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Live in a Seafront Villa in Alicante, Spain! 🌊🏡

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The experience

I am welcoming to my house travelers who are looking for a genuine cultural exchange, who would enjoy having a local showing them around the area, discovering the not so touristic spots, having deep conversations and building a meaningful, long lasting friendship. You'll have your own bedroom and food is included. You will contribute by cooking for me and taking care of house chores, 2-3 hours per day. If you have a driver's license it's a plus.

What you offer

15 hours of help per week

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

Pet Sitting: Taking care of and looking after pets.

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

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.

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.

Free Parties: Get free entrance for the best parties in town.

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

Pub Crawls: Be a part of our pub crawls at local bars!

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.

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

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.

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

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Under 35 years old

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

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Offering a private bedroom with a double bed and two big wardrobes, as well as breakfast, lunch and dinner. Together, we can explore the area and I will show you the best not-so-touristic spots: best hidden beaches, best hikes, best electronic music clubs, best restaurants. I will drive you around in a sports Mercedes and I have 2 stand-up-paddle surf boards. You will meet my friends and other worldpackers that might be visiting, so fun is guaranteed. I can teach you some Spanish, English, Russian or Arabic. When we go out to party, some days you will drive so I can drink :) If you're skilled in sales and/or have experience in the beauty industry, you could also help me with my work. Let's share good times and enjoy all that Alicante has to offer!

Activities & Shift

You will be cooking 2 course meals twice per day (for you and me), keep the kitchen, toilets, bedrooms, living room and terrace clean and tidy, wash the dishes, floors, windows. Feed and walk my dog, take her poops off the garden, take the trash, set up the robot in the swimming pool, wash clothes (careful with mixing whites and color), hanging them to dry, take them and put them into their place, make beds. There might be other worldpackers around who would share these tasks.

Rules

- Modays to Fridays you need to live during the day and sleep during the night. This is not a hotel, it's a house :)
- I work a lot Mondays to Fridays, so you need to make sure that I have my lunch and dinner ready with two courses each.
- You need to be very proactive with house chores. I don't need to tell you what you need to do, you are an adult, you should be able to see what needs to be done.
- You are invited for a cultural exchange, so you are expected to interact with me and other guests and be an extrovert with everyone, use our common spaces (not hide in your room forever lol) and start conversations, be polite and empathetic, look up and suggest activities we can do together!
- You will be sharing my most personal space, my home, so you need to make sure I feel comfortable and respect the house rules: turn off lights when you leave a space, close water tabs, close and lock doors and windows, always mind where your keys are, turn off air conditioning when not needed and use it reasonably, keep your room tidy, keep the toilet tidy, unplug your stuff when you are not using it. All these basic things that show that you are an adult who cares and values the opportunity you are given.