Join the hospitality team at our hostel and help organise outdoor activities in Merida, Mexico

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  Description

  We are a group of chill people with the focus in creating connections with all our guests and share our way of travelling and living life, and we believe that by sharing this values we can be seen as a temporary family.
  
  We are a group of local people, from Merida or some other parts of Mexico in charge of the operation. We have our local property leader (manager) from Merida and the owners are local people that are in charge of everything in the hotel. Our cleaning staff are two amazing local ladies that can share merida´s culture.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Help around the house

  Hospitality/Tourism
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  We are a very international people, we can practice different languages and teach spanish if you wish to improve yours. Together we can enjoy the city, share recipes and cultures in our kitchen, make day trips to the beach and take the sun in our pool. We can teach you our prehispanic culture.

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  Help

  It is important for us to have a multicultural environment for our guests and share cultures.
  
  The help we are seeking is for people to be great hosts to our guests, help them to enjoy the hostel, educate them about the local area, and make them feel at home.
  
  We hope our volunteers can gain confidence in their people skills and feel like they have met more of the world after staying with us.
  
  In your day to day tasks, you will be hosting guests, making sure they get to their room and get to know the facilities and weekly activitites. You will be in charge of hosting some activities like going to local places or organizing outdoors activities like bike ride or visiting cool local places.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: 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.
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  Accommodation

  We offer a bed in a shared room with volunteers which has a private bathroom as well. We offer big family dinners with all the staff and guests so you have many opportunities to meet and chat with new people.
  We have a nice swimming pool and free bikes, for you to travel anywhere.

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  What else ...

  In your free time, get to know the city. There are shops with local products, botaneros (bars with snacks like mexican tapas), restaurants with food Yucatacen and Arabian, street food (Maquesitsas - like pancakes but Yucatecan), galleries and museums. The main street is called Paseo Montejo and it has lots of options to have a great day and night.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  We encourage digital nomads. We believe that we can benefit from having active people in the digital world, and by hosting them, we can learn new things and it's always great for us to have responsible and hard-working people, as well as people that want to disconnect from their previous work and learn about our culture. You can do both, work and exchange culture with us

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week