Work + Travel

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4 Tips For Traveling While Working Full-Time + What Happened In 2016

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4 Tips For Traveling While Working Full-Time + What Happened In 2016

We're nearing the end of 2016 and another year of travels in the books! Can you believe it?!

For a majority of 2016, I was working full-time, yet I still managed to get to five countries! One question I was often asked this year was how I traveled while working a full-time 8-5 job that only offered 10 days of paid vacation.

I thought I'd write out the top four things I did that allowed me to work + travel so much this year in hopes that there will be some takeaways for any of you wanting to travel around a restricted schedule.

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7 Things I've Learned From 5+ Years of Travel

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7 Things I've Learned From 5+ Years of Travel

How much can you learn after traveling to 18 countries over a span of five years?

It's hard to believe that it has been about 5 1/2 years since I traveled internationally for the first time, and my life has never been the same since.

I've gone through the years from saying YES to studying abroad in college in 2011, to where I am today having worked and traveled in 12+ countries, with some big lessons and takeaways from each year.

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I Quit My Job And Moved To California [VLOG]

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I Quit My Job And Moved To California [VLOG]

This was a huge move for me. It wasn't just quitting my corporate job and moving to California. It was the courage to say YES to a goal I had been working toward for years.

Saying YES to something new.

YES to the unknown.

YES to ditching the standard path in favor of going with my gut feeling.

I wanted to share a few takeaways I've come up with now that the dust has settled from the transition.

If you have a big change coming up, here are some things you may consider:

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How You Can Brand Yourself Online To Get More Travel Opportunities

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How You Can Brand Yourself Online To Get More Travel Opportunities

I get a lot of emails from people saying they want to be location independent and work for themselves so they can travel whenever, but don't know how to exactly #GetStarted.

One of the best things to do is now that can help you out later is to brand yourself online. Especially if you want to be a digital nomad or start a business.

In today's age, a lot of networking happens digitally. This isn't to say meeting people in-person doesn't work, but you may be surprised about the amount of people you can reach and varying opportunities that can come your way through social media.

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How I Traveled To 11 Countries by Working Abroad - on WE ARE TRAVEL GIRLS

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How I Traveled To 11 Countries by Working Abroad - on WE ARE TRAVEL GIRLS

It’s a classic story: you travel or study abroad in college, have a massive desire to continue traveling afterward, and vow to make a big trip happen once graduation rolls around. 

However, expectations from parents, peers, and professors may suggest otherwise, like settling down to a “normal” routine and climbing the ladder in the corporate world instead of traveling out in the world.

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4 Steps To Take Now To Land a Travel Job

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4 Steps To Take Now To Land a Travel Job

Finding a job that allows you to travel often can be tough, though it is doable, and you can start taking steps now if your goal is to land a travel job.

Especially when you realize that your average corporate setting allows maybe 10 paid vacation days per year and that you're working 50 out of 52 weeks...then you definitely need to get creative with traveling when you have a full-time job!

This post is for those who are looking to create a work + travel lifestyle by working for a company/organization and want to be traveling for at least six months or so.