Erik Olsen over at
Gadling posted "
Free Ways to Travel" this afternoon, and I suggest that you take a snoop on your way over to the Budget Travel Online article he was blogging, "
The Ultimate Guide to Free Travel". Olsen rightly acknowledges that problem numero uno for most travel addicts is time. Too true. But then he whisks us along to problem (challenge?) numero dos: $$$.
- House-Sitting - Take up residence in someone else's home
- Hiking Trail Volunteers - Get fresh air without paying for it
- Sister City Exchanges - Spend time with family you never knew you had
- Workampers - Use your RV to get from one job to the next
- Driveaways - Go on a road trip in someone else's car
- Hospitality Exchanges - Crash on couches and make friends along the way
- Volunteer Farm Workers - Trade a day in the fields for room and board
- Rotary Club Trips - Network your way to somewhere exciting
- Home Swapping - Exchange houses and live like a local
Great resources too. This article may not solve the time problem, but it'll get your brain working on all sorts of solutions to the money problem. And the article finishes us with links to clubs that can save you all along the way:
