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Summer in Ayvalik in a boutique hotel!

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The experience

In Türkiye's secret paradise, Ayvalik (an old Greek town); we offer volunteers an opportunity to live in this small town. You'll see the best beaches of the country and feel the Aegean breeze. You'll gain experience about hotel business from housekeeping to managing. We are a family of three who run this hotel right now and we already have 5 full-time staff. You're only gonna be here to know the city and have your best summer!

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Cooking: Choose the menu, pick ingredients and cook delicious dishes.

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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

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

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.

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.

Discounts on Restaurants: Get discounts at nearby restaurants.

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

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

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

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

Dance classes: Take free dance classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

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 or Beginner Turkish

Between 18 and 25 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

Be from outside Turkey

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

During the program, you’ll learn basic Turkish language by working here. You’ll gain experience about housekeeping, serving and other hotel jobs. You'll probably have one of the best summers of your life in this small town. We're located so close to many famous cities of Turkey so you'll be able visit other places in your day offs.
If you like dancing, we dance traditional Greek & Turkish dances here. We can teach them to you and we can dance together. If you like cooking, you can use our fully equipment kitchens to try anything you want to.

Activities & Shift

Workdays are arranged by the needs of the hotel. Volunteers will have 2 off days in a week and we arrange them. In Ayvalik, everywhere is open everyday during summer period so weekends are not different than weekdays in here. We have many different shift opportunities and you'll try each.
Some usually helps for breakfast serving and housekeeping. Some helps for housekeepers, bellboy and then they work at pool or garden bar. Some works at pool bar and they help to the guests who check-in late. No experience needed for anything. We’ll teach you everything you need here❤️ After your work, you can go to local bars and pubs to have fun or you can relax in pool. You can go on a boat tour or diving tour. You can visit other places like Izmir, Çanakkale, Istanbul for a day.

Rules

We have zero tolerance to bullying, violence and homophobia/transphobia. If we witness one of these, you’ll be sent back asap and won’t be accepted again in our program. We don’t accept any kind of bad behavior to our hotel customers. We work really clean. Especially in breakfast service and housekeeping. You must be so careful about your hygiene during work. In Turkey, any kind of drugs or weed are illegal so you can’t take them in our place. No smoking in bedrooms because of the wood buildings. You also need to be good with animals since Ayvalik is a street animal heaven :)