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What you offer

32h

Hours per week: Help out and collaborate with your host only a few hours per week.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.

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What you get

Days off per week: Have some time off for yourself, go explore the city or rest for a while.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Discounts on Tours: Get discounts for tours and excursions around town.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Support: Get help from the Worldpackers support team in case you need it, at any point of your trip.

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Availability

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Stay at least: 4 weeks

Stay up to: 12 weeks

The Experience

The Topside Inn is a lovely property with Harbor and ocean views in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. We are open seasonally and need to get the inn opened. Spend the start of the season with us and help us to open so we can take great care of our guests, serving breakfast and servicing rooms! The longer you can stay, the better!

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Requirements

Fluent English
Between 21 and 30 years old
Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)
Be from United States

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

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18 Reviews

5.0

Host & Team

5.0

Hours & Tasks

4.0

Guest House

4.5

Learning & Fun

4.5

How this experience will transform you

8 Meeting international travelers
8 Meeting locals
7 Immersing in the local culture
4 Get in touch with nature
3 Practicing English
2 Creating true social impact

Gabriela

United States

Absolutely recommend this experience! Mark, Buzz, Leanne, Rebecca, Liam and everyone there were the nicest people in the world! No lunch was provided, but we got paid so it worked. We get breakfast every morning and the food is out of this world! The work is suuuper chill, only 3 hours a day and you have your agreed upon days off. I do have to stay that the place where we stayed isn't luxurious at all, a bit dirty and with a good amount of bugs, but besides that the experience was amazing!! Boothbay is a beautiful and safe place and the guest house is 10/10. Already miss this experience!

10 months ago

João Pedro

Brazil

The weeks I spent at the guest house were a very good experience. Everyone is very nice, polite and thoughtful. They did what was agreed and they always try to make you feel better. They care if you're enjoying the experience. The place as a whole is very beautiful, as is the city. I really have nothing to criticize. It was an excellent option and I strongly recommend anyone looking for a nice and safe place to choose this excellent team.

over 2 years ago

Bree

United States

This was a great experience for me! It was my very first time traveling alone, so I was very nervous, but Mark & Buzz were so welcoming and great! They truly value customer service and it was really cool to improve my knowledge of the hospitality industry. The work was a lot sometimes, but it was great to work with a team on everything. When I wasn't working, I would often explore the city on my own and Boothbay Harbor is a neat town with SO much to do within walking distance, so it was really cool to explore. They really made me feel like a part of the team for how short of time I was there!

almost 3 years ago

Abby

United States

Buzz, Mark, Rebekah, and JP are wonderful people. I enjoyed getting to know them, meeting the staff from overseas, and working alongside everyone everyday. Also breakfast was always so delicious! There were only two unexpected parts during my stay. The staff housing needed to be renovated and I ended up working on the housekeeping team more than I originally intended out of necessity. I thought I was mainly going to be part of the kitchen staff instead. Even with those few hiccups, it was an overall really great experience and I loved exploring, traveling, and meeting new people in Maine.

over 2 years ago

Cécile

France

The entire team is very nice, always helpful, if you need anything you can always count on them. We had an amazing lobster diner all together. It was so fun and the food was amazing. Thank you so much for this experience. The job is hard (not that the tasks are difficult to understand but it is very demanding). I needed at least a week to accommodate myself to the schedule and be able to fully enjoy Boothbay Harbor. All in all, it was an enriching experience.

almost 3 years ago

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Hosted by Mary

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