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How Travel Bloggers Can Trade Advertising for Free Accommodation

Posted by The Working Traveller on January 27th, 2012

A lot of travel bloggers are chasing sponsored or press trips at the moment. Tour boards and travel businesses are increasingly aware of the benefits of arranging transport and accommodation for writers. In return most bloggers are happy to experience a new destination at little cost to them.

There is quite a bit of useful information out there on the subject already. The latest article I have seen is by Ryan Brown of Just Chuckin’ It. Writing at TravMonkey he recounts how finding a naked stranger asleep in his hostel bed led to getting taken on as the persona of the Nomads’ mascot camel.

Posted in Main Features, The Blogpacker, Working

Tags: accommodation, travel blogging

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JobSpy: Spend Your Gap Year in the Pub

Posted by The Working Traveller on January 26th, 2012

Where: Paris, Toulouse and Bordeaux
Who: FrogPubs

FrogPubs need help pulling some of the one million pints of bitter, lager, wheat beer, ginger, spicy and fruit beers served each year in their seven English pubs across France.

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Popular with expats and anglophiles, each FrobPub has its own microbrewery producing beers with names like Inseine, Dark le Triomphe and Parislytic to accompany restaurant food and British sports on the TV.

Gap year students are provided with a structured training programme and health insurance as they learn lessons in greeting and serving customers, driving sales and maintaining a clean environment. Staff are need both in the bar and in the kitchen.

Posted in JobSpy, Tourism, Catering & Hospitality

Tags: bar work, bordeaux, france, gap year, paris, toulouse

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JobSpy: A Comenius Assistant in Europe

Posted by The Working Traveller on January 17th, 2012

Where: Europe
Who: The British Council

The Comenius Assistants Programme is an EU trainee teacher placement to help participants improve their language skills and gain an insight into another European education system.

Comenius Assistants receive grants to work in schools and colleges across Europe for 12 to 16 hours per week. Placements are flexible from 13 to 45 weeks. Tasks include assisting in classroom teaching, supporting pupils’ group work, participating in project-based teaching, teaching their mother tongue and providing information on their own country.

Posted in JobSpy, Teaching English

Tags: europe, teaching english

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Tips for Cruise Ship Fitness Instructors: Keep Passengers Ship-Shape While Cruising

Posted by The Working Traveller on January 10th, 2012

Stop Your Clients Piling on the Pounds When They Indulge Themselves on a Luxury Cruise

Cruise ship fitness instructors know better than anyone that for many of their clients a cruise is a sure-fire way to gain a little extra holiday weight: the lounging on deck, the extravagant meals, the endless supply of drinks, it can all add up to a worrisome waistline episode once they return home!

However, with your help (and a touch of willpower) a cruise holiday can even become a positive health experience, without the need for your passengers to sacrifice the scintillating selection of goodies and indulgences on offer.

Posted in Guest Posts, Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Working

Tags: cruise ship jobs

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Workers of the World #4

Posted by The Working Traveller on January 6th, 2012

Articles and posts by or about travellers working their way around the world

Various & General Working Abroad
Live Chat! From Cruise Ships To Kabul With Long Term Traveler Wandering Earl
Foxnomad Anil hosts a live chat with Wandering Earl where some of the conversation covers working on board cruise ships and other ways to make a living abroad.

Stories from Backpackers: Working in Australia and New Zealand
Six travellers describe how they paid their way down under including bar work, housekeeping, digital marketing and appearing nude for a documentary.

Working Abroad, Volunteer Jobs and Gap Years

Posted in Volunteering, Workers of the World, Working

Tags: albania, au pair, australia, bar work, beijing, bolivia, california, cambodia, career break, chiang mai, childcare, china, cook islands, crewing, cruise ship jobs, czech republic, digital nomads, ecuador, florida, france, hostel jobs, housesitting, india, italy, japan, jordan, laos, london, missouri, new zealand, organic farms, palestine, phnom penh, prague, RVing, rwanda, south africa, south korea, sri lanka, teaching english, thailand, travel writing, tuscany, uk, usa, Volunteering, wwoof

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A Week in Edinburgh – Volunteer & Temporary Jobs at the Edinburgh Festival

Posted by The Working Traveller on December 23rd, 2011

Edinburgh has gained worldwide renown for the large number of events that congregate under the banner of the Edinburgh Festival. While putting on your own show is a great way to be at the heart of the festival, another option is to find a temporary position or, much easier, volunteer to work at the festival.

Along with the Fringe and the International Festival, Edinburgh also roughly concurrently celebrates, among others, Jazz and Blues, Art, Film, Books and the Royal Edinburgh Tattoo.

Posted in A Week In..., Other Work, Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Volunteering, Working

Tags: edinburgh, festival jobs, festival volunteer, festivals, scotland, uk

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A Week In Edinburgh – Jobs In Edinburgh Hotels

Posted by The Working Traveller on December 21st, 2011

Edinburgh is believed to attract an estimated 13 million tourists every year. Whether to check out all the sights and sounds of the fringe festival, which is the world’s largest arts festival, to be a part of the famous Hogmanay celebrations or just to visit the various sites of interest, Scotland’s capital city proves immensely popular with backpackers exploring the UK.

The city is rich in history and heritage and is also thought to have over 230 Edinburgh hotels, meaning there are plenty of job opportunities within the tourism industry for visitors wanting to fund an extended stay.

Posted in A Week In..., Guest Posts, Working

Tags: edinburgh, scotland, tourism jobs, uk

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Workers of the World #3

Posted by The Working Traveller on December 14th, 2011

Articles and posts by or about travellers working their way around the world

Various & General Working Abroad
How I Paid for 12 Years of Continuous Travel
Todd Wassel explains his methods for staying away from home including teaching stints in Japan, an internship in East Timor and working for NGOs in Sri Lanka and Kosovo.

Jill of all Trades
Lauren works her way in Australia as a Carny, bungee trampoline operator and hostel cleaner.

Working and Volunteering Abroad

Tweets From Last Night – Travel Careers
A round of a #TNI Twitter chat on breaking into the travel industry.

Posted in Volunteering, Workers of the World, Working

Tags: australia, bar work, childcare, china, cruise ship jobs, cusco, digital nomads, drug trials, east timor, film extra, france, hostel jobs, housesitting, internships, ireland, japan, kosovo, organic farms, peru, rarotonga, romania, serbia, south korea, sri lanka, summer camps, teaching english, travel writing, val d'isere, Volunteering, wildlife, wwoof

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Reader’s Letter: Working in Australia and Cambodia

Posted by The Working Traveller on December 8th, 2011

Most of the working abroad posts we feature on The Working Traveller are researched, ‘how to’ type pieces. Though I have plenty of travel tales to tell it is a rare day when I have not been able to duck out of sight when physical labour is mentioned.

Aside from four hours tending bar in a Turkish hotel and transporting business cards from Bolivia to Peru in exchange for a free lasagne my experiences in the workplace have, thankfully, been limited. As a consequence any first hand tales of looking after the spawn of the rich in Monte Carlo or working a season in the Alps aren’t going to come from my pen.

Posted in Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Volunteering, Working

Tags: australia, cambodia, catering, sihanoukville, work in hostels

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A Week in Amsterdam – Hostel Jobs in Amsterdam

Posted by The Working Traveller on November 25th, 2011

Amsterdam has more museums per square metre than any other city in the world. Combine this with an acclaimed club culture and a large but walkable historic centre and there are plenty of reasons for tourists to visit the city.

They have even managed to turn their red light district – an area that would be avoided in most other cities – into a tourist attraction.

Though it remains to be seen how changes to Amsterdam’s famous liberal drug policy will affect young visitor numbers, Amsterdam is sure to remain a backpacker favourite and a place where many visitors resolve to stay longer than they originally intended.

Posted in A Week In..., Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Working

Tags: amsterdam, netherlands, tourism jobs, work in hostels

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