'I traveled for an entire year for free — and saved $15K'

A backpacker traveled astir Australia for escaped by pet-sitting — and has saved thousands of dollars doing it.

Hailey Learmonth headed to Australia successful January 2023 aft Googling "how to question for free," arsenic SWNS reported.

For implicit a year, Learmonth looked aft people's pets successful speech for staying successful their homes for free, for anyplace betwixt six days and 3 months.

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The traveler has looked aft dogs, cats, chickens and cows successful Brisbane and the Gold Coast Hinterland, surviving rent-free and redeeming $15,000 that she would different person spent connected accommodations.

Hailey Learmonth, 27 (pictured), headed to Australia successful January 2023 aft Googling "how to question for free." From past until she near the state successful May 2024, she stayed successful different people's homes for escaped portion looking aft their pets and homes. (SWNS)

The accidental has fixed her the accidental to research each the "underrated" places successful Australia portion redeeming thousands connected rent, nights retired and booze, according to SWNS.

Learmonth, a freelance societal marketer primitively from Canada, said, "Dog-sitting is decidedly the mode to spell if you are trying to prevention money."

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At the commencement of her journey, Learmonth created a illustration connected Trusted House Sitters and was matched with paying customers.

"It was a brainsick experience. I’ve ne'er lived that agrarian before, particularly not connected a farm," she said of 1 stay.

"I’ve ne'er lived that agrarian before, particularly not connected a farm," said Learmonth, pictured astatine 1 of the places wherever she worked. (SWNS)

During her stint connected the farm, Learmonth traveled astir a 40-acre portion of onshore with the farm’s dogs. "We’d spell to this dam and they’d paddle successful the water. The cows would travel america down and everything!"

She adjacent got caller eggs for meal from the farm’s chickens.

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While traveling passim Australia, Learmonth took freelance jobs and had a fewer stints successful java shops to support a dependable income stream.

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She saved each the wealth she earned due to the fact that she didn't request to walk wealth connected rent.

"All successful all, I saved astir $15,000, and I was capable to usage the wealth … to spell connected roadworthy trips that I wouldn't person been capable to spend before," Learmonth said, per SWNS.

While traveling successful Australia and watching people's animals, Learmonth (pictured) had a fewer stints successful java shops to support a dependable income stream. (SWNS)

"I was fortunate capable to person my person sojourn maine toward the extremity of my clip there, truthful I utilized the wealth to enactment successful bully Airbnbs and spell retired for bully meals."

While she is backmost location successful Canada now, Learmonth plans to question again this summertime and volition usage dog-sitting to prevention money.

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"It is ever an option, particularly arsenic I enactment remotely — I americium inactive thriving successful the country of inexpensive travel," she said. "It is simply a truly chill mode to acquisition remote-working and research a caller area."

Learmonth worked with a institution that allowed her to relocate a van from constituent A to constituent B arsenic a mode to travel. (SWNS)

Learmonth shared the pursuing tips for traveling connected a budget.

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1. Find house-sitting and dog-sitting opportunities via Trusted House Sitters to unrecorded for escaped successful speech for providing services.

2. Travel to caller areas with Campervan Relocations, a institution that allows travelers to relocate a van from constituent A to constituent B for $1 per day. (Be flexible with timelines and unfastened to caller destinations, she recommended.) 

3. Find enactment that provides accommodations to prevention connected lodging portion moving remotely.