Join our hostel and connect over food, events, and adventure in Bend, Oregon, United States

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  Description

  Hello Workawayers!!
  
  Do you enjoy contributing to a community?
  Do you enjoy floating down a river with a cold beer?
  Do you wanna find a place to settle for a summer of fun?
  
  Well, you found it.
  
  We're searching for someone who doesn't back away from a challenge, who cares deeply about community, and who strives to make every place they enter a more welcoming place. The ideal candidate will share their unique talents, skills, and interests with our community. We try to operate like a family, but it isn't easy working with people you live with. We expect clear communication, the ability to apologize, and the willingness to make meaningful connections.
  
  Our hostel in downtown Bend, Oregon, is the adventure basecamp of Central Oregon -- connecting outdoor adventure-seekers over food, beer, and events. Our property includes food and beverage carts, a sauna bath house, hammocks, and firepits. You will be invited to join us for staff outings and weekly activities such as trivia, karaoke, etc. You will learn about Bend and the surrounding area and inform guests and customers on the top attractions, events, and activities.
  
  Bend is an international tourist destination for great outdoors and craft brewing. 3 hours from Portland, Bend sits below the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountains along the Deschutes River. Our summer and winter activities include climbing, hiking, biking, cycling, rafting, kayaking, tubing, swimming, caving, skiing, snowboarding, and snowshoeing. You can grab a "passport" at our visitor center and earn prizes for touring 25+ breweries along the "Bend Ale Trail”.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Art Projects

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Help around the house

  General Maintenance
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Your Workaway cultural exchange will allow you to meet people from across the globe. You will learn business operations, customer service, and housekeeping. You will also have an opportunity to learn and practice the English language.

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  Host offers payment in line with the minimum wage

  This host offers accommodation and payment.

  Host has indicated that they will pay at least the minimum hourly wage of their country for each hour worked and that accommodation will also be provided. They are asking for help with a business or business activity. Contact the host directly via the site messenger for more information and details about the wage provided. Any arrangements should be agreed in advance with your host.

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  Help

  We're always accepting Workawayers age 21+. We prioritize those who can arrive asap. We ask for 3 months minimum. Our hostel crew includes a general manager, an bar-event manager, 8+ staff, and 2-3 bartenders.
  
  You will create and cancel reservations, check guests in and out, process payments and refunds, answer questions, resolve concerns, take phone calls, respond to messages, e-mails, and reviews, clean and prepare bedrooms, bathrooms, and shared spaces, strip and make beds, and clean and store linens and towels. You will attend staff meetings. You will enforce our policies and ensure the safety and security of guests, customers, and staff. You will learn about Bend and the surrounding area and be prepared to inform guests and customers on the top attractions, events, and activities. You will be expected to be professional, respectful, responsible, honest, detailed, and organized.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  You will receive a single bunk bed and dedicated storage space in a shared staff bedroom, dedicated storage space in shared staff fridge and freezer, free utilities, laundry, and Wi-Fi, community kitchen use, a free beverage every shift, discounts on our food and beverage carts, and discounts on lodging at our partner hostels. You will also receive minimum wage for each hour worked with us!

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  What else ...

  Those flying into the Portland international airport can rent a car and arrive in Bend in about 3.5 hours or you can take a bus on Central Oregon Breeze (takes about 4.0 hours) or US Amtrak (takes about 5.0 hours).
  
  Those flying into the Roberts Field regional airport (Redmond) can take the HighDesert POINT shuttle and arrive in Bend in about 0.5 hours, or feel free to downtown apps for either Uber or Lyft.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  Yes. We offer 600mpbs internet and host multiple shared workspaces.

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  Space for parking camper vans

  Yes. We can host van-lifers.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  More than two

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  Hours expected

  22 hours per week

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