When I tell people I’m a travel blogger, there’s a fairly good chance they’ll either question how I make money from it, or say something along the lines of, «You get paid to travel? How do I sign up for that? If they say nothing at all, that usually means they think I’m full of shit and have someone paying for me to travel, like rich parents or a boyfriend or. Either way, it’s frustrating. Because the answer is much more complicated than «I travel and write about it», and that’s because it really is complicated being an actual travel blogger. It’s not always sunshine, rainbows, and awesome Instagram pictures, at least not for me .
Picture this: you work hard to save up a whole bunch of money to go traveling for a while. You embark on your travels, wallet full of money and luggage in hand, excited for the adventures that lie ahead. You start wondering what you should do, because you have to fund the rest of your travels somehow. But, before you pack your bags and head back home, why not check out some of these excellent money saving tips for traveling. These tips will ensure you get the best bang for your buck, helping you to have a better and longer holiday. Did you know that traveling during certain times of the week, month or year are more expensive than others? Did you also know that some destinations will be more expensive than others depending on the time of year it is too? Being flexible on the days and dates you travel, as well as where you travel to, could save you a whole lot of money while traveling. Then, pick the destination and dates that will save you the most money! Consistent with being flexible on your dates, avoiding peak season will save you so much money while traveling. Pro tip: you could sign up to multiple frequent flyer programs. Yes, accumulating airpoints and having insider access to airline deals is great, but you should actually make the most of these things! Using points to purchase flights will mean you can put your money towards other things on your travels — winning! There are several credit cards that allow you to rack up points through purchases — Alyssa swears by Chase Sapphire Reserve, which also includes Global Entry, and most importantly…a free Priority Pass for airport lounge access! Be sure to check out all the options for airport parking so you pick the one that offers the best value for money. Alyssa loves using Spot Hero for the cheapest, and easiest-to-book parking spots! To get extra value for money, use Uber Pool — you might even meet a new travel buddy or two doing this! Just kidding! Check out these epic packing tips from Alyssa.
If you were a bird, where would you fly?
Other tips for avoiding excess baggage fees include weighing your bags before you get to the airport. You know, places like Rome, Paris and New York.
TRAVELER PROFILE OF ALYSSA RAMOS
By Unity Blott For Mailonline. A model who uses wealthy men to travel the world and doesn’t pay for a thing has defended her unconventional love life. Rather than going for a drink on a first date, Alyssa Ramos jets off to exotic locations to meet total strangers — but insists that while she is ‘fine’ with escorting, what she does is ‘not prostitution at all’. Alyssa Ramos on one of her travel dates this year. Since signing up to MissTravel. Since signing up to Tinder-for-travel website MissTravel. Alyssa said: ‘It makes me feel like a princess.
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Alyssa Ramos, 29, admits that when it comes to world travel, not everyone is suited to go it alone. A Jupiter native, Ramos was restless after college and struggling to find a job that would give her the freedom to work from anywhere. She found writing gigs she stitched together to make ends meet and used the scant money she earned on travel. Ramos started traveling the world, writing about it and getting paid. She had to scrape and save, ditch her apartment and put all of her belongings into storage. Living an enviable lifestyle of course came with criticism. With the increased attention from that viral rant, Ramos began to rake in the kinds of audience numbers that got her noticed by resorts, tourism boards and brands, including GoPro—her first paid collaboration partner. She began to travel full time by early , and by midyear, she was able to fund her travels solely through collaborations and blog and social media paid posts. She gets paid for the publicity her posts offer, and these days she makes several times what she earned just a few years ago. Skip to main content.
She said: ‘I was always interested in older guys and I always wanted to travel too. My lover didn’t like my cat — guess which one had to go? There are definitely guys on the site who have intentions to sleep with me but those are the guys I have avoided. Tricky quiz puts real and made-up symbols side-by-side — and fewer Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Alyssa. Want to Read saving…. I took Dad to die at Dignitas but still hoped he’d back out: Charlotte was 13 when her father was diagnosed Share this article Share. The highlight of her summer vacation were her family’s annual camping trip. Robert Downey Jr.
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By Erica Tempesta For Dailymail. A travel blogger has opened up about the social stereotypes that come along with being a ‘pretty’ woman who travels alone, insisting that she is sick of people assuming she is getting over geally break-up — or that she is a prostitute on the prowl for her next customer.
And even worse, she said her appearance earns her judgmental stares wherever she goes. If I wear make-up, if I wear anything that shows skin, if I wear leggings — or God forbid, if I wear a bikini — I always get the most opinionated stares from people assuming I’m looking for my next customer to pick up.
Solitary life: Alyssa Ramos, 27, from Los Angeles, pictured in a mone in Panama, said she is sick of people think she is getting over a breakup or working as a prostitute when she travels. The blonde beauty recently met a German man in Cuba who confirmed that most people think an attractive woman who is traveling alone is indeed a prostitute, zhe her that the locals had even warned him about ‘pretty Cuban girls’ who troll the beach looking for tourists to talk to.
Alyssa explained that some of the confusion stems from the fact that some people just can’t figure out why she would willingly choose to set off on her own, without friends, or a male companion, to travel with. Alyssa raamos, who has visited more than 30 countries and been on six continents, insisted that she has paid ramls all of her trips herself, joking that she has yet to figure out how to use her pretty looks to her advantage when she is buying plane tickets as a faceless customer online.
Always moving: The blonde blogger, pictured in Cuba, makign that she chooses to travel alone because she doesn’t like waiting for other people to go with. Not fair: The traveler admitted that she has heard people whisper about her Spandex workout gear when she was traveling and it is hard for her to get dressed up or put on a bikini without getting opinionated stares. And when ‘random creepy men’ offer her free tickets, she explained that she always says no because she would ‘rather travel alone than be used for decoration’.
Alyssa also gets frustrated by the people who assume that she is traveling alone because she mending her heart after a difficult break-up. While the adventurer noted that embarking on a journey solo after a relationship runs its course is a ‘genius idea’, that is not why she travels.
Independent woman: Alyssa insisted that she works heard to pay for all ahs her travels herself and whenever ‘random creepy guys’ offer to buy her plane tickets, she said she always tells os no.
Free spirit: Alyssa, pictured flying over the Bahamas, said her only commitment right now is ‘traveling the world’. Alyssa said she understands that strangers aren’t going know her relationship history or her passion for travel, but doesn’t think people should automatically deduce that her trip is meant to distract her from a broken heart.
Alyssa said she never judges anyone when she travels — until she hears them making snide comments about her looks or her Spandex ensembles. Then she views them as ignorant people. And she is aware that her complaints might rub people the wrong way, explaining: ‘I know.
I know. But she reiterated that she gets upset because she works hard for her reaoly and never relies on her looks. Alyssa went on to say that some people just genuinely think that she is pretty, naking added: ‘They probably don’t think I’m smart, or hilarious or that I run my own charity, but hey, I guess that’s better than assuming I’m a prostitute!
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Alyssa Ramos is a solo traveler with an extreme sense of adventure and sarcasm! She likes hanging her feet over cliffs and chasing waterfalls, and takes her GoPro everywhere with her to prove it! I spent countless hours working low-paying freelance writing gigs just to support myself while building up my blog, and now I spend about 15 hours a day solely working on my blog and social media. I paid for all of my first initial trips after saving for over a year, then kept writing and reaching out to people for opportunities until finally I traveled and wrote enough to find a niche and grow an audience, and make a name for myself in the travel blogging world. The article went viral, and was translated and published on Huffington Post in over ten countries.
Last September, during one of her stops in West Palm Beach, we caught up with her to chat about her life as a movie.
At the time, I was also bittersweet, because everything was happening at the same time that my grandfather who I was very close to was dying. His passing is what kept me level-headed, and even more determined to keep going. In all honesty, I thought making money from blogging would come a lot quicker than it did following the Huff Post article, which is why I dropped every other freelance job I had to only work on my blog, and used the little money I had that my grandfather had left me to get a one bedroom apartment that I could rent out on AirBnB in order to make money while I was traveling. I was struggling so bad for money that I would take road trips and go camping, just so that I could make money renting my apartment out! I kept going though, and even ended up maxing out my first credit card so that I could continue to travel and have content to post. I was at a major loss and low point, and had no idea what to do. My hard work paid off, and during those two months I was contacted by GoPro for a sponsorship — a major milestone for me, and to my surprise, a couple of paid post offers. In May ofI was able to fully fund my travels through collaborations, and paid posts on my blog and social media. That being said, it took one year of part-time blogging, and ten months of full-time non-paid blogging, to finally become a full-time profiting travel blogger.
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