5 Tips to Earn Money on Your Travels ;-)

It’s time to get inspired on Don’t Stop Living!! If you are sitting in a dull office job right now, or working on the till in a supermarket, stop for a moment and think – is this really how you want to spend your life?? I’m guessing it’s not!! So in an attempt to get you thinking on a larger scale, here are FIVE tips on how to earn money on your travels, all from how I have earned money. Escape that dull job and see the world!

These tips are all from my own experience, I live by them and I really travel the world earning money! I left my home town of Bangor in Northern Ireland 10 years ago now and have earned money continuously the entire time. Here’s how I do it, you can too, (just copy me if you want):

1. ALWAYS HAVE A JOB/NEVER BE OUT OF WORK

 OK you’re thinking, hold on that sounds obvious, but it’s not! Believe it or not I have lived with people before who don’t actually work!! Some of them have even said “I can’t find a job”. I’m serious – can’t find a job?? There are millions of jobs out there! These are normally the type of people I don’t get along with – you need to motivate yourself and get a job for a start. NEVER find yourself without work. My travel timeline details some of the endless jobs I’ve done over the past 15 years, and I had only two periods where I wasn’t working (2007 I broke my foot and 2010 I took 3 months off to travel through choice!). There are loads of jobs all over the world going today – one of them is for you! Or even better, two of them are for you… 

2. HAVE MULTIPLE JOBS AND KEEP YOURSELF BUSY

You need to work in bulk and work in a few different jobs at the same time to maximize your income. Those that know me will know I like to keep busy. Since I turned 18, I have always had at least one job at any given time. I even worked full time while I was meant to be doing a degree! Yes, even when I had a broken foot I was employed by 2 companies (though I claimed Incapacity benefit – story for another day).

Even when I took a few months off to travel in 2010, I had a guaranteed job to go back to (in Australia). I currently have SIX jobs and I still have time to travel and be with my girlfriend, family and friends.

My current 6 jobs are: Teaching English in 2 Kindergartens and 1 Primary School, Welcome Guest for Internations Events, Travel Writer for numerous sites, Working for myself as an avid travel blogger. Not surprisingly I don’t really have ‘free time’, but I’m constantly living a lifestyle of travel!

I’m a quiet guy from a small town in Northern Ireland. If I can blag six jobs and do them all at the same time while still travelling the world, anyone can! 

3. DON’T BE FUSSY

Be prepared to work anywhere and do anything. I have met people before that seem to think they can’t work in certain jobs – yes you can! If you are the type of person who has your heart set on only one type of job, then that’s up to you. But if you do that, you really are limiting your options to see the world and travel and try different experiences. If you got a degree as a lawyer and can’t find work in that industry, go into a pub in work, or work as a farmer. Don’t think “Oh I’m too good for that type of job” The truth is you’re not! A job on a cabbage farm is better than no job! Don’t be fussy – clean the toilets to earn your crust. That money will prove valuable!

I will do ANY job for money. In the past I have done weeding, toilet cleaning and milking cows. These may not be great for long term careers but they are fantastic for travelling and getting new experiences and earning money. Being lazy gets you nowhere.

I met a guy recently who told me he hadn’t worked in SIX MONTHS, saying there were “no jobs going”. I almost spat out my tea when I heard that? No jobs going?? There are millions of jobs going out there, you need to take any old job that comes along, learn it, master it and earn money from it.

4. MAXIMISE YOUR SKILLS

This is something people often forget. Think about what you are good at and use these skills to get a job, maximise your own potential. What am I good at? I believe I am good at talking to people, sharing experiences and pouring pints. Even from those 3 skills alone, the job possibilities are endless. You might be good at making bread for example, so a job in a bakery in Paraguay could be for you. You might be good at finance – nail a decent bank job in Australia. Get yourself a job newspaper now and tell me how many jobs you can do out of those on the list – don’t limit yourself to one small section. Confidence helps. Believe you can do them all. I do! 

5. START A TRAVEL BLOG

If you know how to type then you can start your own travel blog! Share your experiences with others. You can earn money from it too, even crap blogs on Blogger earn money through Google AdSense (which I used for a while). While travel blogging has been my passion for 6 years, I want to share that passion and turn it into something a bit bigger. Watch this space! The travel industry is one of the largest in the world, and bloggers really travel and write about it.

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So if you stick to those five tip to earn money on your travels, you will do it no problem. You can backpack to Antarctica like me and live your dreams.

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Jonny Blair

jonny at dontstopliving dot net

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