Do you want to travel the world long-term or forever? Here is where we’ll help you to earn money on the road, so that you can travel for as long as you want. We’ve personally taught English, volunteered, house sat and bartended, but our favourite money earning method (by far) is travel blogging. On this page you’ll find information on earning money from lots of different travel jobs from blogging to becoming a scuba diving instructor.
Travel Blogging
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Best Pinterest Group Boards for Travel Bloggers
Best Pinterest Group Boards for Travel BloggersIn this post we are going to be discussing what Pinterest group boards actually are, why they are awesome for getting yo...READ MORE -
How To Pick a Travel Blog Name
How To Pick a Travel Blog NameWe literally get hundreds of emails asking us how to pick a travel blog name and it’s understandable why. Before y...READ MORE -
Beginner’s Guide to Pinterest For Travel Bloggers
Beginner’s Guide to Pinterest For Travel BloggersIn this post we’re going to be discussing why Pinterest is a must for travel bloggers, sharing our best tips for o...READ MORE -
Our Journey to a Six-Figure Online Business
Our Journey to a Six-Figure Online BusinessWhen we first started this blog back on February 17, 2012, we had no idea what it would become. Our initial goal was sim...READ MORE -
Top 5 Most Important Investments For a Growing Blog
Top 5 Most Important Investments For a Growing BlogIf you’ve started your blog using our step-by-step guide and received our eBook, then you’ll already know ho...READ MORE -
Boost Your Blog Traffic With This 6 Day Success Schedule
Boost Your Blog Traffic With This 6 Day Success ScheduleSo you finally decided to start a blog and you’ve been working your butt of trying to get it going. It’s not...READ MORE -
Explode Your Social Following Numbers With This 6-Day Success Schedule
Explode Your Social Following Numbers With This 6-Day Success ScheduleWe write a lot about how to grow a successful blog so that you can earn money online and pay for endless travel and adve...READ MORE -
3 New Year’s Resolutions That Can Be Achieved By Starting a Blog
3 New Year’s Resolutions That Can Be Achieved By Starting a BlogIt’s that time of year again. The time when we all try to set up goals and aspirations for the new year. Three com...READ MORE -
How & When To Monetize Your Travel Blog
How & When To Monetize Your Travel BlogWe receive countless emails from eager travel-blogging readers who ask “When should I try to monetize my blog?...READ MORE -
Reasons Why You Should Start a Travel Blog
Reasons Why You Should Start a Travel BlogYou don’t need to have a degree in computer science to start a travel blog, in fact you can do it easily in just a...READ MORE -
How To Start a Travel Blog in Minutes!
How To Start a Travel Blog in Minutes!Is today the day you finally start your own travel blog? Have you been thinking about doing it for a long time, but you...READ MORE -
How Much Money Can You Make From a Travel Blog?
How Much Money Can You Make From a Travel Blog?If you’re considering starting a travel blog then one of the first questions you probably have is “How much...READ MORE -
9 Tips for Travel Blogging on the Move
9 Tips for Travel Blogging on the MoveWhen we started our travel blog 9 months ago we realised quite quickly that travelling and blogging don’t always easily...READ MORE -
10 Frequently Asked Questions About Travel Blogging
10 Frequently Asked Questions About Travel BloggingFor travel lovers, there’s no better job in the world than travel blogging, but there are a lot of misconceptions...READ MORE -
The Ultimate Travel Blogger’s Guide To Guest Posting
The Ultimate Travel Blogger’s Guide To Guest PostingThe number one best way to start marketing your blog is guest posting. A guest post is when you write an article for ano...READ MORE
Teaching English
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How To Make Money and Travel The World As an Online ESL Teacher
How To Make Money and Travel The World As an Online ESL TeacherDo you want to travel the world, but aren’t sure how to make money while doing so? In this week’s article, we have an in...READ MORE -
5 Essential Steps To Becoming An English Teacher Anywhere In The World
5 Essential Steps To Becoming An English Teacher Anywhere In The WorldSo you want to become an English teacher? Well we’re here to tell you that you’re making an excellent decisi...READ MORE -
Teaching English in China: Getting a Job is Easier Than You Think!
Teaching English in China: Getting a Job is Easier Than You Think!Teaching English in China can be a great source of income on the road for digital nomads, a great “gap year”...READ MORE -
10 Reasons to Teach for Shane English School in Yangzhou, China
10 Reasons to Teach for Shane English School in Yangzhou, ChinaWe receive countless emails about how to get started Teaching English in China. Typically, the emails are filled with co...READ MORE -
Teaching English in China: It’s Exhausting!
Teaching English in China: It’s Exhausting!We spent a year Teaching English in China and although our friends and family back home claimed to work more hours in a...READ MORE -
Teaching English In China: How To Save $21,000 In A Year!
Teaching English In China: How To Save $21,000 In A Year!Lately we’ve been getting lots of comments on our website and lots of emails from people asking questions about ho...READ MORE -
Julia’s Song: Teaching English in China
Julia’s Song: Teaching English in ChinaThis is a video of my brilliant grade 2 student, Julia, singing an adorable rendition of “You Are My Sunshine...READ MORE -
Teaching English In Front Of 400 People On Children’s Day
Teaching English In Front Of 400 People On Children’s DayThe other day I received a text message from my boss saying that I was going to have to go and do a promo at the exhibit...READ MORE -
Meet Standy
Meet StandyShortly after starting work at Shane English School in Yangzhou, we met our friend Standy. Standy’s job is to prov...READ MORE -
Teaching English: A Day In The Life Of A Teacher In China
Teaching English: A Day In The Life Of A Teacher In ChinaWe’ve written about many of the FAQ’s of teaching English in China and about how to get started teaching her...READ MORE -
10 Reasons Why Living Abroad Is Awesome!
10 Reasons Why Living Abroad Is Awesome!When we set off from Canada to live abroad in China, we knew it would be awesome, but we didn’t know it would be t...READ MORE -
Is China Cheap? The Cost Of Living In China Revealed
Is China Cheap? The Cost Of Living In China RevealedWe’ve had lots of emails and comments sent to us about the cost of living in China. With practically everything be...READ MORE -
Teaching English In China: FAQ’s About The Job
Teaching English In China: FAQ’s About The JobSo you’ve gone over our Teaching English In China: Getting Started FAQs and now you have questions about the job i...READ MORE -
Teaching English In China: Getting Started FAQ’s (Updated 2016)
Teaching English In China: Getting Started FAQ’s (Updated 2016)Being an English teacher is a great way to see the world and teaching English in China is one of the most rewarding expe...READ MORE -
Why We Love Living In China
Why We Love Living In ChinaDeciding to put our backpacking lifestyle on hold for a year and move to China to teach English was a tough decision at...READ MORE
House Sitting
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Our Tropical Paradise: Grenada, We’re Home
Our Tropical Paradise: Grenada, We’re HomeIs there somewhere in the world that you adore so much that you find yourself drawn there, almost as if there were some...READ MORE -
10 Things To Do After You Land Your First Pet Sitting Job
10 Things To Do After You Land Your First Pet Sitting JobSo, you’ve landed your first pet sitting job… nice work! All of those emails and Skype calls finally paid of...READ MORE -
Living in Grenada: House Sitting and Our Need For a Home Base
Living in Grenada: House Sitting and Our Need For a Home BaseI’m sitting here typing away on my computer, while struggling to keep my mind (and eyes) focused on the task at ha...READ MORE -
We’re Home! Our Journey from Costa Rica to Grenada
We’re Home! Our Journey from Costa Rica to GrenadaHome is where our backpacks are. That’s just the way it’s been for us for almost 5 years now. We refer to ou...READ MORE -
8 Tips to Guarantee You Land The Perfect Pet-Sitting Job
8 Tips to Guarantee You Land The Perfect Pet-Sitting JobYou’ve found the perfect pet-sitting listing on TrustedHouseSitters.com and you’ve contacted the owner. Afte...READ MORE -
6 Months Of Free Accommodation | Our Upcoming Tropical Paradise Plans
6 Months Of Free Accommodation | Our Upcoming Tropical Paradise PlansAs the Year of the Goat progresses, certain opportunities have been presenting themselves, while other previous plans ha...READ MORE -
Why House Sitters are Invaluable to Homeowners
Why House Sitters are Invaluable to HomeownersWe’ve written a few articles on the benefits of being a house sitter (free accommodation, enjoying the company of...READ MORE -
5 Ways to Save Thousands of Dollars on Accommodation Costs
5 Ways to Save Thousands of Dollars on Accommodation CostsOne of the big budget eaters when it comes to travel is accommodation costs. In third world countries, a private room ma...READ MORE -
How We Saved $24,000 In Accommodation
How We Saved $24,000 In AccommodationThere is a new way of saving money on accommodation costs, while living like a local in exciting countries all over the...READ MORE -
An Honest Update From The Goats – How We Afford To Live Abroad
An Honest Update From The Goats – How We Afford To Live AbroadWe’ve told you about how much this blog makes, but since our recent trip through Mexico and Belize, we have some u...READ MORE -
Living in Grenada – Our Caribbean Paradise (With Video)
Living in Grenada – Our Caribbean Paradise (With Video)As if out of nowhere, the sea abruptly ended and land appeared under the wheels of our aircraft. The plane gently touche...READ MORE -
House Sitting: Frequently Asked Questions
House Sitting: Frequently Asked QuestionsThere’s a buzz going around the internet about the new traveller’s craze, House Sitting. But what is it? How do yo...READ MORE -
The Big Reveal…Where Are We Going Next?!
The Big Reveal…Where Are We Going Next?!Somehow, our two and a half months in Mexico and Belize have come to an end and we’re shocked that we fly out on A...READ MORE -
House Sitting: How To Find The Temporary Home Of Your Dreams
House Sitting: How To Find The Temporary Home Of Your DreamsThere’s a buzz going around the internet about a new traveller’s craze called House Sitting. But what is it? How d...READ MORE -
House Sitting: A New Idea, A New Lifestyle
House Sitting: A New Idea, A New LifestyleOur 5 month journey through Central Asia is nearing its end, and as with the end of all of our adventures, there is a ne...READ MORE
More Travel Jobs
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Making Money On The Road: An Inspirational Interview With The Motoroamers
Making Money On The Road: An Inspirational Interview With The MotoroamersDo you want to travel the world, but aren’t sure how to make money while doing so? In this article we have an inspiratio...READ MORE -
How To Make Money and Travel The World As A Grape Harvester On Vineyards
How To Make Money and Travel The World As A Grape Harvester On VineyardsDo you want to travel the world, but aren’t sure how to make money while doing so? In this week’s article, we have an in...READ MORE -
How to Make Money and Travel The World As A Copywriter
How to Make Money and Travel The World As A CopywriterDo you want to travel the world, but aren’t sure how to make money while doing so? In this week’s article, w...READ MORE -
How To Make Money and Travel The World As A Travel Brand Consultant
How To Make Money and Travel The World As A Travel Brand ConsultantDo you want to travel the world, but aren’t sure how to make money while doing so? In this week’s article, we have an in...READ MORE -
How To Make Money and Travel The World As an Online ESL Teacher
How To Make Money and Travel The World As an Online ESL TeacherDo you want to travel the world, but aren’t sure how to make money while doing so? In this week’s article, we have an in...READ MORE -
How To Make Money and Travel The World As a Cruise Ship Worker
How To Make Money and Travel The World As a Cruise Ship WorkerDo you want to travel the world, but aren’t sure how to make money while doing so? In this week’s article, w...READ MORE -
50 Websites That Pay Aspiring Digital Nomads
50 Websites That Pay Aspiring Digital NomadsMoney makes the world go round. It funds my lifestyle and my travels, and ensures I have a roof over my head and food on...READ MORE -
5 Interesting Occupations For Travel Lovers
5 Interesting Occupations For Travel LoversIf, like us, you are a travel fanatic, then you probably want to know how you can travel as often as possible! Fortunate...READ MORE -
How To Find a Job Working at a Hostel
How To Find a Job Working at a HostelThis is a guest post from fellow English teacher, and wanderer, Ali Jennings. Read on to learn how you can find jobs wor...READ MORE -
How to Get a Working Holiday Visa in Australia and Save Money For Travel
How to Get a Working Holiday Visa in Australia and Save Money For TravelThis is a guest post from the well-travelled Anna of Global Gallivanting! She travels the world on a budget, and found a...READ MORE -
Becoming a Divemaster – The Ultimate Underwater Job
Becoming a Divemaster – The Ultimate Underwater JobThis is a guest post from the adventurous Sarah over at Coffee With a Slice of Life. We’re stoked that she wanted...READ MORE -
Owning a Business & Living the Dream: An Inspirational Interview with Darryl Kotyk
Owning a Business & Living the Dream: An Inspirational Interview with Darryl KotykThere are so many inspirational, influential people that we’ve come into contact with, either during our travels,...READ MORE -
Blogging From Paradise! An Inspirational Interview With Ryan Biddulph
Blogging From Paradise! An Inspirational Interview With Ryan BiddulphWe’re very excited to be interviewing Ryan from Blogging From Paradise. He’s a rock star when it comes to li...READ MORE -
Will Write For Money: How Freelancing Can Support Your Travels
Will Write For Money: How Freelancing Can Support Your TravelsIn this new world of internet magazines, guest posting and online columns, the line between journalist and blogger is be...READ MORE -
Become a Thai Yoga Masseuse and Earn Money For Travel!
Become a Thai Yoga Masseuse and Earn Money For Travel!I had to make a choice. The guy I loved lived in India, and I was a nurse in the U.S. I decided to quit my job and look...READ MORE
Digital Nomad Lifestyle
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Our Week in Bangkok – A Haven For Digital Nomads
Our Week in Bangkok – A Haven For Digital NomadsFor us, Bangkok has always felt somewhat like a second home. It’s a place we know very well and have returned to s...READ MORE -
Digital Nomad Guide to Living in Koh Samui, Thailand
Digital Nomad Guide to Living in Koh Samui, ThailandThere are a few things that we look for when choosing a Digital Nomad destination – good accommodation options, a...READ MORE -
Cost of Living in Spain: A Guide For Digital Nomads
Cost of Living in Spain: A Guide For Digital NomadsGrowing up in Germany, a life in Spain seemed far away in many ways, but was extremely intriguing. From the mild Mediter...READ MORE -
Cost of Living in Malta: A Guide For Digital Nomads
Cost of Living in Malta: A Guide For Digital NomadsDue to Malta’s proximity to Italy and its location on the stunning Mediterranean Sea, you probably assume that Mal...READ MORE -
A Digital Nomad Guide To Living in Medellin, Colombia
A Digital Nomad Guide To Living in Medellin, ColombiaDigital nomads are always looking for somewhere to work with good wi-fi and a decent cup of coffee. I personally try to...READ MORE -
How Much Money Do You Need To Quit Your Job & Become a Digital Nomad?
How Much Money Do You Need To Quit Your Job & Become a Digital Nomad?When we quit our jobs back in 2008 to travel the world for a year, we knew that we needed to save up at least $20,000 to...READ MORE -
Travel Blogging Lifestyle: Visiting Istanbul for the Inflow Travel Summit
Travel Blogging Lifestyle: Visiting Istanbul for the Inflow Travel SummitAs travel bloggers, we have the opportunity to travel to various countries around the world to attend conferences and pr...READ MORE -
▶︎ Attending The Inflow Travel Summit in Istanbul
▶︎ Attending The Inflow Travel Summit in IstanbulIn this week’s episode we’re in Istanbul for the fifth time. We are attending the INFLOW Travel Summit 2017...READ MORE -
8 Cool Gadgets to Charge Your Electronics While Travelling
8 Cool Gadgets to Charge Your Electronics While TravellingAs the old saying goes: “never forget your A-B-C’s” (Always Be Charging). Whether you’re a digit...READ MORE -
Travel Hacking for Beginners: A Guide to Saving Thousands on Travel
Travel Hacking for Beginners: A Guide to Saving Thousands on TravelIn February of 2014 I flew from South Florida to Hong Kong on United Airlines (don’t worry, I didn’t get dra...READ MORE -
50 Websites That Pay Aspiring Digital Nomads
50 Websites That Pay Aspiring Digital NomadsMoney makes the world go round. It funds my lifestyle and my travels, and ensures I have a roof over my head and food on...READ MORE -
5 Digital Nomad Spots Where You Can Live For Half The Cost
5 Digital Nomad Spots Where You Can Live For Half The CostAs the new wave of digital nomadism, location independence and off track offices sweeps the planet, more and more people...READ MORE -
Inflow Travel Summit: We’re Going to Istanbul – Join Us!
Inflow Travel Summit: We’re Going to Istanbul – Join Us!This conference was scheduled for November, 2016, but was postponed until April 18, 2017. We’ll be attending in Ap...READ MORE -
9 Beautiful Apartments We’ve Rented Around The World
9 Beautiful Apartments We’ve Rented Around The WorldWe love renting apartments around the world. It gives us the opportunity to live like a local and spend a bit of extra t...READ MORE -
The Ultimate Guide to Finding Apartments Around the World
The Ultimate Guide to Finding Apartments Around the WorldAs digital nomads, we’re constantly travelling and staying in hotels and hostels, but once in a while we like to s...READ MORE
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