When traveling abroad, it could be very beneficial to many people if they had the ability to make money during their travels.

As you are about to learn, there are some jobs that are really good for travelers. But there are certain things that could get in the way like the destination you’re going to, or your employer for that matter.

Maybe you’d love to travel abroad, but the only way you could go it is if you have the ability to make money during your trip. If that’s the case, you’re in luck because there are definitely some creative ways to make money while traveling abroad.

We’ll share our absolute favorite most effective ways to make money while traveling with you right now.

Have You Considered Starting a Travel Blog?

Oddly enough, writing a travel blog is definitely a great way to see the world and make money at the same time.

As an example, let’s say you’ve decided to create a travel blog.

One thing you could do is write about the food you eat during your adventures or about the amazing Pearl Harbour experience you’ve had.

And to monetize your blog, you can sell affiliate products on it.

When someone comes to your blog and clicks one in your affiliate links, and then goes through and makes the purchase, you will then get a commission for the sale.

The best way to make money with affiliate products is to only promote products and services that you trust. Otherwise you’re attempting to convince people to buy things that aren’t high quality or high-value, and they will ultimately stop reading your blog if they get burned enough times by crappy affiliate products.

Another possibility is to use your travel blog to sell e-books.

People are obviously reading your blog because they want to find out more about your overseas adventures. So write an e-book and tell the tale in its entirety and then promote it within your blog posts.

How about Becoming a Travel Photographer?

Getting started in the travel photography game is not the easiest thing to accomplish, so that might be a negative for some people.

On the other side of the coin, you do not have to necessarily have the best photography equipment to get started. And you also don’t have to be the best photographer in order to make money in this industry.

Having a decent camera certainly helps. Having a good eye for photography isn’t going to hurt you any either. But it isn’t hard to learn basic photography skills, so you’ll be able to get started relatively quickly without much experience.

Have You Thought about Working As a Traveling Freelancer?

Freelancing is an amazing way to make money while traveling.

There are so many potential ways to make money that it’s not even funny.

You can work as a freelance writer, a search engine optimization specialist, a graphic designer, an English teacher, a musician, and author, a tour guide, and there are many more options.

Ultimately, it’s occasionally difficult to stay organized with your business when traveling abroad. So if you are going to freelance during your travels, organization is the key to lasting success.

If you are going to freelance, we highly recommend using time tracking software as a productivity booster. By tracking your time spent working, you’ll see where you are doing well and where you need to improve.

Is Online Fundraising an Option?

Maybe you’d prefer not to work at all while traveling abroad.

Crowdfunding campaigns are an excellent way to raise money for your travels without having to lift a finger.

If you promote your campaign ahead of time, and share it with family and friends on social media, you may raise enough money to travel the world without the need to work at all while you are enjoying your time off.

Conclusion
It’s definitely possible to make money while traveling abroad. Please use these suggestions to get started today.

Listen below! Thank you again Gareth for asking me.

SUGUK Yorkshire will meet every two months on the first Tuesday of the month.
The inaugural event is on 2nd September 2014 at the Adelphi Hotel, Leeds; starting at 18:00. We are providing food and will have a couple of first rate speakers as well as time for questions and discussions.

The group aims to ensure that there are sessions of interest all and to cover all facets of SharePoint and related technologies.

Come to learn, to discuss and to share your experiences with SharePoint and related technologies (Office 365, BI, Lync, Yammer etc.),. Interact with other SharePoint professionals, experts and interested users.
The user group is open to all, whether you are an end user, project/programme manager, business decision maker, developer, IT professional or all of the above; we would love it if you could join us.

In true SUGUK fashion, the formal sessions will be followed by SharePint…

To book tickets please register using the SharePoint UK User Group site: http://www.suguk.org

Or via EventBrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sharepoint-user-group-uk-yorkshire-tickets-12382124267

Meeting details
Inaugural meeting
2nd September 2014
The Adelphi Hotel
3-5 Hunslet Rd
LS10 1JQ

http://www.theadelphileeds.co.uk/

Directions
By Train
The venue is about a 10 minute walk from the train station. Click here to get directions using Google Maps.

By Bus
The venue is on the following bus routes:-
· 1
· 12
· 444

By Car
The venue is easy to get to from the M1 and M62 via the M621, follow the signs for Leeds (Centre) and take the junction 3 exit (Central Leeds / Holbeck).

Parking is conveniently found across the road from the Adelphi.. Parking is pay and display, payment hours are between 07:30 and 22:00.

Subsequent dates
4th November 2014
6th January 2015
3rd March 2015
5th May 2015
7th July 2015

Learn, think, share. SharePoint.

You can download the SUGUK app here: click!

Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/SharePointUserGroupUK

VAT can be very frightening for anyone who runs their own small business, especially if you’re already struggling with paperwork and wondering what you should be telling the taxman.

So what is VAT, does it affect you, and – if so – how do you register for it?

Emily Coltman FCA, Chief Accountant to FreeAgent – who provide the UK’s market-leading online accounting system specifically-designed for small businesses and freelancers – offers her top tips for understanding VAT and registering your business for it.

A quick introduction

VAT is short for Value Added Tax – or as I like to call it Very Awkward Tax – and it’s a tax that’s charged on most sales of goods and services in the UK.

When your business makes sales, you don’t charge VAT to your customers unless you’re registered with HMRC to do so. Sales on which VAT would normally be charged are called “taxable sales”. Sales that are exempt from VAT, or outside the scope of UK VAT, are not taxable sales.

At present you only have to register your business if its annual taxable sales are over the limit set by HMRC – which, as of April 1st 2014, is £81,000.

Do I need to register for VAT?

If your annual taxable sales are above £81,000 per year, or they will pass the limit in the next 30 days, then you must register for VAT (this is called compulsory registration).

In some cases you may also wish to register earlier – which is called voluntary registration. Registering before you have to can help your cashflow, because being registered for VAT allows your business to claim back input VAT on its costs (we’ll explain more about this later).

However if your customers are members of the general public or small businesses who aren’t registered for VAT themselves, it may not a good idea to register voluntarily – as you’ll have to charge them VAT which they won’t be able to claim back, meaning they feel your prices are higher.

You can register for VAT either by filling in a paper form or registering online. If HMRC accept your application for registration, they will send you a certificate confirming this, which will also show your business’s unique VAT reference number.

OK, I’m registered – what next?

Once your business is registered for VAT, then it has to charge VAT on all the taxable sales it makes to its customers. The VAT you charge to your customers is called “output VAT”.

Your business will also be able to reclaim some of the VAT that its suppliers charge. (I say “some” advisedly, because there are some supplies on which VAT can’t be reclaimed, such as entertaining anyone other than staff). VAT that can be reclaimed is called “input VAT”.

VAT-registered businesses must file a regular report called a VAT return to HMRC. Your VAT return shows your business’s output VAT, less its input VAT – and the difference is what you must actually pay to HMRC.

If your input VAT is greater than your output VAT, lucky you – you’ll get a refund from HMRC!

Managing the transition period

You apply to be registered for VAT as from a certain date. There will usually be an interim period between that date and the arrival of your certificate and VAT registration number.

You’ll have to charge output VAT on any sales after your registration date – but until your VAT registration number arrives, you can’t issue official VAT invoices.

Reached an impasse? What you’ll need to do is to add the relevant rate of VAT – usually 20% – to the total value of all your invoices as from the date you’ve applied to be registered from, so that you don’t have to go back and ask your customers for more money.

Once your VAT registration number comes through, you’ll then need to re-issue any invoices you’ve issued in the interim period to your customers. This is so that your customers have official VAT invoices and can reclaim input VAT on the goods or services they’ve bought from you, because HMRC say that you can’t reclaim VAT unless it’s shown on a proper VAT invoice.

Remember that VAT can be exceptionally confusing, so if you have any queries about VAT and how it affects your business in general, you should check with HMRC or speak to your accountant for more advice.

Emily Coltman FCA is Chief Accountant to FreeAgent, who provide the UK’s market-leading online accounting system specifically-designed for small businesses and freelancers. Try it for free at www.freeagent.com

“PwC in Hull is to support the Centre for Digital Innovation (C4DI) with its newly launched Accelerator programme. Based in the city’s Fruit Market, C4DI offers innovative workspace for digital and technology start-up companies, where entrepreneurs can access business support to help them succeed.

Experts from PwC’s Hull office will visit C4DI each month as well as assist with the C4DI Accelerator, a programme which was launched today (Wednesday 14 May).

Accelerator aims to fast-track high growth start-ups through smart investment capital by supporting and developing robust and globally-connected businesses. PwC will provide start up entrepreneurs with free advice and mentoring on various business topics such as payroll, bookkeeping, tax and much more.

C4DI currently has over 80 members ranging from freelancers, agencies and established businesses. It is supported by The University of Hull, Hull College, The Spencer Group as well as companies such as FreeAgent and Campaign Monitor.”

For more information and to see the launch presentation, click here.

We are partnering with the D3 Office Group, IT@Spectrum and Jelf Insurance Partnership to host an unmissable event at The Hallmark hotel, North Ferriby on Wednesday 4th June at 4.30pm.

Why not book your free ticket now?! Click here!

“Each of our three speakers will inspire you with 18 minute “Ted-Style” talks. You will learn how your data is vital to your business and how to understand it and make it relevant, how every business is a digital one and the unique opportunity we have for startups in the region.”

The speakers are:

Max Gadney Founder After the Flood, A Data Design Agency

Max Gadney runs After the Flood, a data design company based in Farringdon, London. Clients include the Cabinet Office, Google,UEFA and BBC among others (The BBC Stream App for BBC Future Media and Technology team won last year’s MRS award for the best data app). Prior that that, Max was at BBC News Online as Head of Design and at BBC TV as Commissioning Editor for Digital Products.

Lee Strafford Co-founder, Chairman and chief gofer at dotforge
Investor & Mentor at Bluefields.com, Cofounded, built and exited PlusNet ~ now mentor, community worker and collaborator! at UK PLC – Tech Sector “Northern Division”.

And me (JM!).

Big Data Week is one of the most unique global platforms of interconnected community events focusing on the social, political, technological impacts of Data. It brings together a global community of data scientists, data technologies, data visualisers and data businesses spanning six major commercial, financial, social and technological sectors.

We are one of the many cities across the world who will be participating in events and projects. We will be announcing the events here and also over on the Hull Digital Meetup site. They will be held at the C4DI Beta.

For more information about Big Data Week, head over to their website.

You won’t have failed to notice the number of digital focussed events
that happen throughout the year but their locations make it difficult
for those of us who don’t live in the larger cities to attend. Tired
of not being able to see world class speakers without breaking the
bank balance we thought why not do our own? You are invited to the
North Yorkshire coast!

We want to provide a unique event that can inspire not only the
current and future generations, but all of those people that can
benefit from hearing these ideas. We also want to have a bit of fun
too so we will try to keep the event as laid back as possible and
naturally there will be sand, sea, ice cream and all sorts of seaside
frolics.

Event also includes Lunch, Free Business Cards from Moo.com and
discounted surf lessons. Also a potentially great after party!

Conference site >> click here now!