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Ok first off, not sure if this should be here or Corporate Wasteland, so I'll leave it to the Mods to decide.

I'm curious about what are the different type of careers one might have that would involve traveling around the world.

There's the obvious Travel Agent, free travel, serious discounts etc. But what are some others......

Management consultant with a law degree and several regional languages. I speak French, Spanish, and Portuguese; am currently specializing in US-Mercosur trade relations and the GATT/WTO agreement. There are a few consulting firms that are recruiting me to spend half my years in South America starting next summer.

It's a dream job for a 30-year old guy who spent most of his 20s as shoestring stinky backpacker wandering Latin America.

As a civilian employee hired by a sub-contractor to the military. That's how I ended up in Afghanistan.

There are several threads that may help you out in Corporate Wasteland.

Do you want a job in the travel industry, or a job that allows you to travel. Those are two very different things...consultants often live all over the place, traveling often, to work with their clients (including international). I do marketing, and I travel quite a bit, as well (not internationally, yet, but possibly soon). Lots along those lines.There is also incentive travel planning...many big corporations offer incentive trips to their employees (usually sales), and they hire someone to travel places, do site checks, etc.

Within the travel industry, there are corporate jobs for airlines/hotels/etc. Travel agents, of course, although these days they have to work triple time to compete.

You can always work for the government. You can read my thread about the U.S. Foreign Service for more information. Be a diplomat and see the world! Free housing!

Of course, if you're Canadian you can't join the U.S. Foreign Service, but you can do your own. (Although Canada actually sends a much lower percentage of diplomats abroad. Something they're working on remedying, I hear.)

I'm researching a future in smuggling.

Seems like a lucrative career...

I'm gonna move ya to Corporate Wasteland. Hope you don't mind- it's where your kind belong.
Good luck on your search.

Thanks Callilucy, I had a feeling that this is where the thread should have gone!

Being able to travel abroad is my dream job. I've often thought of photography, starting freelance etc. I've always had a passion for it.

Hey, CG - you're in healthcare, right? I'd heard of traveling nurses before, and I just approved an application the other day for a traveling physical therapist. Of course, that's mostly domestic travel, but it'd give you more flexibility with your schedule (not to mention good pay!), and the chance to explore a little more domestic travel as well.

I've often thought of that Jessie. Beng able to work in third world contries and make a difference, if only in a small way.

I guess sometimes I just get overwhelmed by the thought of 5 years of school to get my bachelor's degree in Nursing, plus the fact that the education quality in Alberta is somewhat less than that of Ontario.....

decisions, decisions!

Are you a health-care administrator? NGO's can often need those with admin experience who also have exposure to the medical field. Registering and vaccinating village populations in rural Africa sounds like it might be something you would be interested in? Just a thought....

I just posted this on the teaching tread but I thought it might be useful here as well. I taught US History, Govt. and Econ outside of the United States for 5 years. It was very rewarding. There are two major job fairs in the United States. More info at http://www.iss.edu/

This thread has been dead for two months . . . nevertheless, someone mentioned something about incentive travel planning. Just out of curiosity, how does one get into a career like that? (Luck + Networking?)

Ryan, the people I knew in incentive planning had a little bit of luck, a little bit of know-how, and a little bit of drive. Sometimes companies outsource this type of thing, but some of the bigger companies do it in-house. You'll have to do your research, and then network your way in. It's a popular type of job, but there is a high burnout rate (because while traveling is fun, when you are on the road non-stop for work, it is a little different).

I would say that Teaching English is probably the easiest way to travel and work.

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Originally posted by Ryan J:
This thread has been dead for two months . . . nevertheless, someone mentioned something about incentive travel planning. Just out of curiosity, how does one get into a career like that? (Luck + Networking?)

I work for a company who does incentive travel planning as well as business meetings. Most people start out working in the customer service area and moving up from there. I am a travel director for them. I go on the trips and make sure that what was planned is actually what happens.

It is a good jobs but not for someone who needs a pay check every week. It is an intermittent part-time job. I work when I have time available and they have a job opening. I haven't been at this job for long so I don't really know how much work that will be. To get my job you really have to have experience with the travel industry and/or a recommendation from a current employee.

Yes, I can speak from experience that teaching English is a great way to earn an income while living and working all over the world.

The downside is that it's not traveling in the strictest sense, in that you're pretty much staying put for the term of your contract, but it can be a great opportunity to experience a foreign culture and travel around its region.