Jobs where you get paid to travel

1. English instruction

If you're searching for adventure in a distant nation, teaching English is one of the most accessible and profitable methods to get there. Jobs in Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America are plentiful, and the majority of them do not need you to learn the local language.

Schools need native English speakers with bachelor's degrees who can teach the "direct approach," in which pupils learn completely via ideas, pantomiming, and the target language.

While not all schools need it, a TEFL certification might make you a more appealing candidate. Salaries in Japan may reach $36,000 (£26,000) per year or $45,000 in the United Arab Emirates.

2. Look for a trip guidebook.

There are few jobs as romanticized and misunderstood as researching and writing for travel guidebooks like Lonely Planet and Fodor's. While the job is exciting — jettisoning you to hundreds of locations to sample the local culture, cuisine, and accommodations — the reality is a slog.

Most guidebook researchers and authors describe having to work 12- to 14-hour days to achieve unreasonable deadlines. Furthermore, visiting the sites is just a minor portion of the task. Researchers and writers must produce reports and articles, create maps of the regions they visit, and do substantial, time-consuming data input.

Guide authoring is not a profitable career due to shrinking budgets and an oversupply of 20-somethings prepared to perform the work for close to nothing. However, you may earn enough to support yourself.

Warren St John discloses the cardinal principle of the work in an interesting New York Times story on the life of guidebook writers: "Most who do it soon discover the one hard-and-fast rule of the trade: travel-guide writing is no vacation."

3. Become an Instagram influencer 

Instagram is filled with "influencers" attempting to expand their reach on the site, but if you are one of the few fortunate enough to establish a sizable following, there are options to convert it into substantial revenue.

Twentysomething travel 'grammers Jack Morris and Lauren Bullen are presently leveraging their popular travel blogs' more than three million Instagram followers into global travel and a six-figure wage. Morris told Cosmopolitan last year that he previously got $9,000 for a single Instagram post, while Bullen has earned $7,500 for a single shot. He and Bullen are often compensated to advertise different goods and locales through their accounts.

Even tiny accounts may reap certain advantages. The Great North Collective's David Guenther informed Rangefinder Magazine in 2014 that he obtained a free press trip to Alberta, Canada in exchange for posting images on Instagram.

Of course, most vacation Instagrammers wind up with a few thousand followers and have depleted their finances before ever cashing a cheque. It's best to start creating your fan base before you go.

4. Work as a flight attendant

If you don't mind combining your travel with a 9-to-5 job, being a flight attendant might be a terrific alternative. Flight attendants earn between $45,000 and $100,000 a year and get free travel privileges for themselves and their families.

The salary isn't awful, but keep in mind that the usual schedule requires attendants to work 80 hours each month.

5. Apply for the 52 Places to Go position with the New York Times.

Traveling the globe and writing for one of the world's most respected newspapers seems too good to be true, doesn't it? Wrong.

The New York Times announced the introduction of a travel reporter post for the publication's annual 52 Places to Go article in October. The reporter was to spend a week in each location and write about his or her experiences.

The position had received over 13,000 applications from people from all walks of life by the time the application period for the 2018 role ended. Jada Yuan, a senior New York magazine editor, was finally chosen by the New York Times.

If the trial works successfully, one would expect them to recruit someone fresh in 2019. Better get started on your application.

6. Foreign goods as a trade specialty

Looking to travel but just have a little amount of money to begin with? Consider starting an import-export business and traveling to exotic destinations to locate local, specialty, and handcrafted items that will appeal to travel-hungry customers at home.

Pick up items that are well-known in the region (for example, Italian leather, Mexican hammocks, and Turkish pottery) as well as one-of-a-kind items that cannot be acquired in bulk. When you return to the United States, sell them to shops, collectors, or on e-commerce sites like eBay and Amazon for a tidy profit.

You'll have to learn how to negotiate customs rules, but when you can sell things for several times their original price, the effort is well worth it.

7. Begin a side hustle and work from home.

If you have a laptop, access to the internet, and some talents, there are a plethora of side-gigs you might do to supplement your income while traveling. Sites like Fiverr and Upwork are designed to make it simple for freelancers to get work wherever and whenever they need it.

Of course, having a track record and marketable abilities, such as coding, graphic design, writing, translation, or editing, makes it a lot simpler.

Start taking up side work on freelancing websites before you depart, and you should be able to build up enough of a name to get consistent employment on the road. You'll soon be earning money in a seashore café in a strange nation.

8. Get a job on a cruise line.

Working on a cruise ship may take you to exotic locations for cash, but there are a few things you should keep in mind.

The employment entails working long hours for little compensation, but with all costs reimbursed and free travel. Crew members have their own dining halls, stores, Internet cafés, gyms, party spaces, and even organized events, which contributes to a positive atmosphere.

On a ship, there are various occupations, some of which are better than others. Dishwashing simply doesn't seem as appealing as accompanying guests on exotic adventures.

9. Work as a tour guide

It seems like a dream come true to be able to lead tours to some of the world's most renowned and historic locations. Depending on how you approach it, it may provide a lot of variation.

Do you become a tour guide in one of your ideal destinations – say, Paris! – and take throngs of American visitors through the Louvre, the Bastille, and the Eiffel Tower? Or do you guide groups on longer journeys that visit many locations?

Either one may be a reliable method to earn a livelihood while seeing other cultures. However, there are a few drawbacks. Guides who remain in one region are more likely to work freelance, which may result in inconsistent income and a lack of job stability. Some tour guides provide free tours and attempt to get generous customers to tip them.

Longer-term guides may be fortunate enough to get a contract or a full-time job with a touring company, which provides stability but also means they will be responsible for all of the logistics, planning, and difficulties that come with having to manage a group of angry tourists for weeks at a time.

Be prepared to be outgoing and welcoming at all times, even if you wake up on the wrong side of the bed.

10. Volunteer with WWOOF WWOOF

 Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms, is not a typical corporation. Volunteers go for a specified amount of time to labor on a farm alongside other travelers in return for lodging and home-cooked meals.

WWOOFers may stay as long or as little as they like, and there are plenty of chances. While you must pay for your own flight to the farm, once there, there are plenty of individuals who can lend you a ride to your next location.

WWOOFing isn't technically a job option, but it's a great way to travel the globe while keeping your bank account (mostly) balanced.