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**September 2024 Update**
We are planning a trip from mid-October until the beginning of December.
**Who are we looking for?**
We are seeking volunteers to stay in our home and help mostly with Animal Care for the entire period (around 7 weeks). It’s essential that volunteers love animals, as we highly value the companionship and care that animal lovers naturally provide. Watering the garden can be also needed depending on the weather.
Important: While our pets require minimal care and volunteers are free to do as they wish during the day, feeding our pets twice a day and staying in the house at night are the main responsibilities of this volunteering opportunity (which is likely expected in most Animal Care volunteering roles). We have little flexibility with the dates, as our tickets are already booked (from October 18 to December 3). Volunteers should arrive at least 4-5 days before we leave so we can explain the tasks and get to know each other in person.
Please contact us only if you have read our profile and if you are willing to stay in the house for the entire period🙏. Thanks!
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Hi there, we are a young couple living in Mendoza (in Luján de Cuyo, around 20 km from the Mendoza city). We are a violin maker and a software engineer, and we have 6 cats and 2 dogs, no kids. The idea of helping and cultural exchange sounds like an interesting idea for us. Please note, even when we don't have a lot of experience with workaway, we do have experience hosting people (from France, Canada, Switzerland, US, Colombia, México, England, Italy, Germany, Luxemburg, Brazil, Argentina)... We have been hosting for a while and it has been such a wonderful experience! but now we would like to know more about workaway world too... So, please, contact us if you are willing to help somehow. We would like to know proactive and collaborative people.Types of help and learning opportunities
GardeningDIY and building projectsAnimal CareCreating/ Cooking family mealsHelp around the houseGeneral MaintenanceCultural exchange and learning opportunities
You will be in a relaxed environment. We are flexible, so if you need to take 3 o 4 days off for some reason (travel?), we can reorganize the work in a way that can suit you and us (this would be possible as soon as the task is not Animal Care).
In your free time, you can practice Spanish.Help
The specific tasks will depend on the moment you arrive, there is a lot of stuff to do, which may include:
- Pet/house sitting: if we need to travel, we will need you to feed our pets and take care of them. Watering the garden would be good too! This shouldn't take more than 2-3 hours a day, all the days we are not at home. You can still do whatever you want during the rest of the day (go for tours, etc). We prefer volunteers to arrive at least 1 or 2 days before we depart, so there is time to meet each other (also meet the pets!) and there is plenty of time for any question it may come up.
- General maintenance: there is a lot of unfinished stuff (painting, small construction stuff, etc), a pool that needs to be cleaned sometimes, general house cleaning, etc.
- Gardening: we have a big garden that needs maintenance, especially in summer.
- Preparing meals: as we don't like to cook, cooking for us sometimes would be nice, especially dinner (cooking for yourself is a must).Languages spoken
Spanish: Fluent
English: IntermediateAccommodation
- Small room with two beds (bunk, please see the picture).
- Shared bathroom right next to the room.
- Free WIFI.
- You can use the swimming pool in summer.
- You can use the washing machine.
- Some food ingredients: you can use whatever is in the house.What else ...
If you like wine, Mendoza is all about wine (even when we don't drink much wine and don't use to have wine at home), specifically the tasty Malbec that the surrounding valleys are known for producing. With more than 1200 bodegas (wine cellars) in the area, you’ll have your pick of vineyards and wineries to visit. You can book tours to explore them, rent a bike, go to the near mountains, etc.
Available transport? You have a bus stop 60mts from our house, it is not very frequent but it is still an option (the frequency is about one bus every half hour). It takes you to 'Chacras de Coria' where you can rent a bike, take a winery tour or make some shopping. If you want to go to Mendoza city, you can take another bus from 'Chacras de Coria'.
***Please notice***
- Food:
*we eat meat. Even when lately we are trying to eat less, is one of our favorite meals. So take it in mind if you are vegetarian/vegan.
*we have small groceries stores in the neighborhood, but if you can't get what you need here, you would need to use the bus for going to a bigger store/supermarket. If we are available we can go by car but this may require organizing in advance (if we are on busy days).
*even when you can use whatever is in the house and we usually try to have stored food for some days, take in mind that some days maybe there is not too much in the house. Of course, we will buy/share as much as we can, but you would be the main responsible for your food and cooking for yourself, especially if we are on busy days.
- We have very basic cooking equipment, you would have to adapt to it.
- We have 6 cats and 2 dogs, even when there is a lot of space outside, some of them sleep inside. If you don't like cats/dogs or you are allergic, maybe you won't feel comfortable.
- Maximum stay of helpers: it would depend of:
*at the moment: how many tasks to do there are. We don't usually have long-term projects on home-related stuff. We usually decide on the way according to our resources at the moment.
*on how we feel each other sharing this experience.
Let's say 1 week and then we can talk according to the situation but stays usually are not longer than two weeks (unless we have a planned trip longer than that). This period has worked perfectly for us so far, and we look forward to keeping a balance between enjoying help and cultural interchange and being by ourselves too :)
- We are simple and flexible people. Be responsible and don't abuse in any way and we will be all happy :)A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We're currently testing a new (and hopefully better) internet provider. So far, so good. It’s supposed to be 500 MB, but in speed tests, we generally get between 40 MB and 200 MB, depending on the time and location.
Space for parking camper vans
We have plenty of physical space (to park, to camp, etc)
Can possibly accept pets
Take into account we have 2 dogs and 6 cats. Even when we are open to receive your pets, it can be hard to handle sometimes. So let's talk about this in more detail if this is the case.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week (or 25 hours a week, schedule to coordinate)
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All of our cats, along with Tomy and Luna (our dogs), absolutely adored them! We also truly… read more
Tomy the dog has the best awoooooooo ever. The cats have awesome personalities and… read more
The communication with them was very easy since the very beginning and we shared a lot of interesting conversations. They always showed special… read more
Etu and Agus are a lovely, laid-back and welcoming couple who love their animals to the moon and back. Thank you for the shared… read more
When we came back she stayed with us for another 10 days and she was patient enough with us as we were going through some difficult moments, and she was willing to help all… read more
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All of our cats, along with Tomy and Luna (our dogs), absolutely adored them! We also truly… read more
Tomy the dog has the best awoooooooo ever. The cats have awesome personalities and… read more
The communication with them was very easy since the very beginning and we shared a lot of interesting conversations. They always showed special… read more
Etu and Agus are a lovely, laid-back and welcoming couple who love their animals to the moon and back. Thank you for the shared… read more
When we came back she stayed with us for another 10 days and she was patient enough with us as we were going through some difficult moments, and she was willing to help all… read more
They helped us with gardening, cleaning, washing our car, and also helping us with some stuff in Agustin's workshop. They… read more
They were always willing to collaborate and paid a lot of attention to the instructions for taking care of the pets/garden, as they were going to take care of… read more
They helped us with some construction stuff, washing our car, and also, washing our dog Luna and cutting her hair (btw, our pets loved them!). They also cooked for us… read more
They are both very nice, friendly, flexible, respectfull and very collaborative people.
We have shared a lot of talks, meals, etc and we have really enjoyed their company.
They are always willing to help and learn and they have helped us in a lot of… read more
They taught us lots of new skills and Augustine was very patient with us, allowing… read more
We have shared so many conversations and meals, languages and culture, and we really enjoyed it! They have so many interesting and funny stories to share! They just fitted right in and adapted and spent time with our many pets. They are sooo lovelly!
They are… read more
They helped us to sort out some stuff and cooking first days, and when we decided to travel, they looked after our home, pets and plants for a week, adapting to our very last minute decision. They kept us updated about pets sending us pictures of all of them very relaxed, that… read more
We stayed at their amazing place (a house with a big garden and pool) for about 10 days, last week taking care of their pets, while Etu & Agus were traveling. The time with them was always easygoing and relaxed in a way that you almost feel like old friends who are visiting them. We didn't thank them enough, the world… read more
They are not only really nice, friendly, easy going and relaxed people, but also flexible and proactive at the same time... always offering help.
They helped us in a lot of things, installing a new watering system in the house, cleaning, taking care of our house/garden when we… read more