How to Fund Your Travels as Digital Nomads

People often state several reasons why they don’t travel as often as they would like to do, one of the reasons being money. Maintaining the finances is a big deal when you are on the move 24X7 because no one is ready to hire you for a regular job, nor are you eligible for them. That is why; it is not easy to maintain a continuous flow of money, but it is not impossible to do it either.

Why be a digital nomad?

You may have tried to plan your travels a year in advance and saved money throughout the year to finance your trips. It takes a lot of pain to live such a hard lifestyle where you have to slog and work overtime for more than 300 days a year just to live on a vacation for a few weeks. Only a few days of holidaying burns all your savings of the year, which takes away most of the joy of vacationing each time you swipe your card.

Hard work is really hard

Everyone who plans to work behind the laptop screen sitting at a beach in Goa must understand that the life of a digital nomad is not easy. It does get lonely at times without real family and friends, no matter how many times you talk to them over audio and video calls or texts. You have to maintain your sanity in that lifestyle, and work even harder than the regular job-workers for your digital work. For the work that you do, you are the boss, HR, clerk, and sweeper. Money doesn’t come easily for freelancers and it does take a lot of effort to make a reputation over a long time that will attract clients towards you. If you want to afford traveling in Car Rentals in Goa to visit each beach every day, you must be able to discipline yourself to work for a specific hours daily.

Digital marketing

Every job that is done in front of the computer has the capability of being done remotely. You just need to find an employer who is ready to pay you a good income for that. If you don’t have a skill that you want, you may do a course for that before you plan your long-term journey. Digital marketing is one such job that can let you bring in good money every month, if you are good at what you do.

Become a content writer or creative writer

If you have a flair for writing, you may become a creative writer or a content writer, though the former is a tougher job than the latter. You may work on a regular job for the field that you choose before you leave the job scenario permanently.

Become a Translator

If you know one foreign language that is in demand anywhere in the world, you can earn a handsome income. And if you can speak and write more than one foreign languages, you can surely afford luxury travels anywhere in the world.

Becoming a digital nomad is easy, but you need to be highly determined to sustain that lifestyle.

I, Manoj Upadhyay, a digital marketer by profession, believe in just that! I cherish each aspect of life, which has driven me to the idea of my blogging website, namely Wandererfoodie.