Get paid to travel (Piggy Banking #2)
Without your own audience.
It’s James.
Welcome to day 2 of Piggy Banking Week.
Today’s about how we can use Piggy Banking to get paid to travel…
…Or at very least - travel for a little bit of nothing.
Let me explain…
Last year I took my dad on a trip to Las Vegas.
We both love Vegas.
He took me when I turned 21.
Two decades later I finally returned the favor.
I took my dad to see the high flying acrobats in “O” at the Bellagio…
Got him a room at the Cosmopolitan with a view of the strip.
We ate at the Ceasar’s Palace buffet (which doesn’t sound fancy but is).
Spent countless hours walking The Strip talking and people watching.
And because of his 1960’s blue collar upbringing?
I had to constantly tell him “Don’t worry about the price. I’ve got a rewards card.”
LOL
It’s a trip neither of us will ever forget.
(He still mentions the trip, a year later, nearly every time I see him.)
Not to be morbid, but…
When my dad’s gone?
I’ll still have the memories of taking him to Vegas and treating him to the whole thing.
It probably goes without saying…
I would have paid 5x or 10x to make that trip happen.
HOWEVER…
Turns out?
I could have taken mostly the same trip…
Took my dad to the same places…
Made all the memories…
And been paid for it.
(Or had my expenses covered.)
The only catch…
I woulda had to write a few articles and take more pictures.
Think I coulda handled that.
See…
This is how Travel Writers make a living.
Except they only get paying gigs once they’ve built up a following.
Which takes most of them years.
And spending tens of thousands from their own pocket.
But with Piggy Banking?
We don’t have to spend months or years building up an audience.
We know we can BORROW one from someone else.
Here’s how you can get paid to travel today…
1) Come up with a few places you want to go
2) Contact travel newsletters (there are dozens on substack alone) and see if they’d like an article to publish about the place you want to go.
Also find out their ad rates. This can be important later.
3) Contact the Tourism Board of each place and find out what they’re looking for.
Are they trying to promote a specific area or type of destination?
Are they looking to bring in a certain type of tourist?
Do they want articles for exposure or pictures/video they can use themselves?
…And of course…
Work out how much they’ll pay you and/or what they’ll pay for (hotel, flight, etc).
(Steps 2 and 3 are interchangeable and may need some back and forth.)
With all the details…
It’s time to be a Producer and put the pieces together.
Having a soft agreement with the newsletter to publish your content…
Go to the Tourism Board and let them know how big of an audience your content will be reaching.
That’ll help them justify hiring you and help you negotiate more $$$.
With the Tourism board paying you or comping your trip?
Take the darn trip!
Have a blast.
Make lots of memories.
Just remember to fulfil your promises.
When you come back from the trip with your finished article?
Have it published by the newsletter.
On the off chance you couldn’t get any newsletter to agree to publish your article - you got their ad rates.
You can publish the article as an advertisement.
Will it cost you money? Yes.
But a whole lot less than the trip the Tourism board paid you for.
That’s how you can use Piggy Banking for paid travel…
…Or pay next to nothing compared to paying for the trip yourself.
Wanna set up your first (or next) Piggy Banking income stream with me?
I’m putting together a max of 10 Sinners…
As a special “Piggy Bankers Bonus” workshop…
For folks who join the Set In 6 Diamond Level…
By Midnight Friday 2/28…
===> Produce your own piggy banking income
We’re going to create a Piggy Banking income stream just for you.
*We’ll roadmap your first (or next) Piggy Banking deal together.
*I’ll Answer all your questions.
*You’ll leave with the Parade, Product, and Process ready to go.
This’ll be an intense workshop.
You and I will be taking action together - right on the zoom.
Which is why I can only offer this workshop to 10 people.
If you’d like to create income without employees, clients, or customer service?
…Manage everything in a few hours a month…
…On your own time. Not someone else’s…
…And can pay you for months and years to come?
Go Diamond before Friday at midnight.
===> Join Diamond Level and save your seat at the Piggy Bankers Workshop.
In your corner,
James Foster