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Visitors & Guesthouse Volunteer

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The experience

We are currently looking for an enthusiastic Visitors & Guesthouse volunteer to warmly welcome, inform, guide, and care for guests (also through cleaning and house keeping) of our brand-new hostel! You will volunteer for 6 hours a day 5 days a week.

Ps. We offer ESC volunteering opportunities! This means that you can get a EU sponsored volunteer spot. Check you eligibility: https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity_en

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Tour Guide: Organize and lead tours around the city.

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

Administration: Help with booking systems and payments.

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

What you get

2 days off per week

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

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

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

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.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

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

Requirements

Fluent English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

Travel insurance

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We are happy to receive dedicated and inspired service-minded volunteers, who are interested in spirituality, nature, and alternative living. With 30 hours a week of commitment, you have the opportunity to develop a variety of soft and hard skills. In the mean time, you have the fulfilling experience of being at service to yourself, your surroundings, other beings, and the divine.

What we offer is all the beauty that comes along with being part of Ananda Kalyani. You will belong to a spiritually and ecologically minded project, be part of daily spiritual practices such as kiirtan and meditation (optional), have access to inspiring knowledge and visions on a regenerative world, live in the midst of astonishing nature, be challenged (!!), receive spiritual teachings, and support from spiritual guides through your inner and outer journey.

Activities & Shift

Being a Hostel and Visitor Volunteer means to:

+ Be in touch with (potential) guests and visitors through email, phone, website and booking platforms;
+ Warmly welcome guests and visitors on arrival, and introduce them to Ananda Kalyani with the necessary information on facilities, activities, and events;
+ Execute practical tasks, such as restocking supplies, and tidying and cleaning common spaces and guest rooms;
+ Maintain regular communication with guests and visitors to address questions and concerns;
+ Contribute to a vibrant and harmonious atmosphere in the hostel, besides ensuring a safe environment by adhering to security procedures and emergency protocols;
+ Provide administrative support, such as processing bookings and payments.
+ Handle personal information and financial matters with integrity;
+ Execute marketing tasks on booking platforms and other media.

Rules

In our community and around our premises we only eat vegetarian/sattvic foods. There are no drugs, smoking or alcohol allowed. We live by yogic principles and we can show that life can be pretty fun and exciting without these things.