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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Get a basic food hygene certificate and learn to cook simple food – there’s always work in catering – and you get well fed too.
good passage but i am not a native english speaker ,i learnde accounting at school ,is there something suitable for me
thank you for your information, i never think of hair cutting and hotel review,I think i will use my skill on being computer technician to help some place and, sound stupid but it will work i guess.
I think that anyone who loves travelling should look into creating their own site or blog (or both) – it’s a fun way to share your experiences and also an opportunity to earn some travel money. Determination is key.
Here is another idea. It won’t make you money, but it will save you money. Once you have a travel related blog up and running and your readership is building. Reach out to the gear manufactures and tell them you will be willing to review some of their product. These folks often send out gear for you to keep and use if you are willing to give them a fare review on your blog. You don’t have to say anything that is not true, in fact the more honest you are the more likely you will get others to send you their gear. This does several things; it drives up your readership (everyone loves a helpful review) and you get some really cool and sometime quite costly gear for free!
Word of caution – If you accept gear to review, you better review it! If word gets out you take gear and don’t review it, then you gain a reputation as a scam artist.
Some great tips! Been traveling since 2009, and have just now decided to see if we can make it financially sustainable. Thanks for the post and advice!
Great tips! BeforeYOUBackpack.com is new to me. $5 doesn’t sound like a lot, but if you’re staying somewhere new every couple of nights and just need a little extra cash it could be helpful. Especially if you’re traveling in a less expensive region of the world.
I really like your post……. its not easier to make money while you travel but with the help of your tips…i learned informative ideas….. i really look forward to it……..
Finaly,A site with some information that I could really use.
Ive been real nervous about traveling becouse I would need to
make money besides my savings and there’s 3 Idea’s I can do that are listed on your site.
1) Hostel Reviews
2) Filming area’s for websites.
3) Barbering. this is the best one(I’m a great barber)
Thanks I’m much closer to my goal,becouse of your site.
@Mark Puckett, hey I am also a barber. I am thinking of traveling for my career, if you could email me @ elijheaster89@gmail.com
I would love to share some thoughts and ideas
Very useful and definitely worth a try! I love to travel but usually don’t have enough budget for it… With some determination and resourcefulness, your recommendations would certainly work!