A night in a mid-range hotel can cost $300, and if you want to stay awhile, then renting a 645-square-foot apartment will set you back around $3,000 to $4,000 a month.
But there’s another way that I’ve discovered. It’s easy, it’s free, and you can do this anywhere.
That’s when we discovered house-sitting. In return for looking after someone’s home while they are away, you get free accommodation. They may ask you to mind a pet, water the plants, or clean the pool, and you have a new temporary home in a part of the world you want to visit.
We’d look after the home in exchange for free rent and no bills while the friendly owner traveled through India, free from worry about the goings-on back home.
Admittedly, it was a bit of an experiment for us. Could we do this? Pick up our things and work in a completely new setting? The answer was “yes!” And there were lots of perks to boot.
Nude beaches and yachts as far as the eye can see is summertime Saint-Tropez. The off-season is something else entirely. And we were experiencing it first-hand…for free. We found a sleepy beach town surrounded by lush green hills and streets lined with pretty townhouses.
There are gorgeous promenades (walks) to be had, both in the town and outside. Saint-Tropez was first made famous by a number of artists, like Signac and Matisse, for whom the town played muse…
For the full report: Travel for Free in the South of France
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