You can make a killing as a traveling MS. I have a bunch of kids now but even still, I'll travel here and there. So does my husband. We take turns. We are actually both planning a huge MS route come July. Going to be traveling through 8 different states and take our 3 order kids with us to make it a "vacation" too.
But it does suck about the waiting period on getting paid when you first start as a MS. There are so many apps that pay quickly tho. Here is to name a few...
Presto, Easy Shift, Survey Merchandiser, Proxy Pics, iVuiet, Field Agent, Mobee, be my eye, and observa.
Also MS Company iPsos is my favorite because they pay quickly. They have shops on the presto map and they have shops on 2 other platforms too, sassie shop, and shop metrics. Ipsos do a lot of gas station audits and I do those a lot to reimburse some in gas, but I don't think they are worth it until the shop pay is $25 or more.
When someone has the means to do so, I strongly encourage full time traveling mystery shopping. You'd make a lot of money, just be picky with what you will do or not. No low paying jobs.
Kimberly Wilson