Quite a number of people have the dream to travel the world, but money has been a major disadvantage for them. But little do you know that while waiting around till you earn a six figures before you can travel; someone out there is making so much money while traveling the world.
There are lots of ways you can earn money while traveling the world and this can save you the trouble of spending more than you earn. Depending on the kind of skill you possess, and if you are traveling long term or short, the below list will guide you on how to earn money while traveling the world.
10 Guides to Earn Money While Traveling the World
Rent Out Your Car
You are about to embark on a 3 month holidaying and while you are away, your car is expected to rot away in the garage. What better way to keep getting a steady income when you can give your car on lease. Such reputable company like Uber will manage for you till you return.
Online Freelancing
A number of companies always seek to hire freelancers as compared to full time staff as this saves them money. As a traveler with website developer skills, you can choose to trade your service for free hotel stay. Or you can rather get paid in cash for your services.
Other services you can do include programming, marketing, designing, writing, legal work among others. You can check out websites like Upwork or Fiverr to apply for a freelance job. A number of travel websites always seek for writers who have traveled far and wide to create relatable contents for their audience.
Teach A Foreign Language
Aside being a blogger or offering online freelancing, another way to earn money while traveling the world is to teach a foreign language like English. One place to enjoy such service are Asian countries like Thailand, Vietnam, China and South Korea. These countries seek English teachers a whole lot and are willing to pay generously for it.
The good thing about this is, as a teacher, you get paid a decent salary while working about 10-40 hours a week. And this may come with a free accommodation which makes you to save more and be able to afford more trips during holidays.
If, however, you prefer to make it part-time, you can sign up on Takelessons and offer your teaching services online, getting paid and traveling the world.
Travel Photography & Videography
While enjoying your short vacation, do you know you can offer to take pictures of other tourists for? You definitely can and you can extend this to creating memorable videos of them to earn some extra bucks. You can also choose to cover events such as weddings in any country you are and get paid for it.
Other ways include selling some pictures you have taken on websites like Shutterstock while you get paid for every download.
Monetize Your Skills
Have you recently quit your job just so you could travel the world? But unfortunately, what you have saved is not enough to sustain you. To sort this, you can monetize some of the skills you have acquired over the years. This can include barbing, massaging, bartending, cafe/restaurant work or even being a house sitter.
You can do these for a month and when you have saved up enough, you move to another country and repeat the process. Most places where you find such positions available are hostels because of the large number of people who frequent it. You can also travel during peak periods so as to get the job.
Monetizing your skills can be done easily if you have a holiday work visa or you can just speak to the owner who can pay you under the table for your services.
Sell Goods Online
These days setting up an online store is so easy as well as adding up products from sale. If you cannot do this on your own, you can get a website designer to help you set one up.
And while moving from one country to another, you can buy a few crafts and fancy products and add to your mobile store. This could even include items you have made yourself. The success of these online store depends on how well you can market your product to reaching a wider audience.
Construction Work
This is mostly underrated but can earn you lots of cash depending on your negotiation skills. Most construction sites are always in need of short term workers who can get the job done, get paid and leave. You can introduce yourself as one bearing in mind that the job can be quite exhausting.
On the flip side, it is best to get an insurance cover as you never can tell what could go wrong.
Be a Tour Guide
If you have frequently visited a particular country before or stayed there well enough to know your way around, you can apply as a tour guide. The good part about this is that you get to go to other part of the country and exploring more places.
If the local tourism office refuse to employ your service, you can bring out the sales person in you. You can be achieved by identifying tourists and offering to show them around for a fee.
Influencer Marketing
If you are a travel blogger, you could pitch to travel companies and partner with them while they sponsor your full trip or part of your trip. In return for this, you get to promote their services on your blog, social media mentions and include them in your newsletter.
This isn’t limited to travel bloggers, you could be a content creator or lifestyle blogger who create contents for brands and get paid for influencing their products.
Affiliate Marketing
This is also helpful for content creators who own a blog and have partnered with top websites like Amazon and Google Adsense. You could get to recount your travel experience or daily lifestyle while including affiliate links. For any purchase made through the links, you get to earn a commission, thereby earning more money for future trips you may have planned.
The list is more exhaustive than this and not readily limited to the above. However, it is up to you to determine how else you can earn money while traveling the world depending on the country you are visiting.
When traveling, ensure you do not limit yourself to all the possible potentials around you. Take advantage of whatever opportunities you find and be certain you are not breaking any rules while at it.
As a traveler, what other tip will you add to the list?
