Get Paid to Travel

“I'll never forget the day I got the call: an invitation to work for a travel website and embark on my first solo journey, reporting back to an eager audience. Paris. The City of Lights, in 2012. And the beginning of the trip? Well, it couldn't have been more terrifying. Picture this: Our plane aborts its landing due to technical problems. As someone a bit scared of flying by that time, my heart leaped into my throat! Now, I wasn't a newbie to journalism; I'd spent a few years writing for Brazilian newspapers before. But that emergency, that day, on that plane, hit me hard. Thankfully, we landed safely, and the French capital awaited, both beautiful and challenging for a reporter, editor, and photographer running on fumes.”

“While completing my university degree, I worked a handful of part-time jobs to save as much money as I could to buy a one-way ticket to London after my graduation. I had enough money to last a year, or so I thought, which quickly dried up into the abyss after just four months on the road. Soon my dream — to travel the world and get paid — became less of a want and more of a need. If I didn’t start making money soon, I would have to fly home. Did I even have enough money for a flight home? I considered on the balcony of my bed and breakfast one balmy evening in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.”