We Paint Murals In Exchange For Accommodation

We believe that our creativity is a gift to share.

Jillian Amatt - Artistic Voyages
6 min readMar 18, 2022
The latest mural we painted in Arusha, Tanzania. This is the headquarters for a safari company there. Photo Credit: Author

As full-time travelers, it is crucial for us to find ways to cut our costs and keep our expenses to a minimum as we move around. Neither of us has a traditional ‘job’ so we create ways to make money online (hello Medium!) so that we can continue traveling.

But when we can also cut expenses, our life certainly becomes easier.

Using our artistic talent is one way that we do that. Quite often when we reach a place that we want to stay at for a while, we message hotel and accommodation providers in the area and simply ask them if they are interested in our services.

Because we have a portfolio on our website, it is usually pretty easy to send them there to show them our work. We also have some process videos on our YouTube Mural Playlist that they can watch.

Now, you may wonder, why would we do this for free, when we could be charging big money?

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Jillian Amatt - Artistic Voyages
Jillian Amatt - Artistic Voyages

Written by Jillian Amatt - Artistic Voyages

Artist, traveler, foodie, gardener. Owner of publications Sharing Food and Share Your Creativity. A boost nominator - passionate about real writing on Medium.

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