If you’re a traveling junkie, the soaring prices in airfare and hotel rooms have been pretty discouraging, right?
Which begs the question; since when did travelling the world become so expensive?
Nowadays, it’s ideal for you to have some extra source of income as you move from one part of the world to another.
With that in mind, here are some extra ways to make money while you traversing the globe!
Work as A Tour Guide
If you love mingling and hanging around with people, this one is perfect for you. As a tour guide, you can see and study different cultures while leading tourists to iconic and historic places in the world.
And you can have substantial income while enjoying foreign cultures!
Teach English
Latin America, The Middle East, and Asia have abundant jobs for English teachers.
If you are bent on having a cultural and educational trip to a land that has mystified you for the longest time, teaching could be the gig that can carry you through.
In many cases, you’re not required to be certified. Your students just need to know one thing — that you’re a native speaker.
Become A Travel Photographer
For those who are camera savvy, there’s a huge opportunity to sell travel photos they snap.
One prerogative is to set up a ‘shop’ (yes, your very own) on websites like SmugMug.com.
Via these platforms, you can sell photos either to a variety of travel magazines, or to business organizations with stock photography collections. Nifty, right?
Work For A Cruise Line
Being employed on a cruise ship sends you to charming and mysterious locales for good pay, as a flight attendant job does.
There are a few key differences, though. The job usually comes with long hours for not-so-handsome pay.
The good news is all expenses are handled by the cruise company, and of course, you’re given free travel.
Crew members are offered their own shops, dining halls, gyms, Internet cafes, party areas, and organized activities that create a dandy and cool company culture.
Start Your Own Travel Blog
Professional travel blogging is a tough gig. Yes, traveling around all those thrilling places is a tantalizing part of the job, but it takes many hours of hard work to make it happen.
According to reports, many travel bloggers pour in about a year to build their sites, and presence on social media before they can monetize their websites.
(Almost all travel bloggers start out spending their own savings.) In addition, you must operate everything not excluding site growth, marketing, and finances.
But if you love travelling and blogging, you’ll be able to work things out, and possibly even become famous.
Freelance
Freelance blogging has become a lucrative business. Yes, it’s not just a job anymore — it’s a full-blown business.
The joys of being a freelance blogger are varied and many. One of my favorites is… …you are not dependent on any location where to do your stuff.
You can work wherever you please, and whenever you want, as long as there’s an Internet connection and a computer.
Highly respected bloggers can earn as much as $300 to $400 per post, while mid-level bloggers can take home $90 to $200 per article.