Best tips on how to make money while traveling the world

Money is one of the main concerns for anyone, who is traveling the world. Without money you cannot travel and, thus, according to us, enjoy your life 🙂 Luckily, there are endless opportunities of how to make money while traveling the world and today we’re going to talk about them.

If you have ever asked yourself “How I will survive on the road?” or “ How will I make money if I am travelling the world all the time?”, this post is for you.

To earn money while travelling the world we recommend the following:

Teach English

You do not have to be a native speaker or get special certificate, just send your CV and cover letter (optional) to the English language school you want to work for.

We also highly recommend using EslCafe for such purposes.

Start a blog

Well, it’s tough. When we started our blog, we didn’t know how hard it is to run it. A blog requires lots of time and devotion. Nevertheless, we have lots of fun working on Crazzzy Travel and we would never exchange the joy we get from blogging for anything else.

This guy gives some really good advice on starting your own blog.

Work on cruise ships

The main advantage of this job is that you can visit the most remote places of the Earth while having a full-time job with pretty high salary. However, it must be also mentioned that this work is physically difficult, so compare all pros and cons before going on a cruise.

To find a job on cruise ships check Find a Crew or Crewseekers.

Become a sailor

You have a unique chance to become a character of romantic novels you read in childhood. Sail the seas and be free like a bird! Check this website for sailing opportunities.

Warning! Take into consideration that becoming a pirate and sailing to Tortuga is not an option.

Organic farms

If you like nature and agriculture, organic farms are for you. You are supposed to work approximately 4 hours per day on a farm, which provides you with accommodation and food. Cool experience for city kids J

To find such job, visit HelpX or WWOOF.

Unpaid job with free accommodation

In case you do not like farms, there are lots of volunteering opportunities which offer free accommodation and food.

There are plenty of websites, for example, Helpstay.

Travel fundraising

This is one of the greatest ways to earn money while travelling the world. Just register online, publish your super-cool, conscious, entertaining, original, whatever project of expedition, road trip or study tour and start raising money. By the way, if you look through a couple of successful projects, you’ll notice that the authors are just random guys who haven’t invented anything special. They want to travel, just like you do.

The list of fundraising websites is endless, but here are some of them: Trevolta, Go Get Funding, Go Fund Me, Fund My Travel.

Make T-shirts

It sounds weird, but this web-site offers you to make your own T-shirt design and start selling T-shirts online right now. You keep all the profit to yourself, no scam.

Great, huh?

Volunteer

Personally we do not like to volunteer, because we cannot save money for travelling the world while working for free. However, you can travel and volunteer simultaneously, so it’s a nice option anyway. Furthermore, you can spend your gap year volunteering abroad, or even move abroad by volunteering!

Here is a couple of websites: Grassrootvolunteering and Independent Volunteer.

Work in hostels

Everybody knows that working in hostels is hard: these places are mostly noisy, dirty and psychologically exhausting. However, in addition to salary you often get free accommodation and food, so it’s worth at least trying.

Here is a web-site for this: Work in Hostels.

Find a full-time job wherever you are

Sometimes you get tired of travelling the world. Of course, it’s not a reason to come home. Maybe, you just have to think about the possibility of staying in one place for a couple of months and finding a regular job. In such a way you can save money and have a rest from active travels.

One of the most useful websites in such cases is Staydu, a social travel network for budget travelers, where you can find work in exchange for money or free accommodation.

Other websites are Overseasjobs, Work Away, Work Anywhere and, of course, Craigslist.

Become a model

Just go to the city which has developed show business and take a chance. To become a model, you just have to send your pictures to model agency and if you look OK, they will invite you to their office/ studio.

For example, this is one of countless web-sites which connect models and agents.

Act in movies and television

Most cities have agencies that help you find such job. You just need to send them a picture and contact information.

Websites Actors Access and Backstage will provide you with more information.

Become a tour guide

For this job you do not need anyone to hire you. Just choose the route you know and look for clients yourself. Our friend, for example, works as a guide at Annapurna Circle in the Himalayas without any special training or knowledge: he just knows the route and what to do in case of emergency.

Freelance work

If you do not feel like being physically present at your job, you can always work online, accomplishing freelance assignments.

Here is a short list of well-known websites which will definitely help you: oDesk, Elance, Freelancer, Guru, Demand Studios, iFreelance, People Per Hour, Freelance Switch Jobs and, of course, Fiverr.

Open an Ebay or Etsy Store

While travelling the world, we often find exotic goods which people in our native Ukraine (or anywhere else) would like to buy, just because they are unique (or really useful). These might be music boxes from India, paper lamps from Thailand or even toy camels from Egypt. Reselling products and clothes from the markets of the third world online is a profitable business, believe us.

So, here are the websites, in case you don’t know: Ebay and Etsy.

Become a photographer

You have dozens of gigabytes of pictures from you travels and do not know what to do with them? Sell them all online!

There are lots of photo stocks, the most popular of which are Getty, iStock, and Fotolia.

In addition…

There are lots of exotic ways to make money while travelling the world: selling your hair, making massages, bartending, teaching yoga/ musical instruments/ singing/ dancing/ coding/ design/ surfing/ diving/ art, selling handmade objects or even working as a clown in a random 5 star hotel. Lying on the beach, work productively with iOS and Android devices on Cloud based Desktops from CloudDesktopOnline and SharePoint from CloudAppsPortal.

No matter what job you choose, don’t forget that your main aim is to travel as much as possible.

Thus, recall all you talents and figure out what you can do with them. Childhood hobbies might be a great source of income. Brainstorm and be creative! Good luck!

Be sure to check these posts as well:

How To Save Money For Travels

How To Become a Full-Time Traveler

Cheers!

How do you earn money while travelling the world? Are there any other ways of making money we didn’t include in the post? Share your ideas with us in the comments!