Comments on: Financially Sustainable Travel Part 1: My 2011 Income

By: Nora

Nora — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 03:47:24 +0000

In reply to Christine Breese. Hey Christine, Indeed, residual income is great, and since 2011 I've created even more frameworks (through my site and others I've written for) to keep the affiliate income coming in.

By: Christine Breese

Christine Breese — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 19:11:03 +0000

Wow! So it’s possible! Thank you for being so transparent and sharing all this for anyone to see, and to show that it’s possible to piece it all together. What a great way to make a living! Beats sitting in a mall or store at a cash register making minimum wage, or even at a desk job in the corporate world making a bigger living, what a great resource for tracking what is possible. The affiliate sales is quite intriguing and I would love to learn more about this. Residual income is a great source.

By: Nora Dunn

Nora Dunn — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 16:34:30 +0000

In reply to Jasmine.

Hi Jasmine,
You make a great point – my sponsored activities (which would normally be expenses, but are counted more as income) have subsidized my travel and might not equate what others would pay to travel around the world.
But.
In terms of free accommodation, I’ve gotten 99% of that in a way that any traveler can. (More info: https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/travel-tips-resources/get-free-accommodation-around-world/)
And for transportation (other than the Ultimate Train Challenge), again that’s mostly been through my own frequent flyer mile hacking, as well as saving money by traveling slowly.
The reality is, every world travel budget is completely different, depending on where you go, what you do, how you live, how long you have for travel, and more.
Here’s a post I wrote about creating travel budgets that outlines some of these criteria so you can create your own customized travel budget:
https://www.creditwalk.ca/dear-nora-much-money-need-travel-long-term/

By: Jasmine

Jasmine — Fri, 30 May 2014 03:29:48 +0000

I would hate to ask a question you might have already answered somewhere else in your blog- but what do you tell people who didn’t have a lucrative job that they saved up money from before deciding to travel the world? Also you say that a fair amount of your airfare and transportation is paid for plus your accommodation is free, that is the biggest expense of traveling; that is the “how you get there” and “where you’ll stay.” So I appreciate your honesty in revealing your “annual income” but if you could calculate how much the airfare/transportation and accommodation are for people who aren’t sponsored that could give us a better idea of how to budget for world travel.

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:07:06 +0000

In reply to Michel. Hi Michel - Yes Asia is a great place to stretch your travel dollar, and also have a cultural adventure. I hope your son enjoyed his trip!

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:10:49 +0000

My sun just came back from an 8 month journey in Asia. His trip cost him a little more than 10,000 dollar without any revenue. I am glad to see that with a bit a creativity, some money can be made, even on the road! Get tips for this page.

By: Hotelopia UK

Hotelopia UK — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:51:36 +0000

I suppose these things do take time, building up the audience and with it the revenue. Well, glad it all worked out for you in the end, your blog is fantastic and a pleasure to read! 🙂

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:53:25 +0000

@Hotelopia – I spent close to the first two years building up my writing and blogging portfolio and audience (on this site and others) – all for very little money. (I was able to live off the proceeds of selling my business). I still wasn’t sure I’d be able to make a go of it, but with a good dose of entrepreneurial knowledge and commitment, a lot is possible! 🙂

By: Hotelopia UK

Hotelopia UK — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:43:17 +0000

Thanks for posting this blog, I’ve always wondered how on earth travellers financed it all – except for those who save and save and then go for one year only!

Unfortunately though it seems you need to have a good readership base on your blog before you start earning affiliate money though, and you won’t get that readership if you’re not blogging about your travels, which seems like a bit of a catch 22!

How did you start? Did you have savings, or did you just jet off and hope it would all pan out?

By: theprofessionalhobo

theprofessionalhobo — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:20:27 +0000

@Solo Female Nomad – From my website alone, decent money didn’t start rolling in until almost 3 years in. But I must admit it wasn’t my objective to monetize my site per se, so I didn’t apply myself in a way that could have sped up the process. (I was initially focusing more on establishing freelance writing gigs).