5 Tips For Success As A Travel Blogging Student

If you're a successful travel blogger, you're already living the dream, at least in the eyes of most people. You're on the road, making money doing what you enjoy. However, there are compelling reasons to pursue a degree while traveling. You can learn a lot about business management and other aspects of travel blogging that interest you. It also gives you flexibility, which is important because there may come a time when you want to get off the road, at least for a portion of the time. The advice provided below can help you succeed.

1. Selecting a Major

You should consider what you want to study before deciding on a school. One of the most difficult issues for college applicants is deciding on an academic path. Maybe you want to improve your business or marketing skills, but maybe you want to go in a completely different direction. Perhaps you want to work in journalism or education, or perhaps you want to study a foreign language. Perhaps you'd like to work in hospitality or outdoor recreation. Consider your options by thinking about the job you want to do in a few years and working backwards from there.

 

2. Selecting a School

You should consider your major first so that you can select a school with a strong program in your field of interest. You don't want to pick a school with a strong online presence only to find out it doesn't offer the subject you want to study. Because you are not restricted by location, you can select the school that will best prepare you for your next stage of life. Investigate what current and former students have to say about the online program.

 

3. Cost

Cost should be considered, but not as the primary factor. You can cover your expenses in a variety of ways, including through student loans. You can apply for both need-based federal aid and non-need-based private loans. It is usually fairly quick to apply for the latter and find out if you are eligible. You can also look into scholarships and grants to help with extra costs.

 

4. Organization

Many people struggle to balance work and school, but you face a few additional obstacles. Attending class online presents its own set of challenges. Furthermore, you will need to do so while driving. To keep up with your blogging and class deadlines, you must be extremely organized. When you have deadlines or are expected to be online at a certain time, you must also ensure that you are always in a location with reliable internet.

 

If you have been a spontaneous traveler in the past, you may need to plan where you will be at any given time to ensure you can fulfill your class obligations. The first thing you should do when you get your syllabus is go through it and mark all of the important deadlines and dates on whatever calendar or scheduling app you use. Priorities must be established. Then, consider whether you have any travel blogging deadlines, appearances, or other obligations, and make sure you can fit everything in.

 

Travel blogging can consume a significant amount of time—far more than it appears. You must figure out how to balance this with your class obligations as well as your travel. If you already have an excellent time management system into which you can incorporate your new obligations, you are in a good position. If not, it may be time to experiment with a few. Consider how to schedule your time so that you can balance school, travel blogging, and other obligations with the constant disruption of being on the road.

 

5. Additional Challenges

Another issue you may encounter is textbooks. If you're driving a van across North America, you should be able to fit a few textbooks in there without issue. However, if you are traveling light, moving around foreign countries with a carry-on may not be feasible. Although your textbook is available as an eBook, do you work better when you can physically highlight and refer back to passages, or does the digital version suffice?

 

You must weigh the pros and cons and come up with a solution that works for you. You may also feel at a disadvantage if the professor and the majority of the students in the program are local to the university and can connect in person. If this is the case, you may need to put in more effort to network online. Make an effort to use any discussion forums or other types of messaging or chat clients that your class may have.