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Host rating
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2 Jun 2025
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Description
Greetings from our Hostel! We are an owner-operated hostel in Golden, British Columbia; a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts. We cater to active and outdoorsy people, and not to the party crowd. We have a quiet time from 11.30pm to 7am during which our common areas are closed in order to ensure all our guests can enjoy a good sleep and are well rested for the adventures to come. It is very important to us that we provide a welcoming, clean and safe place to our guests and our staff!
Types of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
It's a hostel! What better way to meet and work with people from all corners of the world!
Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Help
--> paid positions during the summer season 2025: we currently would like to hear from people that can commit to working with us for the entire season (May 12 to Oct 17) <--
We understand that this might feel like a big commitment when your goal is to travel around, but our area has plenty to offer and we are quite flexible with our schedules. We offer staff rooms at the hostel. Hours vary depending on how busy the hostel is but you will have at least 2 days off per week.
Please note that we require a valid work permit to work at the hostel
The work at the hostel involves various cleaning duties, bed making, front-desk, check- ins, building maintenance and assisting guests with activity planning. We prefer to take staff that can commit to an entire season, Golden and it's surroundings has so much to offer, you won't get bored!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Accommodation
Staff rooms, separate from guest rooms.
What else ...
Golden is located at the heart of six national parks and if you like the outdoors there is a lot to explore. We are 1 hour away from Lake Louise and Invermere and approximately 2 hours from Banff/Canmore and Revelstoke.
Go and explore the six national parks that are within day-trip distance. There are endless trails close to town that you can bike or run on. Two rivers you can paddle. Lakes to swim. And have we told you about the canoe, SUP, kayaks, bikes and other toys that we have at the hostel and that are yours to play with? To top it off you'll get to see and do a bunch of cool stuff that's at our doorstep: Skybridge - Canada's highest suspension bridges, Kicking Horse Resort - home to Boo the Bear and Canada's highest restaurant, the Columbia Wetlands, Rafting the Kicking Horse River, the Wolf Sanctuary... and more!
We love leading an active life and we strongly encourage our staff to do so as well!
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
My animals / pets
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I'm so grateful for my time at the hostel. Thank you very much! 🌻
Both are very welcoming, lovely people who treat you absolutely fair. The work at the hostel is varied, from cleaning rooms to welcoming & checking in guests to general maintenance and some cooking for the staff. The… read more
The work environnement is great fun, we got to do a bit of everything : housekeeping, front desk, cooking.... so it's impossible to get bored, and Simon and Carolin are… read more
The hostel is a great place, the work is never too hard (reception, cleaning and helping with maintenance as… read more
The hostel has a cosy ski chalet kind of vibe which is welcoming to a wide range of guests including families and older couples/singles.
Simon and Carolin are a lovely couple and they run the hostel… read more
Rebecca and I spent almost the whole summer at the Hostel. It was such a great time. We worked 22h max. a week and got accomodation in an extra staff room (which was a bit loud but it was a private area just for us two) and awesome dinner (we took turns to cook… read more
Abi and Gerald are super nice and open-hearted people, the work is really fair and I just loved the good food we had every day. Golden is a very nice place to explore and there are tons of things to do. The hostel itself is super cozy and it felt like home from the very first… read more
