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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.