Ever wondered how to travel the world for a living? Once you dismiss the idea that your income has to come from one source you’ll start to see opportunities to travel for a living everywhere.
The trick to this is creating multiple sources of income (whether those are active or passive). When you do that, small payments turn into large income.
Combine that with a favorable exchange rate (like you find in many countries outside the US) and you can have live very comfortably abroad while you travel the world.
Thousands of people traveling the world and earning a living
Here are 25 Ways to Explore & Earn: A Guide To Earning Money Abroad.
1. Rakuten
This is by far the easiest and quickest way to get paid. With
I use it every time I book a flight or do any online shopping. Then at the end of the quarter, they send you a “big fat check”!
Best part about it, it’s entirely FREE. You’re already paying to travel, you should get paid for it!
Where: GLOBAL
Income Potential: AVERAGE
How: Check out this article to get $10 when you set up your FREE account.
2. Teach English
Do you have a passion for teaching or want to give back as you travel? English teachers are always in demand abroad. You will need a certification but that can be achieved online in just under a month. It’s a great way to immerse your self in a new culture, give back, and make some initial money while you search and/or build other sources of income.Â
BONUS: You will make local friends/connections faster and get to learn their native language.
Where: Asia, Europe, Central/South America, Australia, and Africa
Income potential: AVERAGE – You’ll earn enough to live comfortably in your location.
How: Online courses start at $199, sign up with TEFLcourse.net and save 10% of your course.
3. Blogger/Content Creator
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Your perspective is unique, write about your experiences, review the places you stay or eat, teach others your travel tips, etc.
Partner with companies along the way. This can be through advertising, creating media content (video or photos) social media or web design. As you build your following so will your income. The sky really is the limit.
Where: Global
Income potential: HIGH
How: Already have a passion you want to share these are the 5 Steps To Start A Blog.
Build your brand: I bought the Wired Creatives course when I started building my brand, was it worth the money? Here is my review.
4. Stock Video
And no, you don’t need a professional camera to make money. The phone in your pocket is a great starting point!
The best part, Black Box will do all the heavy lifting for you. No need to spend your time curating and loading your clips to all the different stock sites.
All you have to do is shoot, upload and get paid!
Where: Global
Income potential: AVERAGE
How: Sign up with Blackbox.global and get started.
5. Surf/Kiteboarding Instructor
This one is perfect for the adventurous soul. Working at Real Watersports, each winter I saw all of my friends (coaches and instructors) traveling all over the world chasing the wind and waves. If you have an affinity for water sports and want to share that with others, teaching surfing or kiteboarding is a great opportunity to travel and share the stoke.
Perfect for those who want to live an active lifestyle in a warm location and share your passions with others.
Where: Global
Income potential: AVERAGE – Pay is good when you have lessons, most money comes from tips. Bigger tips in more expensive travel locations.Â
How: Contacting established schools in the area. You would be surprised how many times I got asked to teach a surf lesson at the resorts I stayed with.
6. Rent Your House/Apartment
Do you have an extra room or property that will be vacant when you travel? Become a host on Air Bnb! You’ll likely be using the company to rent for yourself, instead of letting that space go to waste, put it to work for yourself and get paid while you vacation.
*Air Bnb hosts are insured up to $1,000,000 for their locations.
Where: Global
Income potential: AVERAGE – HIGH
How: Sign up today at Airbnb.com.
7. Website Design
People and businesses need websites. The abundance of website builders makes it easier now than ever to design a website for yourself or as a business for others.
Better yet, if you know how to code (HTML or CSS) you can update websites on the move. Coding allows you to work on the move, long term travel is right ahead!
Where: GLOBAL
Income potential: HIGH
How: WIX is a drag and drop website builder. You can use the templates to build websites for clients. Just click, drag, drop, get paid!
If your client requires more control over the website, check out Bluehost with WordPress.
8. Freelancing
Freelancing is growing; many people are taking their skills and creating their own freedom. When you travel you meet so many people freelancing their way from one country to the next. Freelancing allows you to utilize your specialized skills to work remotely. Whether it’s writing, design, sales, data entry, photography or videography. Fiverr is the place to go to find and get found with business looking for freelance work.
Where: GLOBAL
Income potential: HIGH
How: Find your next project at Fiverr.com.
9. Partner with Brands (Become an ambassador)
If you have a knack for social media or already have a solid following you can use that to partner with companies. Partnerships may include paid shout outs, sponsored posts, attending events, anything to get their brand out in front of a different audience.
Where: Global
Income potential: HIGH
How: This course from Wired Creatives outlines how to partner with brands without a huge following.
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Good info. Lucky me I found your website by chance
(stumbleupon). I have book marked it for later!
Thanks! I’m glad you found this.
It’s been years since I’ve used stumbleupon, glad to know it’s still relevant!
Heya fantastic website! Does running a blog similar to this
take a large amount of work? I have virtually no knowledge of computer programming however
I waas hoping to start my own blog soon. Anyways, if you have any recommendations
or tips for new blog owners please share.
I know this is off topic nevertheless I just had to ask.
Many thanks!
Thank you!
Running a blog isn’t hard but it is a process. It takes time learning the ins and outs, but luckily you don’t need any experience with computer programming in order to get started.
WordPress makes it very easy to build out your blog and focus solely on the content. If you haven’t started your blog yet, here is an article I did outlining how to get it started – https://justintime4.com/5-steps-to-start-a-blog/.
The main tip I would give is to hone in your niche and focus on providing information of value to your audience. When I first started, I wrote a lot about what I was experiencing but people don’t want to read about you, unless they are getting something out of it.
Justin