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Help with the marketing and web development of our local travel agency project in Cusco, Peru

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  • Last activity: 11 Mar 2024

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: at least 2 weeks

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  • Description

    Description

    Hi, I'm David
    originally from the city of Quillabamba, located in the jungle of Cusco, in this city many years ago we started a tourism project together with a cooperative organization, the objective was to involve small scale coffee, cocoa and tea farmers within the tourism activity, we provided to them some loans, training and assistance. this farmer are organic and fair trade certified.

    Currently, as a local travel operator, we continue to promote and work with families in the spirit of continuing to supporting them. As a local company we also offer travel services in southern part of Peru and mainly in the area of Cusco and Machu Picchu. Our speciality is to visit small scale farmers, with whom, we developed coffee and cocoa experiences at their own farms, which allows us to show a little of our culture from the perspective of our diverse agriculture.

    At home you can share the common areas with us, Ana, who is my partner and supports us in accounting, and my person, i am in charge of the business. Sometimes there are extra staffs, who helps us with the operative part, this may be depending on the tourism season.

    2022: now, as a consequence of the pandemic, Ana had to move to another town to work, the only person who is working from home is me (we have an office in the apartment). now the high season for tourism is starting we plan to work also with some locals so maybe at the time you decide to join us, there will be helping us another person.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Language practice
    Hospitality/Tourism
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Living with us at home, you can learn a little more about our local culture, know the non-tourist places of the city.
    Cusco is the most important tourist city in Peru and there are a lot to enjoy in it, from home you can organize your adventures to explore: archaeological sites such as Machu Picchu, the sacred Valley of the Incas, Maras, Moray, The Southern Valley, hike the rainbow Mountain and the Humantay Lagoon, visit of traditional and ancient villages like Pisac, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, among others.

    In Cusco to get to know the city a little more, we can lend you a bicycle.

    the location of the apartment: we are now located in the San Sebastian district, a very traditional neighborhood, no touristic. where you can meet local people, we live near to the main square of this district. sometimes there are some traditional activities there. a nice oportunity to learn about local culture. You may Know Cusco celebrates many festivities during the year and also San Sebastian district is one of these districts where local people use to organize mainly catholic festivities. I may suggest visiting the main square on sundays.

  • Help

    Help

    Your support is very welcome! We need to develop the marketing area of ​​our business by using all available tools (social networks etc). Our priority is finishing our website! We need to enhance the SEO of the website (in English & Spanish), make translations or corrections to the English section of the website, and improve the descriptions of our tours. For this, we are currently looking for a content manager and/or SEO expert for adding tours (information) and updating it to contemporary standards. We're also hoping to make videos, and create marketing materials, and a marketing strategy. Among others jobs.

  • Languages

    Languages spoken
    English: Fluent
    Spanish: Fluent

    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.

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    We can offer you a shared room within an apartment (room only for two people as maximum capacity), Volunteers are going to share one toilet. we have in the room a double bed, a wardrobe, a table, a chair, a small sofa and also a bed lamp. You can use the kitchen to prepare your meals as your preference, we can provide to prepare your own meals some basic product, we can not offer to you meet, fish or chicken, just some times) you can do laundry also, just consider we have limited space to dry clothes, we are living on the third floor.

    we can offer to you 2 meals per day. Breakfast could be prepared by us or also by the workawayer at home.
    Lunch, we have it in a local restaurant close to the house (sometimes at home)...dinner at home (dinner for us is an optional meal, usually we have some tea for dinner).

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Cusco, it is not a big city, so from the house to the main square, it could take you about 25 min. by public transportation. if you plan to walk, this could take you about 1hour.

    from home you can walk about 2 blocks to take a public transportation, another option walk about 4 blocks (to the main square of the district) there you can have more chances, if you walk one block more, to the Cultura Av. plenty of option, most of the companies are passing this avenue. also if you plan to move by public transportation at night, you can have more chances of finding transportation on this avenue. most of the time until 11 pm

    If you need a taxi, from the main square to the house will cost you between 7 to 10 soles, it will depend on the hour also


    Cusco as a city and region is a tourist destination so finding new friends will not be a problem for you. In your free time, you can visit archeological sites, hike some mountains and also visit some ancient towns like Ollantaytambo.

    also because we are located in a very traditional district you can visit other no touristic places like the main square of San Jeronimo. on the weekend we can organize for sure one visit to not a touristic place

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

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    Hours expected

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

Host ref number: 755484441118

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