If you are wondering what to do next because you have just lost your job in this economic downturn then head for a vacation.
Do not think it to be just any ordinary vacation, for it will give you an opportunity to earn as well. You might be thinking how? Well! Read on about this real fantasy where you can earn and enjoy a vacation.
Farm your way around the world
Thinking of growing kiwis in New Zealand? Then quickly join some nonprofit network Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms. In exchange of your room and board, you will get to work as a part-time on one of 1,200 organic farms around the world. You can learn the essentials of self-sufficient farming, organic cooking and alternative energy.
House Swap
You can stay in a 400- year old stone house in medieval Padua or in a ski condo in Aspen by exchanging your house or apartment with someone else’s and that too by paying a small registration fee.
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Sail Off Into the Sunset
You can sail around the world and earn by volunteering to work with a yacht delivery crew. You will just need to find a free web resource, which links yacht crews with opportunities of sailing around the world.
Take Classes in US National Park
You can earn through taking classes that are offered by the U.S. Park Service and enjoy a peaceful vacation camping. You can take classes of the technical aspects of winter wildfire photography at Yellowstone National Park, fishing techniques at Biscayne and wilderness skills in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Stretch Your Savings with Yoga Teacher Training
At Thailand’s palm-canopied Koh Samui Island, enjoy a beautiful vacation and earn by teaching yoga lessons.
Good Works with Woodwork
Go for a vacation in Venezuela and help the children by being a volunteer at a Peace Village center for the handicapped. It is situated in the heart of La Gran Sabana National Park. You can learn carpentry and Spanish. Other than these, construct a playground and therapeutic horse-riding facilities or head for renovating rooms and gardens and learn techniques of wood and stone working.
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Become a Chef - Or just eat like one
Arrange for a vacation in Italy, and learn preparing Italian cuisines at the Casa Ombuto like gnocchi, roll pasta, bake pizza, wild boar with polenta, stir up warm lemon pie with Italian meringue. You never know this might get you a job.
Work the Slopes
If you want to learn some ski instructing training then join the Base Camp Group, it will give you an opportunity to travel around the world from Banff to Verbier. This course includes coaching on the slopes, exam preparation, instructor shadowing, work experience and credentials in first aid and mountain safety.
Save the whales, or whatever else needs saving
If you become a volunteer with Earthwatch, then you might get an opportunity to protect the endangered animals of the world. You can get a chance to work with scientists on a field research or conversation project in any one of the fifty countries around the world. This means that you will be traveling throughout the world.
Source: Hotel & Resort Insider
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