Cool Jobs That Allow Travel & How to Find Them

While many people can afford to take time off work to go on holiday to their favourite cities, others want a life where they can work and travelling at the same time.

It’s understandable why jobs that involve travelling are so popular – who would pass on the opportunity to travel around the world while making money?

In this article, we are going to show you eight cool jobs that require travelling and how you can get them. But don’t forget, there are also many ways to add adventure into your life when you work full-time too!

*This is a collaborative post written by David Henderson*

Travel Photographer

This job is every social media savvy and snap-happy millennials dream job. Being a photographer may require you to travel the world to capture amazing travel photos.

Travel photographers usually have many years of travel experience and have been to an array of incredible destinations. The most important thing about the job is that you can make money in several ways.

The first option is you can make money by selling your photographs as art prints. The price range varies depending on how established you are as a travel photographer or whether your photos are breathtaking enough. Another option is to be hired as a photographer for photoshoots around the world or to sell your pictures to magazines, travel blogs and travel booking websites.

If you have a large social media following, you can monetize your page by offering paid posts to brands.

Become a Voice Over Artist

A voiceover job is a travel job because you can do it anywhere you have internet, even when you are away from home. While you are required to record your voiceovers in a quiet space, most importantly of all, you will not be missing out on the fun happening while you are on holiday!

The flexibility of the voiceover job makes it the perfect remote job for anyone who is looking for a cool job that requires travelling.

Just set up a voquent.com profile and upload your voiceover demos on the website – simple!

Travel Blogging

Blogging remains one of the coolest jobs of the last few years. Although it is highly competitive, nothing is stopping you from showing off your content to your fans and monetising it.

To become a travel blogger, you need to have visited top tourist destinations across the world. The job requires you to have excellent writing and storytelling skills, basic tech skills and lots of travel adventures.

Travel blogging offers fantastic opportunities to those who want to travel while making money. Passive income can be made through display advertising and affiliate links (where you get a commission from recommending products or services). There’s also blog and social media posts paid for by brands and businesses, and even sponsored trips on behalf of tour companies and tourism boards.

If you are starting out with travel blogging, you need to be patient. It takes time, often many years before you can start making money from your travel content.

A Consultant

Are you an expert in a certain field? Do you have a lot of knowledge and experience you can impart to someone else?

Businesses and organisations always need consultants to help them fix problems or restructure their business and operations. Consultants are one of the most travelled people in the world because there is a high demand for consultants in different fields across the globe.

You can choose to be a consultant and offer your in-depth knowledge in business and other sectors to companies across the world that needs them.

Check out these 11 steps about how to become a consultant in your desired field.

Travel Agent 

Are you super organised? Do your family and friends look to you for advice on the best destinations to travel to? Then you may well make an ideal travel agent!

Travel agents make commission and profit from booking dream holidays for other people. You can do it from anywhere you have internet so a great job to do whilst travelling or living anywhere in the world.

There are also lots of other jobs in this industry that may require travel as part of your business activities. For example, being a host on a yacht or a tour guide. The best part is you get to network all over the world and get a healthy paycheck to boot.

Teach English

To be able to teach English, you need to be proficient in the English language as either your first or second language and importantly have lots of patience!

Once you have your basic qualifications, you can go anywhere in the world as there is always the demand for good teachers. Popular destinations to teach English are South Korea, China and Japan!

If you do a TEFL course, you are then officially recognised to be able to teach English in-person or online anywhere. It is a fantastic accredited certification to get you on your way to the perfect work/travel balance. 

Flight Attendant

This one may seem obvious, but flight attendants actually get paid to stay in hotels and travel the world! If you like flying, have a flexible schedule and experience working in hospitality, then this may be an ideal career choice for you, that requires travel all over the globe.

Although the training and interview processes can be long and a bit daunting, it’s worth it for those die-hard travellers who want to get paid to fly from country to country!

Keep checking the airline websites directly for openings for cabin crew staff, make sure you understand the roll and research everything they’re looking for before you apply.

Go Freelance

Can you do the job you are doing right now remotely? If yes, there’s nothing stopping you from travel and working online or become self employed and using your experience and skills to run your own business!

Whether your background is in accounting, legal, marketing or IT, make a profile on Upwork and become a full-time freelancer when and where you want.

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This selection of jobs you can do whilst travelling proves that it is totally possible to work and travel if you look in the right places! Is working while travelling your dream? Have you considered any of these jobs before? I’d love to hear from you in the comments below!

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*This is a collaborative post written by David Henderson. See my privacy and disclosure policy for more*