Why pay for accommodation abroad when someone will swap their home for yours in the UK?

为什么要为国外住宿付钱呢，如果有人愿意把他们的房子跟你交换住你英国的房子？

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If you are living in private accommodation make sure you don't pay council tax and sort out your TV licence with your housemates - you only need one for the household, not one each.

如果你是生活在私人公寓，确保你没有支出家庭税，同你的室友理清你们的电视费—对家庭生活来说只需要一个就够了。

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Firstly, there is the initial debt that comes from paying for tuition and accommodation, and then there’s the time we lose having to work to pay it back.

首先你就得支付学费和住宿费。 另外，我们耗费了时间，其中的机会成本只有等我们工作后了才能赚回来。

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This would only cover the cost of social care and people would still have to pay for accommodation and food - although some support will be provided.

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So in many instances the workers get locked into having to pay for their accommodation to the employer, and they pay for food and they pay for transportation.

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The authorities run four ashrams - a form of spiritual commune - where some of the women are housed, but many need to beg to pay for rented accommodation.

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