My husband and I were planning to travel for long, like moving from one country to another. What best way can we still earn money while traveling?

>>What best way can we still earn money while traveling?<<

In many countries you can't. You need to be much more specific about where and how long you are talking about.

What is your country of citizenship?

What type of skills do you have?

The answers will determine which countries MAY allow you to work - for instance if you are an EU citizen you can easily live/work in any EU country. As janis's says, in most countries if you are not a citizen you CANNOT work with getting a Work Permit. These are often very difficult and costly to obtain. To legally work you must possess a "unique skill",that is needed in that country, you must find an employer willing to sponsor you, that employer must prove to the local Ministry of Labor that there are no "locals" qualified to fill the position". Only then can they offer you the position after which you have to apply for the Work Permit and there are never any guarantees the Permit will be granted. The process can take months and cost $1,000's.

Your initial research should be to visit the official government websites for the countries you plan to visit. Most will have a sections outline their respective laws regarding Immigration and what non-citizens need to do in order to work legally.

Sorry, but you may find your idea of traveling for long periods, moving from country to country and working to earn money is a bit of a pipe dream.

There are people who do this. One way is to run an internet based business. Some successful travel bloggers have grown into that. Another is to work "off the books", i,e, illegally at jobs like bar tending. You can probably forget doing that in Europe. Younger people in places like South East Asia are more likely to try it and it may not be illegal in some countries there. You could try looking for help on Lonely Planet's thorntree.

You could consider becoming tour guides, but I doubt you could get employment together and you would be limited to a given area.

It matters both where you are from, and where you want to go. The question is impossible to answer as is.

We are both Asians but our parents have given up their citizenship to become US citizens. My husband and I attended marital counseling at ReGain and so we come up with the idea that it could help us raise better kids if we know our roots and we can pass on to them the values from our native land. Plus, the fact that our traveling together could keep us closer as we meet each other's families back home.

That doesn't exactly match your first post. It sounds like you should save some money and then just visit your families, rather than embarking on some extended trek through unrelated countries. Besides, if you are raising children in the US, they need US values more than those of another country.

I would suggest the same. Work at whatever jobs you both have now, to save the money you need for the trip. That will be a lot easier than trying to work on the road, moving country to country, with kids in tow.

Unless you have skills which enable you to work remotely and online (most likely in IT or Consulting), probably the easiest way would be to teach English as a foreign language. Most reputable schools will require teachers to have English as a first language, a degree or equivalent qualification level and a TEFL qualification.

Even with the above you would still need work visas or permits for most countries. You also need to consider the ethics of going from a developed to a developing country and potentially taking a job which could be done by a local, thus removing their livelihood.

We can try doing online jobs. I know of friends who do it for a living, but they are all stay-home. Hope it will work as we travel.

“Trying” and “hoping” an on line job will work might not be the solution. You’ll need to actually make a living rather than just hoping it will work.

And again, you’ll have to make sure the country where you are living at the time doesn’t have laws that prevent you from working there without the proper Work Permit. It is not uncommon for countries to restrict non-citizens from working “on-line”. Check this out carefully otherwise you could end up getting deported or worse.

>>We can try doing online jobs. I know of friends who do it for a living, but they are all stay-home. Hope it will work as we travel.<<

Working on line is no solution. In many countries there is no distinction -- if it is illegal to work/earn money without a special visa and/or work permit, it is just as illegal to work on line.

Do the on-line work at home for awhile first, see how it works, and if it works. See how you two do together in one place without the stress of travel and the pressure of "hoping" the job works out. If the job works out to the point that you can "take it on the road," and you two work out to the point that a little added stress does not undo you, then go for it.

“Working online is no solution” - I disagree. Many people work online in many countries without any issues whatsoever. If they are registered in their home countries for tax purposes they are not technically working in the countries they are visiting. As long as they stay within the legal amount of time and don’t work for, or employ, locals or physically transact business within the country that they are situated, they can enter many, if not most countries and work online with just a tourist visa. Clearly, if contemplating this then do your research for the country concerned

>>“Working online is no solution” - I disagree. <<

If you read the full content of my post . . . including >> In many countries there is no distinction -- if it is illegal to work/earn money without a special visa and/or work permit, it is just as illegal to work on line.<<

I didn't say all countries. Yes -- in many countries it is OK. But if a country requires a work permit or special visa -- then it would be required for on-line work as well. For instance in the UK or Schengen -- not only would on-line work be against the rules for an American (the rules can be different for other nationalities) -- even volunteer work isn't allowed on a tourist visa.

All we are saying is that online work might or might not be allowed. And to be allowed entry, many countries require one to prove they have enough money to support themselves for the entire length of the visit . . . without working.

janisj is spot on. Many Caribbean countries require non-citizens residing on that island to have a Work Permit if the work online regardless of whether or not they are “registered to pay taxes” in another country. Any “work” by a non-citizen while residing on the island, sometimes even volunteer work, requires a Work Permit.

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Work at a ski resort

The best part about this one is that you don't have to know how to ski! Inasmuch as you can offer work, there are a lot of occupations in Switzerland or the French Alps on resorts, working in chalets or something like that. As a head's up: working in a chalet is not at all like the film Chalet Girl.

You could do some stints working as a bartender / working in a hostel etc. Other options as stated are online business: editing, coding, building websites, running a blog, affiliate marketing, etc. Loads of people do it, but it is not easy dealing with insecurity, developing a business, etc.

An older post, I know, but just to reiterate what others have said—the OP CAN’T work at hostels in many countries, or bars, and they have very little chance of getting a job at a ski resort in Schengen. Because OP is a US citizen. Every job I’ve seen advertised along those lines specified that the applicant has an EU passport or some sort of visa that qualifies them to work in that country. That goes for at least a few of the Asian countries as well (I haven’t looked into work in every single one).

It doesn’t make any sense in the OP’s case anyway. There isn’t much logic in their “values” idea. But this comes up on so many forums that it just confuses the issue when people suggest stuff that is, in many places, illegal. I’ve met backpackers who argue that the law isn’t “directed” at them, but if you can’t tell immigration the truth about how you’re supporting yourself in their country, then that should be a big ol’ clue that it’s NOT legal.

if the OP is still around...have you considered teaching English? Or do you have a degree that would make it possible to work overseas? A few of my computer science major buddies ended up in Asia.

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