Get paid to travel the world - it's the dream, right?
Find out which type of "work + travel" opportunity is right for you with this fun and easy quiz!
It's already halfway through January and I'm just now getting to my 2017 Travel Year in Review!
Between holiday travel and getting hit hard with the flu, I haven't had as much time or energy as I would have liked to focus on blog posts.
I'm excited to be back in the swing of things and recapping my past year of travel & goals for the new year!
When you're considering working a travel job abroad, being a tour guide can be one of the most attractive jobs in mind.
Traveling and showing people around and getting paid for it is pretty awesome, and in fact, that's exactly what I used to do.
What's cool about working abroad as a tour guide is that there are multiple types of tour guiding jobs you could get. This, of course, varies based on the types of tours the travel company offers.
How much can you learn after traveling to 18 countries over a span of five years?
It's hard to believe that it has been about 5 1/2 years since I traveled internationally for the first time, and my life has never been the same since.
I've gone through the years from saying YES to studying abroad in college in 2011, to where I am today having worked and traveled in 12+ countries, with some big lessons and takeaways from each year.
Finding a job that allows you to travel often can be tough, though it is doable, and you can start taking steps now if your goal is to land a travel job.
Especially when you realize that your average corporate setting allows maybe 10 paid vacation days per year and that you're working 50 out of 52 weeks...then you definitely need to get creative with traveling when you have a full-time job!
This post is for those who are looking to create a work + travel lifestyle by working for a company/organization and want to be traveling for at least six months or so.
A visa for temporary travel is much different than the credit card. The visa is the stamp of approval - literally and figuratively - that allows you to enter and exit a country.
It could simply be a stamp in your passport upon arrival/departure, or could also require a pasted sticker in your passport.
Getting a travel visa - and if you actually need one or not - really depends on what type of work + travel opportunity you're doing, and whether you're working for yourself or someone else.