Backpacking - Free Accommodation Around the WorldBackpacking – Three ways to get free accommodation while backpacking around the world.Being a backpacker always means you’re on a tight budget and looking for ways to make your money go further – so finding ways to save money while travelling is vital for you to be able to travel as long as you want. Here are three ways in which you can travel, see the world, meet amazing people and have memorable experiences and pay nothing for accommodation. It might sound too good to be true and I thought so too until I tried it and thousands of others.
It's a great way to travel and meet the locals. Accommodation can vary a lot, from staying with students, to staying with families. You get to know the local knowledge on what there is to see and do. So check out the staying with locals page Neil was fruit picking in Australia and discovered there was not much information even though there was work all year round. So he developed a website to tell people all the things you need to know about fruit picking and working visas in Australia. Backpacking and Working in London
When Alex went to London she also found out lots of information regarding living there - here is her story. Travelling alone for the first time In 2002 I set off on a backpacking adventure to England. I was planning on staying for 12 months, working a little and seeing some of Europe. I was only 18 at the time. When I left I was very nervous. It was my first time out of home and my first time travelling alone. Planning for this trip included:
I also learnt how to save money while living in London and this wasn't as hard as you'd think it would be and still had a great time partying. Making new friends Arriving at the YHA in Earls Court London, I was still very nervous but very eager to make some friends. On the second night I realized everyone was in the same boat as me and didn’t know each other. We were all in the lounge watching television and someone suggested we all go to the pub across the road. So everyone did. And from there I didn’t look back! I made so many friends that night, one of which I married eight years later and a few others are still very close friends today. So if you find your self in this situation I suggest you be the one to ask if everyone would like to go to the pub for a drink. Meeting and socializing with these people also taught me a lot. We shared stories and advice on what to do and where to go, and most importantly how to find a job. Finding a job I discovered there is a free magazine in London called TNT Magazine, it also has a great website just for backpackers which comes out once a week. This is full of useful information and stories. In the back was a section advertising jobs and agencies. After a week of phone calls and interviews I was employed as a live in bar person and best of all it was in Oxford Circus. I couldn’t believe my luck. Live in jobs are a great way to start yourself off. You work and live on the premises. Your pay is deducted for your accommodation and sometimes it also includes meals and you can live somewhere (like Oxford Circus) that you other wise would never be able to afford.
I spent a lot of time in London and learnt to work, save and travel really well. I did this for six years and have a few stories to tell. One of them is My first visit to a non western country Alex now has her own photography business Zandra Warland Photography -----------------------------------------------------------------
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