I spent a long time obsessed with travel – hence this travel blog. I set off from New Zealand back in 2010 and fell in love with South East Asia. Thankfully that region is relatively affordable, so I was able to spend months and months travelling around without doing too much damage to my savings account. At some point, I quickly realized if I wanted to travel to all the places I had dreamed of, I was going to need a way to make money so that I could continue to travel. While I was trying to figure this all out, I took an au pair job in the Czech Republic which gave me some play money and the opportunity to be in the middle of Europe.
While there, I began on my travel blog and also started freelance writing to earn a little money. Since then, my business has grown and allowed me to travel to over 60 countries all while earning a good income. If you’re like me and travel is your greatest priority, then you’re going to need to think about a career that will allow you to travel to your heart’s desire. Here are 3 careers that will make it easier for you to travel:
1. Mining
You might be expecting this list to contain only remote jobs, but the truth is mining can be an excellent way to have the money and time resources to travel. I have quite a few friends who work in the mines in Australia, and they tend to have a few weeks on and a few weeks off. This is because the mines are quite isolated, usually in smaller remote areas, meaning that in order to attract their employees they have to offer considerable work benefits like a decent amount of time at home with loved ones. However, many of my friends who are younger decide instead of renting a property back in their home city, to use their time off to travel to exotic places like Bali or Thailand. Check out rigs online for more information about this great industry.
2. Teaching
If you want to spend more time overseas teaching is a great option because there are a few ways you can do it. If you’re a qualified teacher back home, then chances are you can land a very well paying job in an international school almost anywhere in the world. Where you go, will depend on where you’re interested in going and what the pay is like there. It’s very common for English speaking teachers through TEFL to make their way to China, Japan and South Korea where there’s a huge demand for English teachers and excellent pay benefits. Another option is teaching English online, either through a company or by yourself through a site like iTalki.com. Teaching can be a lot of work, especially all the lesson planning that happens behind the scenes, so just be mindful of this before you get started.
3. Working Remote
It wouldn’t be an article about travelling more without discussing how great working remote can be for travelling. I read the book The Four Hour Work Week and instantly felt differently about how I wanted to work and travel. I didn’t want to wait to see the world until I was old and tired. I wanted to do it now. I personally found freelance writing to be a relatively lucrative industry to work in, but it definitely takes a bit of time to build up your portfolio and clients. If you want to learn more about working online, then you can find a ton of information online to get you started.
Over the last few years a lot more industries have become open to their staff working remote and customers have also become used to interacting online for different services. Pre-covid most people expected to be face to face but now a significant number of pupils get qualified training via the internet for fitness, music and more.
I much prefer working and travelling together because it means that I can move forward financially while seeing the world.
