How I Manage A Business And Blog While Travelling Full Time

Last Updated on 9th July 2023

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Managing a business and a blog isn’t easy at the best of times, but when you add a life of full time travel into the mix, you’ve got a recipe for a very hectic schedule.

You may be wondering why I’m sharing this post now when I’m not actually travelling full time at the moment. I had the idea for this post months ago when we were still very much travelling the world full time so even though we’re back in the UK for the time being, it’s still kind of relevant as managing a business and travelling was my whole life for the best part of a year.

Whether you’re looking to pursue a life of full time travel while running your own business, or you’re just intrigued as to how it can actually work, this is the post for you!

Scheduling tools – how I manage a business and blog

One of my top tips for managing a blog and business while travelling is to take advantage of scheduling tools.

There are a few key scheduling tools that I use across both my business and blog but my favourites are Tailwind and Buffer.

I use Tailwind to schedule pins for Pinterest and it’s such an easy tool to use. It’s not exactly cheap at nearly $120 a year, but it saves me so much time and it was actually one of the tools that helped me increase my blog traffic by 200% in three months (this has now increased exponentially!).

Buffer is another tool I use to schedule some of my content, primarily on Twitter and Facebook, but also sometimes LinkedIn, too. It allows me to schedule Tweets that automatically publish to Twitter; I mainly use it to post links to my recent blog posts a couple of times a day so that my followers over there can keep up to date with my content.

Using scheduling tools allows me to manage my business while travelling as it means that I don’t have to constantly be actively promoting my content.

Help from my mum

Another way that I’m able to run my blog and business while travelling is by obtaining help from my mum. This may seem odd considering she was thousands of miles (and timezones) away while we were travelling, but she was actually so helpful.

When we left the UK, I redirected all my mail to my parents’ house as we obviously no longer had our own permanent address. This means that whenever I received my bank statements or letters from HMRC regarding my business, my mum could open them and help me log on to my bank remotely or just send me any information I needed to know.

Prioritise tasks

This point seems a little obvious but it’s so important for running a business successfully from anywhere in the world.

While travelling, there’s always going to be something to do or see or explore and when it comes to working on your own projects at the same time, it can be tricky to know what things you should focus on.

Prioritising tasks is so important for me to be able to manage my blog and business while travelling as I always need to ensure I’m focused on the right thing. Usually, my priorities would always lie with writing blog posts first, and then anything else would come after. If I’m working with a brand, then I also need to ensure that takes priority as I need to be able to create organic content that will resonate with my audience and will also make said brand proud.

It can be difficult to know which things to prioritise but I think I finally started to find my groove and hopefully when we start travelling full time again, I’ll have everything pretty much nailed.

manage a business and blog while travelling

Find a balance – how I manage a business

Finding a balance ties in very closely with the point above about finding your priorities when running a business while travelling full time, but it’s another important thing to consider.

Finding the right balance between exploring and seeing the world and working on my business was something that got a little overwhelming and tricky to navigate at times but it’s imperative to really try and get the balance right.

I never have a “routine” as such as it’s impossible to determine which countries or cities we’ll be in and when, but as long as I maintain a healthy balance between exploring and working, that’s all that matters.

Have dedicated work days

Following on from the point above, even though we never have a proper routine in place, we do always try and have at least one dedicated work day or even just an afternoon or morning a week.

This would usually involve working from a local coffee shop, restaurant or even just our hostel or hotel room. Having one full day to get as much work done as I can really frees up the rest of the week to explore and on my days “off”, we’ll spend it exploring the local towns, beaches and eating all the food, with maybe a few hours’ work thrown in on a morning or evening for good measure.

As we moved into hotter countries, and definitely by the time we got to Cambodia and Vietnam, we would usually spend most mornings working and then go out and explore in the afternoon.

This is because it was far too hot in the morning/over lunchtime to really do anything outside, so instead of a whole day dedicated to working, we would dedicate full mornings.

It all depends on the type of travelling you’re doing if you’re running a business and/or blog at the same time, so you just need to find something that works for you.

Be wary of timezones

Another thing I have to remember when managing a blog and business while travelling is the many different timezones I work across.

For example, most of my audience and many of the brands I work with is based in the UK, some of my followers are in the US and then I would be in an Asian country with an entirely different timezone.

It was even harder to navigate when we were in New Zealand as we were 12 hours ahead of the UK so when our day was just starting, the UK were heading off to bed. This meant that if I had to take client calls or even just answer emails or post to Instagram, I would have to be wary of the timezone in each country that was involved.

Thankfully, I got used to this way of thinking pretty quickly and before I had any exchange or interaction for my blog or business, I would always check what time it was in each respective country.

Don’t put too much pressure on myself

The final thing I have to do when managing my business while travelling full time is to not put too much pressure on myself.

I am insanely lucky to be able to travel and work on my own ventures simultaneously and while most people think that it’s a walk in the park and requires no hard work at all, it’s actually quite the opposite.

Ensuring that I don’t put an insane amount of pressure on myself and encouraging myself to just do my best was such an important lesson to learn early on and it’s actually still something I struggle with now. It can be so easy to want to do everything, but the truth is there’s only a certain number of hours in a day and days in a week and no one’s a superhero; you just have to try your bloody best!

It’s still such a “pinch me” moment whenever I think about the life that I created for myself and how lucky I am to be able to be my own boss while travelling. It’s something I’ll never take for granted and I just wanted to thank every single one of you for taking the time to read, share or comment on my posts; it really does help me to achieve my dream of full time travel and I’m immensely grateful.

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