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3 days off every week & the beauty of the northwest at your doors

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The experience

We're a highly rated city hostel located in the most convenient location in the city. There is a consistent crew of 15-20 trade workers so you have an instant pack of friends to cook meals with/ explore the city with your fellow travelers. 4 shifts around 4-6 hours make it so you can really see your progress and the 3 days a week off allow you to enjoy your time in Seattle.

What you offer

20 hours of help per week

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

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

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

What you get

3 days off per week

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

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

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Pub Crawls: Be a part of our pub crawls at local bars!

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

Requirements

Intermediate English

Over 21 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The trade deal is 3 hours per night's stay, but we find that people much prefer longer shifts so we have them do four 6-4 hr shifts per week. This gives you 20 credit hours but also many days off to enjoy the city.

Working over the 20hrs will be credited to encourage more flexibility in scheduling and some spending money to explore the city.

Most of the shifts are in the middle of the day (10am to 2:30pm,11:00am-5:30pm), but breakfast is 7:00am to 1:30pm, and dinner work is 5pm to 9:30pm.

Activities & Shift

Shift times are subject to change based on availability. Here is a general idea of shifts.

Housekeeping:
Breakfast, laundry, bed flipper shift (7am-1:30pm)
Cleaner (10am-2:30pm)
Bathroom (11am-5:30pm)
Night cleaner (no supervisor) (7pm-1am)

Dinner:
Monday-Saturday (5pm-9:30pm)
Sunday (3pm-9:30pm)

Front Desk (only for longer tw stays):
Morning (8am-3pm)
Mid-day (when busy)
Afternoon (3pm-11pm)
Overnight (no supervisor) (11pm-8am)

Summer months only:
Garden/Construction

Rules

Please keep in mind we expect our trade workers to be able to follow directions in English, and work hard to keep our hostel clean. While you are trade working here, you are not considered an employee and we at the Green Tortoise have no obligation to keep you on as a trade worker if we notice that you are not doing your job. This means that if you don't do the work, we will tell you that you need to change your work habits and if you do not change then we may say that you can not continue in the trade work program.