How to travel... AS A VOLUNTEER!!
Hello everybody! I'm super happy to share with you my current lifestyle.
After 7 months of traveling; after living in many hostels, houses, and 9-century buildings; after meeting more than a hundred people; today, I can say that I'm a nomad. How long will it take? I HAVE NO IDEA! And right now, this thought that before was a reason for being anxious, today is a reason of HAPPINESS.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, AND I LOVE THAT!!
How I'm doing for traveling for so much time? I'M VOLUNTEERING! YES! VOLUNTEERING.
I'm using the Worldpackers application, in fact, I'm a guru there, after 5 experiences and I have my own code! BELUYOGANOMADE :) Of course, you can use it if you want!
The thing is that this has been the best way to travel, at least for me. I've been moving through many cities and I'm not only just having a great time, but I'm also learning A LOT!
My goal was to teach Yoga or work in the tourist sector to learn about hospitality, and now, I can say that I can manage different systems and programs for hostels. All these things about reservation, check-in, check out, the link between the email the website, the specific program that the hostel uses, I know how to do that.
Of course, it changes between countries and cities, but working in 3 hostels, I know that I can guess, by exploration, what to do in a new one.
In another post, I'm gonna go deeper into what I have been learning because is a lot. Also now I know about human resources management, group management, and a little bit of economic administration in the tourism field.
But... how to do it??
How to travel as a volunteer??
You have MANY OPTIONS
I believed, in the first moment, that the only way was through some website, but the truth is that you have other possibilities.
Let's start with the websites
I'm subscribed to 2 websites which are the most popular:
- Worldpackers (Remember that you can use my code: BELUYOGANOMADE)
For some reason, I don't like Workaway, I don't like how the website works, and everytime that I tried to connect some hosts, they responded a long time after I contacted them, or never responded.
It also happens in Worldpackers but from my point of view, It's a platform much more easy to use.
In my experience, from the very beginning, I fell in love with Worldpackers, and I found it alone, just researching on the Internet.
A website from my experience, is the best choice because in my freely and nomadic life, I also like to have some order: to know where 'm gonna go, with whom, what people is saying about the host...
There are also more websites, I've been exploring some of them, but I didn't feel connected with the vibe of them. You just need to make a reseach(a tiny onoe) on the Internet and find the one that fits better with you.
But....
Another option is just try to contact with the host
Many people do it. They call to some hostel or some place that they want to volunteer with, and just ask for the possibility of being there for a while.
This way could be a little bit more risky, because is a commitment based in the parts confidence, but is also a more spontaneous way of traveling!
Both ways are really valuable and rewardings, since you can move from one city to another exchanging your skills for accomodation and food, so you hardly have to cover any expenses.
Just for having in mind...
All the countries offer different ways for being a volunteer, and when you travel, if you looke for it, on the browsher you will see more opportunities that are not in the websites that I mentioned.
For example, right now I'm in Israel, and if I look for the word volunteer, many options appear, as you can see.
The experiences that you'll live as a volunteer are amazing, and for example right now, while I was writing this post, we had a meeting where the host invited us for pizza and tequila shots! And... he gave us t-shirts as a gift!
I hope this post was useful for you!!
Thanks a lot for being here and for reading my article!
Have a great day!
With love,
Belu
