Work exchange in France: Come help and enjoy the French Pyrenees!

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What you offer

24h

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

Pet Sitting: Taking care of and looking after pets.

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

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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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.

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.

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

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

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.

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: 3 weeks

The Experience

Great food - three meals a day, three days off, great accommodation, great work, great location. Gardening, housework, DIY. French markets, Medieval market town, Toulouse one hour, Barcelona 4 hours by train (very cheap) through the mountains, fresh local bread, warm, honest friendly host, usually two or three helpers, hiking, climbing, canoeing, WiFi, printer, chilling terrace - phew!

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Requirements

Fluent English or Intermediate French
Between 18 and 75 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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4 Reviews

5.0

Host & Team

5.0

Hours & Tasks

5.0

Homestay

5.0

Learning & Fun

5.0

How this experience will transform you

3 Meeting international travelers
3 Meeting locals
2 Immersing in the local culture
2 Get in touch with nature
2 Practicing English
1 Developing social awareness

This host contributes to Sustainable Development Goals

2 4. Quality education
2 15. Life on land
1 12. Responsible consumption and production

Adrians

Latvia

It was amazing experience. I really enjoyed homestay with Virginia and her dog. Virginia is smart and lovely person with great skills of cooking. The work I did was pretty interesting. I was painting kitchen and terrace, gardening and helping around the house. I spent a lot of time exploring beautiful surroundings of the home heights and medieval town Foix. I had plenty of free time, witch I spent visiting Toulouse, Carcassonne and Barcelona. I really enjoyed time I spent there and hope once to come back

13 days ago

Elsa

Australia

We had a wonderful two weeks in the home with Virginia. The work was mostly cleaning, gardenwork, and some painting, which was easy enough to do. Virginia was a joy to be around, and we loved listening to the wonderful stories she had to tell during lunch and dinner which were delicious! It was also amazing to have 3 days off a week, which we spent visiting Foix, which Virginia kindly drove us to and picked us up from. Thanks so much for an amazing time!

16 days ago

Esther

Australia

We loved our stay in Foix. Virginia is a warm and welcoming person, and a great cook, and it was lovely to get to know her over our stay. The hours were very consistent, starting at 9 untill lunch with a long break, and then 2-4 in the afternoon. Virginia drove us into Foix on our days off and we had a great time exploring in Foix as well as Toulouse and other places. We would highly recommend staying with Virginia!

17 days ago

Tamara

Brazil

Volunteering at Barry and Virginia's house was amazing! Basically they were moving house, so the job was moving furniture and cleaning. The atmosphere in the house was always fun and pleasant. All the food was provided by them and was extremely delicious. I ate several typical dishes such as Cassoulet from France and Fish and Tips from England. I had three days off a week, which was wonderful for getting to know other places in the south of France! It was my first time volunteering and I couldn't have asked for a better experience, I'm very grateful for the days I was able to help them!

8 months ago

Virginia replied

We really enjoyed having Tamara with us for about a month, she is always welcome back as a family member XX

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