Do you want to immerse yourself in a new culture, learn valuable skills, save money on accommodation and meet other like-minded people? Work exchange opportunities could be for you.
Use these websites to find your work exchange experience.
World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms
In return for your help; hosts offer food, accommodation and opportunities to learn about organic lifestyles. Annual membership usually costs $30 USD per country.
What I like
- Learn valuable skills
- Experience a unique way of life
- Meet interesting people
Similar to WWOOF, Helpx serves as a forum to link up hosts seeking help and volunteers seeking room and board. The work options include farms, homes, administrative settings, hostels and B&Bs, or even sailboats.
Premier membership costs 20 Euros for 2 years and allows the helper to contact hosts and read host reviews.
What I like
- Only 20 euros for Premier registration
- Reviews (so you can learn about hosts)
Workaway is another forum for work exchange, with opportunities ranging from painting to planting, building to babysitting and shopping to shearing.
Registering with workaway.info is $29 USD for an individual account and $38 USD for a couple account. Accounts are valid for two years enabling you to contact any of the hosts on the host list.
What I like
- Varied working opportunities
- Couple accounts!
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Thank you for posting this guide. We are always needing to explain these options to others as we tell them about our hosting 90 work exchange guests over the last year as we rehabbed a house and turned it into a Bnb that with exchange guests now run. They get to live and experience NYC and we get to be hands off with our investment. It’s a perfect barter situation and we’ve loved meeting so many people.