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Help us prepare & close our venue for the high season :)

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The experience

Hi! We are Laetitia & Robin, founders of our retreat center, located in southern France.
We are 1h30 drive from Montpellier up at 400 meters high up looking over the Haut Languedoc hills and valleys, surrounded by lush forest and rivers.


We are looking for people to help us with setting up the venue for the season, bulding up before the season and closing it at the end of the pick season.

So March and October/November!

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

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

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.

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

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

Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.

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

Requirements

Intermediate French or Intermediate English

Between 27 and 60 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The main learning in what we offer is how to run a retreat center.
We can share how it was to set ip up too. From vision to realisation.
Learn some

DIY skills, gardening, maintenance of the house. 
The worldpackers will be immersed in the French culture and enjoy the good food and wines our country offers.
Our region has a lot to offer. The mediterranean sea is about 1 hr away. We also have mountains, lakes, rivers, gorges for nature lovers. The city of Sète is 1h30 from us with its music festivals all summer long. So plenty to choose from around us on your days off!

Regarding the rooms, we may have all options : private or shared room. It will depend at what moment the volunteers come because this changes during the seasons. But they will probably share only with 2 people max together.

Activities & Shift

Daily tasks include:
- setting up for the season : water pressure cleaning, opening the pool, setting up the garden furniture, varnishing wood furniture and windows frames, and gardening.
- We also have a little house next door that we wish to renovate so mainly painting and DYI there.

Rules

Communal living and common sense are the main rules here!
Depending if we have guests, host a retreat or it's just us around, the rules may change accordingly.
So a little flexibility is welcome :-)