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  • Affordable Travel Advice

    Check out this week’s affordable travel advice by FrugalMonkey!

    As summer approaches and school ends, what is largely considered the best time of the year to travel is upon us.


    So how you can you make your travel dreams come true without overspending on your travel budget? FrugalMonkey is here to share with you some tips and suggestions that will make your travel plans come to life!

    Are you a college student? Or do you work seasonally and find yourself faced with a summer off and nothing to do? Consider the many travel options at your fingertips that can either save you money or earn you money while you enjoy your summer vacation.

    First, consider working abroad or volunteering. If you have a long summer FrugalMonkey has amazing resources to help you plan your vacation. By working abroad you can teach English and make money instead of spending it all on your South American vacation. Or, think about volunteering and earn some excellent experience for your resume while enjoying cheap and educational benefits of travel.

    If you don’t have the time or aren’t interested in a summer spent too far over seas then think about working on a cruise ship or working at a resort over the summer. The tourism industry booms over the summer making it a great time to procure summer work in a place you’d normally visit for a vacation. Can you think of anything better?


    Cruise jobs and resort jobs involve some preparation, but it’s all worth it when you’re working as a lifeguard on a white sand beach or bartending for a cruise ship casino. Check out FrugalMonkey for more information on jobs of this sort.

    Now, if you simply want to travel think about looking at travel auction sites for cheap airfares this summer. Right now flights are the lowest they’ve been in years, even flights to Europe or Hawaii. Check out flight deals and book a great summer vacation now!

    For more information on budget travel and great summer vacation ideas (Alaska, Australia, South Africa, Greece, Hawaii and more!) check out FrugalMonkey’s country profiles and extended sections on cheap travel.

  • Your Summer Resort Job is Right Around the Corner!

    With summer right around the corner now is the perfect time to solidify your summer work plans. In fact, perhaps you should consider working in one of the best summer job scenarios of your life and procure a resort job during your break from school or for seasonal employment.


    Although when most people think about resort jobs they think about white sand beaches and tropical environments, there is a huge surge in tourism during the summer months for lodges, hotels, mountains, lakes and yes, beaches too! All sorts of resorts need staff to deal with the influx of tourists during the summer months.

    Working a resort job is a great way to make money while enjoying the great outdoors and a little bit of travel. Summer is the perfect time to take advantage of that lake resort a few hours from your house, or to take off completely and apply for a job at a resort far from home. There are a wealth of jobs that need staffing every summer. This includes wait and bartending staff, cleaning staff, lifeguards, customer service representatives, kitchen staff, class and excursion leaders and so much more! If it doesn’t excite you enough to work in your home state or somewhere near your University, consider the many mountain lodges around the country that house large numbers due to summer tourism. National Parks in Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, Montana and more are a great place to look for outdoors jobs during the summer.

    Don’t forget to apply early though! Resort jobs are popular because of their typically serene locations, fun atmospheres and because of the exciting travel opportunities involved as well. Now is the perfect time to get your foot in the door. Think about where you’d like to be working over the summer, and start sending our your applications now! For more information on resort jobs check out FrugalMonkey and for a look at more outdoors jobs, JobMonkey is the place for you.

    Get excited about your summer and work the resort life!

  • Work In The Alaskan Fishing Industry

    Visit Alaska and make money by working the Alaskan Fishing Industry!

    Travel in Alaska is becoming more and more popular. Each year hundreds of people are flocking by car, bus, train, plane and cruise to visit one of the most breathtaking sites in the United States.


    Alaska is world famous for its gorgeous and wild beauty. Each year, Alaska sees more and more tourists who visit to experience the beauty and untamed wilderness, firsthand. Alaska however, is famous for more than just being the beautiful backdrop for Jack London novels and a popular vacation spot for tourists. It is also, world famous for its fishing industry, which produces much of the world’s fish and crab.  The Alaskan fishing industry has gained a lot of popularity among college students on summer break as an excellent way to travel the great state and to make great summer salaries.

    Working the fishing industry in Alaska can sometimes mean thousands of dollars earned over the course of just a few months. Additionally, you don’t need any experience to work in the fishing industry because boats and onshore processors need a large work force each year and are willing to train. Aside from making good money as a processor, college students return year after year, working their way up to positions as deckhands and offshore fisherman – positions that earn workers even larger salaries.

    The summer fishing industry in Alaska is a great way to earn a lot of money and experience travel in a state that has a lot to offer visitors in the summer.


    Instead of paying thousands of visit, you can earn thousands and see parts of Alaska tourists never get a chance to see. Many companies will hire employees for summer and pay a portion of travel costs in addition to the cost of living. This means the money you earn working as a deckhand or onshore processor is money in your pocket! Seasonal work is also available for more than just summer employees, with a large handful of jobs that are available year round.

    If you’re a college student who wants to travel for the summer but still needs to earn money, the Alaskan fishing industry is an excellent place to look. Or, if you’re simply interested in fishing in Alaska, check out FRUGALMONKEY’s entire travel guide on Alaskan tourism. Regardless of the reason, Alaska has a lot to offer any traveler eager to be and experience the great outdoors.

  • Teaching English: The Good The Bad and The Ugly

    Learn some tips and tools of the trade about teaching English in order to extend your trip abroad.

    FrugalMonkey is dedicated to showing you how to travel cheaply, take advantage or find cheap travel deals as well as learn how you can extend your stay by working abroad.


    Our advice is basically derived from the desire to tell you how you can travel as much as possible while spending as little as possible along the way. That way trips last longer and experiences are that much better. Thousands of expatriates (or those living in a foreign country – most commonly used to denote English speakers living abroad) turn to teaching English abroad in order to extend their stay and make money. While teaching English isn’t as easy as 1,2,3, we’ll give you the A,B,C’s about the main differences in teaching English while living in South America or Asia.

    Expatriates commonly teach English as a second language. Or as its referred to in the industry, TESL. This type of English teaching commonly takes place in either Asia or South America where it is becoming more and more prevalent that businessmen and children have a command of the English language. As such, for young English-speaking adults, teaching English as a second language in South America or Asia is an excellent way to make money while also traveling and seeing the world.

    Teaching English in Asia tends to be more lucrative than teaching in South America. With the large abundance of travelers in South America (because of its affordability) and the low rate of pay due to currencies in South America, teachers rarely make more than enough to pay rent and handle living expenses. Although, if you’re interested in hiking through Patagonia or learning Spanish while you teach others English, you won’t need much more than this modest salary. There are pay offs to living abroad other than making money after all. Luckily with the cost of living being so affordable, expatriates teaching English find that the salaries are usually enough to keep them afloat.

    Asia however, boasts the ability to make thousands while teaching English. The tough part about this job is that it can be harder to procure than an English job in South America. Mainly because when the pay is higher, the qualifications a teacher must meet go up as well. If though, you are an education major, have any formal training in grammar or have experience teaching, you are among the lucky few who will have an easier time finding an English-teaching job in Asia.


    The pay here will be higher and many teachers find that after a few months of teaching their bank accounts are doing better than they previously thought possible.

    Teaching jobs in Asia can be more demanding as well, and there is typically less time to dedicate to travel than for teachers in South America who work closer to 20 hour work weeks. Another big difference in teaching English between the two locations are qualifications. Teaching certificates and training are often considered more important in Asia teaching than in South America. If you have a masters degree and previous experience you have your pick of nearly any teaching job, however if you know little about teaching or have no experience, your best bet if you want the higher paying jobs in Asia is to procure a teaching certificate or undergo some training while you are there.

    Teaching English can be a great way to meet people, see the world, make friends in a new city and segue into other working or teaching jobs. It also is an excellent and popular way to sustain living expenses during your time abroad and is an experience you will surely remember for a lifetime. Check out FrugalMonkey for more information on living abroad and teaching English as well as related sites such as JobMonkey, where employers post for English teaching jobs regularly!