General information about earning money from travel
Traveling is one of the most popular desires of most people. You can see different countries, experience culture, look at the sights - but in order to travel around the world, you need a lot of money or a certain lifestyle.
Not everyone likes to hitchhike and have a few dollars and a laptop in their briefcase.
It is for such people who want to travel comfortably and make money from it, we have prepared an article about making money on trips to Europe and traveling around the world.
Let's figure out what current ways to make money from traveling are, what they require and how much you can earn from them.
Writing articles for money
In the photo: an option to make money is to write articles.
If you know how to write competent and interesting texts, you can make good money by writing articles. Good copywriters are always needed. To start making money, we register on a special exchange, where there are always customers. I recommend Etxt - in my experience, they pay authors without delays, which is very important when traveling. The more and better your texts are, the higher the fees. You can receive your earned money via PayPal or Transferwise card.
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How to make money traveling
Almost all ways to earn money involve creating unique content, so it will require a lot of effort and time or money.
To earn money, you must have money for at least the first trip.
Selling articles
This is the easiest way to make money traveling. You can start working even without experience. In the articles you will have to share not your feelings from the trip, but create an interesting guide of where to go in the country/city, talk about the pitfalls. The algorithm of actions is as follows:
- Drawing up an outline for the article.
- Writing an article or series of articles.
- Sale on any popular platform.
If you attach your photos to the article, its value will increase even more.
You can even start with stock exchanges. Only for the first time, until you receive a large rating and regular customers, you will not be able to sell expensive articles. Therefore, I recommend writing several inexpensive ones (from 100 to 400 rubles) for travelers and after they are bought, write more detailed and expensive ones.
Maintaining a personal blog
Personal blogs for travelers are one of the most popular ways to make money. They talk about their impressions, difficulties in a new country, where to go, what to see, etc.
Competition in this niche is quite high. You will have to come up with your own unique style and bring a little more benefit and emotion to the reader than in other blogs.
The algorithm of actions is as follows:
- Creating a blog on your own engine.
- Development of a content plan.
- Publication of materials.
- Monetization.
Roughly speaking, you make money from your own travel reviews. Share your emotions, usefulness and tell inspiring stories.
It all sounds simple. But if you don’t have experience in running websites and monetizing them, you may not succeed the first time. That is why it is recommended to first create and monetize another project, and as soon as you understand how everything works, you can begin to implement your idea.
Youtube channel
Traveler YouTube channels are very popular. They bring huge amounts of money to their owners without requiring them to do hard physical or mental work.
The main disadvantage is high competition. You need to stand out, and doing this within the framework of common sense is becoming increasingly difficult.
The algorithm of actions is as follows:
- Create a channel on YouTube.
- You are making a series of videos about the country.
- Monetize.
- You are moving to another one.
To implement this method, you will need a well-promoted channel. Therefore, at first, monetization of videos will bring mere pennies. It takes either a lot of time or a decent amount of money to promote a channel.
Advising travelers and migrants
Many people want to move or fly to another country, but do not know how to do it correctly. Many migrants either travel blind (and return quickly) or are fully prepared and stay there.
You can be one of the consultants for migrants and tourists. The first needs to be told what difficulties await the country, how you can get a visa, where to earn money, and the second - where to spend money and what to see.
In order to implement the idea, you will need your own website or VKontakte group. If you know English well, you can create a group on Facebook. The promotion scheme is as follows:
- Creation of a portal.
- Publishing useful materials for migrants or tourists.
- Conducting paid consultations.
Sale of foreign goods
Selling foreign goods is one of the easiest ways to make money while traveling. You come to a new country, buy a certain product and sell it when you return home. And with the money you receive, you continue to travel.
It is best to choose products that are not particularly well known in your home country, but are very popular in the host country. It is important not to buy wholesale goods; in such a business, uniqueness is important.
You can earn money as follows:
- Select country.
- View a list of products that you can buy.
- Buy several options.
- Sell in your home country.
To implement it, you will need a large start-up capital and good sales skills. Because if you work with an unpopular product, you must also explain why it is good. But pretty quickly you will bounce back and be able to sell souvenirs while continuing to travel with the proceeds.
Selling photos
Author's photographs are highly valued, but only in certain subjects.
You won’t be able to earn a lot from 2–3 photographs. You will have to take about 200 - 300 photos to have a good passive income. This is quite difficult to implement.
The algorithm of actions is something like this:
- Register on the photo stock.
- When you go on a trip, take a good camera with you.
- You photograph everything. From attractions to the life of citizens.
- Upload all photos to Photostock.
- For every photo you download you get money.
The way to earn money is suitable for photographers. You don't need to write articles, share your impressions, or say anything. All you need is photographs. But it is very important that they turn out to be of truly high quality.
Monetize your Instagram page
Instagram pages also bring a lot of money to their owners. You can earn from 100 to 100,000 rubles on one advertising post. Monetizing your own channel is one of the options for making money from travel.
Since Instagram was created to convey impressions, you will need atmospheric photographs.
Promotion of the channel will take a very long time. In order for people to know about you, you need to either order advertising or manually subscribe to a very large number of people. It's complicated. The first few months after creating a page, you will not be able to monetize it properly.
You can make money by advertising tours, air tickets, services, etc.
All these ways of earning money can be realized while traveling. Choose what you like!
How much can you earn by traveling around the world?
Now let's move on to specific numbers:
- Selling articles - you can earn up to 5,000 rubles for a high-quality article.
- Personal blog - up to 40,000 rubles after a year of work.
- Youtube channel - from 1,000 rubles in the first months to 100,000 rubles in the first year.
- Consultations - from 1,500 rubles.
- Resale of goods - it’s impossible to say for sure.
- Sale of photos - from $100 for 100 photos per month.
- Instagram page - if you work closely, from 10,000 rubles in the first 4 - 5 months to 50,000 rubles in the first year.
Selling your photos, videos or drawings through microstocks
In the photo: selling photos, videos and pictures on microstocks is a good source of income for travelers
Do you have good photographic equipment and a laptop? Can you draw pictures? Then go ahead - sell photos, videos and pictures for money on sites called photo banks or microstocks. One picture or photo, unlike articles (see point 1), can be sold an infinite number of times, which means that by creating a large portfolio of works (the number of photos or illustrations sold), you can receive a stable monthly income.
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In the photo: the result of the first month of sales on Shutterstock
Typically, after a year, beginners start earning about $600. You can receive money to your Payoneer card (by the way, when you register, you get a $25 bonus) or to your PayPal wallet. In my experience, the most effective microstocks are: Shutterstock, Dreamstime and Fotolia.
Examples of people making money from traveling
Heads and Tails. The guys make money from traveling by playing a fun game. They flip a coin and decide which of them will have a gold card and which will live on $100 in an unfamiliar country. They have their own channel on Youtube, their show is sold on TV.
Youtube channel Activer. Mark, the founder of the blog, decided in 2013 that he wanted to change something. He made a plan of where he needed to go and what he needed to learn. And he began to cross out. He has a lot of useful materials that tell you how to get to another country, what to do there and what you can learn.
Blog Keep your eyes open. The blog of a girl who decided to leave her prestigious job and step into the unknown. He talks about his own impressions and shares his conclusions. Monetization takes place through a personal blog.
Blog of Arthur Shigapov. Professional traveler Artur Shigapov travels a lot. Created guides to travel and Europe. Makes money on a personal blog.
Instagram blog Foster Huntington. A photographer from New York left his prestigious job and decided to spend his life traveling. Monetization takes place through Instagram.
Travelers John and Eve. At one point, these two decided that it was time to change something and hitchhiked around the world. Since this is not the most expensive way to travel, they save a lot. They make money from their own Youtube channel.
