Workaway reviews, feedback and ratings

We spent one month volunteering here, and it was one of the most meaningful experiences of our travels. Ms. Thanh and her family are exceptional hosts who made us feel like part of their family from day one. She goes above and beyond—providing delicious meals, arranging weekend rides to places like Sapa and Hanoi, responding quickly to anything we needed, and even surprising us with thoughtful gifts. When I got sick, she arranged for me to go to the doctors and made sure I was taken care of! Her kindness is truly unmatched. The teachers and family include you in everything. We were invited to a traditional wedding, dinners, karaoke, football games, Teachers’ Day celebrations, and even mass. She even gifted me a traditional Vietnamese dress to wear for these occasions! We immediately felt part of the community. The school is well organized, and the students receive a strong, well-rounded education. Volunteers teach alongside a local teacher or independently with support for translation. Classrooms have projectors/TVs, and bringing a laptop is helpful. We were given a weekly schedule with very reasonable hours, leaving plenty of time to explore Tuyên Quang. The kids loved playing football with us! (The field is right outside the rooms, so noise-cancelling headphones help.) Tuyên Quang has great coffee shops, pickleball, a good gym, and amazing bánh mì and spring rolls. After months of traveling, this was the perfect place to slow down and settle into a healthy routine. Huge thank you to Ms. Thanh and her family—we were so sad to leave and only wish we could have stayed longer.

I feel incredibly lucky to have spent a whole week with Diana and her wonderful family in their beautiful home! Diana and Joannes are absolutely amazing—warm, caring, and always attentive to anything I needed. The house was spotless, cozy, and truly welcoming. I had my own private room with a bathroom right next to it, which was perfect. Everything in their profile is 100% accurate. The work was light, well-organized, and we planned everything together so that I always had plenty of free time to explore Berlin and continue my studies. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for such an unforgettable week. I genuinely couldn’t have asked for a better Workaway experience. **Highly, highly recommended!** 🌟💛

Jess is an absolute delight to host; and we highly recommend. With excellent communication skills, high work ethic, great practical skills and a kind and caring nature, Jess is the complete package. Working well independently and in a team, Jess was happy to do any project asked of her. Her work was of a high standard, and I could delegate easily, knowing the project would be completed well. Part of an 8 volunteer team, Jess completed weed control (hand-pulling gorse), painting a volunteer cabin, oiling a volunteer outdoor shower block, potted on native seedlings including nikau palm, pukatea, lowland horopito and kawa kawa, washed nursery pots for re-use, carried traps & checked traplines for predator control. Jess loves outdoor adventures and creative painting and gifted us a delightful little piwakawaka (fantail) painting, which was very generous and kind. Thanks for choosing us Jess, and we hope to see you again in Jan.

Alvic is a very cheerful and positive person hardworking and always giving more than asked for...highly recommend to anyone...would welcome him back joyfully..

It was a great pleasure to host you Mahdi. We really appreciated your easy going nature, your kindness and positive attitude. We are very grateful for all your help in the diverse tasks around the house. It was easy to communicate and to organise the time together and we could feel comfortable delegating tasks. We also had a lot of fun discovering your miming and acting skills while we were celebrating the birthday of the community. You can also be very funny! We wish you all the best for your adventures and your aspirations!!! Thank-you!

Ilona and Grita are very friendly. I felt like I'm also the family member in the first day I came. I spent a week here for sweeping the grass and clean the roof. It's not an easy work but they taught me many skills and methods to make me easier to finish. Also, I really enjoyed the meal time here. They providede various German food and also shared their stories in previous time, making me know more about their Berlin life. On the weekend, Ilona also took me to the downtown to walk around and to the Christmas market to enjoy the vibe of Christmas. I'm really happy to be able to stay in this warm and kind family as my first work exchange, thank you so much!

A big thank you to Karine for her warm welcome! Over the years, she has built up a wonderful project combining eco-construction, permaculture gardening, and olive cultivation. This place is perfect for learning, discovering, and relaxing. Karine is very welcoming, a good listener, and always offers helpful advices ! Between harvesting olives, tending the garden, participating in community life, and playing a few games of dice, you won't have time to get bored :) I highly recommend Karine's farm!

Rachel is a powerhouse, both creatively and physically and brings impressive energy not only to her running but her whole way of being and serving. A week was far too short to appreciate her many qualities (or paint walls!) but in that time she contributed to my branding and marketing in a valuable and sustainable way, and helped with more manual tasks around the house and garden. Self directed, a great cook and great company, she'll be an asset to wherever she lands next, which I hope will be near so she can come back here soon

I will never forget my time in Daigo, it was exactly what I was looking for. If you want to experience the Japanese countryside this is the right place, you will wake up surrounded by beautiful nature and peace, so calm and so relaxing! I have to give a big thank to Ute, she is one of the kindest, it was a pleasure spending time with her. Thank you so much I wish you the best and I hope to meet you again one day🩵

I spent one week with my friend Sarah at Josie, Barry and Christopher's place. It was a very special week, as the family was organizing a Christmas market at the end of it. Our work was dedicated to helping with the fair, and we had fun with painting decorations and preparing food. The market was a success and we got to see a lot of the expats community of the area, which was fun. We had our own room with two separate beds, and shared a bathroom with Christopher only. The nature around is gorgeous; from the roof terrace, you have a 360 view on mountains, who become pink at sunrise and sunset. Note that it'd be nice to have a car because there aren't that many buses from Tivenys to explore around. I want to thank Josie for always cooking a vegetarian version of her dishes for me! All the best with the upcoming work on the land.

My stay at Louise and Raymonds place was lovely! The children are sweet and accepted me within minutes and the work wasn't hard or unreasonable. I'm really gonna miss the family and I hope we'll see each other again!

These two are just super. They work hard and are polite and so pleasant to have around. We wish them good luck on their onward travels.

Antonio stayed with us for a week and we got along really well from the very first day. The exchange with him was super interesting, we immediately had lots of things to talk about and shared many great conversations. In everyday life, Antonio was just a very pleasant person to have around: warm, extraordinarily attentive and always willing to help (much more than we would expect). He naturally got involved in the household and prepearing meals without us asking him to, and he even cooked a really delicious meal for us one time. This will definitely be added to our family recipes! Our children also felt very comfortable with him at once. His main task here was to tear down a wall. From the beginning he told us that he was used to hard physical work – and that turned out to be absolutely true. Even though he didn’t know the machine at first, he taught himself how to use it and handled it confidently in no time. He worked much faster than we had expected, and even the heavy stones were no problem for him. Antonio was always reliable. There was honestly nothing at all to criticize – quite the opposite: his help was incredibly valuable for us, and the time together was very enriching and inspiring on a personal level. We are very grateful for the week Antonio spent with us and can wholeheartedly recommend him as a Workawayer – especially to honest, caring hosts who appreciate good people. We truly hope he will always find great places in the future.

I stayed with Rosa and Serena for about 2 months and I'm very grateful for the opportunity since it helped me to grow as a person. Rosa is understanding and kind. You should just respect her household. If there are any problems, you can just communicate and there will be a solution. Serena is pretty easy going and warm-hearted. My tip is to include some physical activities with her since she can be a bit lazy 😅 Parma in my eyes was a little bit of a boring / underwhelming city in comparison to other Italian cities, however there are many near cities to visit, and you will have plenty of time to plan some nice trips! My tip is to go out and meet people since Parma is a university city! My favourite part about the experience were Rosa’s acquaintances I got to meet: Two lovely girls that made me feel so welcome. I’m still in contact with them and we will hopefully see each other next year. Overall you get a pretty authentic Italian experience in Parma. Oh, and you should definitely learn Italian, otherwise communication would be a bit hard.. Grazie mille Rosa e Serena 🪽 Spero che ci vedremo presto 💞💞💞

We had the opportunity to join Sasha and Daniel for the olive harvest this year and stayed two weeks at Château Daniel. Time flew by because we enjoyed every little bit of our stay. We usually worked together in the olive groves from morning until the afternoon. It was almost meditative work and a beautiful way to get to know each other: sometimes quietly immersed in the beauty of every single branch, sometimes chatting and joking around. Both Daniel and Sasha have such a witty sense of humor and always a little twinkle in their eyes. After work, we had plenty of time to discover beautiful beaches and mountain villages in the area. Sasha and Daniel put a lot of time and thought into the things we could enjoy doing and seeing in our free time — just one of many occasions where they genuinely cared about us. In the evenings, we had the most delicious feasts you can imagine, always fresh from the market and cooked to perfection. Satisfied and with full bellies, we enjoyed cozy evenings, warmed by the fire and having a blast playing games together (be warned: the two are pros at every game they own!). Sasha, Daniel, and the wonderful place they’ve created will always have a special place in our hearts. Thank you for the laughter, your trust, and your generosity!

I stayed here for nearly a month in July and loved every moment of it. The place is amazing and offers a unique spot for kitesurfing. The school is one of the (only!)two kite schools around, so most of the kitesurfers will either enter the school/restaurant for a drink, lessons or to stay. The kite instructors are all super friendly and very professional. You can tell they are well-trained and experienced, but at the same time they clearly enjoy what they do which makes the vibe relaxed and genuinely fun. The work is clear and varied. Sometimes you help in the kitchen, other times in the restaurant or cleaning apartments. When needed you assist with organizing kite trips or making sure all the students can get out on the water. There are clear peak moments and quieter moments. During those quieter times, there are plenty of other things you can do. However, I do think it’s important for this workaway that you already have some experience and are proactive. Henry is a very social, active and fair host. He makes you feel welcome and care free as a workawayer (or as a guest for that matter) But he’s also busy, and he can’t tell you all day what you should or could be doing. But if you’re creative and driven, this is an incredibly cool place to spend some time. The apartment for Workawayers is basic but spacious. We stayed there with just the two of us, and personally I think more than four people would be too much. The walk to the apartment is easy, and there are plenty of supermarkets where you can buy everything you need to cook (I cooked almost every day). Buen Hombre is small, so you quickly get to know the local people (if you’re interested), and I think that’s one of the highlights of this experience. Thanks for such an amazing time — I truly hope to be back!

When you host workawayers, you let a stranger into your home. Sometimes you are not sure in advance whether they will suit you, sometimes you have doubts, other times you know that it will be great from the very beginning. You eat with them, they play with your children, you share your life, your space, your joys, your worries with them. Most of the time, you let this stranger into your heart pretty quickly. Workaway is an extremely intense experience. After a few weeks, when workawayer is leaving, it is no more a stranger who is leaving, it is someone who is now a part of your life, a part of your family. Sometimes you cry more when saying goodbye, sometimes less, sometimes you just say “See you somewhere in time and space.” Cyprien highlighted everything that workaway entails. At first it was slightly confusing, later it became intense and emotional. At the same time, he helped us a lot with work (top workawayer), he adapted to the rhythm of our family excellently (top workwayer again). Cyprien left us a piece of his heart here... and took a big piece of ours. What a guy this Cyprien!

Ik had mijn 1e workaway ervaring bij Ragna, Pere en Onna, en het was geweldig. Ik werd meteen opgenomen in de familie wat erg fijn was. Een maand lang heb ik de familie geholpen met klussen op de berg. En dat was van alles, snoeien, rond met bosmaaier, de dieren eten geven, opruimen en koken. En wat heb ik lekker geslapen in de tipi tent, een met de natuur. Naast het Ik had mijn 1e workaway ervaring bij Ragna, Pere en Onna, en het was geweldig. Ik werd meteen opgenomen in de familie wat erg fijn was. Een maand lang heb ik de familie geholpen met klussen op de berg. En dat was van alles, snoeien, rond met bosmaaier, de dieren eten geven, opruimen en koken. En wat heb ik lekker geslapen in de tipi tent, een met de natuur. Naast het werk was er nog genoeg tijd om de omgeving te verkennen en leuke dingen te doen. We zijn naar het dorpsfeest geweest en we hebben een berg beklommen. Dank je wel voor deze geweldige ervaring in de natuur. I had my first workaway experience with Ragna, Pere, and Onna, and it was fantastic. I was immediately welcomed into the family, which was wonderful. For a month, I helped the family with odd jobs on the mountain. It was all sorts of things: pruning, working with the brush cutter, feeding the animals, tidying up, and cooking. And I slept so well in the tepee tent, at one with nature. Besides work, there was plenty of time to explore the area and do fun things. We went to the village festival and climbed a mountain. Thank you so much for this wonderful experience in nature.

The time we spend at Pippa's lovely cottage will always be engraved in our hearts. It was only a week, but it was a really much needed one! We ate the best food we've had so far during our trip ( still thinking about that chickpea garlic dip ) and had some really interesting talk ( also her book was soo interesting, only read the first few chapters and I'm still left wondering what happens next! ) The work that needed to be done was satisfying to do, and we knew clearly everydays what was the work needed. We highly recommend doing a workaway at Pippa, Merlin and Mr. Baggins's house! 😊✨

We stayed with Mayu and Peter for three weeks in October. It was great to be part of doing up the house before the winter season! Peter and Mayu are lovely and went out of their way to ensure we had a great stay with them. When they were able to, they drove us to some wonderful places and took us along to Mayu's town events, which were very fun. The work was all DIY - getting rid of furniture, painting walls, detailing walls and sorting through lots of stuff in the shed and garage. As the profile states, the work is very seasonal - i.e. you probably won't do much gardening in autumn and winter. It gave us a unique look into rural Niigata/Nagano and Japan. They are based in the very south of Niigata prefecture, very close to the border of Nagano prefecture. From here, you can get a train to a shinkansen station and from there go basically anywhere! Closer by, there is lots of nature and rural towns. Myoko-Togakushi national park is reasonably close by. If you want to sightsee, then a car would be useful but we didn't have one and managed to see lots via train on our days off. There is a drug store and supermarket extremely close. We had a private room but all other facilities are shared, and we enjoyed spending lots of time with Peter, Mayu, and the other two workaway-ers. Most nights we cooked our own dinner, but all ate together which was lovely. There was a great community vibe. We would love to come back and would definitely recommend this Workaway!