Work exchange in Guatemala: Make the Guests Feel Welcome and Help ...

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What you offer

32h

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

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

Bartending: Make and serve drinks and help maintain the beverages inventory.

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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.

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.

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Discounts on Drinks: Get discounts for drinks and beverages from our bar.

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

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

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

Surf lessons: Take free surf classes at the local beaches.

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

Surfboards: You can use our surfboards as much as you want.

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

The Experience

A beach front hostel in the Pacific Ocean with black sand beaches and a swimming pool. A great place for people to meet locals as well as people from all over the world. We are looking for fun energetic people who can make the place enjoyable for the guests and bring people together. Make sure that the bar and restaurant during the day or at night runs smoothly and make the guests feel welcome. Organize activities and have lots of fun :)

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Requirements

Fluent English and Beginner Spanish
Over 24 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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23 Reviews

4.5

Host & Team

4.5

Hours & Tasks

4.5

Hostel

4.0

Learning & Fun

5.0

How this experience will transform you

23 Meeting international travelers
14 Practicing Spanish
12 Meeting locals
8 Practicing English
5 Get in touch with nature
4 Developing social awareness

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

5 5. Gender equality
5 14. Life below water
4 4. Quality education
3 13. Climate action

Alison

United Kingdom

The hostel was truly one of my best experiences to date. Everyone is friendly and welcoming. It suits everyone, if you enjoy the water, and a party it's perfect. Not many places provide 3 meals a day, and with the discounts on top of this you're so well fed. The partner hostel network is also incredible. Will 100% return 💖

5 months ago

Connie

Norway

I had an amazing month at the hostel. I made friends for life, and memories that I will cherish forever. It is quite a few hours of work a week, but the work is very easy and most of the time very fun. The managers and owners will listen to you if you have anything you need help with or anything that needs to be fixed. You work and live in an absolute paradise, right on the beach. I would say it is definetly a big advangtage to know spanish, as the kitchen ladies only speak spanish and some guests only speak spanish. The managers can help you translate if avaliable, or google translate.

5 months ago

Rusty replied

If you need someone that gonna give the extra mile Connie is your girl. She was an amazing volunteer that helped above and beyond. Very organized, hard working and always with a great attitude. Definetly recommend her.

Monica

Italy

The work is hard and exhausting (36h a week). Food is good when there is. If you are coming be aware that you'll have to sleep near rat excrement, bugs and other animals, and use a toilet that hasn't been cleaned in ages. I also had problems communicating with the person in charge, after explaining my problems communication was impossible even regarding other topics.

5 months ago

Erica

United States

I had the best time volunteering at the hostel and made great friends! This is a good place to go if you are looking to work hard but also party a lot. The work is demanding (6hrs 6days/wk) and it's mostly the hostel/restaurant but you also might be asked to do other DIY tasks. It can be busy but you are usually on shift with 2-3 others so it can be fun as well. It is a mix of day and night shifts. You don't have to cook or make any beds. the hostel hosts events each night, so if you like to party this is a great place. It's easy to make friends and socialize. Overall I definitely recommend :)

7 months ago

Joelene

Australia

The hostel is a hell of a lot of fun, everyone is super welcoming and make you feel part of the family, you will party A LOT in your time here and your liver may hate you at the end of the month but you will make great memories. 6 hours a day 6 days a week is a lot but the work is easy and fun. They will feed you extremely well, free surfboards, ridiculously good discounts on alcohol and surf lessons. The accomodation is far from the best but I still 100 % recommend the hostel if you want to have a super fun month on the beach. I will definitely miss the place and the people ❤️

9 months ago

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