If you have traveled for more than 12 months... how is it possible to keep going for many years? Money always runs out... so what kind of work do people find and and in which counties?
Share your experiences 😊
Thanks.
Reply to this There are lots of possibilities - the most obvious are;
What ever trade you already have - somewhere else.
Teaching English - demand in China and Korea at the moment - and pretty much everywhere else for native english speakers.
Cybernomads - tele-working from the other side of the world (how I started out)
Diving - costs a lot to become professional - and competition is high...
HTH
Reply to this Hello Adam 😊
When I travelled for more than a year at a time I usually stopped someplace along the way and worked for several months.
I usually worked in food outlets. I did this in London, Heidelburg Germany and Toronto. When I was in New York I worked illegally as a nanny because I did not have enough money to get a work permit before I got there.
Mel
Reply to this when i get to austrailia im going to do a few months work in my trade(IT) as there is lots of work there, then when i get to japan im going to work in a bar as a friend has said she could get me work there, everywhere else ill just be passing through, if i want to extend my travels i may have to look at teaching english etc in china or the like
Reply to this For the last 3 years I have been doing clinical trials in London... Pays really well and is a quick way to make money, I can easily travel for a year doing two trials of 3 weeks or so a year... And I get a free medical check up too everytime I get back from some tropical country, so I know I don't have any nasty disease :-)
In fact I am doing one now... I am bored to death in a clinic in London... But in a few weeks I will have enough money to travel again...
Reply to this Thanks everyone, nice to see theres a lot of variety people are working in!
To be honest I dont have a trade as such... I went straight from college into working collections for a credit card company MBNA in Chester, UK...
I guess teaching English could be possible because I have an A-Level in English, but would I be able to do this with just an A-Level?
Ill be in South Korea for a while..
Reply to this I've worked a couple jobs oversea's (europe) and all of them were under the table and pretty well paying. Truth is, hostels are almost always hiring (it just depends if they like you or not) and most tour companies have their eyes out for future tour guides and coordinators, you just need to show an interest and skill set relevant to the task. If no one's hiring, make up your own job! I've met so many people that have just adapted their interests into sources of revenue, including a hiking guide in Granada who simply worked out a deal with the hostel and a dude who cooked meals on a large scale for a very minimal fee, but made at least 100 euro's a night.
I've not done this, but the joke in Rome was that if you couldn't get a job there that all you needed was airfare to London and enough bus money to get to the nearest pub. From there, everywhere will hire you.
Seasonal work such as yachts and resort work (mostly ski resorts in the winter) are also great sources to be researched.
In my experience you can't be too picky but as long as you're persistant you're bound to get something.
Reply to this Hi there. I have been doing a bit of reading of various blogs about this, and came across a great blog from someone who taught English in South Korea, which has lots of useful info. I saved it for future use, but might be helpful for you.
Here's the link:
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