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Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Costs are really low in Mexico so it's not hard to save, if you're networked and qualified. We're two doing the same, so it's easier to save here. We eat out, but not all that often. Cooking at home makes thing really cheap too. We try to keep trips to Canada or the beach down to 3 or 4 times a years in order to save.

yankeechemist · Joined: 27 Apr 2007 Posts: 50

I get a kick out of people who brag they win when they hit vegas. Losing 3k a yr for 10 yrs and hitting for 4k once is not a win in my math world.

sharter · Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 878 Location: All over the place

Rotations are the best gig in EFL. They are mostly with oil companies and increasingly in Africa and not the Middle East.

I work 6 on, 3 off and earn a good crust. I've been doing this kind of thing for ages on and off.

18 weeks holiday a year with enough money to go anywhere, do anything and still not run up any debts.

Libya and Equatorial Guinea are 2 hiring spots.

These posts aren't for everyone though.

alexcase · Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 215 Location: Seoul

The EL Gazette recommends Libya for saving more even than Saudi but having much friendlier people. Might mean being on an oil rig though

TEFLtastic blog - www.tefl.net/alexcase

Mena · Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 19 Location: California

Great thread!

Samwise · Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 13

Yeah, this has really put it all into perspective. I know a lot of student loans given to US students contain a forgiveness package, IE, you teach a few years and they drop a few percents off. Does any of that apply to ESL taught outside the States?

Justin Trullinger · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:48 pm Post subject:

Chirimolla · Joined: 12 Dec 2008 Posts: 6 Location: Yorkshire, England

If your from the UK, the currency situation is very good at the moment. The pound has plummetted, so depending on where you are teaching, now could be a good time to pay off some student debt.

My stepbrother is on Japan's JET programme at the moment, and doing very well out of it indeed. The Yen has always been considered a safehaven currency, so earnings in yen are worth a lot when converted back into pounds.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Theriel · Joined: 22 Apr 2003 Posts: 26 Location: Helsinki, Finland

Well, if you want to do something else than teaching, I know a get-rich-quick scheme that will work out. But i really doubt anyone here is willing Very Happy

In Svalbard, an island quite a bit north of Norway, they hire coal miners.

Disadvantages: minimum contract is I think 2 years, you're in Svalbard, one of the closest inhabitated areas to the north pole (ie you won't see the sun from the end of October until Mid February, at all), and you get to deal with all the problems associated with coal mining.

Advantages: Don't need a visa to work there, and they pay around 80-100,000 NOK per month. That's around 11,000 euros, and tax free. Probably the highest paid basic labor jobs in the world.

I guarantee you'll save money. Wonder if there will be any takers though Very Happy

Don

sharter · Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 878 Location: All over the place

I'd do it.

What skills do you need and what's the email address? PM me.

MELEE · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject:

I'll back up Guy on this one, with the right quals and a bit of luck you can live well on TEFL.

Edited, because I forgot to say, in Mexico, at the end.

My favorite perk, paid sabbaticals with no strings as to how you spend it.

Never Ceased To Be Amazed · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject: