People actually do this:
http://www.workaway.info/998274792773-en.htmlThis is the method that sled dog racer and Iditarod veteran Zoya DeNure is following to go to Ireland for a month this summer.
Zoya blogged that she has done her research and considers this
workaway network reliable and safe.
In Zoya's case she and her 3 year old daughter Jona will be moving in with an Irish family in, or near, Dublin. While there they will "earn their keep" in helping with tending garden, household chores, repairs, etc.
Interesting to say the least...