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Lend a helping hand at our hostel in the Wicklow Mountains

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The experience

We are James and Grace. We manage a small guesthouse on the edge of the beautiful Wicklow hills in Ireland.
This is a colorful and funky house with great people passing through and staying over to mainly explore the Wicklow hills and enjoy the peaceful surroundings. Our place has a great atmosphere and is always homely and welcoming to many guests from all over the world. The households max of 20 guests. You'll help us with daily tasks :)

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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.

What you get

2 days off per week

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

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.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

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

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

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Between 18 and 40 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We require some help checking in guests in the afternoons, We would like to familiarise our new helper with the local area so that they can give walking advice to guests and general activities in the area.
All just as simple as it seems :)

Furthermore, we provide breakfast and lunch for our guests. We need a hand for general kitchen work, like cutting vegetables and cleaning dishes. Same with breakfast in the morning.

General cleaning after guests leaving the house needs also be done. But as it is a small house, it does not take long to finish it :)

You will also be asked on a rotation basis a couple of times per week to help look after our two adorable miniature ponies Ben and Donald. This would involve mucking out their stable and feeding them.

Its vitally important that volunteers are genuinely happy people and enjoy interacting with other people. A good sense of humour. When working in hospitality the hosts' attitude will set the mood for the day :)
" We are here for a good time not a long time".

Activities & Shift

There are 4 shifts during the day: Breakfast, Cleaning Check-Ins and pony duties. This will be shared on rotation between volunteers and our regular staff.

In your free time you can go on hikes. I am more than happy to bring you to some places you have to see while you're here!

Rules

No smoking in the house
No drugs
No parties