How to Travel AND Keep a Full Time Job
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- We were asked how do we do it? How do we work full time and still keep travel in our lives. Well it comes down to your job, you mentality, and making sure you keep travel a priority in your life.
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If you have a partner who thinks they can’t take time off for a vacation, here’s a tip I learned from my mom: Go without them. After my mom took a trip with her BFF, my dad got on board with annual vacations. 🙂
I did something similar with my husband a few years ago. He was hesitated about asking for the time off so I told him I'd go without him, he told his boss and never had a problem asking time off lol.
Yeah it’s best to have an “I’m asking out of respect but I’m going to do it anyway” mentality with your boss. A lot of people are scared of the “what ifs” but it costs your boss more to fire you and replace you than to just let you off.
Americans are so respectful of work..
In the UK we just tell our boss that our nan has died for the 4th time this year and we are good to go do as we please..
I guess we just don't give a toss too much 😂
America is much more "corporate"ised. In the UK, most jobs are exactly that - just JOBS, not your entire life.
You also have far more paid time off to being with than most Americans.
American people just wanna work till they die
Idk it’s like that’s all they live for
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My solution to this problem was to RETIRE! 😜 Excellent tips here til that time comes...well done, Mark! 🏆
I plan my international trips one to two years ahead. This works best for me for several reasons. One, I can notify my employer early that I will be out. That helps them prepare for coverage. Second, I have more than enough time to pay off my trip before it starts. I usually take 2 to 3 international trips per year. Thirdly, I remain mindful of my spending on unnecessary things like jewelry, hand bags, shows, etc. throughout the year. I'd rather spend my money on experiences than stuff.
I’d add that by planning your trips way in advance also allow you to not only find cheaper flights but higher chance of using your credit card points to find the award flight that lets you fly for free
Taking trips to Europe on US only holidays is such an enjoyable time to travel, especially Labor Day weekend. Another trick to use is looking for overnight or long layovers to sneak an extra city in while transiting. Just this past Labor Day weekend I went to Estonia from Chicago but stopped in Stockholm on the way and passed through Helsinki overnight and then Copenhagen on the way back to Chicago. Get creative when booking your flights and you'll be surprised the experiences you can get for very cheap.
Put in a 5 day vacation from M-F before or after a federal holiday weekend to bridge it to the next weekend. It gives you 10 days off.
Move to Europe where you’ll get proper vacation allowances as opposed to the American ‘tied to the company’ job.
If it were only that easy.
Another idea is to become a teacher and travel during the summer.
This is such a weird comment. 🙄 Emigrating is not easy, especially if the motivation to do it is for more vacation days.
Apart from their rich heritage and exceptional architecture, economy wise, Europe is far more worse than the US!... yes both are bankrupt but US is still the best place to retire and have a great vacation... if you have an "exceptionally proven work ethics" employee trait then your big boss will take notice and even give you a 5 week vacation!... happened to my husband when he was relatively a newer employee. But of course when the economy is down and organized crime is spiking due to complicit Puppets, it's definitely a challenge for most patriotic and law abiding citizens.
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I've completed 'speedruns' of several National Parks on road trips over the years to save time with the idea that I won't have a ton of time while I'm there, but I will hit the highlights. It's hard to drive a ton on days off, and sleeping for a few hours here and there at gas stations and what not can be difficult, but it has always been worth the hassle. I remember the wildlife encounters, beautiful scenery, and pleasant memories far more than how much coffee I had to drink to keep going.
This is also a great way to get a quick peak of a destination to see "do I want to come back for a 1-2 week vacation or even a full month when I have more time?" This is how I'm planning out my ballpark trips and so far, while it's just been west coast, it's already been a good way to gauge a city's vibe and plan future trips.
I had a math instructor in college who quite a few times would literally get done teaching class and split to jump BART to get to the airport to do a 3-day weekend trip somewhere and come back the morning of class and teach. Yes, this is not doable for everyone, but he was willing to take a lot of smaller trips throughout the year, without using up all his time off. As for me, I am a HUGE fan of red-eye flights whenever possible. Sure, it is not always the most fun, but I would rather spend the time getting what sleep I can vs. watching the whole day go by as I travel somewhere!
I’ve been taking advantage of hybrid work schedule for the past few years and love it. We work from home Thursday, Friday and Monday. So I will fly out Wednesday after work somewhere. Even at my destination, I work Thursday and Monday. Fridays are half days, so I only have to log in for 3 hours in the morning. They still gives me to explore my destination Thursday and Monday after 5 pm and Friday after noon. You can still see a lot!
I even will bring my laptop down to the pool or beach or cafe when visiting somewhere. It’s better than being stuck in an office.
Since I couldnt comment under the other video, Ill put my comment here: i just saw the video of your son reviewing Italy: What an awesone idea! He did so well! Please tell him I really enjoyed the entire video, it was so unique to hear how young travellers see a place and whst they notice. It just made my day and I hope he enjoys everything he does. Grüße aus Frankfurt am Main!
I used to do all that a couple of jobs ago. Plus would integrate my conferences into vacation plans. Lots of fun but lots of coordination required especially when flights were delayed. Always know the quiet spots in airports in the event that you have a meeting effected by delayed travel. The Portland Oregon airport has quite pods that they rent out in 15 minute increments for this.
Great tips for sure Mark. I am enjoying my short 3, 4 to six-day mini-trips to Germany. But of course, I love my longer trips as well.
I like in Liverpool like where Walter is in this video. I travelled to Dublin after work last month. Clocked off at 4pm and i was in Dublin by 8pm!!!
If a holiday is on a Thursday or Tuesday, take the Friday or Monday off respectively. You have a 5 day weekend by just taking one extra day off. If it's on a Wednesday, take off Monday and Tuesday or Thurday and Friday. Two days vacation time, but you get to choose which two.
This is what makes traveling during the week of Christmas or Thanksgiving great, since my workplace give us two days off for each. I can spend 3 days PTO for 9-1/2 travel days. As an added bonus, there are some places which are much less crowded during these weeks since everyone else is visiting family. And if you have a smallish family, take them along too.
@@hgman3920 I'm not even much of a traveler. I just started turning 3 day weekends into 4 days weekends for that extra day.
What i use to do was work a job for 3-4 months. Save everything, then put two weeks notice in. Travel for a month, come home and find a new job.
Dont have to do that anymore because now i have a job that gives me 156 days off a year.
just 10 days off?! 😢 my 29 is bearly enought!
Great ideas. Before the pandemic, we went to Dublin Ireland over Labor Day weekend, and only had to take off work Friday and Tuesday to get 5 days in Ireland!
Hey Mark, awesome video and great tips
Bold advice! Very thorough
I think since Corona, home-office and more flexible working hours, this became less of an issue.
You don't need to quit your job, you can life the life of a digital nomad just for a few days.
We Love Liverpool
me too!
Great tips, always keeping it real! Great video!
Met up with my mom in Montreal for her birthday. Quick flight for her and a medium drive for me.
I think the answer is to marry a professor who has a LOT of time off and travel all summer and all college breaks. Or be one of their kids. Worked for me!
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I am appalled that you didn't remember me at your wedding! Nor the $1000 cash gift to get you started. Wow, what an oversight, Jim... this is Jim, right? 😂
Sorry... couldn't help myself. BTW, I absolutely love seeing the 1M next to your channel name. All great tips, Mark.
Had the wedding thing come up this year: a friend getting married in Oklahoma City the weekend before Memorial Day. I turned it into a two-week Amtrak trip throughout the midwest and seeing a couple of other cities. It was a fantastic vacation, and friends were jealous because they had to carve out entire days to fly in and out of OKC.
I’d add:
1) Don’t be afraid to take your vacation. People talk themselves out of taking more than a few days off because they’re afraid of their boss getting mad or they think the place can’t function without them. It’ll be fine, especially if you plan well in advance.
2) Longer term, prioritize time off when considering job offers. There are companies & especially governments and not-for-profits in the US that offer more than the stereotypical two weeks a year. The base salary might not be as good, but priorities.
A bit of a tangent:
3) If you can work remotely longer-term, check the laws in various destinations to see whether they’d allow you to do it from there. Some countries have dedicated “digital nomad” visas, and in other places it’s a less formal rule for lighter work.
_In my amateur understanding_ , the UK doesn’t mind a Yankee remotely working for their Yankee employer while physically in the UK. I’m not doing business with locals and I’m not taking a job that a local could fill, so.. meh?
Belgium on the other hand, they don’t like that arrangement one bit. If you say you’re there for vacation, take your vacation.
Did not know that about Belgium. I always figured it was a good opportunity, no job taken from local and foreign money coming in. Win win for all
@@Elatenl Good point and one I completely overlooked. The whole point of visiting is to enjoy the culture and such, not make things more difficult for them.
@@Mr-lw7gy If anything it’s the UK that’s the exception: if you’re on a tourist visa or traveling visa-free, assume you’re not allowed to work at all. That can include barter and volunteering too; people have been deported from countries they were visiting because they agreed to housesit in exchange for a place to stay. Once you’ve been formally ejected from a country, it could be a decade or more before you’re allowed in the country again _at all_ , and much longer before you’re allowed the convenience of visa-free travel.
The time and expense of getting a work permit does change the equation a bit. I’ve always liked the idea of taking a month to just _live_ in Paris or Berlin. Ideally it’d be like a study-abroad situation, but for a middle-aged dude: rent a place*, work some of the time, but still have my evenings and weekends free to soak in the city. I’d find a cafe and a gym I like, meet people at the launderette, all that normal-people stuff. It’s still doable, but not easy.
* I agree with what @Elatenl said about informal rentals, so I’d go with an apart-hotel or extended stay. It’s not as quaint as a flat in a residential building, but it’s the more responsible approach.
I am always amazed by people who don't use up all their vacation time. I use up all of mine every year. And yes, total vacation time is one of the reasons I haven't really looked at changing employers. Because of the amount of time I've worked for the company, I currently have three weeks a year, and in four more years, I will get four weeks a year. If I go somewhere else, I will start from the bottom.
Squeeze every minute of time off that you can.
Once I left work right after a night shift, (had taken my luggage to work), caught a 10am flight, spent three days off in NYC.Great plan of getting back to work for the afternoon shift. I even went to the airport early planning on requesting an earlier flight home. Of course the airline was delayed++. A co-worker graciously stayed late to cover for me as I didn't get back until two hours after my shift started 😅.
Another time I arrived in street clothes (we wear uniforms) and everyone was asking why. They were shocked when I said that I'd just arrived from Cuba and didn't have time to go home to change.
Thanks for the help
This is a lot easier for white collar workers than blue collar /:
I have done jobs where I couldn't get off the phone. And if I could, it would be too messy after holidays. I think it is something to consider as pros and cons of any taking a job.
I am so fortunate I have a job with unlimited time off. Additionally we have to travel for work so I earn points that way to pay for personal travel. And because we are fully remote aside from travel, I don’t even have to take the time off of I don’t want to as long as I am willing to work. The limiting factor is my husband but we have done all of your suggestions and sometimes I just take my son by myself.
Good talk! Excellent advice. And, solo travel is great - just go!!
Well done on a million plus subscribers Mark.
thank you
@@woltersworld Your welcome!
Take your vacation that’s allotted to you. It’s YOUR vacation and you’ve earned it. It can be a challenge sometimes but, yes, adding on a day to a long weekend can do wonders. You don’t need to take 2-3 solid weeks if you plan appropriately. Also, if not doing a beach vacation, travel off season. Can be difficult with kids in school, for sure but can be done. Parents have to remember that you have a life as well, outside your kid’s schedules. My kid’s preference was to travel rather than be buried with school activities and sports 365 days a year.
Problem with Hybrid work schedules in the US, a lot of these corporations won’t allow people to work outside the United States due to ‘Tax’ reasons.
there are still plenty of great places to go within in the country if foreign travel is a problem
If that is a pressing issue have your accountant look into it. IIRC the IRS made a recommendation of 6, weeks and that is to limit liability of the host country trying to claw back taxes from the US company. Most companies took the recommendation and halved that to be on the safe side
Most countries don’t care especially if you are living on funds abroad and not taking local job, essentially longer term thrust lonely, but do your research first.
I personally think it is a scare tactic.
The tax reasons are very real, no need for scare quotes. However, those tax reasons mean you can't LIVE in another state/country, not that you can't work during your vacation time and otherwise be living in the same city and occasionally coming into the office. Specific employers may object to people being in a different location during their work-from-home days, usually because they want you to still be able to come in to the office if you were hypothetically needed. But if it's truly an occasional thing and not fully living somewhere else, it shouldn't matter for tax purposes.
I like the idea of working hard now and investing so you can get to FIRE to do whatever you wish, whenever.
Reading the comments surprises me how worlds apart the US and the UK are with paid vacation/annual leave. In my job I get 33 days paid holiday per year and I have to take the time off, it’s law!! If I haven’t taken the time off, my work forces me to take it, otherwise they will get in trouble! I don’t have to worry about taking too much of it off at one time and my employer will never be pissed off with me. I decide how many days I want to take off at one time, put in my request at work and if approved, I can go on vacation or just enjoy some time at home!
Thank you for these tips!!
As a European, I now understand my American colleagues wanting to stay in Europe. 10 days off annually?! 🙈
Er... professor.... i think what he really wants to know is how you do your "morphing time and space" trick = being everywhere at once. Me, I stopped asking ! :))
Don’t take unnecessary PTO leaving early 1 day just because of coming in late just because. It all adds up and just wasting you travel time. Also take advantage of sick time. Schedule do for appointment the day before or after and just take whole day or 2 off with sick time and helps save PTO
How about a working holiday? If you only work remote, you can work anywhere - with time zones in mind of course. It's easier to start early and close early if you travel west, then you have all evening to explore places. And weekend is all fun anyway. No hassle of requesting time off, cover, planning or any issues with colleagues.
@U2_U You are correct. Most companies require you to be in the country, but some don't care where you are if you are getting the job done. It is rare but I know a few people who are doing work travel and they are lucky.
Great video!
Got an awesome long weekend in Los Angeles out of a work trip.
Excellent tips. The only thing that I will add is that sometimes we can think that we just can’t be away, that whatever we do for work will fall apart. In reality, you may be a little behind when you get back or, you just pick right back up and appreciate your time away to rejuvenate your brain
Yes! Some people are afraid the office will fall apart if they’re gone a few days.
But tbh some are afraid the office WON’T fall apart if they’re gone a few days.
These are all excellent tips!
thanks!
I heard Arthur Frommer say that a destination wedding is the couple's way of having less people attend. I always opt to send a monetary gift instead of attending.
The wedding comment depends on a persons priorities and love language. Some people will value who is there more vs the gifts received.
wolter can you talk about home exchange buisness???
I have not done it, but i know a number of people who have, and they all say it is vital to read the reviews and talk to the people you are exchanging with. it can be great or it can be... not so great
Great advice. When my wife and I had our first child (you have seen him on Tree Talker) we decided we wanted more flexibility to allow us to spend more time together including time in Europe to see my wife‘s family. I had law firm at the time and gave it up to go in-house with a client that agreed I could work remote and allowed a lot of flexibility, something I could never do as a trial lawyer in court ever week. So we traded money for flexibility and time and it was worth it. I often work while we travel taking advantage of time zone differences. For domestic travel we started RVing which allows me to take my office with me. I will be working from Germany over Christmas and was doing conference calls from Japan this summer. Technology has really made more possible.
Those are all great ideas
I like your channel!
thank you
Blesser travel is becoming more common too.
Great ideas 💡
How many days do I need for a trip to USA to cover all the following: NewYork, Chicago, Miami, LA?? I don’t need to see everything but at least to see main attractions
Those cities are pretty far from each other, so you'd have to plan one day each for flights between each city - if you're coming from Europe, that's 5 travel days, if none of your flights are delayed or canceled. You'd need 2 weeks just to hit the highlights
^ This. Take a look at some of the travel videos by the channel Lost in the Pond for a Brits-eye view of the vastness of the United States. Wolter's World also has videos about traveling the US. NYC & LA are roughly 3,000 miles apart.
My job allows me to take off two consecutive weeks MAX (and that's a stretch). I don't really like to fly anyway.
Travel for a living is the answer. Or travel during vacations.
I'm from Manchester Mark.. watch your wallet in Liverpool.. them Scousers like to pick pocket.. and are very good at it.
Doesn't apply to us in Hawaii unless going to Japan or Korea
I only have to go to the office 2 days per pay period, but my company doesn't allow us to take our laptops out of the country (and yes, they can detect when you sign in from an international IP address). ☹️
My tip for taking a vacation is: take a week off and don’t take weekends off because your job might pay you for the weekend that you aren’t working: You will be able to use the rest of your personal time off for the remainder of the year like for Christmas and New Year’s.
I'm favoured, $60K every week! I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support God's work and the church. God bless America❤️❤️❤️
If it's that much trouble to take time to use time that you are owed, maybe it's time to pursue other opportunities? You can make more money, but you can't make more time. The pandemic proved that employers are not your friends. Other than an honest days work, you don't owe employers anything.
YOU PEOPLE NEED TO ASK AND GET MORE PAID VACATION DAYS!!!
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Seems like there has to be a lot of disposable income with your plan
My answer was to go into private clinical practice. I am my own boss.
I'll give you the short answer: Have enough money.
Work to live > living to work
Do sabbatical years last for only one month in the US?
3 days ;)
Take a week off every three months. Teach English in other countries. Do road trips to nearby places when you have two days or three days.
Son: Mom lets meet in chicago
Mom: Alright book my flight. First class!
Son: Sure y not...
hahaha
Destination weddings are the biggest scam ever, just give them money and a nice card 😅
that is my go to
Travelling 🧳 needs Money 💰 how to manage in beginning????
Work to earn it?