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Retreat and support our guesthouse in central portugal :)

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The experience

We are a family that organizes community events and retreats/run a guest house in our beautiful space outside of Tomar.
Our aim is to bring life to our village through creating projects/events that provide meaningful experiences to the community/guests who visit us.

We need support in:
- Cooking for guests & drinks (creating a vibe!)
- help when we organize events
- cleaning and general guesthouse tasks.

MARKETING SKILLS are a MUST :)


What you offer

4 hours of help per day

Social Work: Help with volunteer work in local projects and communities.

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

Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens


What you get

2 days off per week

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

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

Tent: You will sleep in a tent at a camping site.

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

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

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

Yoga classes: Take free yoga classes at our place.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

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

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely


Requirements

Beginner English or Beginner Portuguese

Between 24 and 50 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers


What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa


Program Details

Here are the main tasks we need your support in:

Creating THE VIBE + support with events:
We need someone that KNOWS HOW TO COOK and prepare yummy drinks (preferible non-alcoholic) and likes to share its own specialities + attracting more people into our space.
When we have guests staying over from booking platforms we kindly ask to host them during their stay. That involves playing appropriate music to create a nice atmosphere/making & serving drinks/serving food/ helping guests with by answering any questions or concerns.

It's important to have a basic english speaking skills, as we receive people from all over the world :)
We might also need support in tasks during events + event promotion (events are usually concerts/ workshops/well being events).

For this tasks, we want someone that is social and mostly not afraid to interact with people, fun, self-driven.

Supporting the guesthouse: here is mostly helping us set and clean the breakfast space and other support that might be needed. We might also need your help in watering the plants around the space.

MARKETING SKILLS are a must for this vacancy, as we'll also need support in creating and growing with strategies.


During your stay, you can also participate in the activities we have running in the space (yoga classes & others) and relax in the space - we have a self-development library on growing with many interesting books ;)


Activities & Shift

4 hours per day for 5 days a per week. With 2 days off.
Shift Times may vary between 9h-13h & 16h-20h with a break and depending on the needs of each day.
The environment itself is very peaceful and relaxing. please enjoy our area as much as our guests do, most areas are open for you to use if guests are not occupying it.


Rules

No smoking inside our rooms. 10pm and after is quiet time hours. Respecting other guests who visit that are looking for a peaceful experience. Respecting the space by cleaning up after self and treating it like your home.