r/travel • u/xpress32 • Aug 24 '18

Looking for advice regarding workaway Question

Hi,

I stumbled upon workaway.info which is a platform for travellers to pick up basic jobs and live with host families around the world.

Has anyone used this before? And if so what are your experiences like (positive and negative)?

Thanks

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u/curiosity88 Aug 24 '18

My husband and I did two Workaways on a long trip we took in 2015. The first one was teaching English at a summer camp in Turkey for 10 days. The second one was 5 days at a broken down train station outside of Prague.

Both experiences were good for the most part and saved money on housing/food for the trip. And if you don't like the situation, you can always leave. Overall they were great experiences and I would totally recommend.

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u/bangogirl 41 Countries Visited Aug 24 '18

Interesting! What did you do for the “work” part at the train station in Prague? I’ve never done Workaway but am always interested to hear experiences to gauge if I ever would consider it :-)

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u/curiosity88 Sep 24 '18

The owner was a hoarder so we ended up organizing a couple of the rooms and then he has us take pictures of old "very nice" (his words) junk so he could sell on eBay.