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Author	princess_peachfuzz69
Comment	Ok, a few things. As most have said, the rental market is wild here at the moment. A lot of folk have had to move back in with parents or younger folk at uni are either homeless or couch surfing - the uni is having to pay for hotel accommodation as there’s simply not enough affordable housing in the city at the moment. That being said, you could look at places further out like Cumbernauld and East Kilbride and you’ll probably find a place to live much easier. There is some cracking wee places to be found in these areas and they’re both relatively safe and the majority of people are sound. If you know anyone here, I’d seriously consider asking to stay with them indefinitely or until you find somewhere to live more permanently otherwise you’re going to spend a huge chunk of your savings on hotels/Airbnb’s. If you do find a place further out, this will significantly restrict where you can work as trains stop around midnight at the latest and buses will come once an hour after that (if they even show up). There are taxis and Ubers obviously but at hospitality closing times, they’re a nightmare to get and will be very expensive. I’m talking £40+ to get home each night. Most hospitality places (restaurants, bars, clubs) will close between 10pm and 3am and you’ll still need to work your fair share of closes after this so you’ll be in work later than the states closing time. The way annual leave works in Scotland is you will legally get 5 weeks paid holiday off per year. This is usually paid when you take the time off but some business will give you a small % added into your wage each week/month and means that you don’t receive a pay for when you take the time off. It’s not a huge amount of time to do any travelling around Scotland but is good if you want to experience Glaswegian culture a bit more. Au pair/nanny isn’t much of a thing here. Some really rich people might do it but as others have mentioned, you won’t get too much money to spend from this as the family will provide all your needs. With the cost of living going up, this kind of work will be even less common than it already is.
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Created	Sun 27th Nov 2022 9:53am
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Ok, a few things. As most have said, the rental market is wild here at the moment. A lot of folk have had to move back in with parents or younger folk at uni are either homeless or couch surfing - the uni is having to pay for hotel accommodation as there’s simply not enough affordable housing in the city at the moment. That being said, you could look at places further out like Cumbernauld and East Kilbride and you’ll probably find a place to live much easier. There is some cracking wee places to be found in these areas and they’re both relatively safe and the majority of people are sound. If you know anyone here, I’d seriously consider asking to stay with them indefinitely or until you find somewhere to live more permanently otherwise you’re going to spend a huge chunk of your savings on hotels/Airbnb’s.

If you do find a place further out, this will significantly restrict where you can work as trains stop around midnight at the latest and buses will come once an hour after that (if they even show up). There are taxis and Ubers obviously but at hospitality closing times, they’re a nightmare to get and will be very expensive. I’m talking £40+ to get home each night. Most hospitality places (restaurants, bars, clubs) will close between 10pm and 3am and you’ll still need to work your fair share of closes after this so you’ll be in work later than the states closing time.

The way annual leave works in Scotland is you will legally get 5 weeks paid holiday off per year. This is usually paid when you take the time off but some business will give you a small % added into your wage each week/month and means that you don’t receive a pay for when you take the time off. It’s not a huge amount of time to do any travelling around Scotland but is good if you want to experience Glaswegian culture a bit more.

Au pair/nanny isn’t much of a thing here. Some really rich people might do it but as others have mentioned, you won’t get too much money to spend from this as the family will provide all your needs. With the cost of living going up, this kind of work will be even less common than it already is.