We have to change our mindset and think that traveling can be cheap!
We were exactly the same as you before we started traveling, we watched millions of videos on YouTube «How to work and earn money while traveling!» How to live an Instagram life! But these tips are given to you by YouTubers and influencers… who receive 50,000 visits a day… and the options they give you, in our opinion… are not real.
A huge problem we see in videos and posts on the topic is that they are not talking about real, affordable ways to work while traveling.
They make money from sponsorships, affiliate marketing… and a lot of companies contact them to promote their products.
All the options we explain here are easy and do not require prior experience.
We hope this post helps you see how to finance your travels and shows you what you can do for work while traveling!
So if you think you are going to start earning 1500 euros a month overnight, after watching a couple of videos with accommodations in expensive hotels and luxury yachts like the videos we have all seen, you are very very wrong so please get all those fantasy ideas out of your head…
Because?
Because in many countries money can be "squeezed" much more and things are also cheaper, you just have to work to discover them and that is why we are here to help you in this process.
We can promise you that we are not lying, because we have experienced it ourselves. So if you are one of the other 99% of the population, please keep reading this post where we will explain realistic ways to work and earn money while traveling.
Work and holiday visa
First of all, you need to get a visa that is designed specifically for that, to work and earn money by traveling. These types of visas are called «Work and holiday» (working holiday visa).
This visa, where you can work and travel legally in some countries, for example from Spain, you can apply to go to South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Australia and Canada.
For those of you who are not from Spain, I'm sorry but I don't know which countries you have an agreement with. What I do know is that each country has many different options!
Advantages:
- These are usually jobs without prior experience - you can work in whatever you want!
- You do not need to find a job in your destination country before leaving.
- You don't need to be sponsored by any company either.
Requirements (Drawbacks):
- be under 33/35 years old depending on the country
- You need to have a round trip flight
- minimal criminal record
- pay for the visa
- You have to have a certain amount of money in the bank to prove that you have enough to make the way back.
Earn money by traveling, working as a translator
This is for those who are bilingual or speak two languages well. You can work as a translator. How?
There are many websites that pay you to translate. The pay is usually not very high, it tends to be like 10 cents per word and you have to translate scripts… audio clips, conversations… but again You don't need a degree or qualification and you can do it from home, from your hostel...
Workaway
Workaway is a website where people from all over the world upload their personal projects in which they need help and you can apply to help with those projects.
It's that simple, they tend to be like, help with improving English, taking care of the kids, gardening, making eco-friendly houses like that… and you work between 15-25 hours a week and in return you get free room and board.
Besides, They may also offer a payment, Although it is usually below the minimum wage, such as 3 or 4 euros per hour, you must keep in mind that this money is unique and exclusively for your expenses since food and accommodation would be covered.
Doing Housesitting
Another interesting option is to “Work” taking care of someone’s house doing what is called “House Sitting”Although it may sound crazy, it is something that does happen in other countries and by searching for House Sitting on Google, you can find several websites explaining how to do this in various ways.
For example, we were doing Housesitting for six months in different houses in AustraliaThey were people who were going on vacation for a while and needed someone to stay in their house and take care of their dog or cat, or water their plants.
So, You get free accommodation, and if you like animals like us, it's a pleasure.
Earn money by traveling, freelancing
There are several websites, for example, freelancer.com All these websites are for temporary online work from architectural projects, clothing design, jewelry design, logo creation, translation, editing, SEO etc…
Other sites like 99 designs This is more of a design niche so creating illustrations… book covers, etc.
If you are looking for more varied options upwork.com It is another option, they handle absolutely all types of online jobs.
And finally, peopleperhour.com this site is more for virtual assistants people who need help with their social media… all of these don’t require previous experience obviously you have to be talented at something… but there is work for everyone you just need internet and a laptop or not even a phone will do.
Our experience tells us that starting your freelance work may be difficult at first. , but once you are accustomed to the platforms and way of working, It's a joy to look for jobs only when you need them.
Apart from all these options, If you are a person with initiative and also have creativity, You can make money in many ways. On our travels we have seen people make caricatures or some handmade ornaments and sell them for 4 euros, which in Cambodia, for example, is more than enough to pay for food and accommodation.
Dreamers, we have used a combination of all these tips and we are still travelling so we hope they are as useful to you. as they have been to us.
