What kind of job makes money while traveling? How to make money while traveling?

Tourism originally costs money, but what you don't know is that tourism can actually make money. The following small series will tell you how to make money in travel. What are the ways to make money? Everyone can follow it and provide you with a plan.

If you plan to go to more than one place, you can buy some special items in one place and take them to the second stop to set up a stall. For example, in Southeast Asian countries, every backpacker gathering place must have various nights.

The market is crowded with people, all for buying special things. I met some on my trip before. I received the goods for fun and subsidized some of my travel expenses.

However, in view of the increasing homogenization of domestic tourist souvenirs, it is not so easy for students to travel abroad. The subject may wish to try to set up a stall in a large music festival and sell hats, cultural shirts and sunglasses. It's very profitable! The music festival opens a city and plays a city. Ask about the source of goods on Alibaba.

Farm volunteers can save a lot of travel expenses. Generally, you can change accommodation by how long you work in a day, and you can also meet different backpackers. For example, there are several places near Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is RMB 30 per day, including three meals and accommodation. I work in the farm garden for less than 5 hours every day. There are also activities such as meditation, study, chatting, making friends, watching stars and experiencing natural life.

There are many youth travel volunteers in bars in China, but I heard that there are many jobs and little free time, so I suggest finding a reliable youth travel bar.

A skill, whether it is music or artistic photography, is a tool for you to make money on the road. Playing guitar and singing in the street, making wall paintings for youth travelers and taking pictures of weddings are all good ways to make money. If you have these skills, ask me how to achieve them.

Daigou Many backpackers will stop to buy when they are short of money on the trip, send local specialties to China, or sell their own handicrafts to save the fare for the next stop.

couchsurfing

That is to say, sleeping on sofas, domestic sleeping sofas can go to Douban to search for sofas, which is rich in information.

Although this way can greatly reduce accommodation fees, especially in non-Asian regions. More is to know the local people, understand the local short-term job opportunities, and how to travel around. 2.

Go on road trip is also a good way. According to my experience, the more remote and backward the place, the easier it is to get a ride. If you are afraid that others can't understand the thumbs-up gesture, just wave to the car ~ General truck drivers will pick you up, and it's no fun to run long distances. Chat with them when you get on the bus and don't disturb driving. Remember to smoke with you. PS: Before you get on the bus, you must say that you have no money. Just take a ride. PPS: It is safest and most effective for a man and a woman to hitchhike.

In fact, the way many people want to make money in travel will not affect travel, at least it will not have much impact on travel. What we really want is a lifestyle with time, finance and physical and mental freedom.

I summed up a set of methods based on my own experience, which is of course useful. Of course, there is a premise that we must think more and practice more, that is, we must dare to think and do.

Travel is fluid and irregular, so the main tool is the Internet. There are three ways to make money on the Internet: selling products, buying services and selling advertisements. Of course, there is also investment, but it is beyond the scope of our discussion. In addition, selling advertisements needs popularity and fans, so I upgraded selling advertisements to engaging in community.

That is, there are three ways: selling products, selling services and engaging in community.

Let's share the idea of selling products first.

20 1 1 First time to Lijiang. After a while, I want to leave and continue my trip, but I don't have any travel expenses at this time.

At that time, I didn't do professional travel photography, but I found that many foreigners came here to take wedding photos. Because wedding photos should be arranged in advance, they are all booked in advance by looking for a photography agency online.

After investigation, we know that Lijiang's travel wedding dress is in the initial stage of development, and it has not yet formed a fully competitive market, with considerable profits, and most photography institutions have only played half of their productivity. I didn't understand marketing planning at that time, and I didn't decide to stay in Lijiang, so I didn't do it.

But I chose a studio with good hardware conditions and good shooting. Through many times of communication, I have refined their selling points that are superior to others. Then I opened a shop on Taobao, bought a smart phone (Taobao just started to be a wireless terminal and launched a mobile version of Want Want), made some promotion, and continued to travel with my mobile phone.

The situation in Taobao at that time was that although many people had already bought products in Taobao, they still didn't think of Taobao when they bought services. But there are always a small number of trendy people who will try to search on it. In fact, these people are the core figures to promote the progress of the platform.

Taobao is also expanding its categories. At that time, a number of service categories including the wedding market were launched. Think about it, that's 20 1 1 year. A few years ago in 2008, many people still couldn't think of online shopping. 20 1 1 year, they went to Taobao to buy things. 20 1 1, people will not look for services in Taobao. Now Taobao has become a "universal Taobao", and there is nothing you can't buy.

Cultivating the market is a long and arduous process, but we must seize the opportunity, especially now that the development speed of the Internet is simply unexpected. Don't be a martyr, be a pioneer. Everyone must try more new ways to play the Internet and seize the early development dividend.

At that time, there were very few wedding photography shops on Taobao, but now the competition for wedding photography on Taobao is fierce, and it is completely a red sea.

Although the market is small, and most people ask a lot of maddening questions because they don't know about traveling wedding dresses, after all, the competition is too small. I can have about ten shots every month and earn more than 10 thousand, just chatting on my mobile phone when I travel.

Idea 1. Find a simple virtual product, no logistics, simple after-sales service and no after-sales trouble.

There are many such opportunities on the travel network platform. For example, in the promotion of airbnb in recent years, it is recommended that a user has a commission of tens to more than 100 yuan. If he does well, he can easily earn tens of thousands of dollars a month. You can send airbnb coupons directly to some foreign travel forums to attract users for airbnb.

In the membership rules of major airlines and international hotel chains, most of them also recommend cash back or gifts, points and so on. Learning and using their rules can easily achieve good income and play around the world.

You can sell their membership cards, invitation codes, etc. In Taobao or travel forums, it is easy to get accurate customers and effectively avoid competition.

2. Take advantage of price differences and information differences in different countries, regions, different times, different fields and different platforms.

The above method of making money by using rules is actually to use the information asymmetry between major aviation alliances and major international hotel chain groups to obtain their top membership cards at a lower price, and then make rational use of these rules to make yourself comfortable to travel around the world and make money.

The price difference caused by information difference is a very good business opportunity. Try to sell domestic and foreign products to each other. The prices of some products with design sense or artificial characteristics at home and abroad are very different! For example, Europeans and Americans especially like some China.

Produce products with good quality and low price; All kinds of purchasing abroad also belong to this way, so there are different examples.

There are also many opportunities in China, such as fresh local products in Yunnan. With the increasing pursuit of quality of life, the original ecological organic agricultural products in remote mountainous areas are becoming more and more popular. My friends, in this year's wild mushroom season, sold a ton of Tricholoma matsutake in the circle of friends, mainly selling high-grade Tricholoma matsutake. The average price is around 500 yuan per kilogram. You can calculate the sales by yourself.

pay attention to

1. First, you need to find the user base and gain their trust. Draw inferences about what you are good at and know. Don't always think about doing a difficult thing by yourself, you must learn to cooperate with others.

2. Don't verify a market by yourself, as it is likely to become a martyr, but it is easier to do micro-innovation in the market verified by others.

Success.

Information inequality will always exist, but you need to find a correct position for yourself first. Find the field that suits you, find the customer base in this field, extract the value points that can be shared, and stick to it.

The way to sell services is 20 12. I am playing in Dali. I live in an inn near Erhai Lake. While resting on the rooftop, I met two girls who came to Yunnan to play. I didn't tell them I was a photographer, but I know a little about photography. They offered to play together, and they could be responsible for my scenic spot tickets, as long as I took some photos for them. You know, as a travel photographer, I often meet people who want you to take pictures of them. I will help them if they don't move a finger on the road, but if you want to play with me, it's obviously taking pictures of people, and I will stay away from them. However, they didn't know that I was a professional photographer and offered to pay for the tickets. I think they are people who are willing to pay for value.

I said: I will pay for the scenic spots myself. I'm not taking your picture. I'm here to play, too, but I can take some pictures of you when we play. You don't have to care about me. Just play with yourself. I will get your permission when I need your cooperation in shooting, and you will watch and reward me when I come back.

I didn't bring my camera. When I came back, I showed them the photos in my mobile phone, and they gave me 1000 yuan. Although this is far from my special shooting fee, I just took some photos of them with my mobile phone when I was playing, and occasionally they offered to take them for me.

At that time, the quality of mobile phone shooting was far worse than now, and I didn't use photography technology much, but I did the following:

1. All landmark places were photographed as souvenirs;

2. While they were joking and playing, I quietly photographed many interesting and wonderful moments;

3. Where there is good light and angle, I will let them cooperate with my shooting, guide them to interact and take good-looking photos.

The whole thing is: find the right customer base, understand their real needs and satisfy them.

This example is just a small fight. If you want a long-term and stable way, you must find a simple, after-sales and reproducible non-real-time service, that is, service productization.

Besides, the service must be high-end. At the beginning, we didn't have such a customer base. We can sell some low-end services with income first, but always remember that your goal is to be a high-end customer and constantly upgrade your ideas and skills.

Again: draw inferences from others and find out what you are good at and know; Don't always think about doing a difficult thing by yourself, you must learn to cooperate with others.

Provide ideas 1. travel specialist

This is more professional. You may need to know one of the knowledge and skills such as brand management, marketing, Internet operation, copywriting and design. , and can provide travel agencies with consultation or services such as route design, copywriting planning, brand marketing and online promotion of tourism-related products. I have a friend who goes to various tourist destinations to train local tourism agencies to improve the professionalism of the staff and the competitiveness of the whole team. In the current market environment, where I am

Lijiang

Most inns, travel agencies and scenic spots also need these talents very much, and most of them can also cooperate remotely online.

2. Travel agencies

You can play around, stay at home and even set up your own studio. If you want to be more free, you can only operate online and earn income by selling products and services of cooperative travel agencies. There are many such opportunities, and we will also recruit agents when traveling in the west, but our tourism products are relatively high-end, and we pay attention to the guests' experience during the tour. If you are a person who pursues different life experiences and have some friends who also pursue quality, you can consider acting as an agent for our travel products.

3. Travel planner or destination expert

If there are too many consulting services in travel agencies, you can consider being a travel planner for travel consumers. When traveling, summarize more strategies and share more, and someone will ask you for travel planning. If you know a tourist destination very well, you can become a tourist destination expert.

For example, many of my friends are Lijiang children. In their spare time, they post and write articles on the Internet to share their wonderful lives. Slowly, many people will ask them for help in booking accommodation, arranging transportation and recommending interesting and delicious restaurants. Even if you don't charge planning consulting fees, there are still many places that can bring in income, but here I remind you, to get legitimate income, don't cheat guests.

If you have a skill, such as singing and shooting, you can eat directly by skill. But like tourism planning and agency services, some people will ask: what if I don't know how to master it? Check, ask Du Niang, call and ask friends you know for help! Dare to sell. You can play, you can take people to play, and teaching people to play is also a promising career. "You come from afar, I'll take you for a walk!" Ha ha laugh

First of all, you should dare to sell, be willing to sell, abandon previous experience, and have a completely empty cup mentality. Even if there is only one user, if you serve him well, he will pay for you all his life, and he can also help you produce fission. Let's talk about the mentality of making money while traveling in the future.

Teacher Qin Gang has a buddy who works as a chef in Victoria, Canada. Because it is very hot for China people to immigrate to Canada to buy a house, they switched to real estate agency. He knows nothing about real estate, and real estate agents mainly rely on relationships. The longer they do it, the more customers they will have. How to do it at first?

He established the image of a Victorian real estate expert for China people. How come?

1. We collected 100 questions about people who want to buy a house in Canada. Write an article for each question and post it on the official WeChat account and various related websites and forums;

2. Answer the questions asked by these people on the Q&A platform.

In this way, after half a year, he became an expert in this field. Target customers who want to buy a house can easily find his articles online. After reading his articles, they have full trust in him, and then they will find him as an intermediary to find a house that meets their requirements in Canada.

I told you before, he doesn't understand! In fact, his practice is a method of learning while playing.

For example, can China people get a loan when they buy a house in Victoria? How much can I borrow? What are the requirements? He didn't know these problems, so he called the bank, made some phone calls and called every bank, and everything was clear. Then write an article and send it out. In the eyes of people who read the article, he is an expert in this field.

Sharing your travel stories, experiences and feelings, or at least sending such a circle of friends often, is a wonderful experience you have experienced and invite them to share it with you. Because of your sharing, fans in your circle of friends will trust you, and you won't encounter too many obstacles in doing this service.

note:

1. Although I emphasize that we are a communication method that does not require high professional skills, you must have at least one strong point, or you will never dream of it. I don't have the skills to talk, but I have the brains to help people with ideas. Only when you have nothing can you have physical strength.

2. From the customer's point of view, what is valuable to him, not what you think is valuable, refer to the previous example of shooting with a mobile phone.

3. Think more and try more, and there will be many related business opportunities. You are sure to find an interesting and suitable idea.

The way of community: A girl photographed by our brigade later went to school in the United States and worked as a purchasing agent for her classmates and friends in China in her spare time. Although I only work part-time, I never deal with running errands, from chatting to shopping to delivery. In this way, her classmates and friends introduced friends to buy from her. The income from purchasing can guarantee her a good life in America.

Later, when I was chatting with her, she said that her friends always came to buy things from her piecemeal, and they often went out several times a week, which affected their study and the problem of jet lag. It was a little hard and they didn't want to do it. I gave her an idea to turn passivity into initiative and double her income at the same time. How? Get all these people who are looking for her to buy together and make a community.

She took my advice, set up a WeChat group, brought them all in, interacted with them when she had time, chatted with everyone, and guided everyone to discuss the advantages and disadvantages and experience of products of various brands. Because they are all of the same kind, the topic is very speculative and the atmosphere is particularly good. The influence of the group is great, and everyone's sharing is equivalent to constant repetition. The number of people has not increased, but the number of products she bought has doubled.

Now she just needs to send a message in the group, saying that there is no class to go out shopping in XX, and anyone who wants to bring something will tell me. There will be a lot of news to bring, directly transfer or send red envelopes in the group.

More interestingly, when discussing a product, everyone said it was very good, and she would let everyone play one after another.

Longyou

Play. "Who wants to start, Solitaire!" "Little Red 3 Boxes", "Sister Zhang 5 Boxes" and "Aunt Wang 2 Boxes" .................................................................................................................................................

In fact, she only did two things:

1. User thinking

She knows nothing about the user's thinking, but she does this. If everyone is served well, these people will always ask her to pay the bill and introduce her to friends. We'll talk about user thinking later.

2. Establish a circle and engage in community.

Gather similar people, replenish energy, turn passivity into initiative, and enlarge transactions.

Again: draw inferences from others and find out what you are good at and know; Don't always think about doing a difficult thing by yourself, you must learn to cooperate with others.

Build a circle

Find people of the same kind and bring them together. Pay attention to the same kind of people. You can't put hikers and go on road trip people in the same neighborhood, and there will be fights.

1. I made friends on the trip. The people you meet on foot must like hiking, or at least outdoor.

2. Write an article and share it. Writing articles is the main way of sharing. If you don't share, you can't make money from traveling. Everyone must write more and share more. Leave your official WeChat account or personal number in the article.

I met him in someone else's neighborhood. It's okay. It is also necessary to mix with people of the same kind.

Implement 1. sell goods

Since they are the same kind of people, they have the same hobbies. Understand their needs, and then find the products they need, and it will be OK. Worst of all, you can buy a group.

For example, in an outdoor circle, everyone needs outdoor equipment. You should count the quantity that everyone needs, and then go to wholesale.

sales service

Same as above, people of the same kind have the same hobbies.

take for example

Outdoor circle, organize everyone to go out to play. Or cooperate with travel agencies to sell tourism products.

Sales advertisement

What if we sell advertisements, but we are not celebrities, media and have no advertising resources? The easiest way is to operate in combination with circles. The circle is not only your advertising audience, but also your media resources. People who understand naturally understand, so I won't say much.

Step 4 cultivate

Take the outdoor circle as an example, outdoor knowledge, outdoor rescue, photography skills and so on are all things that everyone wants to learn.

5. Community charges

At present, there are many charging communities, but I don't agree to collect money by this. After we got together, the above four methods were all very good. Of course, the biggest function of community charges is to filter out the garbage crowd. The higher the threshold of the community, the more valuable the community is.

Community operations need to pay attention to the following points in order to build a valuable WeChat group and develop healthily:

1. is located.

Step 2 have a threshold

establish/make rules

4. Have communication, and do online or offline communication on a topic regularly.

Here are some key points, please share them when you have time.

Travel is not only to discover the world, but also to discover yourself. Think about how to connect the stories in the trip with friends in the community.

We talked too much about making money. Speaking of travel, you will strengthen some people with the same frequency and the same way through travel, and perhaps one of them is your noble person. This is also one of the intangible benefits of travel. In fact, travel has brought us too many benefits. I will organize a group when I have time and we can share it with each other.

Finally, share a community-based idea, which is applicable to any industry. What is this?

Study tour!

In recent years, I have found that more and more industries have people taking students to study all over the country or even around the world, which is easy, fun and expensive. Because of the high threshold, the quality of students and community value are also high. Just a few examples:

Self-cultivation yoga, tea ceremony, practice, Zen dance, etc.

Copywriting, brand building, marketing guru class, WeChat business training, etc. Commercial operation;

Rural life experience of outward bound training, outdoor exploration for teenagers (upgraded version of summer camp), and outward bound training for enterprise teams.

Even recently, a group of agricultural mainlanders came to Yunnan to study and inspect.

In the past, you might think that people who climb snow-capped mountains must be playing outdoors. Last month, a group of business groups with tie-rod boxes, leather shoes and LV bags came to Lijiang, and we took them to climb the Haba Snow Mountain.

There are some things you may not think of. Every year, a large number of people organize girls to study in Lijiang.

You may say, what if you don't have skills and ideas? Always play, take them to play!

As I said at the beginning, this is a re-realization method. We ugly people without talent still need freedom and money. If I can't even execute it, I can only hehe. If you don't know the method, I'll tell you the method. If the method doesn't suit you, think about what suits you by analogy, do it when you think about it, and stick to it when you are done, so as to succeed.