Roberto

& Virginia

Travel information

We are currently

Description

NOW
We're available for new experiences :)

CURRENT LOCATION
Buenos Aires, Argentina

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LAST WORKAWAYS 2024/2025 (Thailand and Italy)

** April to October 2025
Locanda di Poggio al Sole (Tuscany, Italy / Paid Position)

As a couple, we supported the full daily operation of the locanda, helping both in restaurant service and guest accommodation. We prepared the space for each service day, assisted in kitchen and dining room tasks, and helped ensure smooth day-to-day operations in a dynamic hospitality environment.
- Full support in both restaurant + lodging operations
- Daily setup and readiness for kitchen and dining service
- Assistance with food prep together with the chef
- Handling orders and payment/POS system
- Managing phone reservations and guest communication
- Receiving suppliers and coordinating daily deliveries
- Property care (including watering plants and general upkeep)
- Managing check-in / check-out for guests

** February 2025
Happy Tails (Koh Samui, Thailand)

Animal rescue environment focused on both cats and dogs. 
- Daily care of dogs and cats
- Feeding and hygiene routines
- Health/medicine support (as instructed)
- Cleaning and maintenance of rescue areas
- Socialization and welfare-focused routines
- Team coordination and daily operational tasks

** December 2024
Koh Chang (TH), one of the largest Thai islands in the Gulf of Thailand

Helping in a rescue dog centre (living with more than 20 dogs):
- Taking care
- Feeding
- Providing medicine
- Go for walks
- Cleaning wounds
- Socializing

** November 2024
Hua Hin (Thailand), coast city 2h away from Bangkok

Helping at long-term tourist condo:
- Gardening
- Diary tasks
- Cleaning
- Decoration
- Painting

** October 2024
Koh Phayam (TH), a beautiful island :)

Helping at big spacious property with bungalows, a restaurant and animal sanctuary:
- Customer Service in the restaurant
- Pizzaiolo (Making the pizza in the pizza oven)
- Web / Google MyBusiness set-up [Maps, etc.]
- Worksheets creation (very useful for the next volunteers)
- Restaurant Menu
- Taking care of the animals (dogs, cats and chickens)
- Photography
- Gardening
- Electricity
- Diary tasks


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Hi hosts and workawayers! Nice to e-meet you and thanks for visiting our profile! (:

We're Viri and Beto (Virginia -33- and Roberto -39-), from Buenos Aires (Argentina) but travelling the last 3 years. We're very kind and social persons. Very helpful, happy, proactive, and always looking for a positive and creative way to solve problems.

Why are we here? Why not? The world is too big to stay in one place & life is too short to do just one thing... We love to travel, do useful things, help others to realize their dreams and projects, meet people, lovely animals, learn about other cultures, learn more languages... just enjoy life. We think the world is changing so fast that we want to be part of these changes.

- A little more about us!

Viri studied at a spanish/english bilingual school back in Buenos Aires, so she manages very well the english language. She also studied to become a veterinarian, for three years, and the career of Psychology. She's also a fan of every kind of animal, mostly cats.

Regarding her work experience, she've worked as a Kindergarten Auxiliar at the school she studied at (St. Margaret's School, Buenos Aires), so she loves taking care and playing with kids. On the other hand, she worked as a Bilingual Recepcionist at a Doctor's Office for 8 years and she used to run a Make-Up project with her twin sister.

Viri really enjoys music and discovering new bands, and loves to sing, playing the guitar, piano, dancing, and everything that has to do with arts.

As soon as we moved to Spain, she started to work taking care of dogs and cats, and as a front desk receptionist in a Thai Massage Center.

Beto has a Degree in Advertising and worked almost ten years in different Advertising Agencies, but in 2014 he decided to start his own project, creating his own Creative Agency with two more friends-partners, so that's his main activity nowadays. Also, he has worked as a University professor, so he likes to teach and give lessons about what he knows.

He also lived in City of Mexico (Exploring the area to expand the agency) and Jericoacoara (Brazil) - Just to know how it was to live at the beach, and loved it. He was helping a friend who owns a Hotel, helping with the tourists, Social Media, checkins/checkouts, etc.-

Beto's also a clown-therapist and really love the circus, practiced acrobatics, love music, play percussion and he's an amateur singer. Passionate for the nature and animals. Loves playing fútbol (aka soccer) and all kind of sports. Also, he's an amateur magician too. He studied one year in one of the most important magic academies back in Argentina (No, he didn’t study at Hogwarts... hahaha!)

Together, over the past few years, we’ve gained strong hands-on experience in hospitality, guest service, pet care, and day-to-day operations in multicultural environments.

A very important milestone for us was our paid position in Italy (April–October 2026) at Locanda di Poggio al Sole (a restaurant with accommodation in Chianti), where we worked full-time across both restaurant and lodging operations. During those months we prepared daily service, supported kitchen and dining room activities, managed orders and payments, handled reservations, welcomed suppliers, and took care of guest check-ins/check-outs and general property upkeep.
That long-term professional experience gave us even more structure, responsibility, and confidence in high-standard hospitality environments.

So, that’s a brief summary of us, but please feel free to contact us if you’d like to know more!

- What we're looking for at this moment:

Hospitality:
Ready to take responsabilities related to reception (front-desk, checkin, checkout), cleaning, cooking (informal), and making people feel confortable.

Taking care of pets:
We can manage to take care of many animals. We're really-really animal lovers.

Language/cultural exchange:
We can teach English or Spanish. We'll love to learn Italian or improve Portuguese.

House-sitting:
We're fun, but also serious, so we can take care of your home with responsibility.
Includes gardening.

Business Grow:
We're always looking for business-oriented initiatives :)

DIY & Mantainance:
Ok, we're not really experts in this area, but we really like to learn new things and be able to handle it.

Always:
Meet new places, cultures, and friends :)

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We're available to arrange an introductory videocall if you find it fruitfull.

Thanks for reading! Hope to see you soon!

Viri & Beto :)

IG:
@virbottarii
@repemondo_

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-bottari-054993265/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertorepetto

Interests

Plant care

Photography

Pets

Performing arts

Outdoor activities

Nature

Music

Movies & TV

Mountain

LGBTQ

Languages

History

Hiking

Farming

Books

Astronomy

Adventure sports

DIY & crafts

Drawing & painting

Events & social

Gardening

Fashion or beauty

Cycling

Culture

Dancing

Charity work

Art & design

Cooking & food

Beach

Animals

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Intermediate
Portuguese: Intermediate

More details about my language interests
Teach english and spanish // Learn italian and portuguese

Find a language buddy

Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Eco Projects

Helping around the house

Animal Care

Hospitality/Tourism

Charity Work

Languages

Art Projects

Helping with Computers/ Internet

Gardening

DIY and building projects

Babysitting and creative play

Being an elderly companion

Life at a Farmstay

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Able to teach about:  

Teaching

More details about your skills

We're happy and enthusiastic to collaborate with other people on different projects :)

Our skills:

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Helping with guest/tourists
🏡 Help in the house/hostel
🧠 Place organization
🎪 Events Animation
🎟 Events Organization
🎨 Art Projects
⚽ Soccer Instructor
👫 Managing people
🕺 General helping
📊 Advertising Specialist
📈 Business Development
🐾 Animal Care
🏆 Charity Work
🥑 Cooking
💻 Helping with Computers / Internet (Beto was a nerd as a child!)
🧹 Cleaning
📦 Place organization
🗣Sociable
🎒Practice
🎯Problem solving
💡Proactive
➕Productive

Age

39 & 33

What else ...

We think outside the box and we're always able to adapt to challenging circumstances. We put a lot of effort into what we do, we think that the world needs more passionate people.

We believe this sort of experiences are very fruitful, and necessary to expand people's mind.

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  No

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  Special dietary requirements
  Viri: No // Beto: Prefer Natural/Vegan/Vegetarian food