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Live in real México and leave with many new friends in Querétaro, Mexico

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  2024 

 Min stay requested: 1 month or more

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  • Description

    Description

    I am a lifetime traveler (125+ countries visited and gazillion stories to tell) who finally decided to buy an old house and refurbish it in my beautiful hometown. I rent the house (sleeps up to 28 guests) nightly and 2 apartments at the front monthly (usually very cool tenants live here with us) . Querétaro is one of Mexico´s hipest and safest cities. Downtown is a UNESCO World Heritage protected place and the guesthouse is one block away from main square. Its a beautiful old colonial house that has been turned into a comfortable, inviting and modern place with a small swimming pool, terrace, BBQ area and great common spaces (including a TV room and a piano). We are into people and our customers become our friends. This is why the minimum stay we ask for is 8 weeks and longer stays are preferred. Most of the workawayers who join us usually extend their stay.

    NOTE: We only accept workawayers 21 years of age or older.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    Creating/ Cooking family meals
    Help around the house
    Hospitality/Tourism
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    You will be part of a super friendly work team, where we value human interactions above all. Living in a very privileged location (guesthouse is 1 block from main square) you will have a unique oportunity to experience life in Querétaro. Its easy to meet locals and create life lasting friendships. There are spanish and dancing schools nearby. You will leave the city with a bunch of new friends.

  • Help

    Help

    We need general help to run the place. Most of the help is cleaning (yes including toilets). Other tasks are: laundry, watering the plants, help with bookings, taking out the rubbish, walking Frita (most loved dog on earth), checking people in/out and some shopping. Our amazing locally paid staff includes Manuel and Chucho, who make sure our faciities are functioning and in top shape and Alicia and Juliana who give us a hand in deep cleaning before check ins.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Portuguese: Intermediate

    This host offers a language exchange
    This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
    You can contact them directly for more information.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We have 2 different spaces for accomodating the 3 workawayers that we normally host. The main one is the staff apartment. It has a kitchen with all you need, a living room with a projector (with netflix, hbo, amazon prime, etc). It has a room with 2 twin beds, shower and toilet. Ideally you will share the room with a same sex fellow workawayer or with a previous friend/partner.

    The other is the staff room (its small), that has 1 queen bed, shower and toilet.

    So usually the workawayers rotate (usually every 2 weeks but always up for adapting arrangements) so everyone gets to sleep alone in the staff room and in the shared apartment.

    All workawayers can enjoy all the facilities of the house: swimming pool, terrace with BBQ, piano and TV room, etc (when the house is not rented, of course).

    We can proudly say we have the best coffee around. We have a very loved espresso machine that grinds and brews. Unlimited freshly roasted beans are provided on the house.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Walking distance from guesthouse you will find cafés, bars, restaurants, museums, cinemas, parks, markets, supermarkets, etc. Querétaro is a young, vibrant city. We have a bike sharing scheme station 20 steps away from house. So basically you will only need public transportation when going further (uber and cabify both work amazingly well here) Nearby there are other beautiful cities that can be seen in daytrips easily (San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Bernal, Tequisquiapan, etc).

    Mexico City is a 3hrs bus ride away. Querétaro´s own small airport has flights to Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Cancun, Mexico City (ridiculously short), Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta and Los Cabos.

    Querétaro´s Sierra Gorda is an amazing natural destination, off the gringo trail and only 5 hours away.

    There are hiking and biking areas quite close to the city.

    I have been a traveler all my life so I naturally promote that our workawayers travel around here. I´m flexible towards arranging days off so you can explore more.

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    We have a small workstation and wifi all over the house. Querétaro is becoming popular with digital nomads.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

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    Hours expected

    22.5 hours per week. 4.5 hrs/day. 5 days a week. (days off are weekdays)

Host ref number: 567463323334

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