Having a full-time job is no doubt a blessing. But once you get bitten by a travel bug, it can sometimes become difficult to dose your crave for travel with the constraint of holding a full-time job.

For those of you who hold a full-time job, it’s likely that the only chance for you to travel is by taking your holidays. In Europe and the US, we get on average around 2-3 weeks of holidays in a year. That doesn’t sound like much, does it?

So how can you travel more, while holding your job? Take a look at these 4 tips that hopefully will enable you to squeeze more travels to your favor.

4 ways to travel more while holding a full-time job

#1 – Take long weekend trips

Weekend trips are a great way to visit somewhat closer destinations that do not require taking a long-haul flight. Take city trips or a short getaway to a peaceful beachside resort. Besides, many hotels and resorts have fantastic offers for weekend stays, so it would not be difficult for you to find good deals.

#2 – Combine with public holidays

Plan your holiday period to coincide with some public holidays. In this way, you will save up your own personal holidays. The opportunity is huge: in the US there are 11 official public holidays in a year (it varies between countries, but in Europe this number ranges from 8 to 10 days). That means you can save up to a maximum of 11 days from your own personal holidays, which can then be used for another travel.

#3 – Combine with your business trips

This might require a bit of convincing skill, but why don’t use your personal development budget for attending training or conferences abroad? Ok, your employer may still need a prove that attending those events in another city/country is really worth it, and provides much more value than it costs. But rest assured, it is certainly worth the effort, especially if you can combine it with traveling.

#4 – Take some work while traveling

This may sound a bit weird, but if you’re comfortable with taking some work with you while traveling, your employer may have little reason to keep you at the office. I personally wouldn’t mind doing some work during my travel, so I can keep on traveling and do some work from other places in the world. Of course, this can work only for some types of jobs, but definitely not for all.

So there you go! Hopefully, you will find these tips helpful and allow you to travel more. If you like this post and find it helpful, please subscribe to my latest updates. Also please don’t hesitate to leave a comment below. See you in the next blog post, and until we Greet again!