{"id":125634,"date":"2022-03-26T17:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-saved-cash-by-quitting-a-student-room-to-become-a-petsitter\/"},"modified":"2022-03-26T17:19:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T10:19:42","slug":"i-saved-cash-by-quitting-a-student-room-to-become-a-petsitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-saved-cash-by-quitting-a-student-room-to-become-a-petsitter\/","title":{"rendered":"I saved cash by quitting a student room to become a petsitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nAccommodation is free in exchange for caring for pets, which can save as much as \u00a35,000 a yearMy university lecturer is in full flow on my laptop screen. Once upon a time, I\u2019d have been surrounded by fellow students in a lecture hall. Or, earlier this year, I\u2019d have been cramped at a desk in my shared house. Today, my lecture buddy is a rescue dog named Riya.I didn\u2019t initially consider house-sitting as an accommodation solution. It was a cheap way to experience a new city, definitely. When travelling across Australia, I\u2019d sat for pets in exchange for accommodation using the platform Mindahome. It wasn\u2019t until my second year of university that the budgeting dots connected. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2022\/mar\/26\/saved-cash-student-room-petsitter-accommodation-free\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I saved cash by quitting a student room to become a petsitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Accommodation is free in exchange for caring for pets, which can save as much as&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-wGm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":109984,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/6000-a-year-for-a-room-if-i-were-a-student-id-probably-go-on-strike-too-patrick-collinson\/","url_meta":{"origin":125634,"position":0},"title":"\u00a36,000 a year for a room? 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