“We wanderers, ever seeking the lonelier way, begin no day where we have ended another, and no sunrise finds us where left by a sunset. Even while the earth sleeps we travel.” ~Kahlil Gibran
Do you ever feel restless when you don’t travel for months at a time?Do you find yourself constantly looking for novel and exciting places to explore? Do you begin planning your next trip as soon as you come back home?
If you have answered yes to all these questions, then you have what they call a “wandering spirit.” Your heart cannot be bound by a single location, and it just leaps to discover the astonishing world that lies out there. You are not someone who would be contented with travelling 1 or 2 times a year with your friends and family for annual vacations, you could spend your whole life on the road if only you got the chance. As someone who wants to see anything and everything there is to see in this world, the mere idea of a 9-to-5 desk job would put a damper on your spirits. Now what if I told you that you have a chance to make a living out of your unquenchable thirst for travel?If so, read on to discover 13 careers to satisfy your wanderlust.
Travel Writing / Travel Photography
Travel Writing
A travel writer and photographer is a specialist who often travels to far-away destinations to develop stories and photos for tourism-related journalism. They may be employed by newspapers, magazines, trade publications, the government or as freelance writers and photographers.
Travel Photography Salary: The salaries of Travel Photographers in the US range from $10,002 to $100,842 , with a median salary of $20,485 . The middle 57% of Travel Photographers makes between $20,485 and $47,265, with the top 86% making $100,842.
Cruise Ship Worker
Cruise ship workers provide services to passengers on cruise ships. Besides assisting in the operation of the ship, they may serve food and drinks, maintain cabins and public areas, lead shipboard activities, and provide entertainment.
Cruise Ship Worker Salary: Cruise ship workers salary ranged from 2,000 a month to 8,000 a month, depending on the job.
Teaching Abroad
If you seek to get paid to live overseas in a foreign country while making a difference in the lives of others, then teaching English abroad is definitely worth it. You will challenge yourself, and grow as a person, while seeing and doings thing you never would have experienced otherwise.
Teaching Abroad Salary: The pay to teach English abroad varies, but you can expect to earn a decent salary. In top-paying countries, teachers can get paid a salary of anywhere from $2,000 to over $5,000 USD per month. Your TEFL salary will depend on your position, qualifications and the country you teach in.
Flight Attendant
A flight attendant, also known as steward/stewardess or air host/air hostess, is a member of the aircrew aboard commercial flights, many business jets and some government aircraft.
Flight attendants greet passengers as they board the aircraft, direct them to their seats, and provide assistance as needed. Flight attendants demonstrate the proper use of safety equipment to all passengers, either in person or through a video recording before the plane takes off.
Flight Attendant Salary: The average Flight Attendant salary in the United States is $79,869 as of April 26, 2022, but the range typically falls between $64,109 and $99,028. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have in your profession.
Tour Guide
Tour guides work in the travel industry, giving guided tours to groups of visitors. They are experts on the history of the location and offer their tour groups interesting or enlightening information about points of interest at nature attractions, historic sites, museums, scenic locations, and other travel destinations. Guides may give walking tours, bus tours, or even lead river tours on a boat. Often hired by visitors’ bureaus or travel companies, tour guides are typically residents of the region in which they give tours.
Tour Guide Salary: The average Tour Guide salary in the United States is $33,187 as of April 26, 2022, but the salary range typically falls between $27,300 and $38,168. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession.
Professional Explorer
Explorers are risk-takers who venture into unknown territory to fulfill a mission and are excited about sharing their knowledge. An explorer’s job may vary from working on an oceanic scientific voyage to writing for a travel magazine, leading groups on expeditions or delving into the mysteries of space.
Explorer Salary: The salaries of Explorers in the US range from $16,920 to $92,110 , with a median salary of $36,200 . The middle 60% of Explorers makes $36,200, with the top 80% making $92,110.
Professional Adventurer
An adventurer is typically someone who seeks out unusual and uncommon situations. If you want to make a career out of adventuring, how you choose to define “adventure” will shape the plans, methods, destinations, meanings and purpose of your career.
Professional Adventurer Salary :The salaries of Explorers in the US range from $16,920 to $92,110 , with a median salary of $36,200 . The middle 60% of Explorers makes $36,200, with the top 80% making $92,110.
Travel Agent
Trave agents plan and sell transportations, accommodations, insurance and other travel services. Cooperating with clients to determine their needs and advising them appropriate destination, modes of transportations, travel dates, costs and accommodations.
Travel Agent Salary: The average Travel Agent salary is $38,998 as of April 26, 2022, but the salary range typically falls between $35,537 and $45,425. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the average number of years you have spent your profession.
Scuba Diver
Scuba divers performs underwater search and rescue, salvage, recovery, or cleanup operations. Inspects and maintains diving equipment, such as helmets, masks, air tanks, harnesses, and gauges. Ensures appropriate safety measures are taken; monitors dive lengths and depts.
Scuba Diving Salary: The average salary range for a Scuba Diver is between $39,710 and $65,910.
Foreign Aid Worker
International aid/development workers provide aid and assistance to people and communities in the developing world. Humanitarian aid work often involves responding to emergency situations, helping those affected by natural and man-made disasters, such as earthquakes and war.
Foreign Aid Worker Salary: a foreign aid worker in the United States (per 2022 data) makes an average of $39,279 per year or $18.88 an hour. The website Shmoop, a student and teacher resource, lists $30,000/year as the average salary for international aid workers.
Travel Blogger
Want a chance to pen your drifting thoughts on a paper while exploring the world? If you shouted, “Hell yes!” on reading this, this might be the perfect career for you. Travel bloggers narrate their travel incidents and experiences through their blogs, so that others can see the world through their eyes.
Travel Blogger Salary:The majority of Travel Blogger salaries currently range between $35,500 (25th percentile) to $118,500 (75th percentile) with top earners (90th percentile) making $195,500 annually across the United States. The average pay range for a Travel Blogger varies greatly (by as much as $83,000), which suggests there may be many opportunities for advancement and increased pay based on skill level, location and years of experience.
Film Making/ Videography
Travel filmmaking or cinematography is somewhat vaguely defined as the art of creating films about traveling and exploring a region or country. However, making captivating visual stories about your adventures is often more complex than it sounds.
Film making salary:The average Film Production salary in the United States is $82,764 as of September 26, 2022, but the salary range typically falls between $71,306 and $93,810. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession.
Archeologist
Are you a history buff and would like to uncover the secrets that the past holds? From the pyramids of egypt to the catacombs of paris, archaeology takes you all over the world to discover the treasures buried under the surface of the earth.
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