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Join Our VERY Social Full Moon Party Hostel & Bar!

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The experience

The MAIN preparty & hostel AT Full Moon Party, Koh Phangan, Thailand. Well-known as the most social place, treating guests & staff like family. We work together in all aspects running the hostel & bar, creating the absolute BEST atmosphere possible for everyone! On Full Moon, we work hard & play hard - long hours but tons of fun. Between Full Moons it's quiet, and you have 95% free time!

(We also often have new projects on the islands too!)

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

Bartending: Make and serve drinks and help maintain the beverages inventory.

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

Party Promoter: Help organise and promote parties and social activities.

Night Shift: Help with night shift tasks and create a relaxing environment for guests.

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.

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

Discounts on Parties: Get discounts at nearby parties and clubs.

Discounts on Pubs: Get discounts at nearby pubs.

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

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

Discounts on Accommodation: Get discounts for your stay in other hostels.

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 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.

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

Requirements

Intermediate English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

🚨We've noticed a rise in unreliable people on WorldPackers, so we are revising our listing and process to be VERY clear to attract the BEST and most dependable people.🚨

We look for HARDWORKING, SELF-MOTIVATED, FLEXIBLE volunteers, as we all work together on all aspects of our popular pool party bar and hostel! Volunteers are our social lubricant, so 95% of tasks will involve promoting parties, running games and tournaments, bringing guests to their rooms, and managing social media and online info. More details below.

We work hard, play hard as we host the main pre-party for every major event for Full Moon Week and open our pool bar for 120 hours straight! You will be part of the biggest and best pre-party in town and guest-listed for most major events. But we expect you to work hard to make the parties great!

Volunteers are REQUIRED to be with us from 9 days before the Full Moon Party to 3 days after. There are only FIVE days of work each month, with occasional small tasks on other days.

Volunteers can come earlier or stay later and stay for free with 95% leisure time, as long as they work hard for the required five days. (Yes, you can work 5 days a month and stay 25 extra days for free!)

Nearly all volunteers have a great time, often extending or returning for another Full Moon!

Join us! :)

📢 PS. Don't apply using ChatGPT - we are SO sick of fake responses and it makes you look like you aren't interested enough to read or reply to the posting.

Activities & Shift

🚨We ONLY need help during FULL MOON WEEK and don't accept anyone except ARTISTS unless they are staying 2 weeks, arriving at least 9 days before Full Moon and staying at least 3 days after Full Moon:

⚠9 DAYS before Full Moon - Latest Arrival Allowed
⚠DAYS 1-7 - Free time with occasional event promotion
⚠DAY 6 - Schedule confirmed
⚠DAY 7 - Training meeting
⚠DAY 8-12 - Full day shifts (average 7-9 hours a day, late enough to sleep in, early enough to party after)
⚠DAY 10 - FULL MOON PARTY
⚠DAY 13 - Recovery day and final tasks
⚠DAY 14 - Earliest Departure

🚨Outside these 14 days, we may ask for a little help, but you are otherwise on your own to do whatever you want. (We are shocked that occasionally someone complains that they weren't given work during this time!)

🎉FULL MOON DATES:🎉
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🗓2025🗓
JULY   3-16
AUGUST   31Jul-13Aug
SEPTEMBER   29Aug-11Sep
OCTOBER   29Sep-12Oct
NOVEMBER   27Oct-9Nov
DECEMBER   26Nov-9Dec
NEW YEAR'S EVE   22Dec-7Jan (Includes Jan Full Moon)

🗓2026🗓
JANUARY (MUST DO NEW YEARS TOO)
FEBRUARY 24Jan-6
MARCH   22Feb-7
APRIL   24Mar-6
MAY   22Apr-5
MAY   22-4Jun
JUNE   20-3Jul
JULY   20-2Aug
AUGUST   19-1Sep
SEPTEMBER   17-1Oct
OCTOBER   17-30
NOVEMBER   15-28
DECEMBER & NEW YEAR'S EVE   15-4Jan

🚨VOLUNTEER SHIFTS:🚨
🏃 Runner: Bring guests from reception to their rooms, invite them to events, and assign a bed.
🎱 Tournaments: Run games and get people socializing.
💬 Social media: Taking & posting pics & videos, editing content, organizing old content, being active in group chats and travel groups.
🍺 Bar runner: help at our bars, grabbing stock, running errands, stopping outside drinks, encouraging guests.
🎫Promoting: flyering all over & at Full Moon gates, hanging posters, posting to groups and chat groups.

Rules

OK, THE HARSH RULES. DO NOT APPLY IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE ANY OF THIS:

1) We expect you here on the dates you confirm. We're flexible, let us know IN ADVANCE if you need to change. With increasing flakes, we now require a refundable deposit & booking to confirm your commitment.

2) You are REQUIRED to be active in group chats - our volunteer chat is how we communicate. You MUST send pictures and updates of you doing your tasks. You MUST be on other group chats where we invite guests to participate and join us.

3) If you don't do your shifts and share updates, we will have to kick you out. It sucks for all of us, so please don't put us in that position. Similarly, if you stay for the free time and then leave before the 5 days of work, you will be charged for your stay, obviously.

4) Leaving early is fine, as long as it's 4 days AFTER Full Moon Party. Notice is required; don't just ghost.

5) Respect EVERYONE. That includes keeping the staff dorm and kitchen tidy, not disturbing other volunteers or guests, respecting all staff, and always being friendly and kind to guests.

6) ONCE AGAIN TO BE 100% CLEAR: Full Moon Party REQUIRES long hours for those 5 days. The rest of the time is almost exclusively free time. If you can't agree to that, DO NOT APPLY.