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Ever had the desire to quit your lame 9 to 5 job, tell your boss to shove it, pack up and start traveling the world? All of us have had that desire at one point! The thing that stopped you was probably the same thing that stops most people: money.
“How will I pay for my flights, food, lodging, and transportation?” you asked yourself.
Don’t let these concerns bother you too much, because there is an underground, growing group of travelers who are utilizing some simple but hidden techniques to make significant incomes while traveling.
Here’s an overview of how to make money traveling and by landing travel jobs:
Travel Income Method #1 – A Traditional Travel Job
If travelling the world is really one your objectives hold a job or switch to one that:
a) pays for you to travel or
b) is located in the place you wish to travel to. You've all heard of teachers that are needed abroad or travel and leisure companies that hier a wide range of staff that get to travel. Downside - this is the lowest paying and most complicated method of all but it is the most commonplace. Other jobs that pay for travelling are for professional speakers, salespeople, package couriers, flight attendants, travel doctors & nursess, conservationists, cruise ship workers, etc.
Travel jobs located in the places you wish to go to can be any of the above, but also are specific to the location you travel to. There are some FUN jobs overseas that are always looking for foreign workers!
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Travel Income Method #2 – Travel Writing
Travel writing jobs for magazines are more common than you may imagine. However, there are LOADS of other ways to write as you travel and make money, including blogging, picking up projects from sites like Elance and Guru and writing travel guides, both online and offline.
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Travel ncome Method #3 – Selling Affiliate Products
Using a simple website, you can drive online traffic to a product that will be of interest to your online followers. Don’t be intimidated by this! It can be as easy as using your very own Facebook or Myspace profile. Affiliate products typically pay 50% to 75%, so you can make a very healthy income for selling just a few objects.
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Travel Income Method #4 – Filming Your Adventures
If you’ve got the camera out and you’re taking pictures, why not switch it to ‘film’ mode and make money from it? You simply make a video of your destinations using iMovie or Windows Movie Maker, then use your videos to create a customer base!
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Travel Income Method #5 – Podcasting
If filming scares you off or intimidates you, you can make an iTunes podcast. It is easier than ever to get listed in iTunes and there’s a HUGE audience of podcast listeners. Simply talk about the places you visit two or three times a week and watch how your following grows… and how your bank account grows!
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Travel Income Method # 6 – Ebay
The common misconception about Ebay is that you have to sell a physical product to make money. Here’s the trick: You can set up a fulfillment house to ship your product (or hire your little sister or the neighborhood kid). All you have to do is create your Ebay post from an internet café and collect the money!
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Take any one of these six ‘travel job’ methods, and there are hundreds of travelers all over the world making more money than they would at a regular ‘job…’ and they’re living it up at exotic, world-class destinations.
Take your pick, and take action on the ideas here!
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Visit www.moneyfortravelling.com for a free step by step guide on how to make money while travelling. Alternatively, different Embassies have free information on jobs abroad. This is the safest, scam free method to use when enquiring about jobs abroad.