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few creative tricks will get you money, but so will some other more
standard methods. Here are 13 tips for making money while traveling:
1. Street performing
Dance, music, art: whatever skills you have on the side — or weird
body parts that you don’t mind showing off for money — the right corner
on the right street will get you a few dollars. Busking your skills
topped off with painting yourself in silver may earn you enough to get a
meal and a room in a hostel for the night. Try not to break any local
laws regarding public decorum, or you may earn a fine or worse! Research
in advance for this one.
2. Freelancing or Tutoring
Depending on your job, something like web developer or engineering
consultant is a great way to earn cash as you go. Have access to your
portfolio online so you can grab opportunities as they arrive. Or, put
your profile up on
Elance
and go get ‘em! Tutoring can include dance, singing, languages, math
and other school subjects. Make connections through Facebook groups and
get referred by local ex-pats for a better rate of success with
temporary tutoring placements.
If you’re not too worried about when you will be picked up for a job,
set up profiles here to earn pocket money. Try to make your profile
niche-specific so that you don’t get lost in the thousands of other
similar profiles.
4. Guest lecture
This one’s a challenge, but why not try it? If you are in a more
remote part of the world and you have a skill or knowledge the local
college or university might be lacking, then you might be able to
contact them in advance and set up a class. In a few parts of the world
qualifications are fuzzy and confidence will pull you through. Or, if
you truly are a professor, you have every right to do such a thing and
might be able to negotiate a placement in advance.
5. Get a job with an international traveling show
Join a circus,
music band, dance show, or theater performance … there are all kinds of
jobs going at these types of touring organizations. Sure, it’ll be
tough and you’ll have almost no free time, but if your goal is pure
travel then it’s worth a shot. The interesting people you are sure to
meet along the way will be worth it!
6. Work in a dispersed team or flexible job
Be the outsourced person, so to speak. If you can arrange to get a
job where you can work from home, there shouldn’t be any reason why
“home” can’t turn into Kuala Lumpur. You might be able to make your
manager happier about this if you negotiate to work for what your income
would be relative to the salary of the local exotic location you happen
to be traveling to (and no, I wouldn’t recommend scaling up to a more
expensive country…!)
Picking vegetables, fruit, flowers: if you can handle being outdoors
for long stretches and don’t mind getting dirty, you can bounce from the
northern to the southern hemispheres in search of farms in need of a
helping hand.
8. Resort work or summer camp work
Resorts and summer camps are often held in gorgeous regions, be it
beach or mountains. These jobs require tons of energy and often the
contracts have limiting stipulations such as not being allowed to leave
the camp area or
cruise ship, but you can save good cash for free travel time later.
If you’re a real go-getter, unafraid of setting out in new cities,
then spotting sales jobs around regions you want to travel in could be a
lucrative opportunity. Some travelers cut a deal with a surf equipment
rental shop by getting a commission for each tourist they bring by the
shop. There are many middlemen jobs you can pick out through your
observations. Just take on what many people are too lazy to do on their
holidays — think and make decisions.
10. Hostels, bars, restaurants
If you stick to very touristy areas, it’s pretty easy to land a bar
job or table-waiting job in high season. Competition gets more tough in
the low season but being multi-lingual will give you an advantage. Also,
having a seasonal work permit/
working holiday visa will encourage the local business owners to choose you over those less organized (and less legal).
11. Beauty and hair
If you have the chance to carry the basic pieces of equipment with
you, it is not unknown for some travelers to offer hostel guests a quick
shave or massage for a few bucks. Manicures, pedicures, haircuts,
make-up, face-painting for carnivals and parties … if you can build a
rapport with a chain of hostels around a region it will be even easier
to get clients.
12. Au pair
Au pair has its limitations of age, but is still a nifty way of
getting around with free bed and board plus money on the side. Be
careful what you get roped into in the contract: there is no joy to
being an au pair if you are required to be with the children seven days a
week. Stick with
a trusted agency as well.
And last but not least — give people tours of the places you know and
love well. Blag it if you will (I know of a colleague who gave
“English” tours of Lisbon in the ’80s when the only phrase he knew was,
“Come on!”), but make sure your tourist group has a laugh. There are a
couple of agencies who look for guides for a couple of weeks’ spot work. and the other option is to gather a casual group of people, take them around, and request a donation for your effort.
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