How to escape your job and travel to China with free flights and accommodation

Some titles leave you guessing and some tell you everything you need to know. It may seem too good to be true, but if you’re between 18 and 30 you can leave everything behind for a couple of months and just escape to a whole new world in China – the best part is, you don’t even need to pay for your flights or accommodation!

It’s really a wonder that more people aren’t taking advantage of this incredible opportunity! Or perhaps it isn’t; China remains to be perceived (erroneously) by many as somewhere to be regarded with a degree of suspicion, or as somewhere that is impossible to visit.

This simply is not true and for all of us who know better, China is a magical country where beauty abounds and culture and history can be found in all of its vastly different but incredible cities. China has got everything from ultra-modern metropolises to ancient towns, roaming grasslands to misty mountains, snow leopards to giant pandas. China is oft regarded as an economic and industrial powerhouse, but overlooked is that China alone contains within it almost everything you’ve come to associate with its neighbours that are viewed as more popular and obvious travel destinations.

Admittedly, the process of obtaining a visa for China has always made it harder to visit than some of its neighbouring countries, but it has always been so worth it. And, in fact, the government has recently relaxed many of its visa requirements, making it much easier to visit than ever before!

So how can you explore this magnificent country without having to pay today’s extortionate flight prices and take advantage of free accommodation?! There’s a catch, surely? Well, if you’re reading this, you should have a pretty good clue about what this travel cheat code is: sign up with LoPair and au pair in China!

The tldr is that when you become a LoPair, you’ll work (if you consider playing and helping your sibling to improve their English real work) 30 hours per week while staying with a real, authentic Chinese family in their home. When you’re not on contact hours, you’ll have the opportunity to study Mandarin, take part in organised cultural activities and explore China on your days off.

When you are successfully matched with your host family, your flights will be paid for, as well any of the arranged cultural experiences and you’ll be staying in a beautiful Chinese home - all free of charge! The only thing you’ll have to pay for is your visa and application fee. A pretty good deal, right?

Our LoPairs often leave this programme and state that it has been an immensely rewarding and fulfilling programme, and you can check out more about some of these testimonials here, so not only is this a very affordable way to explore this part of the world, our bet is that it just might turn it to be one of the best things you ever do.