How to Travel Full-Time and Turn Your Dream Into Reality

Turning your passion for travel into a full-time job is a dream of many globetrotters. But you know what? It’s not so far from turning into a reality – many travellers have actually done it! You can live your dream life too if this happens to be it. We’ll show you how to travel full-time and what jobs can help you do that in this read.

How to Travel Full-Time: Which Jobs to Consider?

You don’t necessarily have to be filthy rich or an influencer to work and travel full-time. There are actually various jobs that can allow you to live your dream life. Some will enable you to be location-independent while some will enable you to get paid to travel. So, what are some of these jobs?

Become a travel content creator 

You don’t have to be Instagram-famous to become a content creator. There are other things that still fall under the same category of content creation. You can start your own travel blog – yes, blogs are still in! In fact, they won’t be going anywhere anytime soon. They’ve actually proven to be more reliable than social media platforms.

If video creation is your thing, then you can become a YouTuber and post your very own travel vlogs or video guides. Or maybe become a TikToker – after all, short-form videos are booming and your chances to grow on TikTok are pretty high. Podcasts are also growing in popularity, so you might as well consider starting a travel podcast. 

Once you build an engaged online community, you can start landing deals with brands. And numbers aren’t as important as you may think. Lots of content creators started making money with a following as small as 1,000 only. Engagement rate and loyalty are far more important. 

Work as a content creator for a travel company

You don’t have to create content for your own platform to get paid to travel. You can simply work for a company in the travel sector. Big travel companies like Matador Network, Lonely Planet, and Tripscout often offer jobs that can make travel much easier and accessible.

Get a remote job

Ever heard of the term digital nomad? If you landed here, then we bet you’re familiar with it. Becoming a digital nomad allows you to be location-independent and able to work and travel full-time. 

Ask your current employer if you can do your job remotely. If it’s not very applicable to what you’re already doing for a living, don’t fret. Thanks to the global pandemic, many companies realized that the “work from home” culture is not so bad after all. In fact, a lot of employees become more productive when they’re not in an office, and companies get to save overheads as well. In other words, if you search for remote jobs, we’re pretty sure you’ll find several options. 

Freelance for a living 

Remote work isn’t limited to working full-time at a company but remotely. Freelancing is considered remote work as well. Luckily, there are lots of skills that can enable you to land freelance gigs such as writing, graphic design, and web development. Check out our list of the best digital nomad jobs here. 

Work as a cabin crew member

If there was a book titled “How to Travel Full-Time 101”, it would definitely suggest working as a cabin crew member at an airline. Being a flight attendant doesn’t just all you to travel the world, but it also enhances your people and social skills BIG time. You interact with people from different cultural backgrounds on a daily basis and that alone is life-changing. It’s worth mentioning that training to become a flight attendant is not easy, but it’s so worth it. 

Work as a tour leader 

Travel agencies, adventure travel companies, and women-only tour companies often hire people to lead their trips. All you need is travel experience, and since you’re a frequent traveller, this kind of job should be a piece of cake for you. Your tasks would include facilitating the trip by handling all the logistics, as well as making sure the group’s in harmony and no problems would arise.

Do volunteer work

When we told you we’d show you how to travel full-time, we weren’t necessarily referring to getting paid to travel. There are other ways that give you fringe benefits that would make travel much easier and cheaper. Yes, we’re talking about volunteer work. 

You see, volunteer work doesn’t have to be community or charity work. There are programmes that offer you free accommodation, and sometimes meals, in exchange for your help. You can do a lot of things from working as a teacher to working on a farm. If this sounds like an interesting idea to you, check out Worldpackers or Workaway.

Another thing you can do is to volunteer at a hostel. A lot of hostels hire interns to lead organised tours, work as a photographer, or simply help with admin work in exchange for free accommodation. Your best shot is to directly contact hostels and ask if they have any opportunities for you.

Now that we’ve introduced you to various ways to travel more often, what’s going to be your next step?