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Host rating
65 %
Last replied
11 Mar 2024
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Description
I am the owner and manager of a small short term rentals in a beach front condominium in Western Puerto Rico. The apartment is on a pointe that overlooks a beautiful beach caressed by the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea. Its condominium is complete with fresh water pool.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Elderly Companionship
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Travelers will benefit from the vast research library in a wide range of inspiring themes that is hosted in the apartment, they will benefit from the nearby Caribbean beach, clean ocean, and condominium fresh water pool. They will also benefit from getting to know Western Puerto Rico, a hybrid culture rich with many natural resources, and with Taino, Spanish, and American legacies.
Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Host has indicated that they will pay at least the minimum hourly wage of their country for each hour worked and that accommodation will also be provided. They are asking for help with a business or business activity. Contact the host directly via the site messenger for more information and details about the wage provided. Any arrangements should be agreed in advance with your host.
Help
I typically need help managing the site and the business in the months when i am there, usually the dry season. Help might include moving furniture, cleaning up and eliminating old items, sending packages, carrying boxes up and down two flights of stairs. Overall, its fairly mild as the business site is small.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
French: Fluent
Italian: FluentThis 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
The available accommodation is a guest space in the living room, with a queen size futon complete with night table, multiple shelves, and a reading nook. Also available is the nearby verandah overlooking the ocean. Travelers will also have access to the apartment's kitchen and bathroom, which they will share with the host. The host will provide quality vegetarian food. Some of the meals will be taken together, some at different times. Travelers will have a shelf in the fridge fr their special comfort food.
What else ...
The host is a finely educated writer, filmmaker, scholar, and educator. She is a world traveler fluent in four languages. She is knowledgeable and current in many topics related to culture, ecology, and relatedness. She is always interested in getting to know new adventurous people and in exploring new perspectives and viewpoints.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback
Heather came into my life and my PuertoRican home at a time when I most needed her. I was there to move my huge paper library to Europe, fix up the apartment from Hurricane Maria, and reorganize things so my co-host and I can run better our guest home.
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