9 Jobs That Allow You to Travel

9 Jobs That Allow You to Travel Image via Pexels As the world becomes increasingly globalized, more and more people are taking their talents and abilities with them on a daily basis instead of just hanging them up at the office. Travel for any reason expands the mind, helps you think globally and on top of that, you meet many cool people, try new food, and discover different cultures. So without much further ado, here are some jobs that will satisfy the wanderlust in you and keep you making money along the way. 1. Flight attendants Flight attendants travel around the world. While they are making passengers safe and comfortable, long layovers or delays in exotic destinations may allow them to get in a few days on a beach or to explore the ancient ruins of Hong Kong. While the cabin crew gets a bounty of travel benefits, a high school diploma or associate’s degree and customer service experience are necessary. 2. Roadies and stagehands Production companies for plays, musicals, and theaters as well as musicians and bands go on tour all the time. They also take with them a hefty load of people who make everything run smoothly backstage or behind the scenes. Some theaters have their own crew on hand, but once you get used to traveling with a company, you’ll never be out of work. People like to work with the people they know. 3. Teaching English as a foreign language TEFL, as it is sometimes called, allows you the privilege to work anywhere you want so long as you have good communication connection WiFi, Skype, etc. In many ways, the pay is good and jobs are often accommodated with travel and housing. You may also get to tutor in English for a well-off family or for an entire school in a particular country which leaves awesome room to explore the culture. Certification in English Language Teaching is required in most cases. 4. International humanitarianism If you have skills in crisis management or disaster relief you could be of benefit to aid agencies around the world who need assistance in especially disaster-hit countries or hard to reach areas. Doctors Without Borders and Médecins Sans Frontières  are good places to start to find jobs in medicine, pharmacy, biomedicine, nutrition, and even in finances and human resources. 5. Travel agents If you’re pretty good with people, you may find yourself loving the job of a travel agent. Booking holiday trips, annual vacations, and journeys for family graduations or even pilgrimages might be part of your work. It is also a nice bonus if you do good work for a family or individual so long as they invite you to travel with them for free. 6. Retail purchasing So if you have a flare for fashion and travel, then becoming a retail buyer might be the perfect fit. Along with monitoring inventory inside the store or chain of stores, you will get to attend trade shows held across the country and in elite fashion capitals like Paris. You will also be able to identify products for your company to sell and negotiate merchandising deals. 7. Peace Corps volunteering The word ‘volunteer’ doesn’t exactly mean you’ll be making a six figure salary. But if you want to be a part of a worthy cause and don’t mind budgeting to do so, you can travel the world and make a huge difference as a volunteer with the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps usually offers housing and other benefits. And in the meantime, you will be working to advance education, clean water, renewable energy, and economic development among a host of other important things. 8. Event coordinator When people want to host a party, wedding, baby shower, or other events such as a festival, they want it to be the absolute best. In order to do that, some bring in a person, otherwise known as an event coordinator, who has a real passion for catching the idea of the event, setting everything up, and overseeing it from start to finish. If you like to pull things together and then watching the fireworks come together, this might be the perfect fit for you. Plus, events are being held all the time all over the world. 9. Cruise line Ever dreamed of going on a cruise someday? Well, you can travel in this way more than you imagined you could by actually working on one. On cruise lines, you can be anything from a shop clerk to a restaurant server, assistant to one of the managers or part of the entertainment lineup all while receiving free food and housing. A quick search for cruise line jobs returns dozens of opportunities. There are a few other options too such as working as an au pair, consultant, tour guide, photographer, and construction manager, but these are some of the top ones that can fulfill that wanderlust while you make some cool bucks along the way.