You want to live and work abroad, but don’t know if you can afford to leave on this great adventure yet because you are saving up to travel! Well many travellers leave home without big budgets because they will look for jobs abroad with accommodation provided and preferably with no experience needed. Think that’s impossible? Well, it is. There are some great opportunities out there that not only provide employment but also include the added perk of accommodation. And when you get a job with accommodation included, you kill two birds with one stone. Here are some of the best 10 jobs abroad with accommodation included that don’t need experience or lots of qualifications.
Jobs Abroad With Accommodation
1. Live-in Au Pair, Mother’s Help and Nanny Jobs
When I first moved to London on a UK working holiday visa, I got a job as a live-in Mother’s Help. If you are wondering what a mother’s help is well, it is someone who is there to help the mum. You are somewhere in between an Au Pair and a qualified nanny. You help the mother with jobs such as looking after any children, doing light housework and maybe cooking some meals. The best things about this type of work was I didn’t need any experience and the job was live-in. So because the job was live-in, this took care of finding a job and somewhere to live in the one hit. As well as the UK, living and working in Europe as an Au Pair or Nanny is very popular.
If you don’t mind looking after children and have no or some experience, you could get one of these jobs abroad with accommodation. Many families, in many countries seek a live-in Au Pair, Mother’s Help or Nanny to help in their family. And yes, I was paid a salary and had my own room in the house near the kids. Win, win, don’t you think?
READ MORE: How to Travel and Work Abroad as an Au Pair or Nanny
2. Hostel & Hotel with accommodation
As you travel and work abroad you will need somewhere to sleep every night. Your choice of accommodation available can include a bed in a hostel or hotel. Now this accommodation will have someone checking you in, cleaning your room and other areas and maybe serving you breakfast. Many of these people are actually travellers themselves and are either working for the accommodation for a wage or have agreed to exchange work for accommodation because they might not have a visa allowing them to work. And many of these jobs in hostels and hotels often don’t need any qualifications or prior experience. So if you are looking for a job abroad with accommodation, even jobs for couples abroad with accommodation, consider asking where you are staying for the night if any jobs are going. You could also use the large accommodation booking sites such as HostelWorld and Booking.com. They cannot actually get you a job with accommodation but you can check out the accommodation options available and if you see one you’d like to live and work in, you could contact them directly to see if there was a position with accommodation available.
READ MORE: Get a Job in a Hostel
3. TrustedHousesitters – House and Pet Sitting with Accommodation
One of the biggest expenses while traveling is the cost of accommodation. What would you say if I said you can travel the world for free by simply house and pet sitting. Some people treat house and pet sitting as jobs abroad with accommodation but in most cases, you don’t get paid, though I have heard of some people who do receive a small stipend as well as the accommodation. So a house sitter basically looks after a house while the resident is away. They may need to look after a pet, water the plants and put the rubbish bins out. Many countries are embracing housesitting including the USA, UK, Australia and many in Europe. One of the best ways to find a housesitting job is through an agency such as TrustedHousesitters.
I house-sat this beach house on the south coast of NSW, Australia for free!
READ MORE: How to housesit and never pay for accommodation again
4. Teaching English Abroad with Accommodation
Teaching English abroad has long been a way for travellers to legally work in another country. This is because many English language schools will sponsor you to teach English in their schools with or without experience. Of course it helps having a TEFL certificate to get the best paid English speaking jobs work abroad with accommodation. Often included in your contract to teach is free accommodation – not always the best on the block, but accommodation all the same. What an exciting way to immerse yourself in a new culture. It’s one of the popular jobs abroad with accommodation and could see you live and work in many countries around the world.
Popular countries to teach English abroad are in Asia, particularly Japan, South America and some European countries. One of the best places to find teaching English job vacancies abroad with accommodation is on online platforms such as Dave’s ESL Cafe.
READ MORE: How to Teach Abroad or Online
5. Cruise Ship Jobs
If you love the idea of being paid to travel the world, then consider a job on a cruise ship. Working on a cruise ship is a great job abroad with accommodation. Work opportunities onboard a cruise ship are wide and varied. They are in hospitality, entertainment, and housekeeping to name a few. Because you will be living aboard the cruise ship, you will be receive a wage, accommodation (usually in a small cabin shared with other cruise ship workers), meals and be allowed to get off the ship while in port. No wonder people live and work on cruise ships for many seasons.
There are many cruise ships sailing the waters of the world with popular areas cruising the Caribbean, the Pacific and the Mediterranean. They all have great websites with a careers section advising where you can apply jobs abroad online for cruise ships.
READ MORE: How to Get a Job on a Cruise Line
6. Work on a Yacht
Do you love being on the water? Well if you do, consider getting a job on a yacht. Working on a yacht as a first mate, chef, stewardess, yoga instructor or even a scuba diving instructor is a very cool experience for working abroad with accommodation provided. Afterall, just like working on a cruise ship, you will be living and working on the yacht. Your quarters where you live won’t be as luxurious as those upstairs of the paying guests, but working on a yacht is a great way to save money, as you don’t have anywhere to spend it while at sea!
READ MORE: How to find a Yacht Job
7. Seasonal Summer Jobs Abroad with Accommodation
With the different seasons comes different work opportunities.
There are many summer seasonal jobs the working traveller can get. If you enjoy working with kids you could get a job in a USA summer camp for the season. How cool would that be? Or perhaps a job picking fruit and vegetables in Australia where fruit picking jobs with accommodation can be found. Maybe working in a bar or a cafe by the beach or other hospitality jobs which increase during the summer months. Many Aussies on working holidays in the UK will often get a live-in bar job as this takes care of getting a job and accommodation in the one hit. I cannot guarantee that all these seasonal summer jobs will have accommodation provided, but many do.
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8. Seasonal Winter Jobs Abroad with Accommodation
Get a seasonal job in a ski field
If you love the cold weather and particularly the snow, you might consider working a season in a ski resort. Jobs abound in ski resorts as large numbers of staff are required to ensure all the services of the resort are met. From hospitality jobs to ski instructor jobs, all these jobs must be filled. As well as a wage many of these jobs come with accommodation included.
READ MORE: Get a Job in a Ski Resort in Australia, New Zealand, UK, Canada, Europe or Japan.
9. WWOOF
WWOOF stands for Willing Workers on Organic Farms and is a world-wide organisation. You don’t necessarily get paid for WWOOFing as it is basically an exchange program where in exchange for your work you receive accommodation and food. Plus learn different ways of farming in different countries. And you don’t need experience to WWOOF, you only need a willingness to work and learn.
WWOOF is a world wide organisation. You will need to join the organisation in the country you wish to WWOOF in. So if you don’t qualify for a working holiday visa, work permit or digital nomad visa you could WWOOF as you aren’t breaking any laws because you aren’t receiving any money. You are exchanging work for accommodation and food.
READ MORE: WWOOF Your Way around the World
10. Volunteering Jobs with Accommodation
Volunteering can range from working a food line at a local charity to moving abroad to help a community achieve something. And you don’t need experience to volunteer. Depending on the volunteering you do, will depend on what perks it comes with. If working in the food line you may receive a free meal at the end of your shift – wonderful. If going on a volunteer program, more than likely, you have paid to go on this to cover your food and accommodation and your placement. Your accommodation may be with other participants or with a local family, but hey, what a wonderful experience abroad.
Where to Find Jobs Overseas with Accommodation
If you want to move abroad, finding a job that has accommodation included is a real bonus. So where are these jobs? Well, these jobs can be found in a lot of countries. so hone in on a country or region that is of interest to you first, then, look for the types of jobs that have the added bonus of accommodation included. This could be in Australia, South America, United Kingdom or Europe. The world is your oyster – just read some of these traveller tales for inspiration.
How to Find Jobs Overseas with Accommodation
Research, research, research is the best way to find a job abroad that includes accommodation. Once you have decided where, you can begin the how.
- Using the internet with the search words ‘jobs with accommodation’ would be a start.
- If there is a specific type of job you would like to do, which are on this list in this post, contact specific agencies such as an Au Pair agency where you could apply for a job.
- Check out job boards of specific countries with the words ‘jobs with accommodation’. Such as Seek in Australia, Jobsite in the UK or europa.jobs in Europe.
- Visit social media sites such as Facebook and check out working abroad pages and groups and backpacker pages and groups.
Final Thoughts
As you have read, there are quite a number of ways to work abroad with free accommodation that require little or no experience. So what are you waiting for? Have you had jobs abroad with accommodation no experience required? If you know of one that I can add to this list I’d love to hear.
Super helpful post! Would love to check out some of these opportunities for more travel