The Elephants Hostels Bratislava

Hello, and welcome to our Worldpackers profile! First of all, thanks for checking us out and we hope you like what you see.

Secondly, we run two social hostels in the heart of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Both provide unique and memorable experiences, and although they are technically different hostels, we are a team and they offer similar adventures. While Urban is our relaxed, homely and quaint hostel, Wild, is wild. Both hostels have been continuously in the top 3 hostels in Slovakia for years.

We party hard and we love to go a little crazy at times. Ultimately, both are social hostels, run by, and for backpackers, with a strong emphasis on socializing. We have no space for bigots, fascists, or racists, but no matter your social battery, we have a place for everyone else!

We are currently looking for volunteers to help us with housekeeping, reception, bar, and putting on various activities.

In order to socialize and engage with guests, we organize many different social activities every day, such as group 'Slovak' lunches, visiting landmarks and museums, thrift shopping, sightseeing, hiking, and lake swims! We offer our guests a homemade meal every day and one of our volunteers signs up to be the chef - the meals are required to always be vegan (as it's the most inclusive meal type), and ultimately, delicious. At night we run our own pubcrawlsd which take our guests to some of thebest (and often cheapest) bars, and clubs, in town. As a volunteer you are of course invited to join everything free of charge!

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Our managers were once guests who had a good time here and we aim to deliver that same feeling to every guest who comes and visits. We are also travelers, so we know that money can get tight, and therefore we offer several different ways to pick up some extra cash during your stay - feel free to ask us about them when you message!

Our lovely staff is formed from volunteers all over the world - around 15 at a time at each hostel. We also have receptionists and bartenders - positions you can work your way into if you stay with us long enough and have a good work ethic! Our managers were all once guests :)

We like to make everyone feel welcome from the first moment they walk in. We try to make a fun environment for everyone to enjoy themselves and make new friends. We do throw crazy parties and as we are in Slovakia, we do like to drink - but know your limits!

As part of living at the hostel we ask volunteers to sign up for extra-curricular activities to involve themselves with guests and help do day-to-day tasks such as can crawl (recycling) or staff food shopping.
Every day we provide a volunteer with some money to go and take the guests out for lunch and try the local cuisine.
Our daily activities are a great way for you to do some exploring and sightseeing, while involving guests in your discovery journey (like an amateur tour guide)
We have drinking games every day and offer our volunteers free drinks to lead them.
Our dinners are cooked by YOU and every single sign to eat up with us is paid that you get to KEEP!
Our pubcrawls have incentives too! Whether you lead or help, you will be rewarded for your time.

Our volunteers are housed in spacious dorms and have every amenity available to them. We have separate dorms for separate positions, and each dorm has a staff fridge, as well as staff fridges available in our kitchens. Each dorm has AC and we enforce quiet hours to provide comfortable sleeps for all our hard-working staff!

We also provide you with food and discounted drinks at our bar! As well as incentives for receiving good reviews with your name mentioned!

Our cleaning shifts start at a reasonable time (10am) to ensure everyone gets a good amount of rest. And although reception shifts are longer, generally they're the favourite shifts in the hostel (although they're only available to longer term volunteers).

Management is very hands-on, working shifts in conjunction with volunteers and being available for concerns or questions at any point.

If you are energetic, fun and social get in touch, we'd love to chat and see if you'd fit the mould we're looking for. Alternatively, check out our instagrams! We're active everyday @wildelephantshostel and @urbanelephantshostel.