November might be unseasonably warm this year but we could do with a bit more sunshine.
A trip abroad seems like a good option right about now.
But with Christmas coming up, funds are tight.
Well, next week is barter week, which means you can stay at over 450 B&Bs across the world for free.
From 19-25 November, you can offer to do a manual, teaching or creative task or even bring something from home to stay in one of the B&Bs, rather than paying the normal rate.
You can browse the 450 B&Bs in over 60 countries on Barterweek.com.
The site dedicated to the event is uploaded with entries of the B&Bs ready to open their doors for the barter scheme – by country – and each contains a host wish list, in other words what is being requested in exchange for the free hospitality.
Once you select the B&B you are interested in and you are able to meet any of the requests posted, just contact the hosts using the appropriate form, start bargaining and when you have come to an agreement, start packing and conclude the barter when you arrive.
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If there is no wish list, the traveller is free to offer a barter of their own, for instance tango lessons or a collectors item of some sort.
The event is a spinoff of the annual Settimana del Baratto in Italy.
Some of the businesses even offer to honour your offer outside of Barter Week.
Lets take a look at some of the places you can stay.
If you can offer social media skills, a guided tour of Ireland, origami lessons for children or street art style decoration, you could have a three day stay in this luxurious guest house.
The owners of this guesthouse are open to barter offers.
Carpentry, stone masonary and landscaping skills are needed to stay here.
If you can create a website or a piece of art, you can stay at this B&B in Malta, complete with a swimming pool.
The owners of this B&B in Spain are open to accepting a variety of skills in return for a stay.
If you dont fancy going abroad and can offer decorating skills, pub furniture, accommodation for a skiing holiday or horse back riding, you can stay at this property in Devon.
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You can stay here in return for translation skills, graphic design skills, general housekeeping or helping in the garden.
The owners of this B&B in France are looking for tips on cooking and how to make the best pizza.
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