Many careers don't advertise all the opportunities that you have to work abroad. Just looking a little further into your current career you may find that your beach ticket is just a project away. There are so many different types of jobs available in the tropics. You have an endless amount of positions in the health, beauty and spa industries. There are jobs in sales and marketing, as well as contracting and construction. Tropics are high volume for tourism, so they are always developing something and always looking for people to help create it, or to make it successful once it is shaped. Also this high volume of vacationers opens up the window for travel tourism jobs. To find what tourist destinations may be hiring try a few websites to see if you are qualified. It's a nice treat when your next job's assignment is to travel to a destination and figure out what the best restaurants or hotels may be. Working for a travel agency or in travel tourism you open the doors to getting your ticket to paradise at a very cheap rate. Most employers that send you on tasks like this will be picking up half the bill, if not the whole bill, for your stay.
Being a travel agent you have the opportunity to be self-employed as well. Although being self employed will leave the bill to sit in your lap, there are many ways to get around the bill strapping you down. Travel agent careers and jobs in the travel industry give you a little bit of a pull at most destinations. A lot of places that are looking for a good word will offer travel agents a discount for lodging or even food. This industry can be an ''I'll help you, you help me” trade. If you're willing to travel to write about these business and they know your word may have a pull in customers, they are usually willing to make your stay as enjoyable as possible. Simply calling the hotels or restaurants and asking what discounts they offer for travel business if you were to be reviewing and advertising their place, you will find what deals you can get.
Another opportunity with travel jobs is the simple task of finding the deals for others. Being a travel agent, a lot of people will be looking to you for the best advice on exactly what you are looking for; and that is how to travel cheap to your tropical get-away. So within your research you will be finding the best deals by just doing your jobs. There are some easy links to get you started. www.cheapcaribbean.com, or well known sites like www.travelocity.com and www.hotwire.com. These sites offer package deals, discounted rates, and a lot of special deals for both the travel and stay of your destination. Calling a lot of places and letting them know your line of travel work may also give you the chance for other discounts and rates you may not find on the Internet.
They always say you don't want to mix work with pleasure. When it comes to the economy now-a-days, I think that is actually the best thing to do. You'll be making your money as well as taking your vacations with very inexpensive bill on your part. You'll have a chance to have your get-away without burning a hole through your pocket. In fact being a part of the travel business, you'll be bulking up your wallet by working in your paradise. If that's not traveling for cheap, I don't know what is.
