Help us with our guests and wedding receptions in Centre France

High demand host: This host has received 4 applications recently. We recommend you apply for other positions too.
Immerse yourself in the local culture: 11 travelers recommend this host for those looking for a local cultural immersion
Connect with the locals: 11 travelers recommend this host to have close contact with locals
Accepts couples and pairs of volunteers

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What you offer

25h

Hours per week: Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

Reception: Help with check-ins, check-outs and guest assistance.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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What you get

Days off per week: Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Support: Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 4 weeks

Stay up to: 12 weeks

The Experience

We're located south of Limoges. Our place is an old mill along the River Vezere in the outskirt of Brive La Gaillarde. Help Suzette and Bjarne in managing this house with guests, wedding receptions and other events we may hold :)

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Requirements

Fluent English and Beginner French
Over 18 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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19 Reviews

5.0

Host & Team

4.5

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Guest House

5.0

Learning & Fun

4.5

How this experience will transform you

11 Immersing in the local culture
11 Meeting locals
11 Practicing English
10 Get in touch with nature
9 Meeting international travelers
6 Developing social awareness

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

1 15. Life on land

Valentina

Spain

It was my first time doing a volunteer and I couldn't have asked for a better place. the guest house it's a lovely château, the tasks are simple like changing the sheets of a bed, making breakfast and cleaning. The work of the day depends on the people who are coming to the hotel, so there are times which you are completely free for the whole day. Bjarne and Suzette are the best people ever, if you do not understand anything they take their time to explain it to you. Christine and Tony were amazing as well, they are mostly around the guest house. Thanks for everything!!!

3 months ago

Nicolas

Colombia

The experience at the guest house is amazing. You can learn a lot about managing and cleaning a guest house, have time for yourself and get to know Brive and other towns near by. Suzzete and Bjarne are excellent hosts that help you with everything and give you a sense of home at the guest house, even do they're not there most of the time. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn a little more about themselves, make personal projects and learn about managing guests houses. Thanks and for you, WP, hope you have an excellent day ;)

4 months ago

Artur

Brazil

Thank you, Mr. Bjarne, for your hospitality and wonderful company. My stay at the guest house was an incredible and unique experience! Sharing my time at the guest house feels like a duty to the Worldpackers community. On guest days, you prepare breakfast between 7 am and 8 am, start cleaning the rooms after 11 am, and da quick tidy-up. From 3 pm onwards, new guests begin to arrive, and ironing can be done later. During my 37 days, I had guests for only 12! The place is stunning and highly recommended for an authentic the guest house experience!

5 months ago

Bjarne replied

Bom dia - thank you for taking care of this old house deep into France. Alle the best in life.

Áxil

Brazil

Bjarne and Suzette are great hosts. I had a good experience, they were always friendly and reachable. No complaints at all. I really like the guest house experience. I had an objective, which was practice my the guest house, and I believe it was reached. I truly recommend the experience. Note for future volunteers: if you're going during winter, you should know that it's more calm, you can take it easy, it's great opportunity to work on something you want to do, that project that you need time, concentration, that'll make you happy. It worked that way for me, and I am very happy with that.

6 months ago

Bjarne replied

Dear Axíl. Thank you for your taking care of our Moulin Bleu. You became the house master while we where busy out working. All the best

Camila

Brazil

The hosts are good people,but the experience could have been pleasing if the volunteering hours were repectected and if there was a manager to stay with the 2 volunteers, we're in charge of ALL the hoteI tasks. I felt overwelmed most of the time, bc you cant "disconnect" from ur activities on ur free time, its a 24/7 job, i worked much more than 5 hours/day. In terms of communication, i fell that the hosts should have a clear standard on how they want the tasks to be done, i would do things in a way i was taught by one person there and than someone else would say that was not the right way.

about 1 year ago

Bjarne replied

June 2024 was a hectic period. Your co-worldpacker was out for a holiday only. With no touch of flair for the hotelier business. So he went off again.
Your stay did not become the best. Out little place requires somehow passionated worldpackers seeing themselfes doing hotelier business.
The hours can become long with a lot of doing nothing in between.
Your skills came Well right, when you teached language with other young couple to take over.
Their your passionated energy showed off.
To the new couple “running” the house, I said when leaving: threat it as your house.” The look in their eyes tells everything”. They are ON.

So Dear worldpacker community; our place is not a standard guesthouse/hotel.
It can give you this lifetime french experience as the most of the worldpackers have had, if you are into it.

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