Imagine starting a travel-related business owner with a ready market and no initial investment. Yass, it’s a thing!
As you may already know, starting any business especially online requires a lot of work, especially if you do not have a ready market and/or money.
The online travel market is predicted to reach $1,091 billion, globally, by 2023, so this is a hugely profitable industry to get into.
This article lists travel-related business ideas that you can start now on Fiverr – a free online platform that will connect you the freelancer (seller) with business owners (buyers) to work together solving both the money and ready market challenge faced by most people wanting to start a business.
The travel-related ideas are legitimate and freelancers like yourself are currently making tons of money offering the said services.
Feel free to click on the links to their gigs for inspiration.
1.Create custom travel illustrated vector maps for different places
This could be the map of a country, a state, a city, a region.
This is the Fiverr gig for you if you are a professional illustrator, or have experience in map illustrations, doodles, flat hand drawn design, etc.
2. Charge for shout outs on your social media travel page/account.
Your GIG can include :
- Posts – permanent or temporary posts
- Story swipe ups
- Link in bio
- Tag client on post
- Mention client in caption, etc.
- Campaign ideation
3. Research and plan vacation or travel itineraries
If you love traveling and have a knack for planning detailed and unique trips, then this travel-related online business idea you can start now and with zero investment is ideal for you.
There are people that love to travel, but hate to plan the trip. That’s where you come in!
You will act as their personal travel agent and plan custom travel itineraries based on extensive research, your expertise, and their needs.
Feel free to package your services based on complexity of the itinerary determined by factors such as destination, number of days, number of travelers, etc.
Essentially, you bring your clients travel and vacation vision to life with the most efficient and cost effective route. Standard itineraries could include a day-by-day itinerary with the following information:
- Accommodation – hotels/rental home options based on budget and desired activities, keeping in mind traveling party, ratings and location
- Food & drink – options per location based on budget/dietary restrictions
- Activities – options per location based on personal interests/preferences, from tourist attractions to hidden gems + important information like best times to go and what needs to be booked in advanced
- Transportation – flight and/or rental car options per location + info for local transportation like trains or ferries.
4. Edit travel videos
This travel-related online business idea you can start now and with zero investment needs to further elaboration. It is as it is.
5. Make money designing automated travel affiliate websites for passive income
Automated travel affiliate websites which allows users to find the best prices for flights, hotels, rental cars, tours, taxi, etc. are a unique opportunity to make passive income.
If you are an experienced web developer or web designer, then creating automated travel affiliate websites may just be the best travel-related online business idea you can start now and with no investment.
You can choose to design the websites for yourself, or for other people.
If you can’t design, consider hiring a freelancer to do the same for you.
There are many travel affiliate programs that give commission on clicks and bookings, which you can incorporate into the automated website.
Commission bases on clicks means that you will be paid affiliate commission each time your website visitors click on site widgets and book flights, hotels, etc., you get AFFILIATE COMMISSIONS.
You will also be paid on each booking or leads generation.
This means that you can earn a lot of money just by generating decent traffic on the website.
6. Create vintage/retro/modern travel posters
7. Design travel logos
Whether you’re a professional logo designer or not, this is something you can do if you badly need the money.
With platforms such as Canva etc., which have thousands of templates to work from, you can easily start travel logo design as one of the travel-related business ideas you can start now with no investments.
8. Write travel content
This could include travel blog posts, travel guest posts, etc.
