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Exchange your skills for accommodation
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Homestay Northern Beaches CoNuncil, Australia

help with daily tasks and enjoy days at the beach :)

20h/week Cleaning Housekeeping Cooking Gardening
From 2 to 6 weeks Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval

Guest House Malargüe, Argentina

Tareas de limpieza diaria y recepción de huéspedes.

20h/week Cleaning Housekeeping Cooking
From 4 days to 6 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Higher approval

Non-Profit School Antwerpen, Belgium

Kitchen Prep , Cooking, Serving & Cleaning at a Non-profit School in Antwerp

30h/week Cooking Kitchen Hand Bartending
From 4 to 12 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 4.5
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval
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A day in the life of a worldpacker

A day living in the mountains in India⛰️
My morning volunteering in Malaysia 🦋​
Volunteering at a dog shelter in Peru 🐶
My days in Thailand 🌺​

Animal Shelter Iquitos, Peru

🌿 Help Us Prepare Delicious Meals for Volunteers in the Amazon!

30h/week Cooking Cleaning Kitchen Hand
At least 2 weeks Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Higher approval

Hostel Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

Help keep a friendly hostel running smoothly while living like a local

30h/week Painting & Decorating Cooking Cleaning Kitchen Hand
At least 2 weeks Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Homestay Guatemala City, Guatemala

Help me keep everything in order and let's practice languages in Guatemala!

24h/week Cleaning Housekeeping Cooking Teaching Languages
At least 1 week Private Room 1 meal
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval

Hostel Portimão, Portugal

Have some fun in the Algarve while you help us at our brunch cafe

30h/week Cooking Bartending
From 3 to 6 weeks Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 4.5
  • Higher approval

Hotel Chiloé, Chile

Help us in our Restaurant :)

32h/week Cooking Kitchen Hand Bartending
At least 4 weeks Team Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Higher approval

Other Pimenta, Brazil

Cozinheiro em Frente ao Mar de Minas

30h/week Cooking Kitchen Hand
At least 4 weeks Team Dorm
  • 4.5
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Hotel Santa Marta, Colombia

Ayudante de Cocina y Limpieza

30h/week Cleaning Housekeeping Kitchen Hand Cooking
From 3 to 8 weeks Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 4.5
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

NGO Jinja, Uganda

Become our fundraising expert

16h/week Housekeeping Elderly Care Kitchen Hand Cooking
At least 1 week Tent 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Eco Lodge La Fortuna, Costa Rica

Reception and cooking at Rainforest

32h/week Cooking Kitchen Hand
From 4 weeks to 2 months Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Top Host
  • Higher approval

Hostel Kutaisi, Georgia

Come help us at the kitchen and bar, Kutaisi - Georgia

25h/week Cooking Kitchen Hand Bartending
At least 3 weeks Shared Dorm 2 meals
  • 4.0
  • Higher approval

Permaculture project Vojnić, Croatia

Farm to table cooking & fermenting for family & guests

20h/week Kitchen Hand Cooking
At least 3 weeks Shared Dorm 3 meals
  • 5.0
  • Sustainable project

Homestay Bratislava V, Slovakia

Let's provide ourselves with an incredible cultural exchange?

16h/week Cleaning Cooking Gardening Teaching Languages
From 1 to 8 weeks Private Room 1 meal

Farmstay SAO BRAS DE ALPORTEL, Portugal

Farm stay in the hills, close to world famous Portugal Beaches

20h/week Painting & Decorating Cooking Building & Repairing Gardening
From 1 to 2 weeks Private Room 1 meal

How do Worldpackers trips work?

As a member, you can contact as many hosts and travel safely as many times as you want.

Choose your plan to travel with Worldpackers as many times as you like.

Complete your profile, watch the video lessons in the Academy, and earn certificates to stand out to hosts.

Apply to as many positions as you like, and get in contact with our verified hosts.

If a host thinks you’re a good fit for their position, they’ll pre-approve you.

Get your documents and tickets ready for your volunteer trip.

Confirm your trip to enjoy all of the safety of Worldpackers.

Have a transformative experience and make a positive impact on the world.

If anything doesn’t go as planned with a host, count on the WP Safeguard and our highly responsive support team!

After volunteering, you and your host exchange reviews.

With positive reviews, you’ll stand out to hosts and get even more benefits.

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