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There are many different strategies for coming up with money while traveling: you can save up a lot of money and then not have to worry about working for a long time, you can pick up work here and there, you can start a location independent business, you can be a migrant vendor — though [...]
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SUCHITOTO, El Salvador- I would like to thank all the readers who offered donations to Vagabond Journey.com last week! We brought in $100 so far, which means we have reached nearly a quarter of our monthly goal of receiving $400 in donations! Thank you! Your support is always appreciated, and is what allows us to [...]
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The Vagabond Journey.com T-Shirts are now printed and are ready to ship! There are only 100 of them, get yours soon or they may be gone (or I may be stuck with 10o choices of shirt to wear haha).
The t-shirts contain a woodblock print image designed and carved by Justin Catania. They were printed by [...]
The Working Ugly –
It has been well documented that the writer V.S. Naipaul is quite proud of the fact that he has never work a day in his life outside of writing. This fact is written in the author bios of his books, successful writers tout him for it, those with day jobs snarl. He [...]
Archaeology Fieldwork is good if you want to travel –
This is a travelogue entry about how doing Archaeology Fieldwork is a good profession to get into if you want to travel. As with other traveling contract jobs, archaeologists in the USA get their living expenses on the road paid for them in addition to their [...]
Saving Money to Travel Project Completed –
I often receive emails inquiring about the ways that I make up my travel funds. Sometimes these readers imply that I am overwhelmingly fortunate or in someway special because I am able to travel. I would answer that I only make around five to seven thousand USD a year [...]
Working as Geography Research Assistant –
“Chaya’s grandfather is a famous geographer,” I told a couple of guest to Chaya’s family home in Bangor.
“What, did he win a Noble Peace Prize or something?” one of the guest jested with a sarcastic sort of giggle.
“Yeah, he did,” I replied, “it is hanging on the wall right over [...]
Archaeology Project in Arizona –
Wade:
We do have a survey project going on out of Quartzsite, Arizona, through the end of September. Then possible work beyond that on Arizona Forest surveys here and there. If you’re interested, the pay is $12/hour, plus $35/day per diem and lodging. The crew leaves for the field Monday morning from [...]
Trusted Travel Gear Store Redesigned —
A month and a half ago I put up a Trusted Travel Gear online store on Vagabond Journey.com to recommend and, hopefully, sell many of the items that I travel with.
So far, sales have trudging down the road, albeit a bit more slowly than I could have hoped for. [...]
Selling Travel Gear on Vagabond Journey.com–
“Things like this take time,” my coworker on the farm, J, reassured me one day.
We were pulling weeds from the pepper plants and I was griping about the fact that I had put up a Travel Gear shop online full of the items that I travel with, and how nobody [...]
Traveling on the Path of the Sedentary–
In a Biblical sense, the act of farming was the great metaphor for sedentarization.
And thus man ceased wandering, took up the hoe, and walled himself into cities.
In a momentary expression of my new found — though ultimately, temporary — sendentarization, I took up work on an organic farm. I [...]
Sleep in Car to Save Money to Travel –
This entry is a part of a series about how to make and save money to travel.
How to make money for traveling
When saving for travel, I know that I need to cut down on all expenses; I know that I need to live as rough as [...]
New Vagabond Journey Travel Gear Shop –
In my perpetual uphill journey towards trying to make enough money off of Vagabond Journey.com to fully fund the travels of myself and my small family, I have put together an online store, selling the travel equipment and gear that I use:
Vagabond Journey Travel Gear Shop
I have personally used [...]
Traveler Chasing a Dream–
I am a man chasing a dream. Like most dreams, it is only obtainable through never giving up, compromising, or accepting any semblance of a half-measure.
I have a dream of being able to make enough money off of Vagabondjourney.com to completely fund the travels of myself and my small family.
This is not [...]
Work Skills Important for World Travel –
I am learning on The Farm. I am learning some little in between lessons that I will probably take with me through whatever else I do. I am also learning the basic skills of farming. From now on, I will be able to seek work on farms with confidence, [...]
How to take Advantage of an Economic Downturn
The economy is poor in America, workers are being laid off in droves, companies want more from their employees while paying them less.
Seems pretty bad . . .
But it is my impression that this is the perfect time for a person to work in the USA, save money, [...]
How to Save Money for Traveling
“It is far easier to save $20 than it is to make $20.” – Andy the Hobotraveler.com.
This is the mantra of the modern traveler. Anyone who wishes to travel the world should chant this line over and over again every single day.
As I wait in the USA for Chaya to [...]