What's up Members of the Barrio
It's Jon coming to you from one of the most expensive cities
In the world
New York
And whenever I travel away from here
I'm always looking for ways
To save money
But how about..
Not spending any money
Today I'm going to go through 10 ways..
To Travel the world
For Free
Or practically for free
We're going to start off with credit card reward points
And i'm talking about getting credit cards that give amazing bonuses
As long as you hit a minimum spend on the card
And I do want to caution people that if you can not pay off your credit cards
At the end of every month
Don't try to do this
You're going to get yourself in debt
It's not going to be a good situation
But let me give you a few examples of offers that
I have taken advantage of
One was the American Express Hilton Card
You get 1 free night a year and 75 thousand bonus points
Which you can use all over the world
At different hotels
Another one is the SPG Card
You get 20,000 bonus points as long as you hit a minimum spend
And htat's good for a place like Morocco
Where you can stay at the Le Meridien a 5 star hotel
3,000 points a night
And that will cover you almost a week there
The Chase Sapphire Reserve in the past had 100,000 point bonus
And I used that for 7 nights
At the Hyatt
In Tokyo
So credit card rewards are one of the best ways to Travel for Free
And I'm going to put some links down below in the description
To some of my favorite blogs
That cover these topics
Definitley check them out
Number 9
Be an Air Courier
And I know your first thought
Am I going to be taking drugso on airplanes
You're watching may to much TV guys
Seriously, you can get paid up 300 dollars
In each direction
As long as you give up your checked bag space
To a company like AirMule.com
And they actually only work with TSA pre-approved companies
They inspect the bags
You can inspect the bags yourself
It's all legal
They have great ratings
And the best part
You can go to countries like Thailand
India
China
They're adding more
And if you can get a flight ticket
That's not to expensive
You can actually cover the cost of a ticket
Or maybe even get paid
Just a little bit
To travel to a really exotic country
Number 8, Workaway.com
Now I said Travel for Free
Not Travel and Work for Free
But workaway has some interesting short-term situations
Where you can trade your time
Working at a hostel
A hotel
A farm
And in exchange for working
They'll give you a place to stay.. sometimes they'll even feed you.
Definitley worth checking out
Especially if you're on a long term trip
Next up
Couchsurfing dot com
I actually used to be a pretty active member
On this website
And essentially you write local hosts
In different cities that you'll be traveling to
And you attempt to either sleep in a spare bed room
Or on a couch
Hence the name couchsurfing
And if you can't find free accomodations through it
You can at least find free local guides
Who want to meet up
Have a beer
Get some food
Learn more about.. whatever city you're traveling to
Bartering with Hotels and Tour Companies
This is a little bit easier for somebody like me who has a social media following
But you don't have to have 30,000 subscribers
On YouTube to get stuff for free
From a tour company or from a hotel
Simply put
As long as you have some sort of Instagram
If you have a blog..
If you contact a new tour company
You could say..hey I'll take some pictures for you
I'll make you an instagram post
It could even be as simple as..
Writing reviews on Google/Yelp/and Trip Advisor
For a newer company
That kind of exposure
Is definitley valuable
So be open minded
And try to reach out to companies
In places that you're going to travel to
As long as you have something to offer them
You can get it done
Number 5
Monitoring Flight Deals
Yeah I know technically this isn't free
But..it practically is
And I did a great video about how I set up a feedly
To monitor mistake fares
And really cheap airfare sales
From all over the world
I'm going to link to that video above
And down below
In the description
In the past I have flown from New York to Milan, Italy round trip
For $150
My twin brother flew from New York to Dubai round trip for $300
So yes it's not free
But..it's like the airline is practically giving it to you
Number 4
Selling tours
If you contact just about any big tour provider in the world
And you say.. hey I'll get nine of my friends and family to sign up
For a tour
As long as you give me one for free
A lot of them are going to say okay
Now the hard part is actually getting your friends and family to sign up
But if you're more popular than me
You might just able to get this done
Number 3
HomeExchange.com
For someone like me
I live in New York City
Let's say I want to travel to Paris
Or London
I could go on a website like that
Put up my dates
And see.. if somebody with a similar style apartment
In a neighborhood that i'm interested in
Would like to trade lives for a week
It's that simple
I haven't tried it yet.. but
Now that I think of it
I don't know why I haven't
If you don't live in a very appealing area
That people might want to make a trade with you
You can always look into housesitting
And petsitting websites
As long as you can provide a service
While somebody is away on their own vacation
Number 2
Speaking English
That's right there are companies out there
Like Diverbo for example
Where if you go to one of their camps
And you Speak English all day with foreigners
You get a free trip out of it
I speak english all the time why don't I get a free trip?
The catch is..
You're going to be speaking 8-10 hours a day
Just English To people that pay to go to one of these camps
The benefit is..
You get free lodging
And you get free food And they're actually located in some really cool parts of the world
I'll leave a link down below
Give them a look
The final item on my list Ride shares
And i'm giving a shoutout to my good friend
Rob Perelman
For this suggestion
Let's say you're traveling around Europe
And you rent a car
You want to drive from Belgium To France
Well why don't you put up an ad
On a website like Craigslist
Or another local website
Get people to pay for a spot in your car
And that could offset the cost of.. the rental
It could off-set the cost of gas
Now I would recommend that you screen the people the come in the car with you
Make sure they have social media
Talk to them on the phone so you know the person isn't going to be
Insane
But odds are they're not
And you might even make new friends out of it
So it's a win-win situation
There you have it
10 ways that you can travel the world
Practically for free
Make sure to tell me in the comments..
Which of these 10 you would most likely be willing to try out
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Until next time
I'm sitting indian style for the last 30 minutes
And I think I can't feel my legs anymore
Oh man