Jobs That Require Travel

Top Ten Most Interesting Jobs that Require Travel

So what are the most interesting jobs that require travel? You’re the sort of person that hates to live in one place for too long and that would love to stay on the go. You want a job that will let you see the world and not get bogged down in any one place. The thought of ending up in the same boring town your whole life like the guy from What a Wonderful Life strikes you as a total nightmare?

Okay so here are the top 10 most interesting jobs requiring travel. They are in no particular order but we tried to find jobs that you could reasonably attain to. So we left out President of the United States for example, though we bet you would get to travel and that it would be interesting.

Any of several jobs on a cruise ship: If you like dealing with people and don’t easily get seasick you may try to find a job on a cruise ship. The best jobs are for those that actually help in the mechanical operation of the ship, but if you don’t have the inclination to get such expertise, you can also find any of the many jobs relating the everyday maintenance of the ship from cleaning the rooms to preparing the food to providing the entertainment. Most of these jobs tend to go to citizens of other nations because the pay is so low, but if you don’t mind toiling away for peanuts, you will get a chance to see that section of the world that the cruise ship operates in.
Military Service: Joining the army or the Marines allows you to not only do your duty to your country but also lets you see the world. Although many of our servicemen and women are currently in Iraq or Afghanistan, the military service also has bases throughout the world, and you have a good chance of visiting these areas as well. The drawbacks here are obvious—danger, danger, danger. But if you are willing to make the sacrifice, you will find this a unique way of seeing the world.
Professional Sports Related Jobs: People don’t often think of this as one of the jobs that requires travel. However, you don’t have to be an athlete to travel with the team. Every time a team takes to the road, a whole host of supplemental staff are required to make sure all the equipment get there in one piece. So, if you can find a job with a sports organization you will often find yourself traveling with the team though you will not have the responsibilities of playing in actual games and so will have more free time.
The State Department/Diplomatic Service: If you are highly educated, willing to work hard and have a facility with learning languages you can perhaps devote yourself to becoming a career diplomat. The State Department has headquarters in almost every country in the world and those that help run these facilities are dedicated professionals who have devoted their lives to diplomacy. If you love travel this is the perfect job since on average State Department staffers are relocated to a new country every two years.

Tour Guide: Of the jobs that require travel this tends to be one of the easiest. Many travel agencies and leisure industries employ highly social types to lead tours to exotic destinations. Often the tour guide will travel with the tour group throughout foreign countries. This tends to be more the case when it is a type of group that requires chaperoning, like high school sponsored foreign tours.

Foreign Language Professor: One of the best gigs for someone who is very good at languages, likes to teach young people and to take a trip once a year is to become a foreign language instructor at school or college. (Sometimes an art instructor or lit instructor can manage this as well though it is easiest if you do languages.) Then, you simply plan a yearly trip “for” your students and offer yourself up as the tour guide.
Working with a Charitable Organization or NGO: If you have a particular expertise with medical aide or urban planning or engineering, charitable organizations are often on the look out for individuals who will devote themselves to helping in other countries. The pay tends to be low but the job is interesting and meaningful (often a bit dangerous) and well worth it. You, of course, won’t get to see the Eiffel Tower this way but if you like visiting remote parts of the world, you might like this.
Foreign Correspondent: If you can endure the training as reporter, don’t mind the poor pay and happen to find a news organization that is still hiring (no easy task) being a foreign correspondent is one of the best jobs that require travel. Unfortunately this is a dieing opportunity given the state of news organizations.
The Movie Industry: A great way to travel is to become one of the hundreds of supporting workers for Hollywood. Although many movies are filmed in sound studios or in front of green screens, lots of movies are still shot on location. If you can learn how to be a key grip or one of the many workers that specialize in lighting, makeup or other support for a Movie house, you will often find yourself traveling along with the movie company. Though, be careful because many jobs are only involved in post-production (like editing for example) and will not travel with the cast and crew.
Travel Writer: This is not an easy gig to land, but if you are a gifted writer, you may be able to find someone to pay you to do what you really love, travel. Then you just have to write it up.

Of course, you could always do what other people do. Get a job that pays well and that has long vacations and just travel for recreation. But why, when you can get someone to pay you for it, huh?