How We Afford to Travel Full Time (+ TIPS for Traveling the World On a Budget) | Full Time Travel

Here’s our secret to how we afford to travel full time (and how you can too). It’s super simple and involves 2 ingredients, which we cover in the video.
It may seem like full time travel is only for super-rich people with trust funds or sugar daddies or winning lottery tickets.
That couldn’t be further from the truth.
In this video, we share how to travel the world full time for “normal” people like us who simply don’t want to wait until we’re retired, old, and crusty to finally be able to explore the world.
This involves learning how to become a digital nomad, how to make money on the road, and how to travel cheap-all of which we cover in detail in the video.
There are TONS of ways of making money on the road-whether that be working online or working in-person in another country. We share exactly what WE do, but also give some awesome resources where you can explore all the different travel jobs you can choose from.
Lastly, we share our top tips for traveling the world on a budget. Without these travel hacks, we would never be able to afford to travel nonstop.
Buckle up - this one’s packed with gold nuggets!
Leave us a comment if you have any questions 🤓
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🟠R E S O U R C E S M E N T I O N E D :
▶ 10 Awesome Travel Jobs ANYONE Can Do: • 10 EASY Travel Jobs AN...
▶ How to Score Housesitting Jobs and Travel for FREE: • How to Get Housesitter...
▶ 5 Questions You MUST Ask Yourself Before Deciding to Travel Full Time: • How to decide if trave...
▶ Van Life Cost of Living in the U.S. (CHEAP!): • MONTHLY EXPENSES LIVIN... :
▶ Bangkok “Cheap Luxury” Cost of Living Breakdown: • How much does it cost ...
▶ 5 Tricks to 10x Productivity While Traveling: • 5 Tricks to 10x Produc...
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🟡S U B S C R I B E
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🔴M O R E C O O L V I D E O S 😎 :
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▶ Our Sweet Cheap Luxury Apartment in Bangkok: • BANGKOK CHEAP APARTMEN...
▶ What It’s Like Traveling As a Couple for 365 Days Straight: • AN INSANE YEAR OF TRAV...
▶ Adventures in Siem Reap Cambodia 🇰🇭 Angkor Wat Temple Hopping: • EXPLORING SIEM REAP CA...
▶ Exploring Railay Beach and Ao Nang as Digital Nomads: • EXPLORING RAILAY BEACH...
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🟢T O P R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S :
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🔵A W E S O M E R E S O U R C E S :
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EARN YOUR FIRST $1K FREELANCING (FREE COURSE): bit.ly/2Sil9Xg
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🟣A L I T T L E A B O U T U S
Heyo! Mitch and Day here 👋🏼
We’re just your typical American-Colombian couple determined to live every second of our precious time here on earth to the fullest. After a 10-month solo backpacking trip through South America, I (Mitch) stopped in Cali, Colombia to take salsa dancing classes 💃🏻. I only planned to stay for a couple weeks, but God had other plans for me. I met a cute Colombian girl (Day) in class, those couple weeks turned into a couple years, and before we knew it...we were married 👰🏻🤵🏼
Now we’re traveling the world full time as digital nomads, supporting ourselves by working online 👨‍💻👩‍💻
Our goal with these videos is to inspire you to step outside your comfort zone, give you an inside peek at our crazy imperfect lives, and show you that you don’t have to be rich to live an extraordinary life...all you need to do is make the choice!
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[@barbdaugherty4217]

You two are so cute together. I think it’s pretty cool what you’re doing!!

[@ProjectUntethered]

Thank you so much!! Hope we can visit again soon!

[@scottglass5216]

Hi Mitch and Day! Another awesome, informative, fun video! Have fun and stay safe!

[@ProjectUntethered]

Thanks so much!! We're glad you liked it :-) Stay tuned for your imaginary $1000 😉

[@davidj7516]

Thank you for your time.

[@MsJaime-yg5nx]

Hello thank you for your videos. As a teacher, I can’t travel off season so unfortunately, companies know high peak seasons and we are a family of five so I feel it’s always going to be pricier, even when booking a year a head. Also my husband prefers that we travel using refundable tickets so it makes it even more pricey. Can you create a video for international travel with tips that are refundable?

[@ProjectUntethered]

That’s tough, but I will add it to my video to do list! One thing you could do is look at destinations where your summer is actually off season. (For example, in the southern hemisphere where it is getting chillier at that time)

[@maryannscrochetingandknitt8791]

Is this your vlog ? Do you have a blog too ? If so , Where is it?

[@ProjectUntethered]

Yup this is our KZbin channel and the blog is projectuntethered.com - check it out!

[@raindances3310]

We have two small dogs. Currently we are trying to get them acclimated to carriers for the plane. I know this is going to affect the price for traveling though. I doubt we can stay in hostels?

[@ProjectUntethered]

I’m sure there are some god-friendly hostels that exist, but I think it would be tough to find them. I have a feeling you’d have to stick to let-friendly gust houses or Airbnbs. But maybe there is a blog or YT channel out there specifically about traveling with pets - they probably have better advice than me!

[@ocikon05]

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[@embitious630]

The only thing holding me back is My kids. I’m a single mom. Im debt free and making 6 figures. I bought 5 properties already in my home country in Bohol Philippines. Im just giving myself 8 years to retire. I will do van life first and drive across the country. It’s good to do it with someone who has a same mindset as me otherwise I’d rather be alone.

[@ProjectUntethered]

Congratulations on your success! I bet van life could be a fun adventure with kids!

[@embitious630]

@@ProjectUntethered my kids is going to be over 18 that time. So probably I’m just gonna do it myself

[@ProjectUntethered]

Ahh yeah that makes sense. Sounds like an exciting plan!!

[@Addison2023]

Good inspire

[@maryannscrochetingandknitt8791]

Mitch , What companies do u freelance write for? Can we see your articles?

[@maryannscrochetingandknitt8791]

I would like to read them because you’re a really good writer.

[@ProjectUntethered]

Thanks! Some clients are confidential, but others I’ve written for are moneywise and copywritingcourse

[@msmith342]

Well since you asked and I have a lot of questions and concerns... What's stopping me from joining van life (technically hotel prius life) is money, safety, and the environment. I have a dog and don't want to leave her in the car alone like ever. I'm thinking about staying with family for a few months at a time to work/save up/avoid northern winters. I don't have a smart phone- I have a garmin, laptop, and a lightphone/hotspot+booster. That should be enough to be able to work if I have to right? I have a small video channel but I'm not sure I want to juggle so many things at once. I want to live in my car because a) i can't afford rent b) i want to choose when to be alone and when I want to be around people, and c) to help me grow up and figure out what my life worth living is. Is there a way to make money by turning in litter? How many wild animals have you had to worry about? Can I like weed peoples yards and how do you ask to do things like that? Anyway thank you for making these videos, subbed!

[@msmith342]

More of an anxious rant than a question lol

[@ProjectUntethered]

Wow that's a lot of questions haha! :-) No worries, I've been there. Sometimes just writing out your thoughts like that can be helpful. If you don't want to ever leave the dog alone in your car, I think it's going to be really hard. There are lots of people who do van life with dogs. But I imagine they have to leave them inside from time to time. If you have a hotspot, that should be plenty to get work done if you can tether to your laptop. That said, you have to choose your camp spots carefully. If you get too far out in the middle of nowhere, you won't have signal even with a booster. I'd definitely start by choosing one job that is the best earner. It's easy to spread yourself too thin when traveling/living in a vehicle because living in a vehicle takes a lot of extra work (finding food, gas, bathrooms, etc.) Speaking of which, before diving in headfirst, it might be a good idea to do a trial run for a week to see how things go. I've never heard of the litter idea before, but you certainly could make money doing yardwark if you wanted to. If you did that, I'm assuming you'd be sticking to one area (vs. traveling around) in order to find some regular clients. And as far as wild animals go, we've had zero problems so far. We do carry bear spray when we hike in bear country though! I hope this helps!!

[@msmith342]

@@ProjectUntethered Thank you so much for replying! I think a trial run is in order...

[@ProjectUntethered]

Definitely! Let us know how the trial run goes!

[@faithbranshaw6574]

@@ProjectUntethered what your doing sounds fun, but I hope that you're saving $400.00 a month to invest in the stock market index funds so you can have financial freedom someday. Unfortunately I didn't make the rules, but there will be a time when the body is too old to work, so (FIRE) Financial independence retire early will give you comfort. Poor, lower class and middle class income people can invest in the stock market and be wealthy, just have to invest right by learning. Van life is cool, but investing and being truly free is even better.

[@maryannscrochetingandknitt8791]

Is this your vlog ? Do you have a blog also? If so , where?

[@ProjectUntethered]

Projectuntethered.com ! Go check it out! :-)

[@maryannscrochetingandknitt8791]

Check what out?

[@maryannscrochetingandknitt8791]

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[@ProjectUntethered]

@@maryannscrochetingandknitt8791 The blog!

[@ProjectUntethered]

Pretty cool, huh?

[@ScottMeszaros]

How do you travel credit card hack if you have less than a 700 score? I've been turned down by american airline Citi card and same with Barclay's card. Advice?

[@ProjectUntethered]

I think you’d have to start with a couple cards with lower requirements to gradually build up your score by consistently monthly payments. Usually when you apply, it says the range of credit scores that qualify. The easier-to-get cards don’t have the best bonuses, but they are a start!

[@esthiehere]

she is so beautiful.....only this makes me watch it further