Workaway reviews, feedback and ratings - page 5

Alberto is a great all-round handyman - hard working and very competent at, seemingly, everything. He was only here for a few days but in that time he fixed what needed fixing on my car, re-worked some pallet building, collected and hauled many bags of gravel, helped move an iron bath (uphill!) and was, generally an all-round nice guy - getting on well with everyone here- and an absolute pleasure to host. The only drawback of his stay was that it wasn't nearly long enough - if I was rich I'd offer him a full time job here - and I really hope he comes back at some stage of his journey - he will always be welcome. Though, I'm sure he will be snapped up by any host he approaches - as he should be. He's a star Workawayer and I advise any prospective host to say yes - you won't regret it. I'm very glad I met Alberto and grateful for his input here - and wish him all the best for his New Zealand travels.

What a memorable month! After 10 years travelling, this experience will always stay with me: helping with the sweetest cats in the most beautiful place. The shelter is doing a great job of supporting Dahab's street cat population. You will be working with cats with various ailments and varying levels of health, but they are all so friendly, inquisitive, and positive. They really need and deserve love and help from volunteers! At times, it can be hard if there's an emergency at any time of day/night and, of course, you must be prepared for sadness if one does not make it. However, this is part of life, and it's so worth volunteering here if you are a cat lover. Shifts are morning and evening (9am-12pm and 5pm-7pm) and most likely you will share a bedroom and have access to a shared kitchen and bathroom. The programme suits those who are genuinely committed to working hard and making a better life for the sweetest cats. It attracts genuine souls, both foreigners and local staff like Mahmoud, so you are bound to make lasting friendships. It was easy to communicate with Gillian before the project and she helped me organise a taxi from the airport so everything was easy and seamless for me. Dahab is a wonderful place with loads to do outside of your volunteering hours. Bring or buy a snorkel for hours of world-class snorkelling offshore. There is also great hiking and day trips. There are so many great cafes to relax, and the community of locals and foreigners is wholesome and easy to tap into. But beware - you will want to stay forever!

Chrissi et Nala ont fait étape quelques jours chez nous. Elles ont été très discrètes et la présence de Nala a réconcilié ma fille avec les chiens tant c'est un animal doux et calme. Chrissi a ramassé les feuilles du jardin en un tour de main et nous avons eu de nombreux échanges très plaisants, en espagnol, en français ou même en allemand. Au plaisir de nous revoir Bonne route

I am beyond grateful to spend 5 weeks (jan, feb 2026) in this finca, in this beautiful paradise surrounded by wonderful people and stunning nature, where the sea is just 30 minutes away and the mountains are just above your head when you wake up. Its magical walking around among the oranges, lemons, avocados, marakujas with so much green around, where you can hear birds chirping all the time and breathing fresh air. It is so cleansing and freeing as we spend most of our time outside (except the nights). I could feel my nervous system calming down and being in peace! People here are so warm, Ana, Bruno and Fred were since the very beggining so welcoming, open, inclusive and friendly. I really felt like I belong here soon after I arrived. I am especially grateful for the energy, lightness and peace they nourish there that it contagious. Everything is done without rushing, with lightness and mindfulness, care and respect. This month I learnt a lot about myself and life, through the different lifestyle and the living there in general, through other beautiful people there, through the rituals, morning pujas, meditations, singing mantras, dancing, stories , work ... I already miss the morning time in the temple, daily gratitude circles and singing before our family meal. About the work is that I worked 5h per day 5 times a week. Sometimes we maybe also changed according to the weather if it was raining a lot and we couldnt do anything. If I couldnt manage to do/finish my hours in one day I could add it to the next days. The work was diverse and changing, we talked about it everyday in the morning. Also the finca is just 10-15 minutes walk from Orgiva, very alternative town with LOTS! of stuff to do! If you are interested in singing circles (where we always went all together and I absolutely loved it), meditations and meditative concerts, extatic dances, yoga, creative workshops and so on and so on ... this is the place to go. Also surroundings of Orgiva are definitely to explore! But enough spoilers! I am very grateful for my time here and for the learnings I have in my body and heart that I took home. And for the beautiful connections I made here. Thank you so much for this healing environment and magical experience, Hug Mira<3

Greatfull for being able to stay at Amanda's for over a week. I received support, perfect place to slow down and to explore the area. House and garden are amazing - calm, peacefull, plenty of birds, and the best bananas I've ever had! Although Amanda was not around that often, so it was mostly independent work, it was very nice to spend some evenings together and connect. She's very caring, helpful and honest. The garden is on very promising path to grow into something truly amazing - fingers crossed for all the projects that are on the making. Amazed by workaway magic, that allowed me to have another safe place to come back to on the opposite part of the world 🙏

Thank you Kaaren for this opportunity and experience ! Lovely to share a month together, enjoying dinner like a family with you and other Workaways !! Enjoy the pool and your garden now it’s your time to relax and have quality time at home :) See you and, à bientôt ! Clem & Tibo

We were so happy to be able to host Julia and have her part of the family, and miss her so much now that she is gone! Julia is very easy to get along with. Very kind and helpful, and shows great initiative to be able to see things that need to be done around the house before being asked. My two little girls loved her, and I think our dog is still pining after her, haha, she was a huge hit with everyone! We loved that Julia was independent and happy to go exploring and skiing by herself, but also loved when she joined us on family trips. We highly recommend her to other hosts and she is welcome back here any time :)

Had a wonderful experience thanks to silvia at the hostel. Always friendly, helpful, and attentive to guests’ needs. With her positive attitude and willingness to assist really made the stay comfortable and enjoyable. Truly excellent service — highly recommended!

Had a wonderful experience thanks to Bryan at the hostel. Always friendly, helpful, and attentive to guests’ needs. Bryan ’s positive attitude and willingness to assist really made the stay comfortable and enjoyable. Truly excellent service — highly recommended!✌️ 👍

She was the first Taiwanese for this year. I would definitely recommend Bella to her future host. She was flexible and available when ever needed. She created strong bond with my wife and daughter Sophia. And..her hand was so strong to that extent when she help to massage my ankle..I can feel the pressure when she pressed it. She always welcomed in the future.

One of the excellent volunteer in the house " Baya" - she is friendly, helpful, and always making guests feel welcome. Truly made the stay more enjoyable. Highly recommended! 👍 👍

Overall his stay was positive. Definitely recommended to his future host. He always available when ever needed. He also help in the farm with the rest of my volunteer. Hopefully one day he would be able to become a host too. and i wish him good luck and all the best.

Barbara and Gurjeet stayed with us for a couple of days, and their presence made a real difference in our home. They helped me complete a long-pending task — building a garden bed in front of the house. What stood out most was their independence. Once we discussed and agreed on the tasks, they carried them out fully without needing constant prompting or supervision. They only asked questions when they needed clarity. They didn’t hesitate with any task — whether it was physical work, cleaning, organizing, or cooking — they approached everything with the same positive attitude. Our terrace, which had slowly turned into a mess, became a peaceful and inviting space through their effort and care. That transformation itself felt symbolic. Beyond the garden and terrace, they helped with general household tasks and cooked delicious Indian and French dishes for us. Gurjeet is also into music — one evening we sang together while he played the tabla. It was a joyful and memorable experience for all of us. They were wonderful with the children as well — warm, attentive, and respectful. Barbara and Gurjeet are independent, positive, and capable of working without constant monitoring. I would recommend them any day to anyone looking for responsible, self-driven, and kind volunteers.

We had a great time staying with Linda and David, they're both super friendly and easy to get along with! We appreciated that they gave us good suggestions for walking and places to go in the local area, and even took us to a cool pizza place on our last night. The house is lovely, with beautiful views over the valley from our bedroom, and it was nice to have the dogs and cats around for a bit of fuss. Work was about 4 hours each day, mostly in the garden and tidying up the outdoor areas of the property after a storm. Ellen also exercised Linda's two horses, which was definitely the best work we could have been asked to do! 10/10, would definitely recommend (as the last review said, definitely come if you like this place!) :)

Audrey, thank you so much for the precious experience! I had a very fruitful time for a month. This was my first workaway and Audrey has a lot of humanity and full of emotions host who has made my life very special. We did so many things like gardening picking the mushrooms and tidying up the barn and organizing the fridge. The work was hard but her delicious home-cooked meals every day kept me going! It took me a while to get used to life here, as it was very different from Japan and my English skills were not good but, the community around Audrey was wonderful, and everyone treated me with such kind. I'm even worried that my life starting tomorrow might feel boring🤣 Audrey, I appreciate you. Thank you so, so much. Please, take a good rest!

Tiffany and Johnathon are just lovely, incredibly obliging easy going and helpful - they were an absolute delight to host. Unfortunately Jonathon was unwell most of the time with me but he seems very capable and the one days work painting he did for me was very much appreciated but probably a case of under utilizing his skills. Tiffany is so enthusiastic and full of life and did a great job of revamping my veg garden which involved moving a lot of heavy pebbles - I marvelled at her strength - oh to be young and strong.I suspect they wont be back this way but if they ever were I'd love to have them return.

It was such a wonderful experience. I truly appreciated living with locals, it made the stay feel so authentic and special. The family is incredibly kind and so lovely, we felt welcomed from the moment we arrived. We’re really sad to be leaving. I would recommend this place 100% without hesitation. The location is absolutely beautiful and perfect for enjoying the area. Thank you again for everything, we’d come back anytime!

It was our first workaway ever, and we are glad to have chosen Lane's farm : the place is fabulous. Living in true nature, surrounded by trees, chicken and goats. The dogs were amazing too. Actually, even if you don't like dogs, you will like them, lovely and super smart at the same time. The work is not too hard, was mostly wattering at this period. We also had the chance to plant 30 mangos trees ! Really hope they will make it through and give a lot of fruit in the next years !! Also, you will eat veeeeery well there. That's one of the best point. Delicious smoothies 3 times a day, avocado toast on morning, you will discover the rest. And Lane is a very good person, always nice, flexible and super positiv anytime (even when the goat destroyed a plantation 😛) . You feel like home. Easy life, at first it looks kinda awkward but in a few day you get used to it and it feels so good. Nights are amazing as well. There is crickets noise but it becomes relaxing very fast. The roaster are far from where we sleep so they dont bother. There could be some bugs at night, and you might need to set up a fire, but not everytime for us. And the stars ... You litteraly turn the head from your bed and you can see them, illuminating the night. It is a pure experience on its own. All in all. Come try it ! Highly recommand 🙂

Lautaro es un amigo argentino muy interesante, el ha viajado mucho y por ello siempre tiene ideas innovadoras respecto a projectos como el nuestro; nos ayudo muchisimo en diversos aspectos, en la creacion de una colecta digital de dinero para compras de materiales para nuestras clases de ingles a los niños, diseño de nuestros projectos en casa y mas. Lautaro es una persona tranquila y muy inteligente en cuanto a dar consejos de cambios en la casa, el tuvo la genial idea de pintar sobre ladrillo con pintura blnca, quedo muy bonito y ademas nos hizo ahorrar dinero. Muchas gracias por todo Lautaro, te deseamos lo mejor.

I had a wonderful experience staying and working with MJ's family. From the moment I arrived, I felt welcomed and comfortable. The cottage I stayed in was amazing, peaceful, and perfectly equipped. During my stay, I not only had a lot of fun but also the opportunity to learn many new skills and experience. The family was supportive, kind, and happy to share their knowledge. I highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a positive and enjoyable experience. I’m very grateful for my time there and truly hope others get the chance to enjoy this as much as I did.