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12 Retirement Jobs You Can Do From Your Recliner

Woman sitting in a leather recliner holding a travel brochure and a tablet displaying flight options.
Turn your travel wisdom into income by planning vacations to earn consulting fees or sales commissions between 10% and 15%.

10. Remote Travel Consultant

Turn your love for travel into a flexible income stream by helping others plan their vacations. Independent agencies and private clients pay knowledgeable consultants to research cruise lines, hotels, and flight itineraries.

Travel planners earn consulting fees or sales commissions between 10% and 15% on booked trips. Your personal travel wisdom provides enormous peace of mind for nervous travelers.

You can coordinate memorable getaways entirely through phone calls, email exchanges, and travel websites.

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36 Comments

    1. I would love to do this. I have a daughter who is currently the Court Attny in NM and I have worked as an advocate for criminal justice since I retired as a therapist for federal people returning home from prison.

  1. I am a retired therapist and have been the director of several organizations over the years. I’ve done a good deal of public speaking in affituon to working with a diverse group of individuals and families.

  2. I would like information on these jobs, please.
    How do I go about getting one of these jobs?
    I’m a 4 time cancer survivor and I’m on disability and can’t find a job I can do because of it.

  3. I am retired as a paralegal and legal assistant since 1995 and have been transcribing for court reporters for the past 30 years. I would be interested in proofreading related jobs.

  4. Dear Sir,

    My background is capital formation and the capitalization on the equity side of oil and gas ventures, motion picture budgetary arrangements, and the business plan development and preparation of project implementation. I’m a graduate of SMU (BBA) and post graduate (MFA) from UCLA. I would like to provide my resume for consideration.

  5. I am interested in this job. A retired RN and was in clinical research. The last 20 years I went to doctors offices in hospitals. The staff had to use the new drug and clinical trials. I had to send all the data of the clients to the pharmaceutical companies. Very detailed job. I just explained it easily. It’s more difficult than that. I love that job.

  6. I’m very interested in working from home.
    Please send application to apply or the link.
    Thank you in advance.
    Linda Cossey

  7. Hello Team,

    Yes, please hurry , I need to live instead of survive for once in my life.

    Warmest thanks.
    Tracie Stapleton

  8. I’m a retired physical therapist assistant. I’m very much interested in boosting my social security income with a remote job. Preferable in health care.

  9. I’m interested in working at home. I have an extensive editorial background. Please send me info. Thank you.

  10. I’ve over 30 years experience as an Executive Assistant in the corporate environment. This entails interacting with clients, editing reports and memoranda, etc. Now that I’m retired, I’m hoping to supplement Social Security by utilizing these skills. Thank you.

  11. I enjoy guiding participants in the right direction and sharing with them the best choces of knowledge and information to guide them in the most beneficial way.

  12. I have work all my life doing office job I am an accountant, know how to do income tax returns for people and all kinds of office job. I am retired very interested in working from home.

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