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[Pogues Mcgogues]

Hey,

It's probably not the best place to post this here, tho I'm getting opinions from all sides and I imagine there may be a few who could help.

I was meant to be heading to Canada for a working visa but this fell through. So....I'm getting my big fuck off bonus in February and have thought why go all the way away somewhere far far far away when I have the wonderful and amazing mainland on my doorstep!

I'm going to be leaving in March (just before the season) and I'll have completed a classroomwith online TEFL course by then. Im looking and most TEFL jobs start later than that (would love to do it in Istanbul) so have thought I'd like to travel and get odd jobs on the way.

I wouldn't even mind working in a campsite or hostel etc for a good while if they need it. I was thinking of heading east but would go anywhere. Does anyone know of any good drop out and fuck off out the UK type jobs you can get in season in Europe? Does hostel, campsite, tour guide, tefl,  etc, jobs come about often?

I've been looking and there's a few enviromental and anarchist camps I could do some volountary work with no cost as well (there's a huge squat in Moldova where there's an interational group of activists restoring an abandoned old public park - things like that).

This post might make me sound lik a dick, but I tried working the shit job in the UK routine and it doesn't work. I'm liking the idea of just travelng where work is and doing stuff that I might enjoy, if i don't then I can just get up and go kind of thing. Might be a bit naive but any tips or helps and pointers would be amazing!

Thanks in advance.

[MrZigster]

Whatever you end up doing, all the best with it mate. Good luck.

[jamesontheverge]

Might be worth checking out this website. My 18yr old daughter got a job through then. She now working in the highest ski resort in the French Alps.   http://www.natives.co.uk/

[jamesontheverge]

or this one  http://www.seasonworkers.com/

[Pogues Mcgogues]

Cheers Zigster! Am I right in saying you work accross the pond and commute daily?

Thanks a lot James. Having a look on they sites. Just want to get away and going to Canada/Australia costs money where the EU/Europe is more or less free in a way!

[MrZigster]

Yes Pogues almost. I make the journey three times a week. One for a night shift, one for a double shift where I stay at a hotel overnight (which I'm on now) and one late shift.

Edit: To most seafarers "The Pond" means The Atlantic. They demeaningly refer to people who work the channel as "puddle hoppers".

Edited by MrZigster, 02 February 2012 - 09:26 AM.

[tonyblair]

MrZigster, on 02 February 2012 - 07:08 AM, said:

Yes Pogues almost. I make the journey three times a week. One for a night shift, one for a double shift where I stay at a hotel overnight (which I'm on now) and one late shift.

Edit: To most seafarers "The Pond" means The Atlantic. They demeaningly refer to people who work the channel as "puddle hoppers".

glad you clarified that.... I was trying to work out the logistics of commuting to America...?

[Pogues Mcgogues]

Sorry, yeah the pond shouldn't have been used there!

[grumpyhack]

Most of the camping companies have site reps as do the package holiday companies.  But they tend to be people with local knowledge and reasonable local language.  But it doesn't sound like brownnosing holiday makers is your scene.
Volunteer stewarding at some European festivals?

[Pogues Mcgogues]

grumpyhack, on 05 February 2012 - 09:27 PM, said:

Most of the camping companies have site reps as do the package holiday companies.  But they tend to be people with local knowledge and reasonable local language.  But it doesn't sound like brownnosing holiday makers is your scene.
Volunteer stewarding at some European festivals?

I saw a few hostels advertising and the only language required was English. That was in the East and to be truthful I'd prefer to go that way.

I'm still hopeful of TEFL things cropping up. I thought about festivals but I'm unsure of how to get into them and I would like paid work.

I've heard bar work is easy enough to find too.

I reckon I might go and volounteer at something if I get stuck tho. There's an envirmoental restoration thing in Moldova in a park which has been practically abandoned and you can squat there as well whilst you help.