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25h
- Hours per week
- Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.
- Gardening
- Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
- 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.
What you get
2
- 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.
- Basic Internet Access
- Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
- 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!
- Free Hiking Tours
- We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!
- Get free drinks or beverages.
- Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.
- 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.
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Availability
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- Stay at least
- 4 weeks
- Stay up to
- 33 days
The Experience
Hi I'm Jo. I'm an artist and I'd like to spend more time focused on my painting. Steve would also like to spend less time worrying about our dogs and gardening. So we're looking for a companion to contribute to the smooth running of our household and give us more of a flexible lifestyle. This will involve some cleaning, looking after our dogs, Otto and Neo, and helping out with the everyday stuff that needs doing in the (big) garden.
Learn moreRequirements
- Intermediate English or Beginner French
- Over 25 years old
- Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
What's not included
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
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27 Reviews
Host & Team
Hours & Tasks
Homestay
Learning & Fun
How this experience will transform you
- 17 Get in touch with nature
- 16 Learning about sustainability
- 14 Practicing English
- 11 Developing environmental awareness
- 10 Immersing in the local culture
- 7 Meeting international travelers
This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals
- 7 15. Life on land
- 5 12. Responsible consumption and production
- 2 3. Good health and well-being
Michaela
United Kingdom
What a wonderful family! The work was well explained, varied, sometimes challenging, but always rewarding—the home and Steve truly appreciate it. They make sure you have everything you need, the food is amazing, and the trips to nearby towns were a great bonus. Dinner conversations were inspiring and I learned a lot from their experiences. The house and grounds are beautiful. the home is very knowledgeable—she taught me how to build a compost heap and gave me great gardening advice. Steve is hardworking and gives clear, helpful instructions. Thank you both for making me feel so welcome.
about 1 month ago
Joanna replied
Ah Michaela what a really lovely review. Thankyou. We loved having you to stay. And thankyou for working so very hard, being delightful company and leaving your room absolutely spotless. You would be welcome back anytime xx
Matias
Chile
Staying with the home Steve was an AMAZING experience in every way. They were both very kind and respectful to me and the other volunteer. They were also very involved in helping us learn different kinds of skills while we were working. Lovely house and lovely family — 100% recommended. I really liked that them and one of their sons worked with us every day. ❤️
about 1 month ago
Joanna replied
Thankyou Matias. We really enjoyed hosting you and Michaela. You both worked so hard and with such enthusiasm. You're always welcome here. Enjoy your travels xx
Avery
United States
The home Steve were wonderful hosts that were extremely accommodating and made my first worldpacker experience unforgettable and the best I could ask for. The work was various, and some days it was hard and some days easy. I learned so much about gardening, composting, living sustainably, quiet rural farm life, landscaping, and how to use many farm tools. I would hope any Worldpackers reading this dont get the idea that it will be easy--as long as you work hard, have ambition, and have regard for others and their things, this will be for you like it was for me--the best I could ask for.
about 1 year ago
Joanna replied
Hi Avery, I'm sorry I forgot to respond! Hope all's well and you've had a productive summer.
Thanks for all your help last autumn and take care of yourself x
Marina
Brazil
The home Steve were so lovely to me. I really enjoyed the time that I spent with them. The job wasn't so light, because it's summer time and there's a lot of things to do. But the home Steve always respected my working hours and were always trying to make sure that I was enjoying the job and learning from it. It's not that easy to go to other places around, because the house is far away, but the home Steve took me to a lot of different places and cities. I had a really nice cultural experience, with live concerts and art galleries. And the food was really good! It's a real luck to be chosen by them
over 1 year ago
Joanna replied
Thankyou for your kind words, Marina. You were a delight to have here. I'm sorry that due to our family emergency your stay was impacted, and we're grateful for your patience. And all your hard work.
Be safe in all your adventures going forward. But do keep having all gjise adventures!! Big hugs. Xx
Lucas
Brazil
This was one of the best expiriences I had in my life! the home steve are really nice persons with a HUGE heart. They are a lovely couple and is really nice to hang out with them. The job is really cool and you will learn a lot about gardening, the work can be little hard sometimes but they won't give you any task you can't handle. They make so much efford to make volunteers feel good and comfortable... They will take you out to explore places, give you a great bedroom to stay, good food (really good food) and you will learn a lot about sustentabilty, wich is great!!!
over 1 year ago
Joanna replied
Thank you for such a lovely review, Lucas. We enjoyed having you to stay and your enthusiasm and energy. Thank you, both, for all the hard work you put into the two weeks - it wasn't the most enjoyable weather for WPS! But neither of you ever complained. Let us know how you get on with your next adventure.
We're looking forward to seeing your video and seeing you become an international social media sensation!
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