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Care and Hospitality in the Mendoza Patagonia

4.5
(66 reviews)66

The experience

Keep the environment neat, calm, and pleasant for everyone. Daily maintenance of cleanliness and order in common areas and outdoor spaces. Hanging, taking down, and folding sheets, occasionally making beds.

Welcoming travelers. Helping to serve breakfast. In the morning and at night, close or open common areas, check lights, doors, and heating. Flexible collaboration according to the day's needs.


What you offer

24 hours of help per week

Night Shift: Help with night shift tasks and create a relaxing environment for guests.

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

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

Reception: Help with check-ins, check-outs and guest assistance.


What you get

1 day 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.

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

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

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

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

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

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely


Requirements

Beginner Spanish or Beginner English

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

Travel insurance


What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa


Program Details

• Tasks we expect you to perform:
Maintain daily common and exterior spaces clean, tidy and in good condition throughout the day: ventilate rooms, disinfect frequently touched surfaces, arrange objects, remove trash, keep the patio and exterior entrance free of trash and leaves. Water potted plants. Occasionally clean the kitchen and bathrooms. Opening and closing of common areas in the morning and at night: check that everything is in order, lights, heating.

Hang, unhang, fold and store sheets and towels; occasionally make beds: When required, prepare rooms for new guests, including bed-making and cleaning.
Welcome travelers: Greet them, offer a simple explanation of how the hostel operates (hours, kitchen, common areas, rules), and accompany them to their room. Maintain a warm, friendly and service-oriented attitude. Be available for inquiries or guest situations about how the place operates, the surroundings, or activities in Malargüe. Provide help with small needs (utensils, directions, operation of facilities) and communicate any important situation to the team.

Be willing to take on additional tasks when the flow of movement requires it, such as helping to serve breakfast.

What you can expect from us:
Support, respectful treatment, a calm environment. We provide a safe, clean space, equipped kitchen and surrounding nature. Open communication: you can propose, ask, or adjust what you need. We offer the possibility to go on ONE excursion or horseback ride (we arrange it through our travel agency). Since the day is subject to availability, we arrange to switch your day off to do it, if it is not possible to coincide.


Activities & Shift

Hours and tasks
Dawn: spend a few minutes ensuring everything starts well (lights, doors, heating, basic order).
Night: a few minutes to check closing and overall state of the hostel.
1:00 PM to 5:30 PM (be flexible to change the schedule if necessary): availability for cleaning tasks, space care and reception.


Rules

Volunteers are expected to maintain respectful and kind treatment with guests and staff, as well as order and cleanliness in your personal space, to use water, energy and waste responsibly, to maintain safe attitudes and to report incidents or problems, and to take care of work items, furniture and equipment. Smoking indoors is not allowed.