We are a Mexican/English/Israeli family with a 5-yo, a 4-yo, and a cat. We have local business and need help with the daily routine.
We're hoping that we can host someone who will enjoy being the countryside, and will love hanging out with the kids. Time saving help around the house like laundry, light chores and occasional cooking will be a game changer for us.
We are happy with flexibility, so someone who can manage the days or hours that suits them is very welcome to take time to travel around and enjoy their time.
We prefer last-minute requests because forward planning is hard!
We are in a small, quiet village, please let me know that you are fine with that in your message because I worry about putting some poor soul in the middle of the countryside if they need the excitement of a big city and constant company.
My wife, Tona, is trans, please also make sure you are cool with that before you apply.
We go to my parents' house some days, and there will be animals; it's your choice if you come along. We are happy to make sure you can get to bus and train stations to do some travelling around whenever you feel like it.
You are welcome to be as independent or as involved as suits you.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Interests
LGBTQ
Languages
Gardening
Cooking & food
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
You can integrate yourself with our family, spend some time in the British Countryside, speak English or Spanish with us and travel around using our house as a base.
Hanging out with the kids, school drop off and pick up, tidying, washing up, taking out the trash, laundry, cooking.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
This host offers a language exchange
We speak English at home and can all speak Spanish too, the kids could do with speaking more Spanish!
Accommodation
An attic room and full use of the house.
What else ...
We care about food and coffee a lot. Check out Stoke Row, we live in a small country village with some (limited) busses and trains to get to London or Oxford.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We can be fairly flexible time-wise so digital nomadism will fit in quite well here.
How many Workawayers can stay?
One
My animals / pets
Gatita
Rescue cat, mostly friendly and absolutely loves company, but she was a bit young to be an orphan and has problems like peeing on beds and occasionally gets a bit bitey.
Lina was amazing in that she was competent, sensible and always happy to help. She never needed direction, and always found something that was genuinely useful to do. We hung out and talked but she also did her own thing sometimes so all in all an ideal guest!
(Excellent
)
24 May 2023
Left by Workawayer (Lina) for host
This was my first experience with Workaway and it has certainly been the best experience I've ever had. Itai is super cute, they will fall in love with her look, Luken is quite independent and very intelligent, he loves to play with the train. On the other hand, Aya and Tona are a very loving couple and you will feel like part of the family. The… read more house is surrounded by nature, the roads and surroundings are beautiful.
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(Excellent
)
26 Apr 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Stella)
Stella became very much one of the family! She came back several times and was a constant presence in our lives, now she's gone it's very quiet over here! On top of that, I always say that Stella is one of the nicest people I've ever met, without fail she says thank you every time she leaves a shop for example. She was also very open and honest… read more always with us.
(Excellent
)
10 Nov 2021
Left by host for Workawayer (Sarasa)
Sarasa was completely wonderful, she was so happy to go with the flow, helped us enormously, and was very much loved by the whole family! Oh and she knows her way around a kitchen just to add to the list.
(Excellent
)
4 Nov 2021
Left by Workawayer (Sarasa) for host
The baby boy is such a smart and good boy that I felt like it was much easier than what people might expect when thinking about spending time with an 1.5 years-old. The best part for me of this Workaway was the cultural exchange I had with this 4-generations multicultural family. I enormously enjoyed walks with the little boy and his great grandma… read more in beautiful forests. Thank you again for the past 2 weeks!
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Accuracy of profile:
(5.0)
Cultural exchange:
(5.0)
Communication:
(4.8)
25 May 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Lina)
Lina was amazing in that she was competent, sensible and always happy to help. She never needed direction, and always found something that was genuinely useful to do. We hung out and talked but she also did her own thing sometimes so all in all an ideal guest!
(Excellent)
24 May 2023
Left by Workawayer (Lina) for host
This was my first experience with Workaway and it has certainly been the best experience I've ever had. Itai is super cute, they will fall in love with her look, Luken is quite independent and very intelligent, he loves to play with the train. On the other hand, Aya and Tona are a very loving couple and you will feel like part of the family. The… read more house is surrounded by nature, the roads and surroundings are beautiful.
You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
(Excellent)
26 Apr 2023
Left by host for Workawayer (Stella)
Stella became very much one of the family! She came back several times and was a constant presence in our lives, now she's gone it's very quiet over here! On top of that, I always say that Stella is one of the nicest people I've ever met, without fail she says thank you every time she leaves a shop for example. She was also very open and honest… read more always with us.
(Excellent)
10 Nov 2021
Left by host for Workawayer (Sarasa)
Sarasa was completely wonderful, she was so happy to go with the flow, helped us enormously, and was very much loved by the whole family! Oh and she knows her way around a kitchen just to add to the list.
(Excellent)
4 Nov 2021
Left by Workawayer (Sarasa) for host
The baby boy is such a smart and good boy that I felt like it was much easier than what people might expect when thinking about spending time with an 1.5 years-old. The best part for me of this Workaway was the cultural exchange I had with this 4-generations multicultural family. I enormously enjoyed walks with the little boy and his great grandma… read more in beautiful forests. Thank you again for the past 2 weeks!
You can only contact Workawayers who have an active membership.
(Excellent)
9 Oct 2021
Left by host for Workawayer (Amelia)
I don't think I can do justice to Amelia here because she is such a capable, personable, wonderful person over and above any level of expectation. She was such an immense help to us during her stay, especially because she took initiative when I wasn't able to organise myself let alone someone else! I really mean it, Amelia, you are welcome back to… read more our home any time, I really hope that we do meet again.
(Excellent)
28 Sep 2021
Left by Workawayer (Amelia) for host
It was my first Workaway experience and I would not have had it any other way!
Aya, Tona and Luken were such lovely people, I had a very lovely experience being a part of their family.
Main task of a Workaway here included taking care of Luken, sweetheart of a boy. With limited past experience of childcare, I was given full trust to care for… read more Luken and appreciate the autonomy given. Besides that, occasional household chores to be done but nothing I was uncomfortable with. Some days of the week would be spent at the grandparents place, which had animals one can play with as well as friendly and pleasant people to get to know!(Parents and grandparents of Aya)
All in all, it was a very satisfying experience and highly recommended!
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(Excellent)
24 Apr 2019
Left by Workawayer (Magalí & Miguel) for host
Our stay with Tona and Aya was great! We only had two days to visit Queretaro and they let us stay with them and help with the dogs. As they live in a centric and beautiful zone we took long walks with Nala and Kobe while we got to know the city. Both dogs are just adorable and playful. The home is very comfortable so when we came back from the… read more walks we could have a nice rest in a room just for us.
Tona and Aya are a very nice couple with lots of experiences and stories to tell as they have lived in many countries so far. They gave us tons of good advices about the citiy and places to eat and we talked about mexican history and culture. We shared a dinner out and a night of board games at home.
In short, we got to know the city, we learned, we had fun and hope we helped them somehow with the dogs :)
Nuestra estancia con Tona y Aya fue genial! Solo tuvimos dos días para visitar Querétaro y nos dejaron quedarnos con ellos y ayudar con los perros. Como viven en una zona céntrica y hermosa, dimos largos paseos con Nala y Kobe mientras conocíamos la ciudad. Ambos perros son adorables y juguetones. La casa es muy cómoda, así que cuando regresamos de los paseos podríamos tener un buen descanso en una habitación solo para nosotros.
Tona y Aya son una pareja muy agradable con muchas experiencias e historias que contar, ya que han vivido en muchos países hasta ahora. Nos dieron muchos consejos sobre la ciudad y los lugares para comer, y hablamos sobre la historia y la cultura mexicana. Compartimos una cena y una noche de juegos de mesa en casa.
En resumen, conocimos la ciudad, aprendimos, nos divertimos y esperamos haberlos ayudado de alguna manera con los perros :)
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(Excellent)
24 Apr 2019
Left by host for Workawayer (Magalí & Miguel)
It was brief but Magalí & Miguel are people who we hope will come back to the area so we can invite them to stay again! They were popular with the dogs, hung out with us as well as being self-sufficient when required.
(Excellent)
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Language practice
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
LGBTQ
Languages
Gardening
Cooking & food
