How do people make money abroad?

Why don't you just travel for a shorter period of time?

Thanks everyone for the tips. I just want to clarify, we aren't looking to 'use' volunteer work to swindle work from local people (we've seen a number of tea plantations etc advertising work in exchange for room), we actually just want an experience, but we also have to think about money. The idea of working with local people to help them with their efforts is really exciting to us. We're looking for any experience people have had that they can offer in the form of advice.

Hi Kirstielee,
As long as you do not appear patronising the local people, why not? I have watched people "slaving away" picking tea numerous times in Sri Lanka and they are not happy bunnies. In fact on one occasion a lady held out here hand to me as she was included in my plantation shot! :o
Sounds like you would be better working for a registered charity in the third world and get a better understanding of what you can see there.
Just spending money as a tourist is very important now to many nations and adds greatly to the yearly. As long as living at grass roots level tourism is not that damaging at all.
Thanks

"just to help them with their efforts"

How incredibly patronizing.

You still want free room and board for giving the natives a handout. You have a lot to learn about the world.

teach english, surprised no one has suggested this!

'Kahua' - Please refrain from posting on my thread. You are highly ignorant and obviously want to big note yourself because you think you know everything there is about travelling. The whole reason of these posts is to ask questions and I have not traveled through South East Asia yet - hence the post. So unless you have anything that is actually relevant and useful to add, enough with the smart remarks.

Thanks to everyone who has suggested anything helpful. I am really just looking for general information before I embark on my journey. workaway.info is a really good site thanks! That is the kind of thing I am after.

You can't tell someone not to post in an internet forum. I think Kahlua has made raised good points.

Best you learn from critical remarks.

Your motives about using a charity as a means of funding your travel are reprehensible and someone need to call you out on it.

@ mike_travel_too

I have worked abroad doing a lot of different jobs. You could travel for awhile, then find a job abroad, then travel for awhile then find another travel job and so on and so on. I have met a lot of people who do this and make a reasonable living.

You can make good money from jobs that require travel, you just need to know where to look.

Good luck!

Interesting reply, what kind of work could you find and where would you have to look?

Edited by: paul1972

For 15000 dollars you could live 10 years in Indonesia so no need to eliminate rent...