You’ve once again been regaled by a travel story. One in which the person telling the story talks about the amazing places they’ve been, things they’ve seen, and the foods they’ve eaten.
It seems like they are always traveling, and you aren’t. You want to do that too, but…how can they afford it?
Enter Nora Dunn, the mastermind behind the fantastic website The Professional Hobo, and someone who has been able to travel full-time for the last 7 years.
Today, she reveals all her secrets for how to live a full-time life of travel in a financially sustainable way.
From how she saved over $63,000 in the last few years on accommodations to how she is able to earn an income from the road, she gives incredible advice that hits on all facets of a full-time traveler’s life.
So if you’re someone who has always wanted to travel more, whether it is full-time or not, Nora is THE person you want to follow, and this interview is a great starting point!
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In This Episode:
- The two components to financially sustainable travel.
- The three keys to spending less money while traveling.
- How Nora saved over $63,000 on housing in the first 5 years of her travels.
- Living and working on a boat with no sailing skills.
- When to start your business to give it the best chance to succeed.
- How to land your first freelancing gig.
- The power of reaching out with compliments.
- How the Acropolis becomes just “meh”.
- The combustibility of couples travel vs. the loneliness of solo travel
And much more!
Links Discussed in This Episode:
- The Professional Hobo
- How To Get Free Accommodations Around the World– Nora’s Expert Guide
- Nora’s Free E-Course
- WWWOOFing
- Housecarers.com
- TrustedHousesitters
- The Caretaker Gazette
- The Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing
- Wisebread.com
- EPoP Podcast 21 with Chris Guillebeau
- Problogger
- Brace Yourself, Travel Isn’t All Roses and Lollipops
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@hobonora Thanks for the awesome tips on financially sustainable #travel on the EPoP Podcast w/ @PackofPeanuts. You rock!
What a great interview!! Discovered Nora’s website yesterday and now found this podcast. Great information!
Thank you.
@Lulu- Glad you loved it. Nora’s site, and this one as well, is full of great information.
Thanks so much for the kind words, and the very fun interview! You’re awesome, Travis…. :-)
@theprofessionalhobo- We could go on forever patting each other on the back, but let me just say it’s not the interviewer that makes a good interview, it’s the interviewee! So if I’m awesome, that means you’re….even more awesome!
VERY interesting and inspiring!! Thank YOU both! :)
@SaraGowithOh- Yeah, this interview rocked! Nora gave away so much good information, I don’t even know where to start!
This is a woman after my own heart! I hope I have what it takes to be where she is now, seven years down my road…
I’m where you were, Trav, with a little less time–I only have four months left on my contract in Japan! We aren’t leaving for our trip until the end of October though, so maybe I can eke it out…! These podcasts are amazingly helpful, thank you so much!!
@slomadstravel- Yeah, Nora is definitely an inspiration, for sure! Glad you like the podcasts, and good luck on your adventures after Japan. Sound amazing!