With a work + travel lifestyle you can travel now, and travel later. You don't have to live vicariously through your favorite Instagrammers...because you don’t have to wait to make your travel dreams a reality. 

Here’s how:

New year, new career? If you're interested in landing a travel job this year - or looking for a short-term getaway from your current lifestyle - then you'll want to make sure you avoid these top four mistakes people make when searching for travel jobs.

If you want to travel more, then you must get out there and do it: travel. It's not as easy as it sounds, though. Timing, planning, and getting through those mental blocks often get in your way until you just put it off, again and again, until next year.

Then the cycle repeats and you see that one kid from high school on Instagram who has this really cool travel job and all their pictures give you serious FOMO...and then you realize that if they can do it, so can you!

Okay. Here's the quick reference list for what you need to do, to travel more by living a work + travel lifestyle:

I can’t believe it didn’t hit me until April of my senior year that I could get a travel job. That there are jobs out there that actually allow you to travel. Or jobs centered around traveling. That you can get paid to travel, in exchange for work!

I tried to plan out a 2-month backpacking Europe trip with a friend, which downsized to 2 weeks, to 1 week, and we still couldn’t afford it, looking for a travel job instead was a no-brainer.

Looking for a travel job? There are many posts online that list the various travel jobs out there, like teaching English, working for a summer camp, or running an online business anywhere in the world. You might skim one of those lists and go, hmm, that sounds cool or yeah, I'd never do that.

But how do you know which travel job is right for you?

Since time is such a big factor when it comes to traveling, the length of time you'll be working your travel job is the best place to begin in terms of figuring out which travel job is right for you.

Okay, so you've decided you want to live a work + travel lifestyle, and you're ready to start searching for travel jobs! Cool. Before you can live your epic adventure, you need to first get organized. Travel jobs won't just fall into your lap; you need to get out there and make it happen. Even if that means getting your name out there with your dream travel company, or simply saying "YES!" to an opportunity.