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Hi Tom - I'll help you out by bumping your post!

This is exactly the sort of thing that would be of interest to me once I pack my bag and hit the road next year - and I am sure there will be plenty of others that would be interested. Have you considered listing on sites such as Workaway - sites which cater for this exact sort of thing?

I'd also suggest you enable Private Messaging so that people can contact you. I don't think they would mind if you put your email address on your post - but PM is probably a better option anyhow. You can do this in the Member Centre - enable PM and set your profile to 'public'. You'll know it's enabled when you see the people 'Private Message' hyperlink under your user name in one of your posts.

When I first heard about Workaway (only a few months ago), I was browsing through the 'jobs' to see the sort of stuff on offer, and was surprised by the variety. It's not just traditional 'woofing'. The first one to really grab my attention was actually something very similar to what you are offering, but in Turkey. It was the trigger for me to seriously consider my options for long-term travelling.

I love the idea of travelling/ moving around for a few months, then basing myself somewhere for a few months as a chance to get to know an area better, earn some $ (or save money as the case may be!).

So.. the timing is not right, but the concept is perfect! Maybe next year .. I'll be in touch!

This is a fabulous concept,just wish I'd got in on it earlier.damn, I could kick myself.Anyway I've got a pile of washing up and laundry needs doing so I'm offering free accomm on my rattan mat complete with lovely view of the Phnom Penh skyline (we got monkeys)
All I require of the lucky person is they know how to keep the old place ship-shape.A mere 5 hours a day should do it and in return I offer bloody good Russian food.

If I'm honest I'm not too up for the housekeeping, but I do really like Russian food

Hi Tom,
This sounds great! I'd like to take up your offer, only problem is that I won't be available until next year after I graduate. If the offer is still open then I'd love to come and help you out. Could I leave my email with you, so you can contact me nearer the time if you're still interested in having me?

A big thank you to everyone who has got in touch with us about our help exchange project. We are so pleased to have received so much positive feedback from people. However we have had such huge numbers of people contact us we can't accept anymore offers for July, but we will be looking for people who are interested to come in August.

Thank you so much
Gev

25 hrs a week work for accommodation. A week's accomodation in Thailand is only worth $200 or so plus food takes it up to $300. So it's $12/hr and you get to see 1 island only. I'd rather have a real holiday. I bet people want to drop out after a week.

I'm sure you'd regret murder. Life quotes are always so flawed.

Hi Lizzy, thanks for the support. I couldn’t have put it better myself, and our 12 happy volunteers so far seem to have agreed with you. A few people have asked in the forum if this is an opportunity we plan on offering on a long-term basis. We have met some really awesome people doing this, so we would love to continue doing it as long as we are living somewhere gorgeous where people want to come visit us. When we go back to England next year there may be a little less interest!

Longbeach – I was going to come back with a sensible response to your first post, but after your second I have no idea what you are on about. You seem a bit of a muppet to be honest. If it helps, you certainly wouldn’t be welcome to visit us in Samui so feel free to find another thread to crayon all over [img]smileys/smile.gif[/img]

Cheers,

Tom