WineBox Hotel

Coming to stay with us is a great oportunity to get to know Valparaiso, from an unique spot in the city, that has amazing views of the city, a cool enviroment and sutainable design, it is also 5 minutes away from the downtown (walking) and 20 minutes away from the main touristic area. We invite you to be a part of our friendly team, get to know guests from all over the world and stay in a reused - reacontitioned container. We acomodate our volunteers in the hotel rooms (two people max per room), every room is an independent unit with a private bathroom and a small kitchen, that conects to a big terrace with a wide view of the city and the ocean.

We are a hotel, made with recycled shipping containers, placed in a residencial hill of Valparaiso (A city declared a world heritage site). The spirit from the beggining was to create awarness by building a project based on sustainable practices, using recycled materials an methods, and also incorporating a wine concept, wanting to educate locals and foreigners about chilean wine, in a accesible and more relaxed way, that's why we have a small on site winery and also work with local producers (wineries) promoting their products and turism programms. Most of our team members are "porteños" (people that has been born and raised in Valparaiso) and fairly new porteños (my partner and I have been living in the city for 12-10 years). Everyone is very friendly and eager to get to know people from different places and backgrounds.

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4.5
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Personnel et hôte

4.5

Heures et tâches

5.0

Auberge

4.5

Apprentissage et plaisir

4.5

Brésil

3

This volunteer experience felt less exchange-based compared to my other experiences. On the positive side, I interacted with lovely guests in two languages, learned bar skills, and had comfortable accommodation. We received a basic food basket, which would be more useful if given on arrival. The staff team was extremely kind, friendly, and supportive. The schedule was manageable on the days I worked, though on busier days having two volunteers would be better. Overall, the experience works and is okay, but the lack of volunteer integration and exchange energy is what makes it a 3/5.

il y a 10 jours

Italie

1

My experience with Winebox Hotel Valparaiso was really bad.
There is no volunteering team, you just get assigned to one of the employees and have to obey. Volunteers are kept separated, during the shift you barely see each other.
There is bullying from the cleaning team towards the volunteers, to which they assign the worst jobs to do, like only cleaning toilets for hours. There is no pause, I had to fight for a short food break.
The atmosphere is very antisocial, they don't make you feel welcomed at all, I felt treated like a beggar for a room and not like a volunteer.
Room in nice though

il y a 29 jours


Wine Box a répondu

Hi,
Thanks for your comment. Just to clarify — you stayed only one day, and you arrived on one of the busiest days of the month, which doesn’t reflect how things normally work with the team or volunteers. It’s hard to judge the whole program from a single shift, especially since you chose not to stay longer.

Still, thanks for sharing your thoughts, and we’re glad you liked the room.

Brésil

1

Minha experiencia não foi boa e por isso eu pedí para cancelar e me fue depois de 10 días.

Quando cheguei a recepcionista disse que não lembrava que eu chegaria neste día.

Me recebeu em uma habitação suja, com mucha comida podrida guardada en los cómodos de la cocina.

No primeiro día não me ensinaram nada. E me mandaran fazer as coisas como se eu já conhece toda a logística da casa.

Me sentí mau recebido pela equipe y visto ou percebido como alguén que veio a ser un funcionario que tiraría o lugar de trabalho dos demais e não como um agente de uma comuniade decolaboação que vem pra aportar

il y a environ 1 mois

Mexique

5

Hola Pude aprender sobre la operación diaria del hotel, el trato directo con huéspedes de distintas partes del mundo y la importancia de la hospitalidad en cada detalle. Sin duda, fue una oportunidad para crecer, aportar y conectar con personas increíbles. Recomiendo esta experiencia a quienes deseen aprender, viajar y colaborar en un ambiente dinámico y acogedor.

il y a environ 1 mois

Mexique

5

La pasé muy bien durante el voluntariado, el ambiente fue agradable y todo fluyó de manera natural. Aprendí cosas nuevas y me sentí cómodo todo el tiempo, Gracias por la experiencia!

il y a environ 1 mois


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