Making Money While Traveling: The Quick Guide
28. May, 2008 
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Don’t have a trust fund? Mom and Dad not too keen on supporting your travel habit? Can’t seem to convince your boss that working remotely will actually boost your productivity? Don’t throw out your travel plans just yet. There are ways to travel now, and earn money on the go. There are literally thousands of sites dedicated to these topics, but here is a quick cheat sheet of some of the best starting points.
Start Here (these two sites cover it all):
Teach English Overseas
Volunteering
Peace Corps
Volunteer Abroad
Volunteer Adventures
Au Pair
International Association of Au Pairs
Getting a job abroad
Farm Work Abroad
Transitions Abroad Farm Work Listings
Freelancing
Craigslist
Freelance Switch
Elance
Passive Income
Not By the Hour
4 Hour Workweek
Rich Dad
Articles about Teaching Overseas, from NomadicMatt.com
Part 1: Job Types
Part II: Qualifications to Teach
Part III: Asia
Part IV: Region Specific Advice
Article about working in Antarctica from theLifeNomadic.com
How to Get a Job in Antarctica
Articles About Working Abroad
Extreme Telecommuting
The Secret to Looking for Work Abroad
The Pros and Cons of Working Abroad
7 Reasons Why Working Abroad is Your Best Career Move
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Did I miss a site, that you’d like to see on this list? Post your suggestions to the comments, and I’ll be happy add your must have sites to the list.
How about exploring ways you can make or save money from any property you own to support your travelling.
You can rent out your property if you are away for an extended period. Or do a house swap to keep accomodation costs down. Or go and be a house-sitter or house-keeper for someone else – while not actually earning you can make your money go lots further by reducing accomodation costs. Or use a social networking site to find other travellers who can give you free accomodation (you have to be prepared to reciprocate of course).
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Good ideas Heather. Maybe I should write a follow up post…
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Some great resources listed there…
I don’t want to spam your comments here…but I recently posted an article on my site about getting a job in Antarctica.
While not truly making money while traveling, you get a paycheck, some awesome travel benefits and once your contract is up a free plane ticket to do with as you please, not to mention not paying for anything while you are at work so once you’re done you have a lot of bank and can spend time traveling…especially great if you want a free trip to New Zealand or Chile…
Again, great article!
Will: Not spam at all, would love to list your article. Just post the link and it’s done.
here it is How to Get a Job in Antarctica
Cheers!
Will: Added! Thanks!
Everyone else: send me your links, if you have them.
English teaching, I did that part time in the Middle East, it was ok but if you decide to teach try to specialize in something – I taught Military English to Officers in the Qatari Army. No one else was doing anything like that so I was in pretty high demand so I could charge 50 bucks an hour.
I know a few people that work or have worked in Antarctica, it is by no means an easy place to live. Just google Raytheon Polar Services
But if you are clever and are willing to learn new skills you can make allot of money wile traveling – I have for the past 8 years
P.S. Cool Blog, good luck with your travels
Another for volunteering is http://www.hodr.org
For working holidays check out http://www.workingholidayinfo.com (shameless plug)
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Thanks – will definitely reference this in the near future!
This is a great post, I favorited your blog and added your feed.
Wow! Thank you! I always wanted to write in my site something like that. Can I take part of your post to my blog?
It is good to read relevant information on your blog. Thanks.
Not attemting to spam either, just wanted to inform other travelers, in relation to what Heather said back in 08′ about social networking sites. Im in the process of starting a social networking blogosphere for world travelers. The site is not up yet but being developed as we speak. Soon there will be a page where you can enter your email to get updates on progress, cheap travel deals, articles and so on. Christine, if you are interested in having reciprocal links to each others sites, let me know.
ALL THE BEST AND TRAVEL LITE EVERYONE
Dave
This is a good resource, but you will not be earning anything through those volunteering websites; quite the opposite, in fact. Most volunteering programs organized from the west/through the Internet have a price, sometimes an outrageous one.
However, it’s almost always possible to get a volunteering gig, some times with food and lodging included, when you show up in person and contact people directly.
Per usual, great information. I would like to add that several years ago, I taught in American International Schools in Paris, Portugal and Peru for a total of 8 years. If you are a teacher with 2 years of experience, good references and a yen to travel and teach, this is a tremendous opportunity. I am not referring to teaching English overseas. Hundreds of American International Schools with American-based curriculums are located in even the most remote areas worldwide. As for a website: http://www.transitionsabroad.com has useful information.
my best resource for learning about work and volunteer opportunities abroad is
http://www.transitionsabroad.com
I also use print-on-demand sites to market my travel photography and other art which is an admittedly small source of income for me, but does help.
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great list! thanks!
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Thanks for the post, i enjoyed reading it. blogging is not as easy as many think it is, it’s hardwork. any how thanks.
Thanks for putting this resource together. I will def be checking back here over the months to study
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How about some old fashioned travel writing? Here is a list of places for beginner travel writers to get published and paid! http://gomadnomad.com/2009/10/05/five-publications-for-beginning-travel-writers-to-get-published-and-paid/
I wrote the following list a little while back. Hope it’s useful.
http://www.overseasjobcentre.co.uk/100_free_volunteer_work_opportunities.shtml
And thanks for the invite too. I often see places where something I’ve written could be useful but have declined to the post in case I could be spamming.
thanks for the post
that is all
Hi perhaps you can mention a Non Profit Organization that will help you fundraise your travel expenses and give you a tax deductible for all your expenses once done the volunteer program, the name of this Organization is A Broader View Volunteers Corp http://www.abroaderview.org
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This are some very good resources you listed here about making money while you are traveling.i think we all like to travel new places but most of us failed to do so for many reasons but financial problem stands out among those.but with these resources one can make money to afford traveling.
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