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When I explain to people how I spend weeks in foreign cities, living like a local in a nice house or apartment without spending a dime for accommodation, most want to know more. It’s actually pretty easy […]
Bunbury, Herentals, Wolfville, Tamborine Mountain. These places probably don’t ring a bell to most people, including seasoned travellers. What do they have in common? They’re all places that I discovered through house-sitting. Discovering new destinations […]
If you’ve been reading the blog and newsletter for a while, you know that I use house-sitting as a way to reduce my accommodation costs on some of my trips. In this post I’ve decided […]
Last week, I discussed how to find affordable accommodation wherever you go by using web sites such as Booking.com and Airbnb.com. Today we look at possibilities for staying somewhere free of charge! (Not to worry, […]
Alex, Amelia and I share a two-bedroom condo apartment in Pacific Heights, an upscale neighbourhood of San Francisco. Alex is the explorer, while Amelia is more shy and quiet. But they both stare at me […]
A little while ago I talked about how to get more time to travel. For the keen traveller who plans early, getting a month off to travel shouldn’t be too much of a hardship. You […]
Herentals is a small town (less than 30000 people) about 40 kms to the east of Antwerp. It’s located in the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium, and has few tourists. I arrived here last Tuesday for […]
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