- I wanted to do this so badly, but
I get seasick.
So, that was the end of that.
Two bonus tips!
Bonus tip number one!
Hey guys, my name is Shayla.
I make these videos every Wednesday.
I've started this channel in 2015 traveling full-time,
now I'm home, settled in a little bit.
And, because I was traveling full-time,
I've got four years of full time travel.
I wanted to make some videos to teach you the things
that I learned,
so that you can learn them from me and know them.
I've made videos about what to know if you're going to stay in
a hospital, tips for solo travelers, how to stay safe
as a solo traveler, how to get cheap airline tickets,
all sorts of stuff.
If you want to check that out,
you can check out the link below.
But, today we're going to talk websites to be able to travel
full-time.
So, honestly, there are a million ways to do this,
like so many, but I'm going to go over a few that I know
just from being out there and talking to people
because I feel like a lot of these videos are like,
"Well, you just got to get out there and make it happen."
Like, yeah that's true.
It's also so nice to just--
here's a website that's super helpful that can help you,
and you can be off traveling next month, or next week,
or whatever.
So, I'm just going to go through; I've got six of them.
And I'm really, I'm excited to share this with you
because I feel like it's actually tangible information.
So, place number one is doing Work Exchange.
I did it in Costa Rica, I taught yoga at a surf camp
and got to live there and eat there for $100 a month.
It's basically where you go do work for some place,
and in exchange, they feed you and they let you stay there.
Two websites that I used for this are World Packers,
and I work with World Packers,
so I've got a discount code on the year membership,
and the other one is Work Away.
So, you can go teach in Africa, you can teach in Napala,
you can work on a yacht in Greece,
you do yoga in Costa Rica,
you can do photography for hostiles,
you can do social media for hostiles.
There's so many opportunities on there,
and it's just such a cool place.
If you want to do all the research,
World Packers and Work Away.
I am somebody that's just like "Yeah, cool. I'll just start.
I just want to start."
World Packers is great because you have the discount code,
but I've also talked with the founders.
They were travelers, they created this to help other people
be able to travel, they super vet all of their hosts to make
sure that they're real.
There's a lot of good things,
so definitely check that out.
That's how I started traveling, was just on Work Exchange.
I went and worked in Cost Rica and taught yoga
and then, I went on the Appalachian Trail
and worked in a hostile and was cleaning toilets,
and whatever.
So, you have to be a little bit flexible,
but it's a way for you, literally, to travel all the time.
You have to pay for your flight,
and sometimes you have to pay to stay there.
Second way is staying at someone's house.
There's a website called Trusted House Sitters.
I interviewed a couple that traveled like this for
like eight months, and I'll link that video.
They got to watch dogs in Switzerland
and go on hikes with these dogs.
They were stoked because they're like
"Oh, it's a way to, like, have pets while you're traveling."
Oh, that's great!
But, you can do it in San Diego,
you can do it in Switzerland,
you can do it all over the world and, basically,
you just maintain their house for them while they're gone,
and you could live anywhere in the world.
Pretty awesome.
Thing number three is being a nanny or an au pair somewhere.
So, the two websites for thing are GreatAuPair.com
and AuPairWorld.com.
I have a video on this because I was an au pair in Spain.
Again, you pay for your flight out there.
Sometimes you get paid for this, sometimes you don't,
it really depends on the country.
I just went for three months, so I wasn't on a work visa,
I was on a travel visa, and they paid me like $100 a week,
or something.
You go and you help the kids learn English,
or you help them with their homework,
or maybe you're driving them around,
or maybe you're doing the laundry.
Literally, I was just there to speak English
to the children.
I had another au pair friend, and she was doing the laundry,
and the driving, and the school.
Like, she was a second mom.
So, ask lot's of questions.
I have a whole video about that if you want to learn.
But, going and traveling to different countries
and taking care of kids.
Someone also just messaged me about something called an
Adventure Nanny.
Sounds amazing.
Seasonal work is a thing!
So, the fourth one is called CoolWorks.com
A few hot, seasonal work things are being a rafting guide,
a white water rafting guide, being a scuba diver instructor,
being a surf instructor, being a fishing guide,
being a waitress.
Be a ski instructor or snowboarding instructor
and go-- I know people who do it in Colorado in the
winter here, and then they go up to Australia and do it
on the opposite times.
I worked up in Alaska for a season,
a video on that will be coming eventually.
But, I went up there for the season
and I was waitressing in the restaurant
that this lodge was in.
Some people were there to do the housekeeping,
some people were there to waitress,
some people were there to cook, some people were there--
there was a fishing spot across the river.
Seasonal work is a really big thing,
and Cool Works is one website to find some seasonal work.
Thing number five is if you already have a job,
and you're working from home and you're like
"Ugh, I just wish I-- I'm working from home
so I might as well be traveling,"
there's a thing called Remote Year.
Last time I checked it was like $2,000 a month,
and that covers your place to stay, your internet.
I don't know what it all covers, honestly.
You go to a different country every month.
Somebody that I know that is on Work Exchange is
"30 and a Wake Up."
I'll put his link below if you're interested.
He does, like, apartment tours, you can see the apartment,
but they put you in an apartment,
and then they give you a coworking space
where you will have reliable internet
because a lot of times, that's super hard to find.
Okay, this one's probably the toughest one to break into,
but if you're like a graphic designer
or a personal assistant, or you can do something like that.
Fiverr, rev.com, and Upwork.
Fiverr is where people like me will go on there
and be able to get a new logo for five dollars,
or something.
If you have a service to provide, you could go on there.
I think it takes a little while to get some traction,
which is difficult, and you're not getting paid a whole lot.
But, depending on what country you're living in,
it might work.
Rev.com is making subtitles.
My sister tried doing this, and again,
she's got a full-time job,
so it's kind of a lot.
But basically, you watch people's videos.
I send my videos in to rev.com.
If you're a creator and you need subtitles,
I've got a coupon code below to get you up to $10 off
of your first video,
so it's a dollar a minute for somebody to transcribe,
and then, you just upload it to your videos.
Anyway.
But if you're looking for a job, you can type that,
and the faster you are, the more money you can make.
And then, Upwork is kind of like Fiverr, so it's, again,
people are looking for other people to work for them.
So, like I said, those are a little bit tougher,
but if you're determined and you have a skill
that you know will be good for people, then hop on there.
Then, I've got two bonus tips.
Bonus tip number one is, I don't have a website for this,
which is why I didn't include it,
but you can be a stewardess on a yacht.
I wanted to do this so badly, but
I get sea sick,
so that was the end of that.
I know that you need to get some sort of certification
because I did look into it.
So, you need to get some sort of certification
and then, you can be a stewardess,
and that just means that you're sort of the maid
and the cook on a yacht.
I know people who've done this,
and they've traveled all over the place.
Very cool.
My last bonus tip is Google Flights.
Just get yourself on a plane and go!
I know of these websites
because I know people who have used them.
Most of them, I personally have not used
because I go out, and I network with everybody,
and I just try and make friends, and I just talk to people.
"Oh, you want to run our pub crawls here, cool!"
"I have a dance studio
and I'd love if you would teach yoga, cool."
Oh, I've got this, I've got that.
Because I'm in the country.
So, people are always messaging Airbnb's or restaurants
and being like "hey, do you have work for me?"
And they're like "Yeah, if you get here."
And then, 90% of them never come down.
So, if you are there, in front of them,
your odds are a lot better.
So, just get on a flight.
I really hope this is helpful.
I think it will be, I think this is, like,
good information for all of you.
There are links below to all of this.
Thank you guys so much for watching,
and I'll see you next week.
Bye!
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