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Want to join the ranks of all those travel bloggers you admire, but can’t get your mind around the money issue?
If you want to learn how to travel without money or as little as possible, this article will share several ways you can make this dream a reality.
1) Make saving for travel your top priority
While this essay is about free (or nearly free) travel, there will be times where you will have no choice but to reach for your wallet.
As such, it is a good idea to scourge up every last cent you can save between now and the time that you want to leave.
Having a reservoir of capital will give you the peace of mind that you’ll need to hit the road, despite your devotion to spending as little money as possible on the travel trail.
2) Get a job in a destination of your choice
If you don’t have much cash at the present moment, don’t despair. As per the last suggestion, save as much as you can so you will have the cushion you’ll need to search for a job in the destination of your choosing.
From teaching English to precocious kids, to picking fruit on orchards, there are numerous ways you can make bank on the road.
With many ESL placements offering free accommodation, you’ll have a golden opportunity to save up a ton of money that will allow you to travel for years on end.
3) Take advantage of travel hacking opportunities
During the course of our everyday lives, we charge everything from groceries to gasoline on our credit cards.
Fortunately for travelers, there are many cards that have attractive point schemes that allow you to build reward balances can can then be redeemed for plane tickets.
So long as you are vigilant about paying off your balance every month, this strategy is an easy way to save towards earning cheap/free trips to the destinations of your dreams.
4) Join couchsurfing or start house-sitting
Next to plane tickets, procuring accommodations are the most expensive part of traveling. To that end, there are two phenomenons that emerged as part of the sharing economy over the past several years – couchsurfing and house-sitting.
The former is a directory of people that offer their couch or spare bed in return for doing chores and sharing a common social experience.
The latter matches up travelers with pet owners that are looking to get away on holiday, but need a person to take care of their fur babies.
This puts you in the midst of local neighbourhoods worldwide, making it a great way to see how people live in different corners of the world.
5) Give hitchhiking a try
In many corners of the globe, buses can be pricey, or they may not go where you want to visit. If you find yourself in either of these predicaments, don’t be afraid to give hitchhiking a try.
While there are risks involved, know that most people are good and will seek to help you with no expectation of having the favour repaid.
In addition to getting a free ride (although providing some money for gas is never a bad idea), you get a conversation partner for the duration of your ride, thereby giving you a travel experience you’ll always remember.
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