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Everyone wants to travel, but wouldn't it be nice if you could do it for free?
With money on flights and hotel alone, we're talking hundreds - if not thousands - of dollars spent on travel in the traditional sense, more if it's international.
...Did you know that traveling for free is actually possible?
Here's how to hack BOTH your housing and your flights so you can travel for free, and how you can do it ASAP.
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 it worth it to travel over the weekend and come back to work/school/other commitments? Don't you get tired?"
It's no secret that I will do whatever it takes to travel - within reason - and even though I work full time during the week, I get strategic with my weekends and vacation time.
That's why when people ask me questions like the ones above, I respond: YES, it's worth it! And yeah, sometimes I get tired. But that depends on the trip. ;)
Weekend trips are great for a number of reasons:
A few years ago, I didn't know what a work + travel lifestyle was. I didn't know that there were really cool opportunities all over the world that allowed to you work in exchange for travel, work while you travel, or even move abroad.
I had never considered it.
Why? I thought you had to work-work-work-save and then travel and then go back and do the cycle all over again. Rinse and repeat.
Never did I ever think I would land multiple international travel jobs in Europe and Asia that would allow me to see the world in an entirely new way, make new friends, meet people from all over the world, and have the time of my life.
Here's a timeline of exactly how I went from dreaming of traveling to traveling for my job over the past couple of years:
