Madolline Gourley, a native of Brisbane, Australia, has been living in Canada for about three months now, travelling and seeing the sights in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and elsewhere. And she hasn’t had to spend any money on accommodation. She stays with cats.

More specifically, she house-sits for people who have cats that need looking after while they themselves go on vacation or on work assignments. Gourley connects with cat-owners through house-sitting websites like housesitterscanada.com, mindmyhouse.com or housecarers.com.