As she scrolled through videos of travelers doing volunteer work in exchange for free accommodation, digital nomad Naiara Saiz Bilbao thought she’d hit the jackpot.
She went to one of the most popular volunteer travel platforms, searched for something similar, and came across a listing for a role at a hostel in Costa Rica.
The tag line, “Do you like nature and dream of living by the sea?” piqued her interest immediately.
As she read on, Saiz Bilbao, originally from Spain, learned that the volunteer position would involve completing social media tasks for a couple of hours a day, five days a week, in exchange for a free stay at a sleek hostel in a popular seaside town,…
