A couple of British tourists voiced their recipe for living an unusually adventurous life, and even making money from it while traveling the world. According to them, they met at the University of Exeter in the middle of the last decade – and one day then 29-year-old Kezzi Magennis and 28-year-old Bradley Williams swore to each other that they would never get stuck in a boring office job, but would travel for so long and as far as they can. As a result, in six years, they not only traveled thousands of miles in their van but also managed to turn their passion for travel into a thriving business. And, it should be noted, that the code did not stop them.
When tourists were interviewed by The Mirror, their van was in the mountains near Alberta in Canada, somewhere on the road to Alaska, then they plan an annual trip on the Pan American Highway to the edge of Argentina, and then a trip to Japan. Tourists plan to complete this route by the end of 2023. “The plan is to travel around the world, so we’ll turn the other way,” Bradley said.
According to him, the tourists built their van within a few months, and it took a little more to build a successful business. In an interview during a trip to Canada, the tourists said that one of the closest points of their trip will be Tim Horton’s Cafe, a network located throughout Canada, “which serves good coffee and Wi-Fi.” Having reached the Internet, tourists not only communicate with friends but also “settle down to do a little work that supports their lifestyle.”
According to the tourists themselves, at the beginning of their life on wheels, after university, they earned enough money to make enough money while traveling and working as copywriters. But then they were able to launch their own hugely successful Dream Big Travel Far website, where they share their secrets, and best travel tips – including Kezi explaining how to travel for a type 1 diabetic tourist. After many years of carefully creating his brand, he now earns £ 16,000 a month (about £ 600,000) through a combination of advertising revenue and commercial sponsors. This means that the savings to survive no longer bother us. We spend only a couple of hours a day working, ensuring that the website looks good and full of fresh content, ”said the tourists.
By the way, even the pandemic and lockdown did not curtail this “business”. First, during the lockdown, tourists temporarily converted their van to a “stationary” house, and then went on a trip to Europe. Tourists say that now that they have both been vaccinated three times, very few countries will allow them and there are few problems with crossing the border. Among the countries they were unable to visit, tourists named only China, where they were stopped by a “strange rule that requires all foreign travelers to have a guide in China.”
Tourists who dream of following this dream by reading their site, give the only advice – “just jump and try.” “Having a van, in general, is probably the cheapest way to travel,” says Bradley.