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Host rating
80 %
Last replied
18 Apr 2025
Reply rate
68.8 %
Usually responds within 5 days
Feedback
26
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Description
Helping with a family houses at the Adriatic sea. Close to the sea town of Zadar, we own rental houses with more apartment rentals for the guests.
Preseason renovations, gardening, cleaning and organising needed.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Elderly Companionship
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
As a vacation and holiday house by the sea, there is a beautiful scenery of our place and Zadar surroundings.
Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Help
There are two houses in close proximity, during summer we rent apartments to various guests. The work is to do general maintenance, organisation, gardening, cleaning, sorting, diy tasks or guests hosting, tourism hospitality.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Croatian: Fluent
Accommodation
Single room in an apartment.
What else ...
Be on the sea, exploring beach and the city of Zadar or surroundings, be inspired.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Host ref number: 421681511945
Feedback (16)
29 Jun 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (MAXIMILIANO ANDRES & Gisela Daiana)
Maxi and Gisela were a great help with the renovation of a house. They are capable to quickly adapt to many tasks given to them. They were a friendly and good organised tream, grateful to have met them.
(Excellent
)
21 Jun 2023
Left by Workawayer (MAXIMILIANO ANDRES & Gisela Daiana) for host
Excellent person Marko, very helpful and companion. We stayed for a month and we had a good time. offers a home with all services included 100 meters from the sea and respects privacy. It was our first Workaway and everything was very good. Greetings Marko 😁
31 May 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (David & Sini)
David was helping me with our house on renovation during april. He was spot on time, always ready to do any task given to him precise and perfect. I am very thankful that we could do lot of renovation in the house during his time, and that he could be so easy going. Beside the work he is a good person and companion just to talk about anything.
(Excellent
)
12 May 2023
Left by Workawayer (David & Sini) for host
My first last minute experience and kt was a great one!
Had a lot of fun and the coffee breaks inbetween were also something special.
Hvala ti!
Had a lot of fun and the coffee breaks inbetween were also something special.
Hvala ti!
27 May 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Jacqueline)
I had a luck to host Jackie for some weeks in may. It was awesome help from her, although diverse works with cleaning the apartments, she could be the best assistant for the renovation project of the house. Also so glad to had a thoughtful conversations on many topics. It is so good to had an oportunity to host so wonderful person like Jaqueline.
(Excellent
)
27 May 2023
Left by Workawayer (Jacqueline) for host
I had a great time in Croatia with Marko. I helped weed, clean the apartments to get them ready for summer, and helped renovate the house (sweeping, helping to put in flooring, sanding/painting). The visits to the cafe afterward were always appreciated! You get to live in an apartment by yourself (your own bed, bathroom, and kitchen) right by the… read more
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29 Jun 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (MAXIMILIANO ANDRES & Gisela Daiana)
Maxi and Gisela were a great help with the renovation of a house. They are capable to quickly adapt to many tasks given to them. They were a friendly and good organised tream, grateful to have met them.
(Excellent)
21 Jun 2023
Left by Workawayer (MAXIMILIANO ANDRES & Gisela Daiana) for host
Excellent person Marko, very helpful and companion. We stayed for a month and we had a good time. offers a home with all services included 100 meters from the sea and respects privacy. It was our first Workaway and everything was very good. Greetings Marko 😁
31 May 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (David & Sini)
David was helping me with our house on renovation during april. He was spot on time, always ready to do any task given to him precise and perfect. I am very thankful that we could do lot of renovation in the house during his time, and that he could be so easy going. Beside the work he is a good person and companion just to talk about anything.
(Excellent)
12 May 2023
Left by Workawayer (David & Sini) for host
My first last minute experience and kt was a great one!
Had a lot of fun and the coffee breaks inbetween were also something special.
Hvala ti!
Had a lot of fun and the coffee breaks inbetween were also something special.
Hvala ti!
27 May 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Jacqueline)
I had a luck to host Jackie for some weeks in may. It was awesome help from her, although diverse works with cleaning the apartments, she could be the best assistant for the renovation project of the house. Also so glad to had a thoughtful conversations on many topics. It is so good to had an oportunity to host so wonderful person like Jaqueline.
(Excellent)
27 May 2023
Left by Workawayer (Jacqueline) for host
I had a great time in Croatia with Marko. I helped weed, clean the apartments to get them ready for summer, and helped renovate the house (sweeping, helping to put in flooring, sanding/painting). The visits to the cafe afterward were always appreciated! You get to live in an apartment by yourself (your own bed, bathroom, and kitchen) right by the… read more
12 Apr 2023
Left by Workawayer (Florian) for host
We stayed with Marco for one week and had a really nice time. He was always gratefull, friendly and interessted, so working with him was always fun. You sure get arm muscels while renovating with him but he never pushed us to much and we always went for coffe and chatting breaks.
Also the accomondation is really nice, more like an airbnb and… read more
Also the accomondation is really nice, more like an airbnb and… read more
19 Dec 2022
Left by Workawayer (Ivan & Agostina) for host
What an amazing experience! Marko is an excellent host, willing to teach us new things and about Croatian culture. We were volunteers in Zadar renovating some apartments and harvesting olive trees.
Marko: thank you very much for letting us share with your family and for helping us with any need. We have felt comfortable, and we miss the beach and… read more
Marko: thank you very much for letting us share with your family and for helping us with any need. We have felt comfortable, and we miss the beach and… read more
21 Nov 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Eliza)
Eliza was an important part of our team in our watersports center. She loved watersports and was keen to learn everything possible. She need to understand theories first so it was needed to provide all the informations and books for her when she was learning windsurfing or other tasks. After few weeks she could not only learn windsurfing, but also… read more
(Excellent)
22 Oct 2022
Left by Workawayer (Eliza) for host
I spent there 3 months. It was my first workaway. I am very grateful for this amazing time. Just imagine: sun - almost everyday above 30°C, warm water and beautiful view on islands. On top of that watersport enthusiasts will have many options to keep themselves entertained, including catamaran, kayaks, pedalboats with slide, SUPs and obviously… read more
13 Oct 2022
Left by Workawayer (Kate & Charles) for host
We had the most amazing time staying with Marco, Luka and the team, we wished we could have stayed for longer!! Everyone was super accommodating which made both working and exploring Funtana really enjoyable. The work was awesome, we even got to use the SUPS and paddleboats which was a massive plus. We had plenty of time off for relaxing on the… read more
4 Oct 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Jesse)
Melanie and Jesse were our great watersports assistants, with their amazing communication skills made our guests feel like in a true 5 star resort. Jesse was a talent for sports, not only that he learned windsurfing with ease, he was able to teach windsurfing beginner classes and became a skillful windsurf teacher. Great addition to our team this… read more
(Excellent)
28 Sep 2022
Left by Workawayer (Jesse) for host
We'd planned to stay with Marko throughout August for 4 weeks, however I ended up staying an extra 2 weeks, so 6 total. Mel had commitments to see some friends so she wasn't able to extend.
We both had the best time! I absolutely loved it, and wanted to stay longer. There was a very relaxed vibe for the whole time and everyone we met,… read more
We both had the best time! I absolutely loved it, and wanted to stay longer. There was a very relaxed vibe for the whole time and everyone we met,… read more
19 Sep 2022
Left by Workawayer (Lucas & Laura Silvana ) for host
Our volunteer was an incredible and enriching experience, we worked directly with the public, also with the management of water sports equipment. Marko our host, is a kind-hearted guy, always helpful to guide us about the work, it was really a pleasure to be part of the team for a month. We certainly hope to see him again in the future. Our work… read more
24 Jul 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Hannes & Fabian)
Fabian was an extra force power to our watersport center, with his passionate experience of windsurfing he organized all the school program and motivated many guests to learn in a professional and yet fun way. He also taught our team members additional windsurfing techniques and instructing style. Everyone is lucky to have him on board. :)
(Excellent)
23 Jul 2022
Left by Workawayer (Hannes & Fabian) for host
I had an unforgettable time with Marko and the other workawayers in Funtana :))
It was great fun working at the windsurfing center, especially as I was mostly teaching windsurfing classes (having a teaching license) and had very great students! The team was great and the atmosphere was quite easy going and when there was not so much to do, we… read more
It was great fun working at the windsurfing center, especially as I was mostly teaching windsurfing classes (having a teaching license) and had very great students! The team was great and the atmosphere was quite easy going and when there was not so much to do, we… read more
6 Jul 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Leonardo)
Leonardo is an cheerful, optimistic, excellent person. He helped us so much with our watersports station and was always willing to do an extra effort. Also great Spanish language teacher ;)
(Excellent)
4 Jul 2022
Left by Workawayer (Leonardo) for host
Solo palabras de agradecimieto para Marko y Lukas son dos excelentes personas, el lugar es un padezo de paraiso, aprendi mucho de ellos, cosas que jamas pensé en hacer como windsurf. Conocí personas de muchos lugares e hice nuevos amigos aquí la energía aquí es muy buena, los atardeceres son los mejores que vi en mi vida . Después de más de 50… read more
5 Mar 2022
Left by host for Workawayer (Jannis)
Janis was a great help to us, was responsible and could take various of tasks at our surf center. Also easily learned how to windsurf and at the end could assist in our lessons.
(Excellent)
4 Oct 2021
Left by Workawayer (Jannis) for host
WOW! I stayed there for a month and had an incredible time.
I mostly Assisted at the Surf-center but it was already at the end of the season so it wasn't that busy and I had time to chat with the other Workawayers or learn things I always wanted to learn (e.g solving a rubikscube, Spanish). I had the chance to learn windsurfing and even sometimes… read more
I mostly Assisted at the Surf-center but it was already at the end of the season so it wasn't that busy and I had time to chat with the other Workawayers or learn things I always wanted to learn (e.g solving a rubikscube, Spanish). I had the chance to learn windsurfing and even sometimes… read more
15 Aug 2019
Left by Workawayer (Brandon) for host
Marko, you're the man. Myself and Michaela, my partner, stayed with Marko for one month over Summer in the month of June. We arrived before the summer really kicked into gear which was good as there was a lot left to still get organised. Invent arrived we arrived I did a bunch of small jobs like setting up the aquapark, helping to build the surf… read more
13 Aug 2019
Left by Workawayer (Kat) for host
I spent a month working in the aqua park or surf centre helping with customers, taking photos, helping with rentals, cooking in the house.
Marko made sure that everyone was having great time and he was keen to teach us how to windsurf. He is a great teacher btw. We had time to swim, SUP, tan, kayak, enjoy aqua park, do SUP yoga, go snorkling.… read more
Marko made sure that everyone was having great time and he was keen to teach us how to windsurf. He is a great teacher btw. We had time to swim, SUP, tan, kayak, enjoy aqua park, do SUP yoga, go snorkling.… read more
11 Aug 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Ralph)
Ralph and Yulia were an amazing addition to our team this summer. They helped on all tasks given in a perfect detail. Helping guests with watersports activities with a spiritual touch.
We loved the vegetarian dishes and had the best veggie burgers and pancakes of all times.
Thank you and enjoy your travel experiences.
We loved the vegetarian dishes and had the best veggie burgers and pancakes of all times.
Thank you and enjoy your travel experiences.
(Excellent)
22 Jul 2019
Left by Workawayer (Ralph) for host
Thank you Marko! We had a great time at the watersport centre, home base and camp site. the other volunteers were great, the work easy and enjoyable. the camp site is over the top, all fancy campers, but a nice change from the wild camping we'd come from - hot showers, comfy lounges.. marko was really cool about us doing water sport ourselves. we… read more
7 Jun 2018
Left by host for Workawayer (Franziska)
Franziska started in may when the weather and work shedule is very changing, but she was flexible with all. She helped with houseworks and around the house, cooked vegetarian dishes. Learned quickly how to setup sails, paddled on a sup board and learned how to windsurf in amazingly short time. Assisted others in lessons and even had her own… read more
(Excellent)
5 Jun 2018
Left by Workawayer (Franziska) for host
Dear Marko,
You've been a wonderful host and it has been a pleasure to spend one month at your place. The work at the surfcenter has been very interesting, enjoyable and well organised and I liked it a lot to be at the beach every day dealing with different people. In general, the help consisted of preparing the equipment for surfing, assisting… read more
You've been a wonderful host and it has been a pleasure to spend one month at your place. The work at the surfcenter has been very interesting, enjoyable and well organised and I liked it a lot to be at the beach every day dealing with different people. In general, the help consisted of preparing the equipment for surfing, assisting… read more
