If you're thinking of moving to a foreign country where you don't know anyone, the thought of making friends can be intimidating.

When you pick up your life and move across the world there are a lot of factors that come into play, like if you should sell your furniture or sell your car.

We get so caught up in the preparation aspect that sometimes we forget about what happens after the move. (Good things, of course! But still things you want to think about!)

Here are seven ways you can meet people and make friends around the world, whether you're moving for a job, traveling solo, or going with friends/family!

Is working while you travel actually worth it? Try this one simple exercise, it should take no more than two minutes.

Let's be real: the in order to survive in the modern world, you need to be making money. Making money comes from working, but there are alternative ways to get paid and/or cover costs compared to the whole corporate grind.

However, some people have it backwards: they think that in order to travel, you must save-save-save at a boring job - maybe even for years - in order to take that dream trip, and then come back home and do it all over again.

There's nothing wrong with that, though you can find jobs all over the world that pay you to travel instead.

With a work + travel lifestyle you can travel now, and travel later. You don't have to live vicariously through your favorite Instagrammers...because you don’t have to wait to make your travel dreams a reality. 

Here’s how: