| Want to get paid to travel? There are dozens of | | | | If you can write a postcard, then travel writing may be |
| careers in travel that are not only rewarding, but also | | | | the career for you. Many publications look for short |
| pay well. | | | | reviews of restaurants and hotels from new writers. |
| Some of these opportunities involve finding a salaried | | | | Then, as you become more established, you can get |
| or hourly wage-paying job, like becoming a traveling | | | | paid more for longer articles. |
| nurse, an airline hostess or pilot, a traveling chef, a | | | | Better yet, often resorts, hotels, restaurants, and other |
| cruise ship worker, yacht crew member, a massage | | | | travel-related businesses will offer you their services at |
| therapist or hospitality worker at a resort. | | | | no charge in return for a review. |
| There are several other travel careers that are easy | | | | In most cases, you can republish the same article a |
| to enter, let you go wherever you please, make | | | | number of times, drawing a check each time the article |
| money as you go, and even earn royalties for years | | | | is printed in a different publication. |
| from the work you do today. | | | | You might at some point want to write a travel |
| Not only that, but you have the choice whether you | | | | guidebook, for which you could earn royalties. You can |
| want to make this your full-time occupation, or only a | | | | also publish your articles on web travel directories that |
| part-time travel job, when you have the time and | | | | share advertising revenues with writers. |
| desire to see the world, and make money doing it. | | | | Get Paid to Travel Career #4: Sell Your Travel Photos |
| Get Paid to Travel Career #1: Lead Tours for Fun and | | | | There are several ways to make money with a |
| Profit | | | | career in travel photography. |
| Do you have an interest like yoga, wine tasting, | | | | You can combine travel writing and photography to |
| cooking (or simply eating), writing poetry, painting, | | | | earn more by submitting photos with your articles. |
| coffee, art history, or snorkeling? If you have a hobby, | | | | Also, you can upload your photos to online stock |
| an academic interest, or particular expertise, you can | | | | photography sites, and every time someone buys your |
| find people with similar interests to pay you to take | | | | photo from the agency, you earn a commission. |
| them on vacations with you. | | | | Even if you don't have your own website, you can sell |
| Know something about wine? Lead a tour of wine | | | | your travel photos online in a number of ways. You |
| country in Argentina, Italy, South Africa, even Morocco | | | | can sell prints of all sizes, posters, postcards, calendars, |
| or China. | | | | screen savers, even t-shirts and coffee mugs with |
| Get paid to lead tours to your favorite places in the | | | | your images on them. |
| world, or to the places you have always wanted to go. | | | | You can also sell your work as fine art from the walls |
| Though you do not need to become a travel agent to | | | | of coffee shops, restaurants, and galleries. |
| lead tours for profit, you can make more money if you | | | | Get Paid to Travel Career #5: Start a Travel |
| do have the ability to book the airfares, cruises, and | | | | Publication |
| accommodations of your clients yourself. | | | | With your own website and newsletter, you can |
| Get Paid to Travel Career #2: Make Travel Videos | | | | combine as many of the above methods as you want. |
| Video sharing sites like YouTube are very popular, and | | | | You can publish only the content you create - articles, |
| resorts will pay you to create videos for them in the | | | | photos, and videos - or you can invite others to submit |
| hopes of getting more business. | | | | their work to your site, too. |
| There is very little barrier to entry in this field, and not | | | | Having a quality website gives you instant credibility |
| much competition. In fact, you can get started with a | | | | and immediately establishes you as an expert in your |
| Flip recorder, or even the video camera on your | | | | field, whether it's luxury travel, cruises, coffee, yoga, |
| phone. If you have $400 or $500 to invest in a quality | | | | wine, or any other interest. |
| digital video camera, you can make even more profit | | | | You can make money through advertising, promoting |
| by creating travel videos to sell on Amazon. | | | | your tour business, selling your photos, and by referrals |
| You will need a laptop and some video editing | | | | to hotels and other travel businesses. |
| software - and the desire to have complimentary | | | | These five careers in travel can not only help you get |
| stays at some of the world's best resorts while they | | | | complimentary stays in resorts all over the world, but |
| pay you to work! | | | | they also allow you to actually get paid to travel. |
| Get Paid to Travel Career #3: Write Travel Articles | | | | |