hey guys thanks for joining me today I just got back from my walk and I
realized during my walk today that I still haven't done this video and of all
the videos that I ever do this is probably the most important because if
you can't afford to travel then there's no point in watching anything else
really and so I want to discuss this and get you guys out there traveling the fun
thing about this industry is if you ask 10 different people how they do it
you're probably going to get 10 different answers and it just shows that
you just need to get creative so in this video I'm gonna share how I do it but
I'm also gonna share about 10 to 12 different ideas that I've heard other
people use and that works for them so hopefully that gets you going and on
your way to some travel adventures alright so the first and probably most
expensive thing that you're going to have to buy is airfare so if you can
eliminate the airfare cost then you've already eliminated probably cut the cost
of travel in half especially if you're going abroad so my tip number one is to
work for an airline and that is what I do
we got hooked my husband and I had a buddy pass from a friend and we flew
to Paris about five years ago on that buddy pass I think it was about half price of
six hundred bucks we ended up in Delta one which is their business class with lay
down seats and after that we thought that we couldn't go back to how we
traveled before so the next year we used a buddy pass as well went to Italy and then we
moved across the country from Ohio to Montana and I started working for the
airlines doing that makes your expense minimal but you do need to be
flexible so if you have questions about this one shoot me a message you can go
to my blog site radiantwanderings.com and you can email me from there or you
can leave a comment below and I will try to answer that for you alright tip
number two work for a hotel this is in a similar vein as the airline so that
probably your second most expensive traveling piece is going to be your
accommodation and if you work for a hotel and you're able to get discounted
rooms or some other service VRBO Airbnb something with accommodations then
you're going to be able to travel a lot farther and longer for a lot less um I
want to mention with any of these hotel airline remember there are multiple
positions available within many of those companies so whether you're very degreed
not degreed you should be able to find a position in one of these companies
that works for you so I'm not gonna belabor that point I will say I do have an
interview with a local hotel here on Wednesday for doing their banquets which
is minimal time commitment um but should provide a nice discount for us when we
travel so hopefully that goes well alright another option you have is to work for a
tour company or Cruise Line I've looked into backroads.com they do some amazing tours
all over the world people pay five six seven thousand dollars for these things
and if you're the tour guide you're going on these amazing trips for free
and getting your accommodations paid for I think they fly you from a hub as well
to wherever the location is but there are plenty of tour guide options as well
as a cruise line I think the hours are crazy for those
but spend a year on a cruise you're saving housing money saving all
the money that you make and then you can go travel the world
another option to be able to afford to afford to travel is to rent your
house out I have done this we have listed our home on VRBO before and so
when somebody pays to rent our home then basically they're paying for our
accommodations wherever we want to go and it has worked out well we've never
really had any bad experiences I will say I'm probably not going to do this
one anymore it's really stressful um at our stage in our family's life to
do this to be packing for a trip and also getting your home ready to rent
um if you are retired and empty nesters this is probably a great option if you
are single this is probably a great option if you have kids that put their
shoes in the shoe basket and hang their coats in the hooks this is possibly a
great option and congratulations on that but if your kids don't then you may want to
postpone this option until another stage in life but it works out great um a
couple things you will need to research on that are your city guidelines there may be an application form that
you need to fill out and some logistical work that you need to do before renting
but if you have more questions on that one shoot me a message leave a comment
and I will be able to answer because we have done VRBO Airbnb are two major
players in one situation another fun option is to teach English abroad and
there are many places where you don't even need to be degreed to do this and
they will pay you I think you have to pay for housing I'm not sure I have never done this but
I've heard of people who have done this and I do have a link on my blogsite
radiantwanderings.com if you go to how I can afford to travel there will be
a link there if you're interested if you dont want to rent your home out there is
a site there are a few sites where you can do a house swap with somebody so if
you want to get creative you want it to be a little bit more personal I did list
the name of that one I think its home exchange is what it's called homeexchange.com and we have used that before as well you say we've used a lot
of ways to be able to afford to travel when we lived in Ohio actually which it
wasn't a touristy place but this couple their son went to college there and they
had a condo in Chicago and they traded us our little house in Ohio for their
condo by right in the middle of the action in Chicago walking distance to
Navy Pier and we had an amazing weekend getaway and it was lovely so that is
another option in a similar vein you could house sit or
pet sit for somebody else that site is trustedhousesitters.com and I am
signed up for that we haven't done one of those yet I just haven't had the time
but those as well are all over the world and you can stay somewhere for free just
by watching somebodys pets if you're a good gardener some of them have
Gardens I am not I will not sign up for that they will come
back and all of their plants will be dead so make sure it's something that you're
able to take care of well but if so that would be a great option I think it's a
hundred dollars to sign up for the year and then you can contact anybody within
their network they get new listings every day I see a lot of them for
Australia London plenty in the US if you want but they have a few all over even
some Caribbean destinations a few in Italy so go and check that out another option
that I've heard people use is to become a traveling nurse or a fitness
instructor the traveling nurse you're gonna have to have a nursing degree
obviously but if you do and you want to travel then that is a great way to go
see the world and I think they get paid pretty well Fitness Instructor is if
you're coordinated and athletic this is a great option
I am neither I like to go to fitness classes but I certainly couldn't lead one
but I have heard of people staying at amazing fitness resorts in Bali and all
over the world staying there for free to teach a few classes a day and then they
have the rest of the time it's free time for themselves see fitness travel pro
it's one of the sites that somebody told me about so you can look into that if
that one might be up your alley the other the last three I'm gonna share
are not quite as fun but definitely a way to get there budget and save figure
out where you're spending money that you don't need to be spending and
start stocking that away for your travels credit card offers you need to be
careful with this one I did get myself in trouble with this one a couple years ago and then we had to not
travel for a while which was very sad so if you're very disciplined credit
card offers are a great way to rack up points do the bonus offers cancel the
credit cards make sure you're using them responsibly and then take that I think
my chase Chase Sapphire or slate all the chase cards and I think your visas with
your points you can get Airbnb card skip perks which is really quite nice because
a lot of them you just have hotels and sometimes Airbnb don't interview there
is one more oh yeah Travel off season and look for last-minute deals we love
traveling offseason because crowds are less usually it's not so dang hot and we
live in Montana we don't like it that hot so April well not spring break
april sometimes spring break can push into April but maybe late April early May
September late september into october and november your shoulder seasons in a lot of location and
you're going to get better tolerance hopefully better flight rates and you're
gonna have less people to deal with so throw on a jacket and call it good I hope this has helped you
guys if you have any other additional tips for people leave them below because
we want to get people out there and get them traveling and thanks so much for
joining me I'll see you guys next time