Joy & Maarten

Netherlands
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We are currently
Travelling
Our next destination:
Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
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Hello there!
We are a couple from Rotterdam, the port city of The Netherlands. Although we love our city, we also like to travel a lot and have seen many countries all over the world.

We love backpacking, wild camping, hiking, fishing, ice bathing, second hand shopping, baking, cooking with fresh & organic food, reading, philosophizing, yoga and meditating.

Back home Maarten is a painter and Joy owns an antique/vintage and handmade jewelry business. She also assists with different types of ceremonies. And we are eager to learn new stuff in all kind of fields!

We have a lot of workaway experience. Such a cool thing to do! Helping eachother and connecting with other people. And to be in nature brings us in harmony and happiness.

We are two open minded spirits and love to meet new people to creatie new adventures with!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Spanish: Intermediate
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Babysitting and creative play
Being an elderly companion
General Maintenance
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Charity Work
Languages
Art Projects
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Teaching
Able to teach about:
Hospitality/Tourism
More details about your skills
We are a healthy, social & hard working couple who love allround jobs. Last year we visited a lot of Workaway addresses in Australia & New Zealand. Due to COVID19 we had to go back home unfortunately. But now we still want to try to escape our city Rotterdam because we along for a more outside living. We worked both in the hospitality branche for years. Maarten also works as a painter and Joy did 4 years business in marketing & PR. We are fit, handy, strong and healthy. Good with children and love animals. Our hobbies: Maarten loves to fish and read. Joy has a passion for vintage & second hand treasure hunting and makes jewelry from shells (which selling via Instagram: @catchbyjoy) We both like to cook, sport & know how to dance :)
Age
35 & 47
What else ...
The best things in life are for free!
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
- Special dietary requirements
  We are easy and eat everything but prefer organic & fresh food

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23 Apr 2024

Left by Workawayer (Joy & Maarten) for host (Looking for a nice stay at ...)

During our workaway travel trough Norway we had defenatly the best stay of all hosts at Venise & Gäby. What a power woman they are! This 10 days we felt super welcome because they are a very hospite couple and showed interest in our lives. We had some very good conversations. Gäby is the best cook and made us outstanding meals! Venise is a very… read more

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23 Apr 2024

Left by Workawayer (Joy & Maarten) for host (Gardening, organic ...)

We had a wonderful time at Asa and Trygve for a week. Such a peaceful place it is. We loved the quietness from the nature before we went back home. The food was outstanding delicious. Healthy food from the region. If you like to pick some mussels for dinner?Go for it!! The work was allso good arranged. Really recommend this wonderful place. Thank… read more

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21 Mar 2024

Left by host (Gardening, organic ...) for Workawayer (Joy & Maarten)

We enjoyed very much to have Joy and Maarten staying for a week. They are social, friendly and easygoing and easily adapting to the life in our home. They helped with a number of projects such as garden work, construction, cleaning and organizing and they cooked a couple of lovely meals for us. Maarten also fished from the fjord and they picked a… read more

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6 Jun 2020

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Joy and Maarten were awesome helpers. Joy is excellent at organising - sorted out my study and garage beautifully - and Maarten is great in the garden shifting wood to the wood pile, weeding , sweeping, and cleaning. He is also a great FISHERMAN! He caught dozens of fish on my beach and we ate fresh fish almost very night they were here. These… read more

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23 Apr 2024

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23 Apr 2024

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21 Mar 2024

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6 Jun 2020

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29 Mar 2020

Left by host (Help in our garden near ...) for Workawayer (Joy & Maarten)

Joy and Maarten were excellent in their help and we achieved much with them. Items cleared and removed. A new garden bed was made. A chook pen was put up with Maarten contributing some ideas. Joy helped to clean the windows which had the past few weeks of rain and dirt on them. She assisted in weeding and mulching and planting. Both enjoyed their… read more

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12 Mar 2020

Left by Workawayer (Joy & Maarten) for host (Come and enjoy canoeing, ...)

We found it wunderfull!! Anet and Rob are very very friendly. Beautiful food. Rob learned us some real cool stuff how to catch your bait for fishing. He has a lot of knowledge about the nature.

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10 Mar 2020

Left by host (Come and enjoy canoeing, ...) for Workawayer (Joy & Maarten)

Joy and Maarten were a pleasure to have around, bringing fun and laughter to the south coasts recent dramatic times. They completed all the tasks we asked of them, with enthusiasm. Both Maarten and Joy caught fish for dinner, cooking a lovely meal one evening, with a dutch desert as well. If it's enthusiasm, fun and laughter combined with hard… read more

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4 Feb 2020

Left by host (Ocean views over Northland, ...) for Workawayer (Joy & Maarten)

Joy and Maarten were such a delight to have around, they are great workers and showed Initiative and worked well either together or separately... they did a lot of fire wood... and one day when in town cleaned outside windows and out side house.. they are welcome back anytime... Maarten loves to fish and caught dinner on day. I would recommended… read more

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6 Jan 2020

Left by host for Workawayer (Joy & Maarten)

The most complimentary thing I can say about a Workaway experience is that it felt easy and effortless. Joy (perfectly named) and Marteen slipped smoothly into our lives and we enjoyed our time with them very much. Their work ethic was excellent and Marteen sorted a big problem of a crumbling bank by digging it back then shoring up the timber… read more

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