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Hi,
My name is Alim and I have a small family run Bed & Breakfast in Panjim, the capital city of Goa in India. It is actually just 3 mins walk from the Fontainhas world heritage site.
We have 3 guesthouses in the same area. The main guesthouse is an annex to the family home and has 4 private cottages.
We are a joint family of 7 people, which includes 2 kids. Its a fun household and we have been welcoming guests for the past 10 years.
Our main Guesthouse is an Old Traditional Goan House and it has a lot of small courtyards and seating area and fish and turtle ponds which people enjoy. Its tucked away from the city noise and is at a quite spot at the foot of a hill with lots of greenery with plants and trees. You can walk to the city centre in about 15 mins from our guesthouse.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Help with Eco Projects
DIY and building projects
Hospitality/Tourism
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Culture
Movies & TV
Events & social
Self development
Plant care
Music
History
DIY & crafts
Gardening
Cooking & food
Architecture
Team sports
Fitness
Dancing
Beach
Outdoor activities
Hiking
Cycling
Adventure sports
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Benefits would be.
1. Getting to know the functioning of a family run Guesthouse, may be it could help or inspire you to have your own set up in the future :)
2. Our place is in a quite spot away from the city noises and below a hill. So there are always birds chirping. Which makes it ideal for people wanting to spend time writing or planning or doing research and just taking a break from what they are doing.
3. The Pleasant weather with sunshine is always a plus
4. Panjim has many things to offer in terms of events and things to do. Apart from the Old heritage. Examples are learning a new dance form, pottery, cooking classes etc etc. There is a lot happening here.
5. Interaction with locals and learning the local languages. Apart from English Most people speak Konkani, Hindi, Marathi and also Portuguese.
6. The family is friendly and helpful and broadminded.
7. Its easy to get around the area.
Help
We expect people to be able to perform tasks independently.
Following are the areas where we need help with.
1. Mainly need help with Content Creation for Social Media like Photos, Reels, Short Videos for the properties that we have.
2. Help with Social Media Marketing would be great.
3. Help with writing better write ups and descriptions for the properties.
4. Help with some basic DIY/renovation/painting for the house would be perfect if you have the skill.
4. We are presently planning to build a small Log Cabin in our hilly backyard from scratch from all the leftover or scrap material we have accumulated over the years. So if this thing interests you it would be good too.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hindi: Fluent
Accommodation
Accommodation will be provided in one of the guestrooms from our adjacent Guesthouse. It is a small Private Studio with small kitchenette and en-suite bathroom. It includes all the basic things to make your stay comfortable (No AC). (Let us know if you have any specific query about the accommodation)
What else ...
During the time off you can.
1. Explore the neighborhood (Fontainhas quarter, cafe, restaurant, chapel, temple)
2. Discover Panjim (market, garden, church)
3. Rest in a private areas.
4. Take up a hobby class for dancing (salsa, bachata, kizomba, tango, bollywood, zumba, hip hop and many more)
5. Take up a pottery class or a full course at a Pottery Studio close by.
6. Brush on on your swimming skills. ( there is a very good instructor teaching open sea swimming too apart from normal swimming)
6. If you enjoy fishing there are a few spots close by to enjoy fishing.
7. I recently have been told i can teach people to learn to ride a scooter as long as they know how to ride a bicycle. (this is subject to time availability)
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Our place is ideal for Digital nomads as steady and strong Internet/wifi is available.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
Feedback (18)
Again we were lucky to have a wonderfully charming and talented volunteer like Athi.
She happy took up the task of making marketing and advertising material for our new guesthouse and gathered all the relevant information of the area around and made a great campaign for us giving our new place a great start.
She… read more
She is super resorceful and prompt with all the tasks given. She is also very good with kids.
She helped us with clever landscaping ideas and implemented them so easily.
She also single handedly did up our new room decor and artwork.
She is clean, kept her room tidy and she is friendly and always has a smile.
We… read more
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Again we were lucky to have a wonderfully charming and talented volunteer like Athi.
She happy took up the task of making marketing and advertising material for our new guesthouse and gathered all the relevant information of the area around and made a great campaign for us giving our new place a great start.
She… read more
She is super resorceful and prompt with all the tasks given. She is also very good with kids.
She helped us with clever landscaping ideas and implemented them so easily.
She also single handedly did up our new room decor and artwork.
She is clean, kept her room tidy and she is friendly and always has a smile.
We… read more
About the work Alim was really open to… read more
She is kind and well organised and very resourceful.
She helped us fully renovated an ugly garden and made it look really nice with lights and clever painted highlights and added seating and made it look like a fairytale garden. All our guests were impressed with the makeover.
We highly recommended her as a… read more
Azlan is the smartest kid I've ever met, your never bored when he's around. The work was relaxed & super chilled. I mainly helping Alim with his social media presence for his buisness &… read more
She got along really well with the entire family and especially with my son.
She has amazing interpersonal skill and makes everyone feel good.
She made all the guests that spoke to her feel welcomed and looked after.
She is self… read more
She is very talented in many aspects.
Super meticulous with her work and prompt.
She helped us make a business profile on Instagram with some very customised options for guests to book directly.
She also helped us set up a WhatsApp business profile with detailed catalogues and all details.
She is also a very good… read more
She is super good with taking amazing pictures and editing them to get even better results.
She helped us list our new property by taking amazing pictures and editing them in very limited time and with our very limited resources.
She is also very friendly and always has a… read more
She is super resourceful and very creative.
She helped us screen, source and set up our new guesthouse from scratch.
She also helped with the online set up with descriptions, elaborations and pictures.
The also painted a part of our old guesthouse backyard and painted a beautiful Mandala and now it's like the main… read more
She is polite and punctual and a smart worker.
Also she is friendly and thoughtful too.
It was nice hosting her.
Alim and his son also took me… read more
We are very grateful for all her time with us.
She is super prompt with her work and organized. She is polite and fun to be around.
All the guests loved chatting with her and she made them comfortable and was quick to address any query they had and help them out.
She also seems to have this superpower… read more
She is very calm, friendly, smart, prompt and super efficient.
She by herself found things that could be helpful for the guests and translated a guide book to German language which the guests love and also came up with a great way to encourage leisure games by decorating tables with the board game board which is… read more
She is very good with kids and thought them new games which ar kids really enjoy.
She also comes up with excellent suggestions for any problem and also super creative ideas to add value to the project.
We wish her well and recommend her highly :)
She is also a gifted decorator. She used things which were available and made pleasant looking artifacts for the common areas.
She made the guests feel… read more
She is polite, friendly, organized, punctual and enthusiastic.
But her main talent is that she is so good with kids. She so easily managed to arrange fun games with the kids in the house also help make and edit a few reels for the kids.
Apart from that she got along so well with the other family members and… read more
I spend… read more
She can multi task like crazy. And such a quick learner. In the days that she volunteered for us she managed to complete tasks which were taking weeks to complete. And she is always prompt and punctual and takes initiative. She Is super friendly too and took no time to get acquainted with the family… read more
She stayed with us for a week and she felt like as if she was god sent.
She is polite and friendly and prompt and organized and very thoughtful and extremely punctual and not to forget very clean too.
She helped with fine tuning the operations of Guesthouse and also did a beautiful artwork in one of our new… read more
I really enjoyed the experience there. I was supposed to stay only few nights and I stayed double. I tried to help with the bed and breakfast and i decorate some walls of a room with flowers. I met really good peoples there, it’s good vibes and really clean. Alim teached me some basic about salsa and we went… read more
