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“How to Live a Life of Travel”
Check out this useful guide that will show you what you need to do in order to try and create a lifestyle that involves as much as travel as you wish.
I want to visit some place as I have never done it before but I have a problem. I am divorced with two children. I want to travel with them but my financial status is not so good so how do I go about it. I feel I will not be able to fund my trip and then leave some money for later. Please guide.
hey there ! look i am doing Graduation in business management in india and cant leave the college for more than a month. And i want to travel Whole world and how should i do this ???
Can u please Tell me how should i start with so little money in hand. What should i do that could end in a month and i would be paid and also could travel by that. please do reply
Hey Earl,
I’m interested in starting an occupation on a cruise ship but have no prior experience or references from past employment that would encourage a cruise employer to hire me. Although I am a 29yo, presentable, reliable, English speaking, white American male who is hard working and basically willing to start whnvr and wherever I can no matter the wage. I would think someone with that criteria should be able to get his foot in the door on a ship somewhere. Can you point me in the right direction with some specific 1st steps to take? (preferably w/o trying to hard sell me on a stack of ebooks) I’d appreciate it, Thanks!
Wandering Earl
November 12, 2013 at 5:33 pm - Reply
Hey Ken – I’m not going to hard sell you but that is the reason I created my How to Work on Cruise Ships eBook. It basically covers everything you need to not only apply for any job on ships but to have the best chance possible of getting hired. And the reason I recommend the eBook is because it would take me 100 pages to provide the kind of information you are looking for. It’s not something that I could provide in just a couple of paragraphs unfortunately.
I’m sorry if you’ve covered this before… but did you attend college? It seems like if I want to get a college education travel seems impossible for fear of loan debt.
Hey Joe – Yes, I did graduate from university and in terms of loans, I simply deferred them for 1.5 years until I figured out what I was going to do. Then, I happened to land a job working on board cruise ships and that allowed me to pay off the loans over the next few years while saving some money as well.
Came across your blog about a week ago and have loved my time reading through your entries. I’m 20 and in this position in my life where I just don’t know where to go, what to do, or how to go about getting where I want to be in life and its nothing but stress. The single thing that has remained constant for me though is the urge to travel, but never thought possible for me until discovering WanderingEarl. Knowing travel costs next to nothing is DREAM, and this blog has inspired me to really try my hand at traveling for a year (or more) if I can cut it. But I have a hard time believing I can just take what money I have in my bank account, buy a plane ticket, pack a bag and leave.
You’ve talked about a wide range of topics about traveling, but what about a quick post on visas and health care? (I haven’t gotten around to your earlier posts yet so maybe you already have) Do you have to apply for one for each country you visit? Do you only need a passport? How much planning goes into deciding where to visit next? Have you ever been turned away from a country because you didn’t have the necessary documents? What do you do if you get sick while traveling? Did you have to get HUNDREDS of shots before stepping foot outside of the US?
If I can help it, I’m setting a goal to leave by my 21st birthday, plenty of work to do in 9 months but I’m determined now. :]
Hey Lesha – Thanks for the comment and I’m very happy to hear that you’ve been inspired to hopefully get out there and travel! As for your questions, just have a look at my “Getting Started” page and you’ll find the answers to just about all of those questions right there 🙂
Hi Earl. I am a general manager of a restaurant with 15 years experience in the food and beverage industry and am wanting to get a job aboard a cruise ship. Where would you suggest I start in my search?
Wandering Earl
January 30, 2013 at 4:29 am - Reply
Hey Terry – I would check out my eBook – How to Work on a Cruise Ship – as it provides every single thing you need to apply for any position on board the 18 major cruise lines. It gives you the step-by-step instructions as well as detailed advice to ensure you have the best chance possible of getting hired. And of course, if you have any specific questions once you have a read, just let me know and I’ll help you out as best I can!
Thanks for all the articles you have written on your travels, I think I have juiced up on enough of them to land myself a fun job overseas to fund the travel bug, thanks for all the inspirations that you shared through your blog and let me put my magic hat on and create that x job in a fabulous y country and I will come back to contribute to your Wander Fund with the good news: let me be the next testimony so to speak that this life style is indeed possible!
Hey Priya – You clearly have the right mentality and seems like you’ll be on your way soon enough 🙂 I’ll be very interested to learn how it goes for you but I’m quite confident that it will work out perfectly and you’ll end up traveling wide and far as well!
I want to visit some place as I have never done it before but I have a problem. I am divorced with two children. I want to travel with them but my financial status is not so good so how do I go about it. I feel I will not be able to fund my trip and then leave some money for later. Please guide.
hey there ! look i am doing Graduation in business management in india and cant leave the college for more than a month. And i want to travel Whole world and how should i do this ???
Can u please Tell me how should i start with so little money in hand. What should i do that could end in a month and i would be paid and also could travel by that. please do reply
Thanks Earl. A lot of great tips that I’m going to take away with as I start my travel journey.
Hey Earl,
I’m interested in starting an occupation on a cruise ship but have no prior experience or references from past employment that would encourage a cruise employer to hire me. Although I am a 29yo, presentable, reliable, English speaking, white American male who is hard working and basically willing to start whnvr and wherever I can no matter the wage. I would think someone with that criteria should be able to get his foot in the door on a ship somewhere. Can you point me in the right direction with some specific 1st steps to take? (preferably w/o trying to hard sell me on a stack of ebooks) I’d appreciate it, Thanks!
Hey Ken – I’m not going to hard sell you but that is the reason I created my How to Work on Cruise Ships eBook. It basically covers everything you need to not only apply for any job on ships but to have the best chance possible of getting hired. And the reason I recommend the eBook is because it would take me 100 pages to provide the kind of information you are looking for. It’s not something that I could provide in just a couple of paragraphs unfortunately.
Hi Earl,
I’m sorry if you’ve covered this before… but did you attend college? It seems like if I want to get a college education travel seems impossible for fear of loan debt.
If you did attend, how’d you do it?!
Hey Joe – Yes, I did graduate from university and in terms of loans, I simply deferred them for 1.5 years until I figured out what I was going to do. Then, I happened to land a job working on board cruise ships and that allowed me to pay off the loans over the next few years while saving some money as well.
Hey Earl,
Came across your blog about a week ago and have loved my time reading through your entries. I’m 20 and in this position in my life where I just don’t know where to go, what to do, or how to go about getting where I want to be in life and its nothing but stress. The single thing that has remained constant for me though is the urge to travel, but never thought possible for me until discovering WanderingEarl. Knowing travel costs next to nothing is DREAM, and this blog has inspired me to really try my hand at traveling for a year (or more) if I can cut it. But I have a hard time believing I can just take what money I have in my bank account, buy a plane ticket, pack a bag and leave.
You’ve talked about a wide range of topics about traveling, but what about a quick post on visas and health care? (I haven’t gotten around to your earlier posts yet so maybe you already have) Do you have to apply for one for each country you visit? Do you only need a passport? How much planning goes into deciding where to visit next? Have you ever been turned away from a country because you didn’t have the necessary documents? What do you do if you get sick while traveling? Did you have to get HUNDREDS of shots before stepping foot outside of the US?
If I can help it, I’m setting a goal to leave by my 21st birthday, plenty of work to do in 9 months but I’m determined now. :]
Hey Lesha – Thanks for the comment and I’m very happy to hear that you’ve been inspired to hopefully get out there and travel! As for your questions, just have a look at my “Getting Started” page and you’ll find the answers to just about all of those questions right there 🙂
Hi Earl. I am a general manager of a restaurant with 15 years experience in the food and beverage industry and am wanting to get a job aboard a cruise ship. Where would you suggest I start in my search?
Hey Terry – I would check out my eBook – How to Work on a Cruise Ship – as it provides every single thing you need to apply for any position on board the 18 major cruise lines. It gives you the step-by-step instructions as well as detailed advice to ensure you have the best chance possible of getting hired. And of course, if you have any specific questions once you have a read, just let me know and I’ll help you out as best I can!
Hi Earl,
Thanks for all the articles you have written on your travels, I think I have juiced up on enough of them to land myself a fun job overseas to fund the travel bug, thanks for all the inspirations that you shared through your blog and let me put my magic hat on and create that x job in a fabulous y country and I will come back to contribute to your Wander Fund with the good news: let me be the next testimony so to speak that this life style is indeed possible!
Best Travel Luck Cheers,
Priya
Hey Priya – You clearly have the right mentality and seems like you’ll be on your way soon enough 🙂 I’ll be very interested to learn how it goes for you but I’m quite confident that it will work out perfectly and you’ll end up traveling wide and far as well!