I earn over $5,000 a month traveling the world — here's how travel blogs really make money

Goats on the RoadNick Wharton and his partner, Dariece Swift, run the blog Goats on the Road as they travel the world. Here, they work in the sun on Holbox Island, Mexico.

When people ask me what I do for a living and I reply, "I'm a travel blogger," I can pretty much see the confusion in their faces.

They're thinking, How can a blog make money? Isn't that just a hobby? Who pays you? How much can you really make?

Based on my own experience — and those of many other bloggers in different industries — I'm going to answer these questions (and more).

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