How To Make Money while you Travel

Making money while backpacking around the world has never been easier and there are so many different ways available depending on how involved you want to get, if your budget backpacking it can be a really useful way to keep travelling for longer and it doesn’t take a lot to get into. Trust me on this – If your travelling with a purpose then your experience will be so much more!

Here are a few suggestions:

Write guest house and hostel reviews.

BeforeYOUBackpack.com pays $5 per review… A simple way to make a bit of extra cash while on the road, sharing your thoughts and feelings – getting paid for it to…

“Before you Backpack pays for guest house reviews…. You heard me right… We pay YOU for budget guest house reviews!

We’re only interested in your review if you’ve actually stayed there… This isn’t a quick fire way to earn cash by popping your head around doors.. We want actual experiences by backpackers – for backpackers!

The whole point of it is that backpackers can write an honest review about a place they’ve stayed, share that information with other backpackers and make a little cash for their trouble… Simple….”

Blogging.

If your a budding travel writer or interested in on-line communities and want to use that to help fund your travels then Blogging is a great idea which gives you as much freedom as you want. To be able to make Blogging pay for you to go off backpacking you will have to take it seriously, but look at it this way – sitting on a beach sipping a beer writing about the culture of a beautiful place hardly seems like work!
Probably the best resource to get started with this is Nomadic Matt – a traveller who has been backpacking around the world since 2005 and pays for his travels with his Blog, he has all the info you’ll need to get started in his two ebooks – How to make a Travel Blog & Make Money with your Blog.

**If you already have a travel blog up and running that’s regularly updated and want to hear from more advertisers then get in touch with me. I work with a very large advertiser base and can always pass your details along… For more info head to the contact page and drop me a line**

Teaching English.

If English is your native language then there are plenty of good opportunities to make a bit of cash, not always heaps but enough to get by and you don’t even need a teaching degree! However, if you are TEFL accredited then the better paid placements will open up, usually they’re more for the long term (6 months) but this can be a great way to get to the heart of a place. If you like it then it could become a great way to see the world. A great resource to get started is this eBook – How to teach English overseas. A digital download put together to give you the best start in finding the right TEFL qualifications and placements.
Getting TEFL accredited is easy, they offer a Free trial of their – Online TEFL course which can be tailored to suit anyone they also have a wealth of experience helping travellers find jobs in faraway places.

Writing Short articles for Travel communities.

If you like the idea of writing and being paid for it but you don’t want to deal with the admin of keeping your own Blog then writing short articles for sites like Matador Or Boots n All Is a good option.

Matador is a massive on-line community of travellers doing just that, travelling – writing -getting paid -travelling some more. The MatadorU Travel Writing Course is for people who are serious about making travel writing their career and want a helping hand to get started. The community support is awesome and for bit of inspiration they offer a Free download guide of 15 Paying Travel Magazines that want YOUR travel writing.
These sites don’t always pay a fortune but if you’re in a place already then why not get paid to write about it!? Plus exploring a place with an angle other than sightseeing means you’ll most definitely enrich your experience and see things you would have normally missed.

Using your Current Skills.

I’ve seen this make backpackers money time and time again, they leave home with a skill set that they never really appreciated but it turns out is extremely useful while on the road. The best money make I’ve seen is Hair Cutting, backpackers set up little signs on their beach huts advertising the fact they can cut hair and charge $5 a pop for a trim… If your staying in busy hostels and budget accommodation this can lead to a line of people all waiting for a trim and a cool $100 or so for your travelling fund! Other skills apply too – Web Designing, Building skills and Photography can all do well too.

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