Avaliações, comentários e classificações Workaway

Marie, thank you so much for answering our 'last minute' listing post. It felt like grace that it should work perfectly for you too as you explored our eastern coast line in early March. We appreciated your positivity and easy going nature fitting perfectly into our family environment from the get go. It was a really stressful time for me and yet you were just lovely with your quiet steady support in the home, with the kids and our gardening and DIY projects. We wish you all the very best as you continue to venture forwards walking through and discovering your next steps in life. We are certain you will do good in which ever capacity that is. Warmest regards from us all.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here with P and Stuart! They are great company, great hosts and great cooks! We felt very welcome and comfortable here and really enjoyed getting the opportunity to explore the vineyard and learn more about wine. There is lots to do around the Motueka area, so there were plenty of options for entertainment in our time off. We hope to visit again with family and engage in their official wine tasting tour.

It was our absolute pleasure to host Maddy. She made an excellent contribution to garden projects and with cooking meals and preserving produce. She happily participated in any activities we were doing and quickly became a welcome part of the household. Maddy has a lot of great skills that could be applied to many sorts of projects, including leadership, planning, problem solving and working collaboratively. We highly recommend her to any future workaway hosts.

Marta was one of our favorite volunteers in a long time, if not of all time! A+ all around, very intelegent and strong like bull never complaining about anything. The type of worker you tell one time and consider it done, we felt like I never had to check up on anything. Being a coffee lover made her a passionate picker and preocessor. No one will take care of the coffee with such care and devotion as Marta did. We were devestated when it was time for her to go. Hosts, consider yourselves lucky if she messages you for a volunteer opportunity. Please come back soon!

Ellie stayed with us for three weeks and during that time was a beam of energy and support around the home and garden. She is confident, open-minded, clever, resourceful, studious, quiet, noisy, fun, serious, hard-working, relaxed and just all-round a fabulous person to have in one's life! We communicated well and honestly about any concerns, or requirements/wishes and discussed 'hot topics' with mutual respect and an attitude of care and openness to learning. She's a very mature young person in many ways, reflecting deeply and looking for opportunities to expand her knowledge of self and others. Ellie's cooking is fabulous - one could say a she's 'bake-aholic?!' but don't pigeonhole her into the kitchen; this gal has many talents and interests. She did weeding, animal care, cleaning and odd jobs around the place, with equal zest and accomplishment. Don't hesitate to offer/request a range of duties! May you enjoy Ellie's lovely company and help - highly recommended Workawayer :-))

Rhonal stayed at our farm twice! It was an honour to host Rhonal. The first time he came with his friends and stayed for a week. He helped with making a fence around our raspberrries. Thanks to Rhonal, this boring and fysical job became fun, he arranged for some music. In the evening we played card games and learned local dances and played music. Rhonal is a great guitar player and we found out he is actually a designer and an artist! So we were lucky he came back and we are proud to have a real 'Roni' on our wall. He made a huge mural on a wall under the hangar. It was in the middle of winter and very cold but he continued anyway. He is very gifted and a wonderful person and we would love to see Roni again some day.

Although for the most part I enjoyed this experience, I wish I had more direction from management and more enforcement with our duties. I connected with a lot of interesting people, but overall there needs to be more community here. It feels like everyone just wants to lounge, and there wasn’t really a Caribbean feel. There are also too many volunteers at once, you only need like three, and they should be friendlier and more engaging. It is very, very, very chill here. I’m used to working for my worth, so just know I didn’t take anything for granted. They are VERY generous, and you can really do whatever you want. The work itself is SUUUUUUPER easy. You WILL be BORED. If you are an active person with a fun personality, this is not the place. Also, my expensive workout bra was taken from my cabin. I asked the laundry ladies in Spanish if they saw it, and they looked at me like, “Why tf are you talking to me?” They had a nasty attitude with me for no reason, even though I was always polite and thanked them. I don’t understand why it was taken in the first place, especially since I didn’t even put it in the laundry. Victor told me they lose items all the time and mix up bags regularly, which is clearly an issue. He did reimburse me, but there needs to be a general manager handling situations like this. Someone needs to be in charge. Overall, this isn’t a very welcoming place. No one is friendly at first, though I understand it takes time for people to open up. The servers and bartenders are hardworking, and I built good relationships with them over time. The overall vibe just felt off. I also think the volunteers you’re with make the experience, and we just didn’t connect, which is fine, but many of them acted like guests at the lodge. I wish there was more warmth and kindness, but everyone seems stuck in their own world. The culture is very different from what I’m used to. Regardless, you have to make your own fun.

Scott is amazing. He adapted very well, works very hard, helped us cook many times, played a lot with the kids, and we went out to eat a couple of times. Don’t hesitate—accept Scott into your volunteer program, you won’t regret it!

Jeremy stayed with us for over a month, and we were sad when he had to leave (but also excited for his new adventures). We shared so many wonderful moments—meals, laughter, deep conversations, and much more! He came to us with energy, and open mind, and kindness, he also possesses a great passion for connecting with the land and for learning everything he can about it, the local area, its history, and its culture. He is someone who observes and learns quickly, and he is capable of moving projects forward independently. He helped us with a variety of projects: building with cob, preparing garden beds, planting, caring for the animals, and more. He also looked after the homestead while we were away on a 10-day trip—and he did a fantastic job! Jeremy knows how to flow seamlessly within a community setting; he is wonderful, patient, and fun with children, and he can sense where energy and guidance are needed without needing to be managed . We are confident that he would be a positive presence in any situation or environment. We truly enjoyed our time with Jeremy, and he is welcome back anytime!

Michaela was here in spring 2025 and helped us a lot with fencing, gardening and all the animals. I think the chickens were her favourites. Michaela is a pleasant individual to have around and we enjoyed her company. We whish her all our best.

I spent a total of one month here. It was a wonderful time, and such a lovely family! :) Cathy, Jim, and Carla. I really enjoyed our dinners together and the atmosphere of the place. I highly recommend their place! They gave me so much, so I can only be grateful for everything! Thank you, Cathy, Jim, and Carla!

My time here was amazing! This was my first workaway experience and I had such a wonderful time, I can't speak highly enough of it. Martina is so kind and welcoming, she made me feel right at home as soon as I arrived. The work is not too difficult, I spent most of my time winding balls of yarn, sewing and glueing dried flowers on her packaging paper. She also was excited to show me around her town and learn about Chilean and Northern Patagonian culture. We hunted for muscles at the beach, visited the the corral de pesca and she taught me how to weave on her waist loom! The food is also so delicious and she was very conscious of my food allergies which was very comforting to know. One of the best weeks I've had traveling, I would definitely recommend!

I spent 10 days on board in Bocas del Toro and it was a mix between exploring the island at the marina and anchoring near different islands. Bocas is a beautiful area with turquoise water and mangroves, with bioluminescence at night. Sam is a very competent skipper and knows everything about boats, which means even when things do go wrong I felt completely safe in his hands. He is completely open to ideas and very easy going which makes it so much fun and a pleasure to be on board. Sam is an excellent host and couldn't recommend this workaway more. Can't wait to follow where Sam's boat takes him! Hopefully he'll have more success with catching lobsters in future!

Maria brought such a positive energy, always with a big smile and a cheerful, easygoing vibe that made everything feel lighter. We especially loved the beautiful drawing she made of our view — it’s something we will truly cherish and keep as a special memory 💛 Obrigada Maria!

We had a great experience with Aga and her family. She was helping in english lessons in the school, and Marcin was helping in some building and mainteinance around the house they stayed in. The girls joined the school as students, though it was a bit difficult for them since they didn't talk much spanish, we think they enjoyed being part of our school for a month. The family is very chill and independent but also always open to share some meal or enjoy a daytrip.

I had a great time in this beautiful country house with Letícia, her family, her neighbour. They are all soooo nice and welcoming! Their little girl is precious!🥰 I chatted a lot, got to know a lot about Croatia, the language, the music, did amazing walks...and some times I even worked a bit! Thank you. I hope to see you one day again, dear new friends 🤗

Marike was a great volunteer to host here. She is a humble, low-maintenance person who adapted quickly to the hot, humid tropical climate and handled the physically demanding work with resilience. She worked hard, picked up new skills quickly, and showed genuine care for our animals, spending time with both the cats and dogs. Marike was very self-sufficient and managed her time well, often reading during her free time, which made the hosting experience easy and relaxed. She required little to no supervision, kept shared spaces clean, and was overall a reliable and positive presence. We would happily host her again and recommend her to other hosts.

Elie was a great crew member, reliable on the helm and always keen to learn more. Very good at pointing it in the same direction by the end of the trip ;). She was outgoing and friendly to everyone we met and would be welcome back anytime.

I'm thankful I could stay with Eliza for one week at her beautiful home. She let me feel very welcomed and included from the moment we met. Although our age difference is more than forty years, we had many things in common and exchanged ideas and knowledge about health and nutrition which I found sort of funny and also very cool:)) While I was there, a harp concert took place at her house - with two harps, it was just BEAUTIFUL. My work was transplanting plants, taking weed out and preparing the soil for planting seeds. The village is beautiful with many houses build around 1720. I took walks in the fields and forest close to her home. I would have liked to explore more but I'll leave that for the next time I visit you Eliza;)

I had a very great time with Anais, she is a dedicated manually gifted Person. I really had an excellent experience with her. Nothing was to hard or to difficult, She is also very fun to hang out with. All en all we had a very productive and fun experience together. I only can recommend her. Great energy great personality. I did love having her working with me.