Posts tagged with: "workawayer"

• Using Workaway
• Travelling Tips

• about 6 min
• 62 comments

It can be intimidating if you’re new to volunteering abroad (or need to reassure your parents). Here are a few tips for your first Workaway that I’m sure will give you the confidence to go for it and have one of the best adventures of your life.

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• Inspiration

• about 7 min
• 17 comments

Once you join the wonderful world of Workaway, life quite simply won’t be the same again. However, there are a few distinct ways to determine whether you’ve made it officially as a Workawayer. Not a tourist or a backpacker, but a full-time professional Workaway volunteer. Think you are deserving of the title? If you can tick more than 5 of these tell tale signs from the list, congratulations – you’re one of us now!

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• Travel Stories
• Using Workaway
• Inspiration

• about 7 min
• 6 comments

"During my ten years as a Workawayer I’ve fed goats, built earthen houses, helped tourists in the desert and served drinks in the Caribbean… and I’ve grown and changed so much from these experiences!"

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• Using Workaway
• Inspiration

• about 3 min
• 34 comments

Kids are the best teachers of life and to teach kids is both a challenge and an adventure. We have homeschooled our children for six years. During that time we travelled a lot, exposing them to varied cultures and lifestyles, yet it was only when we started hosting Workawayers that the dynamics of our homeschooling experience has changed so much for the better.

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• Workawayer of the Month

• about 9 min
• 10 comments

We chat with Milton who’s been curious about the world since a young age. He eventually packed up his bags, quit his job and started travelling the world! Through Workaway he picked up quite a few new skills, including some that got him his current job in Italy. We’re excited to see what other journey’s he’ll be taking!

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• Workawayer of the Month

• about 7 min
• 3 comments

Chester from Singapore started out from going on short hiking trips while working for an ad agency, to creating a life between traveling, writing and hiking full time! We got to hear more about his journey so far around the world, the connections he had made through Workaway, and the new lifestyle he has found for himself.

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• Workawayer of the Month

• about 9 min
• 1 Comment

Renata and Aline are a Workaway couple who’ve been travelling together since 2017. With their project, “a world without walls”, the duo is on a mission to inspire your next trip and challenge your perception of the world.

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• Workawayer of the Month

• about 11 min
• 32 comments

We recently came across the story of workawayers Anna and Marcin, a Polish couple who are pretty much living the dream. They quit their jobs for a life of slow travel, cycled from their home country all the way to Greece – AND brought their dog along on their adventures! We just need to find out more about their awesome journey.

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• Host of the Month

• about 5 min
• 1 Comment

This month, we talk with Juan who helps run a guest house in Ecuador on a remote beach in Santa Marianita. Drawing on his experience hosting over 100 Workaway volunteers (!), he shared valuable wisdom and his compassion for helping others. We’re already imagining the beautiful breeze coming off the waves and know you’ll be wanting to book a flight ASAP!

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• Workaway Ambassador

• about 6 min
• 12 comments

In our brand-new ‘Workaway Ambassadors’ blog series, they will share their volunteering stories, travel hacks, tips and more to inspire you. Next up is the story of Workaway Ambasssador Nina (teamed up to travel together with Giuse), a born-and-raised city girl who left the comforts of home to experience life in rural Chile. Her story truly illustrates the transformative power of travel and cultural exchange!

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• Workawayer of the Month

• about 7 min
• 16 comments

In the beginning I was very insecure and almost anxious but soon I simply fell in love with this miraculous, mesmerizing, beautiful country. I thought I might feel limited, as I just cannot wear whatever I want like at home or I cannot move freely because of being a girl, especially as a solo female traveller, but this turned out to be just wrong…

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• Workawayer of the Month

• about 11 min
• 16 comments

Travelling the world with almost no money might sounds like an impossible dream to many, but Workawayer Michael has tackled the challenge with only $15 left to his name, and he’s here to share his inspiring stories with us..

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• Travel Stories

• about 6 min
• 6 comments

What I couldn’t know then was that my first Workaway solo trip would teach me important lessons that I still rely on several years, and many Workaways later. Whether you’re considering your first solo trip with Workaway or your thirtieth, I hope you’ll find them valuable too.

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• Workawayer of the Month

• about 8 min
• 14 comments

This month we talk to Chloe, who’s currently on her first Workaway experience in Italy. We loved talking to her and getting an insight of what it is like to do your first ever Workaway exchange, and how the experience has inspired her to venture further out of her comfort zone.

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• Travelling Tips

• about 9 min
• 3 comments

Like it or not you will be identified as a newcomer when visiting a new place, but there are some tricks and tips to make you appear like a local…

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• Workawayer of the Month

• about 7 min
• 1 Comment

This month we talk to Workawayer Kat from Australia who has not only found friendship and enrichment through Workaway, but also love…

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• Workawayer of the Month

• about 7 min
• 4 comments

“I am not ‘travelling’ – I’m just choosing to be alive somewhere else.” September’s workawayer of the month features Trisha, a digital nomad working around the world, one Workaway project at a time!

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• Workawayer of the Month

• about 8 min
• 3 comments

“I personally don’t want to just see the world, observe it, I want to participate in it.” Jamie, first workawayer of the month, shares his unique way of travelling – by fully immersing in local experiences and making the most out of them!

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• Inspiration

• about 6 min
• 15 comments

We all travel for different reasons; maybe we even travel for no reason, but whatever it is that inspires us to travel we never come home the same person. Your eyes have seen new things, your body has experienced new feelings and your heart has felt new emotions.

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