Help with gardening at a recreation and conference center near Warsaw, Poland

Poland

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29/05/2019
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We are an international, well traveled, family with open mind toward other people and cultures. Our family owned conference and recreation center with 100 rooms, young energetic team is only few years old and offers relaxing surroundings as well as opportunity to learn a lot about our country, cultures and people who come visit. We all work hard and look for people who are not scared to get their hands dirty and are proud of what they accomplish.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Gardening
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Farmstay help
Help around the house
Animal Care
Hospitality/Tourism
Help
We have a nice terrain around our hotel at the edge of the woods , near to Warsaw. We need all help we can get for our gardens, animal farm (horses, goats, poultry, sheep etc.) and cleaning the hotel. Weeding, cutting and forming trees and shrubs, replanting, gathering fruits, lawn mowing, watering plants will be main tasks. If you have appropriate skills we may invite you to participate in taking care of animals and animation activities with children.
Languages spoken
German: Fluent
English: Fluent
Hungarian: Fluent
Polish: Fluent
Accommodation
Room in the hotel, 3 free meals in our restaurant , discounted use of spa and sport facilities.
What else ...
Warsaw is 30 minutes away by train, with all sightseeing, cultural events and amenities of a big European city. This summer there are a lot of good concerts in our city!
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
- Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Photos

relaxing next to our secluded pond at the back of the terrain

Markus, Tomasz, Laith and Tosia relaxing after a hot day.

Night out in Warsaw with Adam

Adam from workaway! Leaving his memory behind with our benches!

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Feedback left by and about host (20)

05/12/2017

Left by Workawayer (Ana) for host

First of all, thank you for an amazing first workaway! I spent 2 weeks here (in August) and it turn out to be very good.
however, i have to be honest... my first impression wasn't that good. the recepcionist girl didn't know anything about me or what should I do. Anyone could tell me anything about the job or even the place.
Anyway, first day was… read more

(Very good )

03/08/2017

Left by Workawayer (René) for host

Very well recive. Little bit quiet. Thanks René

(Very good )

05/07/2017

Left by Workawayer (Wing Sze & Wing Yan) for host

We stayed here for a week and our duties were mainly washing dishes, occasionally weeding and helping with wedding decorations. I have to say this is a beautiful place with nice rooms and environment, but it is quite isolated as well. For those who would like to travel to Warsaw, you have to take a bus to Minsk Mazowiecki (a small town near the… read more

(Good )

17/01/2017

Left by Workawayer (sophie & Dawn) for host

Really nice place everyones friendly hubert,the chefs,the receptionists and the cleaning ladies, you get well fed and we learned a few polish words here.
The help was easy enough we were dishwashing and helping prepare all different types of vegetables.The chefs were really cool and funny guys! Made the work fun! The hotel is a bit isolated if u… read more

(Very good )

06/11/2016

Left by Workawayer (Elena & Vladimir) for host

We were staying here for a week. And we have really positive impressions. We found Christian nice and friendly. Accommodation and food are fine!!! For all workawayers who consider to stay at Christian’s - the hotel with high level of service so your will have to make your job there careful. Sometimes it could be needed to make a push to get… read more

(Excellent )

10/10/2016

Left by Workawayer (Elisa) for host

I stayed here for two weeks. I spend the first week weeding, and the second week helping in cleaning the rooms one day and washing dishes for the rest of the week. I think it's especially a good place if you need to be near Warsaw for whatever reason (visa's for me), they were really easy with letting me go back and forth to Warsaw for the day,… read more

(Good )

29/09/2016

Left by Workawayer (Vladimir) for host

I really liked my experience here, it was just perfect as I wanted some time to just stay put, read and practice my instruments and get back into shape physically. If you are a good worker and you know how to get the job done, they will treat you really well but either way you will feel at home as the staff is just really nice and welcoming. The… read more

(Excellent )

09/09/2016

Left by host for Workawayer (Tobiasz)

Referencje
Chciałbym zarekomendować Pana Tobiasza Rogacza jako pracownika. Pan Rogacz pracował w naszym ośrodku jako ogrodnik pomiędzy wiosną i latem 2016 i dbał rezolutnie o 5 ha powierzchni ogrodowej. Wykazał się wyjątkową pracowitością, obowiązkowością i zaangażowaniem w pracę. Jest on inteligentną osobą, która potrafi pracować i rozwiązywać… read more

(Excellent )

25/07/2016

Left by Workawayer (Tobiasz) for host

W ośrodku na wolontariacie spędziłem dwa tygodnie. Był to czas ciekawych doświadczeń. Pracownicy byli bardzo przyjaźni i życzliwi, do tego stopnia, że mogłem poczuć się tutaj jak w domu. Decyzja o przyjeździe była spontaniczna, ale nie żałuję. Tak jak obiecano, zapewniono mi pokój i wyżywienie na terenie hotelu. Trochę uciążliwe były zmiany… read more

(Excellent )

06/09/2016

Left by Workawayer (TELMO) for host

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(Negative )

09/03/2016

Left by Workawayer (Alexandra & Cristina) for host

We stayed here 2 weeks and it was a bittersweet experience.
First of all the taxi that has been guaranteed it will be waiting for us on the train station didn't show up so we waited 2 hours (from 6 am to 8 am) outside with a freezing weather. Then we took a random taxi there and a justification has never been given and they never apolagized.
The… read more work is not hard at all but most of times it was not scheduled. We needed to change room a few times (and that was annoying) but we understand that we were staff and guests come first.
The majority of the staff were really awesome and even the members of the staff who doesn't speak English tried to communicate with us and help us in what we need. There was even people who gave us rides and were always kind and making sure everything was ok with us.
On the last days we started to feel unwelcomed and on the day before the 2 weeks previously agreed for our stay, the lady ( that one we found out it was the owner just on the last days, because nobody had introduced us neither the members or the owners of the hotel) asked us when we were planning to leave and when we answered 'tomorrow' she replied 'Ok. That would be great'. That's something hard to put on words, but on that exact moment, from the way she pronounced that words, it was clear that we were not welcome there. On the next morning when we were packing our stuff to leave she entered in our room saying that we have to be out of the room at 10 am ( it was 9h40 am already) and that we have to pay for the breakfast because we were not going to work on that day. In which world you ask vonlunteers that came to help without recieving salary, just food and a bed, to pay for a breakfast specially after all these things that didn't go so well?
On the other hand, we really met good people over there. There was Christian's father that was very kind and always happy to see a smile on our faces, Damien who was the person who was always available to explain us what we should do ( and such a cool guy!), Pawel from the horses and the girl from the dishes were very funny. The reception members, the ladies from the laundry and the other Pawel were always helpful. The waiters were nice and the cookers too!
Kamil and Hubert were really cool since the very first moment and always curious to know more about us and our trip. Christian is a busy guy but he and his girlfriend are nice people. We also loved to meet the other workawayers and spend funny moments together :)
Thinking about the all experience, it wasn't the little details that made us do this not so good reference (because each one of them by itself was not a big deal). We were willing to forget them and make a good reference, because after all we had great moments and made really good friends, but the way the lady (the owner) treated and almost kicked us out, for us, was unacceptable.
We rather live in not so good conditions but feel welcome and helpful than living on a hotel feeling that our presence is not appreciated anymore.

Thanks to the ones who made part of the good memories :)

(Good )

19/09/2015

Left by Workawayer (Mercedes & Alejandro ) for host

We stayed at Christian's for 15 days and it was great! They really cared about that the job you did suited you. They took good care of us and the owners family was very kind to us. The most important person for workawayers is Srinath, who would help you in everything you need. You can count on him whenever you need somehing. You'll never feel… read more

(Excellent )

25/08/2015

Left by Workawayer (Simon) for host

I spent 2 weeks at this recreation center and it was amazing. Although work is very schedule you have enough time to enjoy activities in the center and go to refresh yourself in the pound. I enjoyed my time especially thirsty Thursdays ;)
Simon

(Excellent )

24/08/2015

Left by Workawayer (Rafael & Brenda) for host

Christian was very kind to have us in very short notice and we could stay for a week in his family's conference center. The place is very big and beautiful and they have some amazing animals as well. We were helping with gardening and we were very glad to work with Myrek, the gardener of the hotel, such a great and fun guy. It was also nice to… read more

(Excellent )

22/07/2015

Left by Workawayer (Malle & Johanna) for host

This was our first Workaway experience and it was great! Thank you to the Crew and all the Nice Workawayers we had there for making this stay beautiful. We had a mixture of fun and work .

(Very good )

22/07/2015

Left by Workawayer (Ketija & Edgars) for host

We stayed just for one week at recreation centre but it was a lovely week. Work is very well scheduled and you always know where and what you have to do. And if you have some reasons you can always ask for some other work, there are plenty options what to do. Accommodation – well, I can say only one bad thing – you start to get lazy. There are… read more

(Excellent )

20/07/2015

Left by Workawayer (Mihály) for host

I stayed 1 week in the conference center and this period was a pretty good experience. We should work 5 hours/day and it was really flexible, we could choose the starting hour. The jobs was also various, for example: I worked 2 days in the kitchen, 2 days in the garden and a day with the cleaning ladies.
The place is also awesome! There is a… read more

(Excellent )

16/07/2015

Left by Workawayer (laith) for host

I stayed for almost 16 days and yet Words are often inadequate to express my joy in this place. Christian and his family were really helpful and we shared alot of laughs, I highly recommend it.

(Excellent )

09/07/2015

Left by Workawayer (Tomas) for host

I stayed for two weeks at Christians place. The recreation centre is great and has many options for work, relax and enjoy your time there. The enviroment is very welcoming and the people who work there are friendly and open. Thank for the great two weeks I could spend at your place I really enjoyed my work and free time.

(Excellent )

25/06/2015

Left by Workawayer () for host

Stayed for 10 days and absolutely loved it! Amazing facility and lots of options for work. Christian, Tosia and his family were absolutely amazing at making me as comfortable as possible. Made plenty of great memories at this place.

(Excellent )

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