commonplace.
Common jobs that pay for travels are for professional speakers, salespeople, package couriers, flight attendants, travel nurses/doctors, conservationists, cruise ship workers, etc.
Travel jobs located in the places we wish to go to can be any of the above, but also are specific to the location we travel to. There are some FUN jobs overseas that are looking for foreign workers!
Underground Travel Income Method #2 - Travel Writing - Travel writing jobs for magazines are more common than you may imagine. However, there are LOADS of other ways to write as you travel and make money, including blogging, picking up projects from sites like Elance and Guru, and writing travel guides, both online and offline.
Underground Travel Income Method #3 - Selling Affiliate Products - Using a simple website, you can drive online traffic to a product that will be of interest to your online followers. Don't be intimidated by this! It can be as easy as using your very own Facebook or Myspace profile. Affiliate products typically pay 50% to 75%, so you can make a very healthy income for selling just a few objects.
Underground Travel Income Method #4 - Filming Your Adventures - If you've got the camera out and you're taking pictures, why not switch it to 'film' mode and make money from it? You simply make a video of your destinations using iMovie or Windows Movie Maker, then use your videos to create a customer base!
Underground Travel Income Method #5 - Podcasting - If filming scares you off or intimidates you, you can make an iTunes podcast. It is easier than ever to get listed in iTunes and there's a HUGE audience of podcast listeners. Simply talk about the places you visit two or three times a week and watch how your following grows... and how your bank account grows!
Underground Travel Income Method # 6 - eBay - The common misconception about eBay is that you have to sell a physical product to make money. Here's the trick: You can set up a fulfillment house to ship your product (or hire your little sister or the neighborhood kid). All you have to do is create your eBay post from an internet caf and collect the money!
Take any one of these six 'travel job' methods, and there are hundreds of travelers all over the world making more money than they would at a regular 'job...' and they're living it up at exotic, world-class destinations. Take your pick, and take action on the ideas here!
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Working abroad for a year?
I'm planning to work abroad for a year following my degree. Has anybody had any experience of this? I want to go to France and become fluent in French whilst staying in credit (preferably earning more). Who knows, might result in another year in another country - Germany perhaps?
Where have people stayed for a year? Where have they worked? I'm young and have little experience of the world of work apart from summer jobs. Is there a young workers'/travelers' scheme that exists? I live in London btw, and would like to work in Paris.
Speaking from experience: applying for a job in France / Germany would only work if you already speak the language. It does not help if you intend to go there to learn the language. So if you're serious, start taking lessons while you're still in university.
As regards to working/travelling schemes, most of those apply specifically to young people who don't need a visa to enter / remain in the country, specifically EEA passport holders. For non EEA passport holders, depending on your nationality, you can enter France / Germany as a tourist without a visa. However, that does NOT allow you to work there under any circumstance. In order to work, you'd require a work permit.
Perhaps a consultation with the various embassies might prove fruitful?
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Can a person who has not traveled much become a traveler in thier later years?
I am 49 years old & my husband & I want to travel but have never been able to because of kids schedules, jobs, lack of money. We now want to live our dreams & think travleing in important. We still don't have a ton of money so what tips can you give people like us, so we can get started on being traveler's. We live in the USA, in Maryland. We have a 30 year old son who speaks Spanish & some other languages but we only speak English, I want to see the world.
Oh yes, you can definately travel! You'll have a great time. In fact, there's even a name for people who travel a little later in life. Career Gappers, I think. There's a section on this site for people who are in the same situation as you: www.gapyear.com. You'll have so much fun! Good luck!