Both me and my partner are in fact ‘federation aeronautique internationale’ B certificate holders. To anyone outside of the sport this means we can visit any dropzone worldwide and throw ourselves out of perfectly working aeroplanes. It also means we are licensed to pack parachutes, and this is the snippet of most importance as this is a skilled cash in hand role.
The life of a skydiver consists mainly of heavy drinking, but when the sun is shining it goes something like this: jump, land, pack & repeat! However, there are a number of people in the sport who either don’t have the time or really can’t be bothered with the pack bit. This is where parachute packers come into play 
There are well over 1000 dropzones around the world, in some of the most beatiful places imaginable. From UK skydiving destinations in the lake district, to Cape town in South Africa. The very nature of a dropzone demands it to be set aside from towns and cities, so they often find themselves in areas of outstanding natural beauty. Your average skydiver also pumps most of their cash into the sport, so to compensate dropzones offer very affordable accommodation ranging from bunk houses to camp sites with toilet and shower facilities. In terms of my travelling needs this ticks all the boxes; clean, safe & cheap.
So, staying at dropzones could offer us a potential route to world travel, with enough cash in hand work available to cover basic living costs, and potentially a handful of skydives aswell The skydiving community is a tight nit one, so no matter how remote the dropzone it will always have a friendly atmosphere and there is often a good chance of bumping into fellow brits.
I think no matter how our trip pans out it will almost definitely involve a couple of dropzones. They’re like a home away from home