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Explore Edinburgh, help keep our cozy wee hostel clean and tidy!

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The experience

Fancy the hostel lifestyle and a chance to live in stunning, historic Edinburgh? We're looking for energetic backpackers to help keep our cosy little hostel on the iconic Royal Mile clean and tidy. With only 38 beds, we are a safe and comfy wee community. You'll be changing beds and cleaning bathrooms. In exchange, we're offering accommodation in our staff dorm and a free breakfast. Get stuck into our daily events or chill out in your new home!

What you offer

14 hours of help per week

Party Promoter: Help organise and promote parties and social activities.

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

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

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

What you get

1 day 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.

Discounts on Pubs: Get discounts at nearby pubs.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Pub Crawls: Be a part of our pub crawls at local bars!

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

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Between 18 and 31 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 are a friendly and relaxed wee hostel located right on the historic Royal Mile in the very centre of Scotland's stunning and lively capital city. We're one of the smallest but also coziest and friendliest hostels in town. And we're smack bang in the middle of all the sights (5 minutes from the Castle!) and our favourite bars are only 5 minutes walk away (some even less). We are a relaxed, chilled out place where you can meet other travellers and also be involved in our daily events programme!

We wouldn't call ourselves a party hostel by any stretch, though there are always opportunities to get involved. Explore the city by day and by night! We have events every day. You have the chance to get involved as much as you like, or take the time to relax and enjoy our historic, vibrant home city.

Activities & Shift

The cleaning shifts last 2 hours from 11-1pm every day and we follow a rota so you are always aware when you are expected to work. You'll find yourself doing one or two of the following each day - either helping us change beds, grabbing some fresh linen, cleaning bathrooms or mopping/vacuuming. We also offer a range of other reception, cleaning and event shifts.

You work as part of a team and the work is simple and not very taxing, leaving you with plenty of energy left to explore Edinburgh! We make sure you're looked after while you're working, and balance the load between everyone in our team.

Rules

From each of our volunteers we expect a willingness to learn and respect for the accomodation and fellow volunteers. We expect you to show up for your shifts on time and follow the minimal rules we set in the hostel :)